If one seeks to quench his thirst of meeting the Infallibles, peace be upon them, then visiting the shrines of Ahl al-Bayt is like meeting them, and Imam Mahdi. They are present and watching [us] everywhere.
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The sun is to shine even behind the clouds. Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him, is the same, even though he's in occultation! We don’t see him but there were and still are, people who do see him or even if they don’t see him, they have some relations with him.
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More important than praying for the hastening of the reappearance of Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him, is to pray for maintaining our faith and remaining steadfast in our beliefs and that we won't deny the Imam until his reappearance.
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