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In the Name of Allah
Aulia Allah
(great men of Allah) in traveling in the path of Wilayat
each choose a certain way. In other words, those who intend to see the
beauty of the Proof of God, the son of Imam Hassan Askari, Imam Zaman
(may Allah hasten his reappearance) take on different paths for this
purpose.
Some
believe meeting Hazrat Mahdi happens suddenly,
at a time when excessive difficulties occur for a holy wayfarer.
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They believe excessive difficulties are when all doors
are closed to a person and he feels there is no hope and
truly finds himself cut off from the material world and
feels he has no helper, no partner, no sympathizer, and
no companion and there is a lot of distance between him
and the people or he is driven away by them to such an
extent that they do not give him any intellectual,
psychological or moral value. At such a time he has no
one who supports him, he has no true friend and no
shelter. |
Sometimes
loneliness is when a person is not able to talk about his secrets
and worries and does not have a trusted person to reveal the same.
Sometimes, the basis of loneliness is the loneliness of the eyes;
nothing you see looks familiar. What fills the eyes does not belong to
you. You do not find what should be seen with the precious eyes.
Whatever you look at appears familiar but in fact is a stranger and
there is always the fear that if something is invited to the sanctuary
of your eyes, there will only be disloyalty.
Hence, some
Aulia Allah
(great men of Allah) believe a person who is very lonely in life
connects with Imam Zaman through his heart.
Therefore,
they say a person can see Imam Zaman when experiencing loneliness and
deprivation. When all the difficulties mentioned above occur for an
Eastern, Western, Iranian, Syrian or Bahraini person, anyone who is a
human this is when the basis for meeting Imam Zaman is facilitated.
Therefore, according to this view meeting Imam Zaman's beauty will
happen after experiencing the mentioned difficulties.
Thus,
some who are very eager to meet Imam Zaman, expose themselves to such
loneliness.
What went above was according to what some holy wayfarers and great men
say about meeting Imam Zaman (AS).
Some say seeing the beauty of Imam Zaman is through lamenting and
moaning.
An example is Dua Nudbah, which is widely read, in which we request to
meet Imam Zaman through supplicating, crying, moaning and begging. We
say in this Dua (supplication) that we are nothing in comparison with
your greatness. We tell Imam Zaman that although our impurities prevent
us from seeing your divine beauty, we request to meet you through
weeping, through shedding tears, through our inner grief, which is
evident on the outside from our eyes and lips. These people are called
seekers pleading for help.
One does not know to what degree the method of the above people is
according to Imam Zaman's satisfaction, approval, closeness and
Wilayat.
In summary, some beg to meet Imam Zaman through
absolute poverty and some
through absolute supplication.
Another
group, to which Mullah Agha Jan Zanjani,
the great gnostic belonged believed meeting Imam Zaman requires other
conditions.
He believed, "Strangers should be
driven away from the sanctuary of the heart, those who cause trouble;
the obstacles should be driven away and then he should be sought."
Mullah Agha Jan gives the following reason for this:
One of the
Aulias
of Allah (great men of Allah) used to go and come to Sahleh
Mosque for around a year at a certain time to see the beauty of Imam
Zaman.
The year was coming to an end and he was getting disappointed. He
started gathering the things he had collected in a corner room of
Sahleh Mosque and was going to leave.
He
came to the conclusion that he did not deserve to meet Hazrat Imam Zaman
because if he did, he would see Imam Zaman, but there was a veil between
him and Hazrat.
As he was thinking, he saw someone by the door. The man by the door
pointing his finger asked, "Who is this with whom you are sitting down
and to whom you are talking? Do you not know that he is not a close
friend of ours?"
He said this and left the room…
The
great man ran after Hazrat, finally reached him and asked, "O Hazrat why
did you object?
As
Hazrat was leaving, he said:
"We
go to places where people are devoid of all impurities and faults.
You are devoid of faults from within but your eyes are not devoid of
impurities."
He
asked, "O Master, where does my fault lie?"
Imam Zaman replied:
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The
person you have chosen as your friend, with whom you
breathe, is not of us. How can I come close to you? Go
and think of a solution. Hazrat said this and then
disappeared. |
Hence,
Mullah Agha Jan
believed:
Meeting Imam Zaman is only possible when the eyes and heart are devoid
of all faults.
But
Imam Zaman is like a source of light. He is Baghiatallah (what
Remains with Allah). He is in the path of the heart; He travels to the
sanctuary of the heart.
Although the beliefs of the said three groups appear to be flawless and
are each valid in their own places, he is the dear one of the burnt
hearts and the life of the moaners.
If
one's heart laments to a point where it is connected to Wilayat,
meeting Imam Zaman will be possible.
Other
than this, there is no other important condition such as going to
certain places to meet Imam Zaman or talking to Hazrat on Fridays.
Although both time and place are effective factors,
he is exposed to view for those who are
truly heart-broken. Unless hearts are broken, they will not
be able to discover Hazrat's beauty.
On
the other hand, asking for Imam Zaman's appearance through clamor is not
correct. Engaging in clamor chanting O Mahdi, O Mahdi is not an
effective way for meeting Hazrat.
Verily,
his name must not be forgotten,
sometimes through supplication, at times moaning, and sometimes by
calling out to him by name so that his name will not be forgotten or
wiped out. But meeting him should be sought elsewhere and that is
through connection between the lamenting hearts with Wilayat.
What went above was a summary of views which consider the denial of
meeting Imam Zaman to be due to some kind of an obstacle; materialistic
desires, troublemakers, and sometimes dark hearts. All these obstacles
should be removed; we should enter with broken hearts. |