Discerning truth during occultation of the Imam

If it is said: What is the way of finding the truth during occultation of the Imam? If you say that there is no way, you have led people to confusion, misguidance and doubt in all their affairs; and if you say that the…

We will say: True propositions are of two types: One is supported by rational arguments and the other is based on narrated proofs. Propositions based on intellectual premises are established and discerned through their…

However, the case is as we assert: we proved the need of the Imam, because the reason of this need, which is continuous in every time and age, is that he is a grace for us, as discussed earlier, and no one can take his…

If the opponents say: We suppose that some narrators concealed the Shariah and the word of the Imam is needed and the truth may not be known, but through him, and on the other hand, the fear of life from his enemies…

If you should say that he will appear despite his fear for his life, it follows that his fear for his life does not warrant his occultation in the first place, and thus, he must appear. If you say that he will not appear…

We will say: We have answered this question in Talkhis Shafi in detail. In brief, if Allah knows that some narrations pertinent to the binding religious laws have not reached people in a situation of Imam’s dissimulation…