ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE RANK OF THE HOLY LEADER OF

THE TIME (may Almighty Allah hasten his reappearance)

One of the important ways that increases acquaintance and knowing the high rank of his excellence, the great remainder of Allah's proof (May our souls be sacrifice for him) is to know the role of the existence of his excellence in the world of existence and the system of the world of creation.

If we know that this great man is the pivot of this world base on the rank of divine representative; the awaiting Imam is not only the representative of Allah in this our world rather he is Allah's representative in the entire world of existence, and in the galaxy, nebular and even he is the ruler upon the angels that carries Allah's Throne; then our knowledge about the great rank and position of his excellence shall increase our love, affection towards him and forethermore we will take notice of how we are negligence of the leader of the age (May Almighty Allah hasten his relief) concequently we should amend the negligence by concentrating to the holy Imam who is alive and exist within us.

The discussions and statements of the pure Imams (Peace be upon them) who are the representatives of Almighty Allah in the worlds of creation and existence has stresses and show the greatness of the rank of the leader of the time (May Almighty Allah hasten his relief) and how people should concentrate to his name, meanwhile they have glorifies him through the remembrance of that great man.[1]

يقول الإمام الباقر عليه السلام: «يكون هذا الأمر في أصغرنا سنّاً، وأجملنا ذكراً، ويُورثه الله علماً، ولا يكلُه إلى نفسه».

For example Imam Baqir (Peace be upon him) in this respect said:

"The reformation of this world shall be entrusted to the younger one among us, the most genius among us, Allah will make him to inherit knowledge and He will not deputize his affairs to himself"[2]

The entire purified Imams (Peace be upon them) are knowledgeable but why that of the Imam of the time is more and genius than others?!

It is because all the entire struggles and self sacrifices that has been put forward by Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him and his family) and the purified Imams (Peace be upon them) shall be materialized through that great man and the achievement of the entire braveries, martyrdoms of the holy household of the holy Prophet (Peace be upon them) shall be achieve through the powerful hands of the great man. The results of the mission of the great Prophets (Peace be upon him and his family) and the leadership of the Imams (Peace be upon them) shall be manifested within the people through him; consequently remembrance of that great Imam and his reappearance is as same as remembrance of Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him and his family) and that of the entire purified Imams (Peace be upon them).

Whoever make the remembrance of that great Imam and the period of his government (May Almighty Allah hasten his relief) is like remembering the fruit of the entire struggle that has been put forward by the previous great Imams, consequently his remembrance is the remembrance of the whole Imams (Peace be upon them).

Verily remembering and mentioning the moral and handsomeness of that great man is same as remembering and mentioning the moral and handsomeness of the entire infallible Imams (Peace be upon them).