Many of the Islamic teachings and religious precepts have been changed by wrong interpretations and explanations. The factor behind these changes and distortions are the malicious motives and mean desires of people and governments, who in the course of history, have paved the way for establishing their authority and opening the path of playing with religious creed and realities. The ‘Ghaibat’ (concealment) of the ‘Hujjah’, who is the genuine interpreter of Qur’an, has turned into an appropriate opportunity for the wrongdoings. Distortion of most of orders began just after from the holy prophet’s era and would continue till the time of ‘Zuhoor’. One of theRead More →

What is meant by connection? Do you mean spiritual and heartily connection or physical connection? By apparent connection is meant we should have relationship and social mingling with Hazrat Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) (who lives in the society and sees us and we too see him but do not recognize him). This type of connection is not possible during“major concealment”. It has come in traditions that people see him, but do not recognize him. (Kafi 1:337, tradition 6.) So anyone claiming that he can have apparent connection as per his own free-will is something unacceptable. About spiritual connection, the Almighty Allah describes it in the following verse fromRead More →

In response to the foregoing question, we must mention a few points: A) We have enquired the office of late Ayatollah Bahjat about whether or not the Ayatollah had said those words and they denied that he had said them. Instead, His Eminence had said that whenever difficulties and problems increase, then the time of reappearance is near (“اذا اشتد الامر قرب الفرج”). This saying by Ayatollah Bahjat is derived from a narration which says: “Before the reappearance, the seditions become visible and the world will be filled with oppression and injustice.” B) When it comes to fixing the time of the reappearance of theRead More →