This is a great supplication and we have been ordered to recite it during the period of occultation: “Yā Allah, Yā Rahmān, Yā Rahīm, Yā Muqallib al-Qulūb, Thabbit Qalbī ‘alā dīnik.” (O God, O Beneficent, O Merciful, O turner of Hearts, make my heart steadfast in your religion!)  ...

Despite the fact that we do not receive revelations and inspiration, we do not pay attention to that intermediary who does receive revelations and inspirations; and this is despite the fact that we can resort to him for all our difficulties, regardless of whether spiritual or physical, worldly, or o...

I wish we would sit and talk about the time of the reappearance of Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him, so that we would at least be regarded as those awaiting his reappearance. ...

I wish we would sit and talk about the time of the reappearance of Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him, so that we would at least be regarded as those awaiting his reappearance. ...

If the believers recognize their true place of refuge and seek refuge in it, is it still possible that they will not be blessed by it? ...

The sun is meant to shine even though it may be behind the clouds. Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him is the same, even though he may be in occultation! We do not see him but there were, and still are people that see him, and if they do not see him, they have some form of contact with him. ...

Whoever goes to a sacred place, such as Masjid Jamkaran, for a need, must first ask God for the Imam’s relief, which is the greatest desire of the Imam himself ...

In the records of Imam Mahdi, who is presented with the deeds of the people twice a week (on Mondays and Thursdays), God knows best which group we belong to. All we do know is that we are not that which we should be. ...

It is narrated that during the period of occultation everyone shall perish except those that pray for the relief. It is as though this very supplication for the relief is a source of hope and spiritual relationship with him who is prayed for. This in itself is a level of relief. ...

Our affairs will not be solved until we do not have a strong relationship with the Imam of our time, peace be upon him. The strength of our relationship with the Imam, may God hasten his reappearance, is also in reforming ourselves. ...