Why should not that day come when a leader will be born at...

Why should not that day come when a leader will be born at its dawn and grow up like anyone else and gradually assume his role until the earth be filled with justice after having been filled with injustice and transgression? They also wonder if al-Mahdi is the name of a particular person, who is the son of the eleventh Imam of the family of the Prophet ( Ahlul Bayt - peace and blessing of Allah be upon them), born in the year 256 A.H. whose father died in the year 260 A.H.

This means that he was very young when his father died, not exceeding the age of five, which is too early for him to have completed his religious and intellectual education at the hands of his father. Therefore how and by what means could he personally be prepared to assume that great role from religious, intellectual and scientific angles. Moreover, if the leader is ready why should he wait all these hundreds of years?

Is not what the world has witnessed of afflictions and social disasters enough to justify his appearance on its surface for the establishing of justice on earth? They also wonder how can we believe in his existence even…