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Our responsibility during the major occultation

 

13/08/2013 A.D 6/9/1434 H

 

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During the 329 Hijri year, the major occultation of Imam Al-Mahdi (aj) commenced. His Eminence, the late Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadlullah (ra) has touched upon the issue on several occasions. The following is an edited part of the religious sermon delivered by His Eminence (ra) during a Friday prayer.

Allah says in His Glorious Book: “And We desired to bestow a favor upon those who were deemed weak in the land, and to make them the Imams, and to make them the heirs, And to grant them power in the land, and to make Firon and Haman and their hosts see from them what they feared.” (28:05-06), and “And certainly We wrote in the Book after the reminder that (as for) the land, My righteous servants shall inherit it.” (21:105), and “Allah has promised to those of you who believe and do good that He will most certainly make them rulers in the earth as He made rulers those before them, and that He will most certainly establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them, and that He will most certainly, after their fear, give them security in exchange; they shall serve Me, not associating aught with Me; and whoever is ungrateful after this, these it is who are the transgressors.” (24:55).

 

The aforementioned verses suggest that there will come a time in the future when Allah will empower the weak and the downtrodden and weaken the arrogant. Thus, Allah will enable His good servants to inherit the earth and rule it, upholding the religion which Allah wanted all people to obey its orders in what it had deemed permissible and what it had prohibited. This stage in time is the stage the Prophet (p.) was referring to when he talked about the end of the world and about the Islamic leadership that will originate from the descendants of Imam Al-Hussein (a.s.) to fill the world with justice having been filled with wronging and injustice.

 

It has been mentioned that: “The world will not end, until it will be ruled by a descendent of Al-Hussein who will fill it with justice as it was filled with wronging and injustice”. Allah wants this worldto witness a day when Justice would, then, be the norm which every human being will live, whether with himself by not wronging himself, with his God by observing God's rights, or with others by not wronging any other human being. Justice should also be the norm when it comes to any ruling which should observe justice as its sole guide.

 

Allah, the Most Exalted, did not wish the world to end before a just Islamic leadership would establish Islam on earth, so that all human beings would submit (become Muslims, since one of the meanings of the word "Islam" in Arabic is submission) to Allah following the guidance of Prophet Ibrahim (a.s.): “When his Lord said to him, Be a Muslim, he said: I submit myself to the Lord of the worlds.” (02:131). And we know that submission to Allah is to seek His satisfaction in all aspects of life. It is He Who sent all the Messages and Holy books, and it is He Who established the balance so that all people would be just. And this is what we are waiting for with all our hearts and minds and which would be represented by Imam Al-Mahdi (a.s.).

 

The Messenger (p.) has emphasized the fact that the Holy Book is associated with his progeny throughout time. He says: “I am leaving among you what if you hold on to, you will never be led astray: The Book of Allah and my progeny who will not part until they come to me in Heaven.”As long as the Book of Allah is being recited, there will be one of the descendants of the Prophet of Islam who will strive to make the people follow God's Message and the teachings of His Prophet (p.).

 

Thus, we are living in a state of waiting. But, what is our responsibility as we look forward to this just leadership? When we study the mission of the Imams before Al-Mahdi (aj), we notice that it was to fill the world with Islam through their talks, teachings, and lessons regarding both the principles and the details, so that the people would not be in need of any new Islamic ruling or a clarification of any Islamic concept. Then, when Imam Al-Mahdi came, he told those who asked him about anything: “Go back to the narrators of our traditions.” They are entrusted with our heritage to convey it to the people. Thus, our heritage has explained everything concerning Islam, whether regarding the interpretation of the Quran or the Sunnah of the Messenger, so much so that the people did not experience any confusion regarding any juristic ruling or an Islamic issue.

 

Thus, the major occultation commenced for reasons pertaining to the wisdom of Allah. However, there remained the guidelines that the other Imams (a.s.) had left in this stage of the occultation. Every Muslim, whether male or female, and especially the scholars that are the heirs of the prophets and the trustees of the messengers, if they do not get indulged in this world, should abide by the heritage of the Holy Book, the Sunnah, and the traditions of the Members of the Household (a.s.) and spread them amongst people. The Prophet, (p.) who warned and threatened the scholars residing at their homes doing nothing for the sake of the Call, is reported to have said: “If innovation appears, then the scholar should reveal his knowledge; however, if he does not, Allah will lay His curse upon him.”

 

Therefore, we ought to participate, each according to his culture, potentials, and circumstances, in extending Islam, as a culture and movement, in the entire world. Actually, Allah holds anyone who knows a religious ruling or an Islamic concept responsible of explaining and teaching it to the people. Therefore, the matter does not only lie in the fact that we look forward for his (aj.) appearance, but also in doing what he wants us to do by launching the Message, in order to create in every location of this worldly life, whether in the East or the West, an Islamic base and an Islamic society.

 

Our responsibility is not to wait for him until he starts spreading Islam, but rather it is that we should carry the banner of Islam during his occultation and spread it all around the world, so that he will notice that there is an Islamic movement that opens up to all the reality in life. It is also our responsibility to realize that the world we live in contains both justice and injustice, and that there are nations living under oppression. Therefore, we have to work on spreading justice amongst people, for that is what Allah commands us to do. Moreover, Allah wants us to be just among people to achieve the major goal; the goal of Imam Al-Mahdi (aj.), so that justice would prevail in all places and positions. Therefore, we ought to take a stand with every just cause, as well as with every people calling for justice and demanding their rights, be they Muslims or non-Muslims, for Allah refuses injustice against all people, even if they were atheists. In some narrations, it was reported that Allah “enjoined one of His prophets living in a country under the rule of a tyrant: “To go to this tyrant and tell him that I did not make use of you to shed the blood (of the people) and gather wealth. I made use of you to soothe the cries of the wronged, because you should not neglect their plight even if they were disbelievers”, therefore, it is impermissible for us to take a stand with those who oppress people and deny them their rights in all life’s aspects.

 

In the world, there is another group whom Allah calls the downtrodden; i.e. the people that the arrogant powers control and confiscate their wealth. Our mission is to solve the problems of these downtrodden people, by supporting them and taking a stand with them, so that the 25th of Shaaban would become the day for supporting them, as Allah says: “And We desired to bestow a favor upon those who were deemed weak in the land, and to make them the Imams, and to make them the heirs.” Thus, we ought to support the downtrodden and unify their struggles, so that they would become a powerful force that faces and defeats the arrogant.

 

During the major occultation, Allah has held us responsible of several tasks, including working on spreading justice and Islam throughout the world, as well as on failing the projects of the arrogant, so that if the era of the Imam’s appearance comes, we would join him and tell him: O our master, o our Imam, o Allah's argument to his people; we have assumed our responsibility.” We ought to declare our loyalty to him, for by doing so, we would be declaring our loyalty to the Message, justice, and the cause.

 

We await him by fulfilling our duties and working to spread the Message and justice, which set the basis for establishing justice amongst people in this position or the other. Therefore, we ought to take a stand even with those who have different points of view or belong to a different sect provided that they have a just cause, for Allah desires that justice should prevail among all people.

 

“O Allah, make us among those who would have the honor to see his honorable face! Let us become among his supporters and those who will be martyred for his cause! O Allah, send blessings on the Custodian of Thy commandments, the vigilant Guardian, the reliable Patron, the awaited Justice, surrounded by Thy favorite angels, assisted by the Holy Spirit.”

 

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