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that was mentioned in the argument in it, whether
hadiths of the Ahl al-Bayt, it is apparent, well-
which is that we can benefit known or hidden, and it
from the Imam from his occultation. is not devoid until the
In the hadith on the Hour is established of
authority of Jabir bin Abdullah God’s argument in it,
Ansari that he asked the and if it were not for
Prophet: Do the Shiites benefit that, God would not be
from the Qa’im, in his worshiped”. (Juwayni al-
occultation? He said: Shafi’i, 1978, Vol. 1: 46)
“Yes, I swear by the one
who sent me with It was mentioned in the
prophecy, they benefit signature issued by Imam
from him, and they are Mahdi to Ishaq bin Yaqoub:
illuminated by the light “As for the way of
of his guardianship in benefiting from me
his absence, as people during my occultation,
benefit from the sun, it is like benefiting from
even if its gloominess the sun when the clouds
the clouds”. (Saduq, are hidden from view”.
2011, Part. 1: 253) (Tusi, 2012: 177)
We understand from these
And in another hadith on
the authority of Imam Sadiq, three hadiths that despite the
that he said: long absence of the Imam in
“Since God created which corruption and injustice
Adam, the earth has not prevail, the earth is not without
been devoid of God’s an Imam who spreads benefit
to his followers as the sun
