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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Shi'a and Their Beliefs Imamate The Sh:!a believe that the successors to the Messenger of Allah (N) are the twelve Imams who were declared for successorship by the Messenger of Allah (N) himself and appointed them as his successors after him at the command of Allah.

133 Furthermore the prophet said: ‘Whoever dies without knowing the Imam (leader) of his time has died the death of the age of ignorance.’134 He also said: ‘The successors (khulaf"’) after me will be twelve.’135 These twelve Imams are: Imam !Al: ibn AbY ھ"lib (Amir al-Mo’mineen) (a.s.). Imam .asan ibn !Al:. (al-Mujtaba) (a.s.). Imam .usayn ibn !Al: (Sayyid al-Shuhada’) (a.s.). Imam !Al: ibn .usayn (al-Sajjad) (a.s.). Imam Mu9ammad ibn !Al: (al-Baqir) (a.s.).

Imam Ja!far ibn Mu9ammad (al-sadiq) (a.s.). Imam MYs" ibn Ja!far (al-Kadim) (a.s.). Imam !Al: ibn MYs" (al-Rida) (a.s.). Imam Mu9ammad ibn !Al: (al-Jawad) (a.s.). Imam !Al: ibn Mu9ammad (al-Hadi) (a.s.). Imam .asan ibn !Al: (al-Askari) (a.s.). Imam Muh}ammad ibn .asan (al-Muntadar al-Mahdi) (a.s.). The Awaited Imam Mahdi The Sh:‘ah believe that the twelfth Imam – the Mahd: (a.s.) – is alive and in the world and hidden from sight by order of Almighty Allah.

When Allah permits him, he will emerge and fill the earth with justice and equity after it having been filled with wrongdoing and injustice; as the Prophet (N) foretold in many ubiquitous traditions136 related by all Muslim scholars, Sunni and Sh:!a alike, in their trusted books. If one looks at the books muntakhab alathar 137 and al-mahd:138 one will come to know the great amount of narrations from the noble messenger Mu9ammad (N) and his pure household on this subject.

Our desire and request from Allah is that the Mahd: appear as the Prophet foretold139 and all Muslims should await his appearance and his victory and pray for him night and day for he is the rescuer of the world from destruction and corruption.

(Oh Allah, hasten his victory and ease his emergence and make us of his helpers.) In addition, modern science agrees that it is possible for a person to remain alive for thousands of years, and in the Holy Qur’"n regarding Noah it is said that: eSo he remained amongst them for one thousand years save fifty yearsf140.