ten days left until half of shaaban

Imam al-Sadiq (PBUH) said to his companions, "Be more hopeful on the things that you consider farfetched than that which you presume very likely. Verily, Musa Ibn Imran (PBUH) went to bring fire
 (to provide heat and light) for his family and when he came back to them he was an apostle, and this way, Allah rectified the matter of His servant and His Prophet, Musa (PBUH), within a night. In the same way, Allah shall treat al-Qa'im, the twelfth of the Imams (PBUT). He shall rectify his matter in one night and shall take him from complication and concealment to the light of relief and reappearance

eleven days left until half of shaaban

 

Imam al-Sadiq (PBUH) said, "When the period of the suffering of the children of Israel was prolonged, they wailed and cried to Allah for 40 mornings. There upon, Allah revealed to Moses (PBUH) and Aaron (PBUH) to rescue them from the (hands of) Pharaoh.

This way, He reduced the period of their hardship by 170 years." Then, the Imam (PBUH) continued, "This is your case as well, and if you do the same Allah shall certainly relieve us However, if you avoid it, this matter (i.e., the calamity before al-Faraj) shall surely continue up to its last stage...

 

twelve days left until half of shaaban

Imam al-Ridha (PBUH) said,

"The perfection of religion is: accepting our Wilaya and keeping aloof from our enemy


 

thirteen days left until half of shaaban

 

ImamAli (PBUH) said the following in one of his sermons preserved in Nahj al-Balagha

Look at the people of the Prophet's family. Adhere to their direction. Follow their"footsteps because they shall never let you out of guidance and shall never throw you into destruction. If they sit down,
you sit down, and if they rise up you rise up. Do not go ahead of them for you will go astray, and do not fall behind them for you will perish

 

 

fourteen days left until half of shaaban

 

Fudhail Ibn Yasar narrated:

I asked Imam al-Sadiq (PBUH) about Allah's saying, "On the day that We shall call every group with their (respective) Imam." (17:71) The Imam (PBUH) replied, "O Fudhail! Know your Imam, for if you have real understanding of your Imam, postponement or advancement of this matter (al-Faraj) shall not hurt you. He who recognizes his Imam and dies before the rising of the holder of this matter, he is like the one who is sitting in his army. Nay, he is like the one who is sitting under his banner.