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Learn about our responsibilities and duties during the period of occultation.
The discussion about the Mahdi has been taken up extensively in traditions – both from sources of the Shiah and the Ahle Sunnah. Several books on the subject have been written over the years on the topic. What is...
Ghaybat is a difficult time for the believers. This aspect can be well understood by those who would have had the opportunity of being with the ...
To seek a mediator implies to gain proximity to an individual in order to achieve one’s objective through the mediator’s recommendation and arbitration. One of the duties of Shiahs, in every age, especially durin...
Criticizing the scholars has always been a pastime among the masses. Whenever there is a discussion related to them, everybody has something to say against them. Each one has a few ‘interesting’ anecdotes to narr...
This is also a highly recommended action and it is established in several ways, including accepting that giving Sadaqah on Imam’s (as) behalf is Mustahab (recommended) and also 3 min read
Whenever one utters the name or title of Imam (as) one should stand up in respect, as had been the practice of the Shiah community. A report says that one day the name of Imam Mahdi (as) was mentioned in gatherin...
One of the responsibilities during Ghaybat is that we regularly supplicate Allah to grant us the correct Marefat (recognition) of Imam Mahdi (as). This is because gaining knowledge is not restricted to writing an...
This is an important duty of the Shiah. Various traditions have been recorded emphasizing this duty.
The great scholar Shaykh Kulaini in Al-Kafi, Nomani in his book Al Ghaybah a...
The next important duty is to organize programs where the virtues of Imam (as) are narrated such that people pray for Imam (as).
Even if one has to work very hard to organize su...