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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Mikyalul Makarim Fee Fawaaid ad-Duaa Lil Qai’m vol. 2 5: Awaiting His Reappearance Our discussion on the duty for awaiting for the reappearance of Imam az-Zaman (aj) consists of a number of arguments and for each argument there are numerous supporting traditions. We have divided this topic into following: Issue No.

1: Excellence of awaiting and the reward of the awaiter and the awaiting of the Holy Prophet (S) and the Imams regarding this: Sufficient as an example is the statement of Imam Sajjad (as) in his supplication on the day of Arafah, in which he has prayed for those who await for the reappearance of Imam Mahdi (aj); after which he prayed for Imam Mahdi (aj) also. In addition to this, there are many traditions that prove the excellence of Intezar.

There is a tradition of Imam Sadiq (as) in Kamaluddin: “One of you who dies awaiting for Imam Mahdi (aj) dies as if he was with him in his tent.” It is narrated from Abul Hasan Imam Reza (as) that he said: “How good is patience and awaiting for the reappearance! Have you not heard Allah, the Mighty and Sublime say? وَارْتَقِبُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌ And watch, surely I too am watching with you.

(Qur’an, Surah Hud 11:93) فَانْتَظِرُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ Wait then, I too with you will be of those who wait.

(Qurah Surah Araaf 7:71) Thus you must be patient because there is deliverance after despair and those before you were more patient than you.”[^1] In Basairud Darajat it is narrated through the author’s own chain of narrators from His Eminence, Imam Abu Abdullah Sadiq (as) that he said: Amirul Momineen (as) was traveling to Siffeen, and in order to cross the river Euphrates he reached a mountain near the Siffeen area when it was the time for Maghrib prayer.

He waited for some moments and then performed the Wudhu and recited the Azaan. When he concluded the Azaan the mountain split and a white head and a face emerged from the mountain and said: Peace be on you, O Amirul Momineen and the mercy and blessings of the Almighty Allah. Welcome, O successor of the Holy Prophet (S) and the leader of the bright faced ones. And the most valuable thing that has reached the people. O one who has achieved the divine rewards of the Siddiqeen!

O chief of the successors! Amirul Momineen (as) said: Peace be on you too, O my brother Shamoon, the successor of Isa bin Maryam, the holy spirit, how are you? He replied: I am fine, may Allah have mercy on you.

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