The duties of ImÄm ZamÄn (mGehr) in the common occasions
Shi’a belief: By referring to the books of Shi’a Mutakallim 1, it will be possible to find out the philosophy of Imamate [Here we mean, […]
Imam Mahdi
  Requesting and seeking help from ImÄm ZamÄn (mGehr)
AbÄ« Ḥamzah narrated from His Excellency KhÄdim (pbuh), that he stated, ‘All the angels who are sent by God to earth, for some affairs visit the ImÄm [ZamÄn (mGehr)], at first. Then, they present our deeds to the Sir. In fact, he [SÄhib al Amr (mGehr)]. is the cause of commuting angels from The Almighty God to him.
People will be inclined to the religion and love it, if the faithful benefit from their piety and faith to gain calmness, and have calm faces even in the peak of problems!Â
Many people are used to discomfort so they never understand they are not calm! They even don’t look for it! Of the signs of being used to discomfort is that, when the problems of these people are over and they feel free, they will look for them; they cannot live without anxiety!
Repent for each moment, you haven’t had tranquility!
Many discomforts bring forth sin in humans! Also, there are some discomforts that are typically sins; therefore, the sinners are to repent.
Now pray, “O, God! I repent for each moment, I haven’t had tranquility!â€
According to ImÄm AlÄ« (pbuh)’s words, “The faithful/ believers enjoy both spiritualties [celestial] and the world [terrestrial], compared to others!†(Nahj al BalÄghah, the Letters 27)
Why is that? It’s because, religion teaches the techniques of enjoying the world, through its psychological techniques.
A strategy for avoiding regretÂ
 “If your wish is not fulfilled, consider, ‘I haven’t ever wanted such a thing! [Not to feel sad]. And if you lose something, tell, ‘I haven’t ever had such a thing!’â€
Relieve your soul! Emotional distress leads humans to disbelief! Now, what is to make us happy?’ ImÄm AlÄ« (pbuh) stated,
Ù‚Ùرَّة٠عَیْن٠ÙÙیمَالا یَزول
(Nahj al BalÄghah, Sermon 193)
It means the pious individual is happy with the immortal things; the eternal things enlighten their eyes.
Introducing one of the factors of children’s bad behavior
One of the factors of children’s bad behavior in the present societies is that “They often don’t experience the hardships of ordinary life!†Hence, when they face a problem in their lives, afterward, they wonder, “Why has this problem happened?!†That is, they don’t expect any problem to happen!
Some schools in Canada take the children to the forest, from the morning to the evening, to experience the hardships of living in the forest! There, experiencing those difficult situations, the children are taught whatever the teachers have intended.
  What’s the specific and important technique for fulfilling the prayers?
ImÄm á¹¢Ädiq (pbuh) stated:
A Muslim’s prayer for their brothers [other Muslims] in their absence, makes him to be safe from the calamities and gifts him God’s blessing. Also, the divine angels call him/ her, ‘You will be gifted twice the things, you prayed [wished] for your brother!’
 Reciting prayers in the Major Occultation Era
[In this regard,] ZurÄrah said, ‘Once I heard Aba Abdullâh (pbuh) stated, ‘QÄ’im (mGehr) is occulted for a long time before he will emerge!’ I wondered, ‘How come?!’ He stated, ‘He fears.’ And he pointed to his blessed belly with his hand. Then he kept on, ‘O, ZurÄrah! He is the one who is looking forward to his emergence [MÅ«ntasar2]. Also, he is the one whom they will doubt in his birth!
  About ImÄm ZamÄn (mGehr)’s honorable mother
When the ships that carry the captives landed on the shore, you can see a crowd of bondmen. Also, a group of deputies of Bani AbbÄs’s Emirs and a few Arab young men will gather around them. All day long, you have to be on the lookout for the slaver named “Amroo ibn YazÄ«dâ€. You will wait up to the time, he will introduce the bondwoman who has such and such features… she will wear a silk clothes.
1-It was a coin equal to 3.45 grams of gold.
There are two ways to reduce suffering: To choose some appropriate [meaningful] suffering, and to welcome the suffering which God considered for us Â
One of the ways to reduce suffering is to choose some of the suffering ourselves! After accepting the philosophy of suffering, a wise individual will mention, “As I cannot get rid of suffering, I will choose some of them myself [and embrace it].†If we choose a positive and meaningful suffering, God will reduce our suffering two or more times; such as by giving alms/donations or so on. Although giving alms is a little suffering, poverty is making you suffer more!