Knowledge of expecting the savior (4)


His eminence Imam Ali said, although Imam Mahdi is in occultation, his knowledge is not hidden from anyone, his manners, commands and trainings are firmed in the faithful souls and hearts and people live according to this trainings and guides.
Conclusions from these narrations are as follows:
1- In the last part of the time, divine power will be more revealed in human\'s \"general guidance\"  and people\'s recognition ability will be increased even without seeing their Imam or hearing a word from him.
2- Imam Mahdi won\'t let people deviate, due to any faults, in his true Islamic government. In Islamic society, the logicians, the legal guardian and the scholars in law make mistakes in some cases, despite their piety and their trusting in God, but Imam Mahdi will make them conscious in some way, according to \"favor principle\", (Allah’s mercy). During occultation, people will deviate from the framework of Islamic laws and receptions. Many of them
would suppose that divine representative (Imam Mahdi) has passed away, but swear to God, he lives among people. He will hear people\'s words and see them, but they (we) would not recognize him until the advent, meaning that Imam Mahdi doesn\'t live in a hidden place or island during occultation, so the imaginary theory (that Imam Mahdi lives in) the \"Bermuda triangle\" is not correct. He lives among people. When Imam Mahdi reappears, many of people know him as if they have seen him many times.
The causes (reason) of Imam Mahdi\'s occultation:
His eminence, Imam Ali states the main causes of occultation as follows:
1.    Tyrant\'s oppression: these people will fight against Imam Mahdi.
2.    Those who oppress in the name of Imam Mahdi. (They pretend as if to be Imam Mahdi\'s lovers,
but they are really oppressors).
3.    The believers who live an ordinary life before the advent, but after the advent which has its own difficulties, they will submit fait (loose their faith, belief) and oppress themselves.
These three groups are the obstacles of Imam Mahdi\'s reappearance. His eminence Imam Ali said;
Imam Mahdi will hide from people’s sight so that the misled be distinguished from the unmisled.
His eminence Imam Ali in Nahj-al-Balagah , the 139th phrase states; due to your cruelty and oppression to my descendant, you will encounter the absence of the 12th Imam (Imam Mahdi). The cruelty done to 13 impeccable1
during history was a bitter experience for God, he won\'t let the last reason (Imam Mahdi) be (been) teased and face (faced) ingratitude by ignorant people.
Consequences of Imam Mahdi\'s occultation:
1- People\'s distress and wandering state: It has been written in Kamal-al-Din, page 203, by sheikh Saduq; \"O, people! Be aware that if a person is steadfast and not hardhearted during occultation -due to absence\'s length- he will be my companion in doomsday\". By praying and saying supplications and remembrance of our Imams, hearts will be safe and sound of being hardheartedness. It has been written in Behar-al-Anvar, volume 28, page 11; \"Shiite enemies dispraise them (and make ill speeches about them)and the evildoers and the wicked will deviate people (from the right path). 
This deviation occurs in two different ways:
1.    In the obvious, open direction of depravity.
2.    In the covert, secret direction of depravity.
In the covert way, the enemy ignores schools, streets, dance clubs, etc but they focus on religious organizations.
2- Religiosity difficulties:
His eminence Imam Ali stated in Behar-al-Anvar, volume 25, page 111; \"There will be an absence for Imam Mahdi, in which every body who is to be steady and fixed in his faith and belief, is like one who is to uproot thorn bushes with his hands. By these words, Imam Ali means that being faithful and learning religious science would be difficult in for people in the last part of the time. It has also written in Behar-al-Anvar, volume 51, page 114; people in last part of the time will avoid admitting one another and the pessimism will become widespread among them. Unfortunately, people nowadays mostly look at the empty half of a glass of water and evil deeds and characteristics
will become common. He continues; The good (ones) live unknown and in isolation and their supporters will be less.
The features of Imam Mahdi\'s companions:
1.    Sincerity and monotheism:
Their belief is as firm as stone, they (certainly) believe in God\'s pure perfect essence and worry and grief has no way to their hearts (has no place in their hearts).
2.    Ability and power:
If they fight the mountains, extirpate them. They trust (on?) God\'s kindness and power. There aren\'t any barriers for them to achieve their goals.
3.    (Despite these characteristics, few of them can meet Imam Mahdi during occultation and not all the claims
are acceptable about Imam Mahdi\'s visitation.)
4.    The unconditional love to Imam Mahdi and all the relating things to him (all the things relating to him), Imam Mahdi\'s companions like all the things attributed to him.
5.    They are just qualified and capable, both in knowledge and action. Holy quran, (2:?); \"And fear from disobedience of God\'s commands, God is one who teaches you well\". Accordingly, piety and knowledge are two joint, inseparable wings (that one can only fly with them).
6.    The companions of Imam Mahdi stay awake at nights, holding a vigil all through the nights and talk to God, while standing on their feet. They recite the holy Quran God, and then they go to bed (to sleep).
7.    They are brave indefatigable men who worship God sincerely.
8.    Absolute obedience:
Holy Quran, (? :?); \"O, thou, who believe (in God), obey Allah and obey the messengers and those governors among you who have received divine authorities\". The learned and the wise should have no problem with Islamic government and its leader.
Sefyani\'s
2insurrection is one of the signs of Imam Mahdi\'s reappearance. To know Sefyani, one should refer to traditions and compare them to our own era. Sefyani and his followers have a really strict religious face and do their best to feign to show a religious face and to pretend their movements to be religious. It has
been written in Ibn-Hemar manuscript, page 75, that due to worshiping God excessively, Sefyani looks pale and weak. Although he pretends to be the Jews and the Romans\' enemy, he fights against Imam Mahdi\'s army in favor of them (the jews and the western military forces) in the defensive front and after being defeated, he and his remained forces escape to western armies. Of the most obvious characteristics of Sefyani and his followers is hostility; while (and) his political role is to create sedition among Moslems and also to stir and arouse Sunnite against Shiite.