• While enumerating the painful events and seditions prior...
●While enumerating the painful events and seditions prior to the advent of al-Mahdi ( ‘a ), Imam ar-Rida ( ‘a ) said concerning the progress and relief after the advent ( zuhur ): “At that time, progress and relief will be experienced by the people such that the dead will wish for a new life.”[^16] • Imam as-Sadiq also said in this regard: “It is as if I can see the Qa’im ( ‘atfs ) sitting on the pulpit of Kufah and wearing the armor of the Messenger of Allah (S).” Then, he ( ‘a ) mentioned some of his characteristics and continuing, he said: “No believer will be left in the grave without having such a delight and rejoicing that the dead will visit one another and congratulate each other on his advent.” In some hadith the phrase “ tilka’l-farajah ”—“progress in the affair”—has been used.
By the blessing of his advent, the dead will be revived, and based on this report, the grandeur of the movement and leadership of the uprising will be such that it will also impact upon souls.[^17] Deliverance of the…
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