People to Govern

People to Govern

Are we willing to help Imam Husayn (‘a), or not? Even if we are willing to help Imam Husayn (‘a), we haven’t done something special. The Imam of the Time’s (Mahdi’s) (‘a.j.) coming, won’t be fixed with this. You can’t say, “O Ibn al-Hasan, come. If there is a night like Ashura for you, I will be one of those who stay in your tent.”

The Imam would reply, “I’m sorry. I won’t have a night like Ashura. I believe you. If they surround me in a ditch where they want to slaughter me, you will help me. But, the world’s problems won’t be fixed like that. I want something else.”

I, as a witness and observer, believe that all of the people who mourn for Imam Husayn… Not all, 99% of them. No, 50%. If 50% of these mourners were in Karbala, they would have been sacrificed for Imam Husayn (‘a). If half of the mourners are willing to be sacrificed for Imam Husayn, how many people will that be? How many people? 50 million people? 20 million people? 1 million people? The number will be much more than 1 million people. So, why doesn’t Imam Mahdi (‘a) come? He is looking for 313 people.

Imam Mahdi’s (‘a.j.) mission is not like that of Imam Husayn (‘a) in Karbala. Do you understand? When a person is going to be martyred, he will be corrected automatically. Imam Mahdi (‘a.j.) wants to govern.

Like the martyrs of Karbala, who were so devout the night before Ashura, you must be that pure in Imam Mahdi’s government. “It’s very hard to be that pure while governing! Many religious people have gone astray. How? They were revolutionary. But, they went astray. There is money and fame in power! It’s not that simple.”

Imam Husayn’s training is the beginning of the way. Because, we won’t have a situation like what Imam Husayn (‘a) had. If there is a situation like Imam Husayn’s, the Islamic nation will win. Look at the Martyr Hujaji and other martyrs. There are many people like them.

So, why doesn’t Imam Mahdi (‘a.j.) come? It is not that the level of the companions of Imam Mahdi is higher than the martyrs of Karbala. Their function is different. The martyrs of Karbala were unique people in their own situation. But, in a situation like Karbala, what Imam Mahdi wants to accomplish won’t happen. Imam Mahdi wants very special companions.

If we are going to sacrifice ourselves for a lonely and oppressed person, we will certainly do this. Imam Mahdi says, “Excuse me, I don’t want to be lonely and oppressed. I want to be a ruler. I want to be powerful.”

What should you sacrifice? Your world, although you are still alive. It is very easy to pass on this world when a person is going to be martyred. If there is a situation like Imam Husayn’s, the Islamic nation will win. It is not that the level of the companions of Imam Mahdi is higher than the martyrs of Karbala. Their function is different. It is very easy to pass on this world when a person is going to be martyred. What should you sacrifice? Your world, although you are still alive. Imam Husayn’s training is the beginning of the way.