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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Life of Imam Al-mahdipeace Be Upon Him Believers and Deniers of the Imam of the Time (a.s) All Islamic scholars are unanimous regarding the belief that Imam Mahdi (a.s) shall indeed reappear and reform the world and destroy all oppression. The government of His Eminence shall be such a great success and achievement, as the mankind has never seen in the history so far.

The scholars of Islam have faith in it and consider it to be an inseparable part of religious belief. It is due to the widely related and authentic traditions narrated from the Holy Prophet (a.s) and the Imams of guidance (a.s) sources of which we have already quoted in the foregone pages. Therefore there is no difference of opinion in the above-mentioned matter. Rather the difference is regarding some other matters, for example in the birth and existence of His Eminence.

All Shias, without any exception and a large number of Ahle Sunnat scholars and historians believe that His Eminence is already born and exists in the present time. However some of them say that he shall be born in the future. We shall investigate this opinion of theirs. Those who believe the Imam is born and exists Shia Imamites are unanimous that the Awaited Holy Imam (a.s) exists and that he has already taken birth and at present he is the Proof of Allah on the Earth.

The Almighty Allah has kept him alive by providing all the necessities for survival and he is away from all weakness, old age and death, and nothing is difficult for the Almighty God. The One Who has kept the stars and the planets rotating in their orbits in space and One Who has life and death under His control and has power over everything. He is the One Who had made the people of the cave asleep for 309 years and then revived them and kept them alive.

He is the One Who kept Prophet Yunus alive in the whale’s belly. When he sought forgiveness he was brought out. If he had not sought forgiveness he would have remained alive inside the whale till Qiyamat. Such types of examples are numerous in the Holy Quran. Now we shall mention some statements of Ahle Sunnat scholars that are in consonance with the beliefs of the Shia Imamiyah.