To this end,two points must be discussed:
- Thenecessity of the longevity of imam Mahdi (s)
- Thepossibility of the longevity of imam Mahdi (s)
About the necessity of the prolonged life of imam (s), we should say that, aswe Shiites -based on our Islamic teachings- believe that the earth cannot bedevoid of a vicegerent of God,
as imams are the vicegerents of God on the earthand His canal of grace and mercy, as we have many traditions indicate thenumber of our imams which is 12 and eleven of them were martyred due to theworse and dangerous conditions in which they were living and the oppressiverulers which were contemporaneous with them, accordingly the twelfth Imam hadto become absent from people's sight, of course by divine permission.
Let me explain it a little more.
On the one hand, as mentioned, imams are the canal of God’s mercy and graceand the earth cannot be devoid of an imam, on the other hand, there is no determinismor compulsion in acceptance of the vicegerent of God or Imam,due to the free will that people have. So, an example:
Imagine an alley. In this alley there is a lamp-post.A lamppost whoselamp has been replaced repeatedly by the mayor of the region, but each time.The merits of fasting and the month of Ramadan: By Dr. Mohammad Ali Shomali
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