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Does not the command of praying for the hasty reappearance of Imam (ATFS) contradicts with his own narration («وأما ظهور الفرج فإنّه إلی الله»)?

Answer: In this («واکثروا الدعاء بتعجیل الفرج، فإن ذلک فرجکم» (الإحتجاج: 2 / 47) Tawqee’e shareef which is stated by Imam Zamana (ATFS), he has advised to pray for his hasty reappearance. Similarly, other Imams as well has have advised us to pray for the hasty reappearance of the Imam Zamana (ATFS) in the narrations recorded from them. In all of these prayers, we pray to Allah for the hasty reappearance of our Imam and we say: (اللهم عجل لولیک الفرج.) be hasty in the reappearance of your authority, since our request is from Allah himself not from Imam Zamana (ATFS) hence it does not contradict the Imam’s narration which says: («وأما ظهور الفرج فإنّه إلی الله» (الإحتجاج: 2 / 470)). Therefore, according to this the reappearance of Imam Zamana (ATFS), may our lives be sacrificed on him, will only occur by the will of Allah and we also request Allah in our prayers for the hasty reappearance of Imam Zamana (ATFS).

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