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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Life of Imam Al-mahdipeace Be Upon Him A Study of the Occultation of Imam Mahdi The most important discussion in this book, in my view, is that the readers of this book learn something about the causes of the occultation of Imam (a.s) and also that the information about the natural causes of the longevity of His Eminence may be conveyed.

Causes of the occultation of Imam Mahdi (a.s) The occultation of His Eminence, the Master of the age (a.s) is a necessary thing and His Eminence is not needless of it. We shall discuss those factors that rendered it an absolute necessity. Fear of tyrannical Abbaside regime When Abbaside rulers gained power they initiated the worst of atrocities and tortures on the Holy Imams (a.s).

Basically they considered the school of Ahle Bayt (a.s) and anyone who was their adherents to be eligible for extreme pressure and restrictions. They were thrown into horrible prisons and then put to death. Poets and historians have drawn a pathetic picture of the perilous circumstances suffered by the Alawite Sayyids. Abu Ataa says: Alas! If only the oppression of the Merwanids (Bani Umayyah) had returned and the justice of Abbasides were destroyed and thrown into the fire.

Dibil Khuzai says: The oppression of Bani Abbas has covered everything and no one was secure from its oppression.

If we regard the oppression of Bani Umayyah an expected fact, as they were enemies of Bani Hashim, how can we justify the oppression of Bani Abbas who were themselves from Bani Hashima Yaqub bin Sikkit, an intellectual and a scholar of language says regarding Mutawakkil, the Abbaside, when he razed the tomb of the beloved one of the Holy Prophet (a.s) and harassed and tortured the visitors to his grave: “It is true that Bani Umayyah unjustly killed the son of the daughter of the Prophet of Islam (a.s).

But the Bani Abbas regretted not being present among them when they committed this crime. So their malice was expressed in mutilating the grave of the His Eminence...” Abu Faras Hamadani has described the various kinds of tortures and atrocities wrought by the Abbasides with regard to Ahle Bayt (a.s) in the following words: “The Abbasides have metamorphosed the religion of Allah and usurped the rights and subjected the progeny of Ali to humiliation and imprisoned and tortured them.

Though the Bani Abbas can never reach the elevated position of the progeny of Ali (a.s).