Treasure of Divine Knowledge

A unique and genuine belief of the Shi'ah is that the All-Loving and All-Knowing Allah has never left His people to themselves; this has been true even from the beginning of the creation of humankind on earth, as the first human created on earth was Adam (PBUH), the infallible representative of Allah. This Divine tradition has been in practice continuously and still is, and these representatives have always been the treasures of Divine Knowledge, no matter what the earthly conditions! Some times these representatives were very young, such as Hazrat Eesa who as an infant announced his Prophethood, or Hazrat Yahya or Imam Jawaad or Imam Haadi (PBUT) as children; the noteworthy point to remember is that when Allah chooses and creates some as His representatives, their earthly characteristics are not significant, rather their bestowed spiritual levels are the issue; therefore, being young or old, being physically present or not, … do not make any difference whatsoever, earthly limitations are only for earthly bodies not for souls; let us never forget that the Omnipotent Allah bestows and does as He Wills.

Whenever Imam Hassan Askari (PBUH) was sure that there were no spies or informants in the house, he allowed his reliable Shi'ah and friends to visit Imam Mahdi (PBUH).

Once a group of forty Shi'ah went to the house of Imam Hassan Askari (PBUH) to visit his son. Imam (PBUH) went inside the house and brought with him a handsome looking son and said: “He is your Imam.”

(Ethbaat-Ol-Hodaat by Sheikh Horr Aameli, vol. 7, p. 20)

Sometimes, people used to come in the presence of Imam Hassan Askari (PBUH) to ask a few questions. Imam (PBUH) used to make his son answer their queries so that the Shi'ah may know and follow their Imam (May Allah hasten his Appearance) in practice. When Kaamel Ebn Hassan came to Imam Hassan Askari (PBUH) with a set of questions from the Shi'ah of Medina, he (PBUH) asked him to refer to a very handsome looking child who provided complete answers for each and every question even without asking their queries.

(Al-Ghaybah by Sheikh Toosi, p. 148)

Today that final Treasure of Divine Knowledge is only one heartbeat away; may the erudite Shi'ah scholars never forget this great blessing, and humbly and sincerely seek his help and guidance moment by moment, for, this is the only way for the nation of Islam to remain on the Right Path.