14 M A S U M E E N........

The Holy Quran says :

" On the Day Of Judgement every individual will be associated with his Imam."

i-e on the Day of Judgement every individual will be called along with his Imam. The Holy Quran further says that there are two kinds of Imam. One who will take you towards Heaven and the other towards Hell. Now its our responsibility that we follow that Imam who will take us to Heaven. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.W) said:

" THE ONE WHO HAS NOT ACQUIRED INSPIRATION OF THE IMAM OF HIS ERA AND DIES, HIS DEATH IS THE DEATH OF KAFIR."

So to prevent ; dieing a Kafir it is our responsibility to acquire inspiration from IMAM-E-ZAMANA (A.S). The name of Imam-e-Zamana is the same as our Holy Prophet (S.A.W.W) but since we don't call Him by His name during Ghaibat therefore He is addressed by His titles. His titles are Mehdi , Quaim Aal-e-Mohammad , Sahib-al-Asr-e-Waz-Zaman, Al-Baqi e.t.c. His father is our 11th Imam Hazrat Hassan Askari (A.S) and His mother Nargis Khatoon was the grand daughter of the Emperor of Rome. He was born on 15th Shaban 256 Hijri at Samrah . The night of 15th Shaban is of great bounties and benefits.

According to Imam Jafer Sadiq (A.S) :

" SOME ONE ASKED IMAM BAQIR (A.S) ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NIGHT OF 15TH SHABAN, HE SAID THAT AFTER THE NIGHT OF SHAB-E-QADR THIS IS AN IMPORTANT NIGHT . ALLAH FORGIVES THE SINS OF PEOPLE."

To come close to Allah the Momineen should spend the whole night in prayers and perform penance for the sins committed. Imam-e-Zamana's birth at Samrah was a hidden event just like the birth of Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S) and Hazrat Musa (A.S). The Phiroan of His time try his best to prevent His birth but the Quran decleared that the light shall be completed. Only a few lucky people saw him after His birth , so that people would not say that He was not born.

The status of our Imam (A.S) will be such that the prayer mat will be spread on water and He will lead the prayer congregation and Hazrat Eisa (A.S) will pray behind Him.

Imam-e-Zamana is "MUSHKIL KUSHA" and performs miracles like Hazrat Ali (A.S). We should pray on 15th Shaban night for the forgiveness our sins, fulfill our legitimate wishes and spend the whole night asking for forgiveness of our previous sins.

COME, LET US ROW TONIGHT TO TRY AND CHANGE OUR CHARACTER IN SUCH A MANNER THAT OUR NAME IS AMONGST THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE COMPANIONS OF IMAM-E-ZAMANA(A.S). LET US ALL PRAY FOR EARLY REVELATION OF OUR IMAM (AMEEN).

THE SIGNS OF APPEARANCE OF IMAM-E-ZAMANA (A.S)

The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.W) said :

" When there will be unrest and wars in the world , few will plunder others , the older people will not be kind to younger while the younger people will not respect the older ones, at that time Allah will reveal our Imam Mehdi (A.S) who is the 9th descendent of the Ahlul Bait. He will conquer the forts of ignorance, open the hearts of the concealed ones, He will establish the kingdom of Islam in the last era like I did in the begining . He will fill the earth with justice as equivalently as the earth will be filled with injustice and crime."

Hazrat Ali (A.S) said:

" Remember there are 10 signs of His(Imam Mehdi[A.S]) appearence.

1) Flags will be hoisted in the streets of the city of Kufa.
2) Mosques will be abloished.
3) Less people will perform Haj.
4) Landslides in the city of Khurasan (Mashad).
5) Storm of stones.
6) The appearence of meteor.
7) Union of stars.
8) Harj and Merj.
9) Murder.
10) Crime & plunder.

A writer asked Abu Jafer (A.S) about the appearence of Imam Mehdi (A.S). He said :

" When men and women will appear to be the same...., False evidence will be accepted and true evidence will be rejected. Murder and rape will be considered minor offences. Interest will be considered permissable(Halal)...."

Imam Jafer Sadiq (A.S) said :

" This fact (appearence and revolution of Imam-e-Zamana[A.S]) will not take place until people of all kinds will rule and non of them will say that if we had ruled we would have established justice. At that time Imam Mehdi (A.S) will appear bringing with Him justice."