بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم

Familiarity with the Imam of the age, Imam al-Mahdi, is the best and safest way to attain a knowledge of God. This is well phrased in a passage of Imam al-Hadi’s al-Ziyarat al-Jami’a al-Kabira,

“One who seeks God should start with you; and one who recognizes his oneness, should accept your (the infallible Imams) words; and one who wishes to move toward him should turn to you (the infallible Imams). 

Hence, familiarity with him is a step toward loving him; and this leads on to the love of God. As it reads in al-Ziyarat al-Jami’a al-Kabira,

one who loves you he indeed loves God.

It is through familiarity with him that one sets himself free from the bounds of ignorance and attains a profound knowledge of Islam and the Quran, and hence he is rescued from ignorance. The prophet’s hadith is explicit,

One who dies while he does not know his Imam of the age, he dies in ignorance. 

Hence knowledge of his station and personality and recognizing his rights over us as our Imam is a firm ground for getting rid of ignorance and obscurity and reaching light and guidance. This is clearly expressed in a supplication as follows,

O God make that proof (hujja) known to me, for if you do not do so, I would go astray in my faith.

Aim of this course is to get familiar with:

• Necessity of Knowing Imam Mahdi (PBUH)

• Originality of the concept of Mahdi (Messianic Leader)

• Imam Mahdi in Quran

• Imam Mahdi in Hadith and tradition

• Basic information about Imam Mahdi

• Imam Mahdi's birth and childhood

• Beginning of his Imamate

• Imam Mahdi's Occultation (Ghibah)

• Some of Imam Mahdi's virtues

• Imam Mahdi's reappearance

• His global government

• Imam Mahdi's companions and soldiers

• Imam's rights over us

• Some of Imam Mahdi's sayings

Evaluation is done based on students activities , for example :

 1- Multiple choice and /orWritten quizzes at the end of each lesson, 
 2- Midterm exam after 7 lessons.
 3- Final Exam after 14 lessons, including  Multiple choice quiz (At the end of the course, students will be tested and those who succeed in obtaining 60% of the test score will be awarded a certificate.

Number of lessons: 14 lessons.

InshAllah! we hope that you will stay with us till the end.