Seeking the Savior in other doctrines
Apart from: Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Hinduism and also, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, there are other doctrines which confirm “The Savior”. They are as: Confucianism, Daoism [Taoism], Manichaeism, etc.
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A ponderable example for the believers in the Savior [the Savior in Islam is Imam Mahdi (hgr)
Consider a ship, on a story see!
Now if the passengers know that there is no coast to save, for hundreds of kilometers.
and they have a small amount of food.
What will they really do?
Will they do any try?
The Old books of Sunnites, on the theme of Imam Mahdi (hgr)
A lot of Sunni scholars have written books regarding Imam Mahdi (hgr).
For example, the first one who wrote an independent book about Imam Mahdi (hgr)
was “Ibād ibn Ya’qūb Rawajati”.
His book is “Akhbār Al-Mahdi”.
He lived in Imam Askari (pbuh)’s lifetime,
Is this thirst fake?! [The thirst to peace and justice]
While there are many differences in people and nation’s ways of thoughts and customs,
they are unexceptionally fond of these two: Love for peace and love for justice.
Hasn’t it always been the case that, our thirst means there is somewhere water?!
The Celestial call in Qur’an 1
Abdulrahman said, “I told Imam Sadiq (pbuh)
‘Enemies blame and call us; liars!”
[When] we say; there are two voices from the sky,
They react, ‘If both of them are from sky, so how are the call of truth and the call of falsehood descriminized?
The Imam (pbuh) stated, ‘What did you reply?’
Time of the Emergence [of Imam Mahdi (hgr)] in Qur’an
[Regarding the Emergence] Mufazzal1 said:
[Once] I asked my lord; Imam Sadiq (pbuh),
‘Does the Awaited Imam; Mahdi (hgr)’s mission have certain time, and should people know that?”
The Imam (pbuh) stated, “Never does God determine his emergence time such that our Shiites know that!
Command to look forward to the Emergence in Qur’an
…فَانْتَظِرُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ [اعراف/۷۱]
…then wait: I am amongst you, also waiting.” (The holy Quran, Surah AL-ARAF, Verse 71)
Imam Riḍā (pbuh) stated:
How pleasant is patience and looking forward to the Emergence!
It’s clear like daylight…
A large number of Sunni scholars have stated that, believing in the Promised Mahdi (hgr) is an agreement case for Muslims.
Evan some people say, “The denier of Mahdi (hgr)’s emergence, is a heathen.” They also have quoted some narrations in this area.
Some of them believe that “The denier of Mahdi (hgr) must be kiled.”
Sewing| the Emergence Conditions
The Emergence is provided to 4 conditions:
The leader [Imam Mahdi (hgr)], the design and program, the helpers, and the public acceptance.
And one the features of the conditions is that, all of those must be available at once.
The era/ moment of the Emergence [of Imam Mahdi (hgr)] in Qur’an
فلَمَّا نَسُوا مَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَابَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى إِذَا فَرِحُوا بِمَا أُوتُوا أَخَذْنَاهُمْ بَغْتَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ مُبْلِسُونَ [انعام/۴۴]
Translation:
But when they forgot the warning they had received,
We opened to them the gates of all (good) things,