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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Mikyalul Makarim Fee Fawaaid ad-Duaa Lil Qai’m vol. 1 Safe Keeping Trust And Returning It Honestly ================================================ Imam (as) is a divine trust as mentioned in Ziarat Jamia that: “You are the most illuminated path and the most prominent way and the martyrs of the mortal world and the intercessors of the everlasting world and continuous and permanent mercy and the treasured sign and the safe trust.”[^1] Abul Hasan Shareef in the book, Miraat al-Anwaar wa Mishkaat ul-Asraar has said: And as for the trust, the Imams themselves have interpreted it to be their Wilayat and Imamate, such that in every place – according to proportion – has a special interpretation.

In some traditional reports it is mentioned that the Imams are keeper of trusts, that the Almighty Allah has given to His saints in the world.

In some Ziarats it is mentioned: “I witness that…that you are the safe trusts.” Apparently the purport of obligatory fulfillment and obedience and following them and refraining from that which makes them unhappy is same as mentioned in the tradition of two weighty things, which is considered authentic both by the Shias and Sunnis.[^2] In another Ziarat it is mentioned: You are the trusts of prophethood. That is the trusts of the Holy Prophet (S).

In Tafseer Furat it is mentioned from Imam Muhammad Baqir (as) that he said: “We are that trust that was offered to the heavens, earths and mountains…”[^3] I say: The matter of another tradition from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) is as follows: “Allah, the Mighty and Sublime presented the souls of the Imams to the heavens, earth and mountains and He said whatever He said about their excellence…”[^4] The gist of the matter is that: Without any doubt, keeping safe trusts – according to reason and verses of the Holy Qur’an and the traditions – is obligatory and also there is no doubt that the keeping and restoring of different types of trust is different.

On the basis of this, every trust demands a particular method of keeping and restoring. And thus the restoring of this divine trust is by expression of love, in trying to render help and obedience. Since all these factors are present in praying for early reappearance of the Master of the Time (aj) it is inevitable that by performing this act one can fulfill the payment of trust.

And the detail of this will be possible only by relying on the help of the Almighty Allah and the mediation of the Holy Imams (as).