Thus when a believer makes effort in his Dua to remove...

Thus when a believer makes effort in his Dua to remove sorrow and grief from the heart of the great Imam and supplicates Allah for his early reappearance fulfilling all the conditions stated before, its effect would be the fulfillment of divine promise.

It is known from the above discussion that Dua is help and support of the Imam, in addition to it being commanded by His Eminence in his blessed Tawqee : “Pray more for the early reappearance as in it lies your deliverance…”[^4] His Eminence has made a request to his friends that they must as much as possible pray for his early reappearance. In the twenty-first point we have stated the relevant points about this and in the Point no. 49 it will be explained further.

In a tradition mentioned in Kafi it is narrated from Isa bin Abi Mansoor that he said: Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) said to Ibne Abi Ya’fur without any introduction: O son of Abi Ya’fur, the Messenger of Allah (S) said: “One who possesses six qualities would be with the Almighty Allah and on His right side.” Ibne Abi Ya’fur asked: “May I be sacrificed on you, what are those?” He replied: “A Muslim should like for his believing brother that which he likes for his closest kin.

And that he dislikes for his believing brother that which he dislikes for his closest kin. And he has sincerity in his friendship to him.” Ibne Abi Ya’fur wept and asked: “How can he be sincere to him?” Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) said: “When he reaches that stage, he tells him what he has in his heart, thus if the friend becomes happy he is also happy and if the friend is aggrieved he is also sad, and if he can he removes the distress of his friend, and if he can’t, he prays for him to the Almighty Allah…”[^5] In this tradition, Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) has mentioned that praying for someone is like helping him if you cannot help in the real sense.

The complete text of this tradition would given and explained in some other section, Insha Allah Taala . Evidence of the correctness of the matter under discussion and support of this type is the prayer of His Eminence, Sayyid Sajjad (as) for the frontier guards and soldiers. It is mentioned in that Dua as follows: “O Lord, and whichever Muslim succeeds a warrior, guards his house, looks after those left behind in his absence. Helps him with a portion of his property.

Or assists him with provisions. Or encourages him to fight for faith. Or follows him in his undertaking by praying for him. Or guards his honor in his absence.