Our Duties as Shias During the Era Before the Reappearance

Principles:

1: The Principle of Maintaining Superficial Relations with People and Avoiding Real/Deep Connections.

2: The Principle of Strengthening Faith and Firmness of Belief During the Era of Occultation (Ghaybah).

3: The Principle of Active Waiting (Intiẓār) and Preparing for the Reappearance of Hazrat Mahdi (AJTF – May Allah Hasten His Noble Reappearance).

4: The Principle of Preserving Islamic Unity and Cohesion Against Divisions, Maintaining Social Solidarity, and Confronting the Enemies of Islamic Unity.

5: The Principle of Awareness and Confronting the Tribulations (Fitan) of the Occultation Era and the End Times, and Steadfastness Against the Intellectual and Cultural Challenges of the End Times.

6: The Principle of Reviving the Culture of the Ahlul Bayt (a.s. – Peace Be Upon Them) and Disseminating Their Teachings.

7: The Principle of Praying for the Hastening of the Relief/Reappearance (Faraj) of Imam Mahdi (AJTF).

8: The Principle of Following the Guardian Jurist (Vali-ye Faqih) and the Religious Authority (Marjaʿiyyat) During the Era of Occultation.

9: The Principle of Combating Oppression (Ẓulm) and Corruption (Fasād) in Islamic Society and Supporting Justice-Seeking Movements During the Era of Occultation.