All Divine Religions Accept Mahdaviat In Principle

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has described waiting for the re-appearance of Imam Mahdi (AS) as an integral part of Mahdaviat.

Ayatollah Khamenei said Mahdaviat is among the main religious teachings of Islam, adding the main goal of sending prophets was to establish a world based on monotheism, justice abd all capacities that human beings enjoy.
“The era of Imam Mahdi’s re-appearance is the era of establishing the genuine rule of monotheism, spirituality, religion and justice over the different individual and social aspects of the life of human beings.”
The Leader said, “If Mahdaviat did not exist, all efforts and struggles of divine prophets would be fruitless and futile.”
Ayatollah Khamenei said, “In all divine religions general points have been mentioned about the essence of Mahdavit, but in Islam this issue is among undeniable realities.
“And among Islamic denominations Shia Islam discusses the issue of Mahdaviat with clear examples and details about Imam Mahdi’s family and personality, details of what have been extracted from valid Shia and non-Shiite narrations.”
“Waiting means expecting a living person and an indisputable truth and in this sense waiting has certain requirements, including spiritual and social preparation for the expected era with its particular conditions,” the Leader said.
Ayatollah Khamenei added, “The person who is waiting should always preserve and strengthen the characteristics that are necessary for the expected era and it is necessary to avoid considering this period of waiting as very long or very short.”
The Leader said those who are waiting for Imam Mahdi (AS) should constantly try to pave the way for his re-appearance and avoid being satisfied with the status quo.”
“One of the great dangers regarding the issue of Mahdaviat is unscholarly, ignorant and undocumented activities based on fantasies and illusions, which prepare the way for false claimants and will cause people to drift away from the genuine essence of waiting,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The Leader referred to the appearance of false claimants throughout history. “All these claims are wrong and misguided because certain things that have said about the signs of re-appearance are invalid and weak, and it is not easy to apply the narrations that are valid.”
The Leader said, “Such wrong and misguided things cause the main essence of Mahdaviat and waiting to be sidelined. Therefore, it is necessary to seriously avoid all unscholarly activities and rumors.”
“Of course the responsibility for scholarly and well-documented work regarding the issue of Mahaviat and waiting lies on the shoulders of experts who have extensive knowledge of hadith and rijal and are perfectly familiar with philosophical issues and ideas,” Ayatollah Khamenei reiterated.
Elosewhere in his statements, Ayatollah Khamenei highlighted the importance of getting closer to the Imam of the Age.
“A proper and scholarly familiarity with the issue of Mahdavited will prepare the way for further closeness to Imam Mahdi (May God hasten his re-appearance) and more accelerated movement towards the lofty goals.”
Ayatollah Khamenei said closeness to Imam Mahdi (AS) means spiritual closeness, adding certain claims about physical contact with the Imam are mostly lies and illusions.