Issue Two...

Issue Two: In the proof of the mentioned tradition on the subject under discussion, the matter explained is that the saying of Imam (as): “Indeed, the second Ghaibat has occurred” is the cause for statement, “Do not appoint anyone as your successor”; thus it proves that Ghaibat Kubra is one in which there is Wikala and special representation; then this is emphasized with, “And whoever claims to have met me would come to my Shias…” From the first context there is no doubt in the statement that ‘meeting’ here means that special type of meeting that was reserved only for the four special representatives of Imam (as) during the first occultation (Ghaibat Sughra) and it became famous through the statement of Imam (as) that, “One who claims such a thing in Ghaibat Kubra, has lied; and there is no might and power except by Allah, the High and the Mighty.” The conclusion is that ‘meeting’ in the above statement is meeting in sense of ‘Babiyat’ or special representation like that of the four special representatives during Ghaibat Sughra and it does not mean direct meeting and it restricts the meaning of ‘meeting’, whether by common mention or special intention and in this way to use the word in many of its meanings; like one says: “I bought meat” or “Buy meat”.