Leader of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei Meets Experts on Mahdaviat

Leader of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei met with experts on Mahdaviat – faith in the re-appearance of the last Shiite Imam, Imam Mahdi (a.s.) – on Saturday.
At the meeting, His Eminence highlighted the importance of Mahdaviat and described waiting for the re-appearance of Imam Mahdi (a.s.) as an integral part of Mahdaviat.

Leader of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei stressed that Mahdaviat is among the main religious teachings of Islam and added that the main goal of sending prophets was to establish a world based on monotheism, justice and all capacities that human beings enjoy.

“The era of Imam Mahdi’s (a.s.) re-appearance is the era of establishing the genuine rule of monotheism, spirituality, religion and justice over the different individual and social aspects of the life of human beings.”

Leader of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei stressed, “If Mahdaviat did not exist, all efforts and struggles of divine prophets would be fruitless and futile.”

Leader of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei discussed the issue of Mahdaviat in divine religions, and added, “In all divine religions general points have been mentioned about the essence of Mahdaviat, but in Islam this issue is among undeniable realities. And among Islamic denominations Shiite Islam discusses the issue of Mahdaviat with clear examples and details about Imam Mahdi’s (a.s.) family and personality, details which have been extracted from valid Shiite and non-Shiite narrations.”

Leader of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei described waiting for the re-appearance of Imam Mahdi (a.s.) as an integral part of Mahdaviat, and reiterated, “Waiting means expecting a living person and an indisputable truth, and in this sense waiting has certain requirements, including spiritual and social preparation for the expected era with its particular conditions.”

Leader of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei added, “The person who is waiting should always preserve and strengthen the characteristics that are necessary for the expected era and it is necessary to avoid considering this period of waiting as very long or very short.”

His Eminence referred to the characteristics of the era of Imam Mahdi’s (a.s.) re-appearance, and stressed, “The era of his re-appearance is the era of the rule of monotheism, justice, truth, purity and worship. Therefore, those who are waiting should constantly try to get closer to these characteristics and avoid being satisfied with the status quo.”

Leader of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei reiterated, “One of the great dangers regarding the issue of Mahdaviat is unscholarly, ignorant and undocumented activities based on fantasies and illusions, which will prepare the way for false claimants and will cause people to drift away from the genuine essence of waiting.”

His Eminence referred to the appearance of false claimants throughout history, and added, “All these claims are wrong and misguided because certain things that have been said about the signs of re-appearance are invalid and weak, and it is not easy to apply the narrations that are valid.”

Leader of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei reiterated, “Such wrong and misguided things cause the main essence of Mahdaviat and waiting to be sidelined. Therefore, it is necessary to seriously avoid all unscholarly activities and rumors.”

“Of course the responsibility for scholarly and well-documented work regarding the issue of Mahdaviat and waiting lies on the shoulders of experts who have extensive knowledge of hadith and Rijal and are perfectly familiar with philosophical issues and ideas,” The Supreme Leader reiterated.

Elsewhere in his statements, Leader of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei highlighted the importance of getting closer to the Imam of the Age (a.s.), and stated, “Proper and scholarly familiarity with the issue of Mahdaviat will prepare the way for further closeness to Imam Mahdi (may God hasten his re-appearance) and more accelerated movement towards the lofty goals.”

Leader of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei said that closeness to Imam Mahdi (a.s.) means spiritual closeness, and added that certain claims about physical contact with Imam Mahdi (a.s.) are mostly lies and illusions.