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 [[Imam al-Rida (a)]] describes Imam al-Mahdi's (a) character as follows: "he deserves people more than they deserve themselves and is more passionate about people than their parents. He is more modest than other people towards God, and more hard-working in acting upon his own orders, avoiding his own prohibitions more than others".<ref>Ḥāʾirī al-Yazdī, ''Ilzām al-nāṣib'', p. 24.</ref> Also, Imam al-Rida (a) has characterized him as the wisest, the most knowledgeable, the most pious, the most patient, the most generous, and the greatest worshipper who talks with angels.<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Man lā yaḥḍuruh al-faqīh'', vol. 4, p. 418.</ref>
+==Proofs for Imamate==
+Shiite scholars have presented various, including rational and traditional, proofs for the [[imamate]] of the Twelfth Imam (a) and especially for the fact that he is alive.
+===Rational Proofs===
+Among the rational proof for the Imamate of the Twelfth Imam (a) are the argument from fitra (primordial nature), the argument from lutf (favor), the argument from the possibility of the nobler, the argument from the complete manifestation, the argument from the medium of grace (wasitat al-fayd), and the argument from the final cause. These arguments have been discussed and analyzed by scholars. One common point in all of them is that they can only prove that there is an imam in the world, but they cannot prove that this imam is Imam al-Mahdi (a).
+===Traditional Proofs===
+The most important proofs for the imamate of Imam al-Mahdi (a) are the traditional proofs; that is, the Qur'anic verses and the sayings of the Prophet (a) and Imams (a). Some of these proofs are general and show only the necessity of the existence of an Imam in all times, and some others are specific and prove the imamate of Imam al-Mahdi (s) in particular.
+Among the most important traditional proofs are the following:
+*	The hadiths that indicate the continuation of imamate. [[Hadith al-Thaqalayn]] is accepted by all Muslims, [[Shiites]] and [[Sunnis]]. According to this hadith, Muslims are required to "hold on to" the Qur'an and [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] after the [[Prophet (s)]] until the [[Day of Judgment]]. Now, if, after some time, there was no imam from Ahl al-Bayt (a), the command to hold on to the Qur'an and Ahl al-Bayt (a) could not be obeyed.
+*	[[Hadith of Twelve Caliphs|Hadith of twelve caliphs]], accepted by Shiites and Sunnis.
+*	The hadith about the "death in the state of ignorance," accepted by Shiites and Sunnis and the thirty-six other hadiths similar to it.
+*	153 hadiths collected by [[Allama Majlisi]] in ''[[Bihar al-anwar]]'', demonstrating the imamate of Imam al-Mahdi (a).
+===Qur'anic Proofs===
+The names of Ahl al-Bayt (a) or Imam al-Mahdi (a) are not explicitly mentioned in the Qur'an. However, a number of verses include glad tidings about the end times that allude to the the reappearance of the Twelfth Imam (a). These verses can be categorized in five groups:
+#	The verses stating that the true religion will prevail on earth; e.g., "It is He who has sent His Apostle with the guidance and the religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all religions" (9:33).
+#	The verse announcing that the righteous will inherit the earth: "Certainly, We wrote in the Psalms, after the Torah: 'Indeed My righteous servants shall inherit the earth'" (21:105).
+#	The verse about the rule of the oppressed: "And We desire to show favor to those who were abased in the land, and to make them imams, and to make them the heirs" (4:98).
+#	The verse about the viceregency of the righteous (24:55).
+#	The verse about the victory of the truth and destruction of falsehood: "And say: 'Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away. Lo! falsehood is ever bound to vanish'" (17:81).
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