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concealment. We must accept that all His actions are based on Wisdom, even if the reason forthem is not known to us. This saying is the truth, which should be confessed and certified by everyMuslim.Verily, very often a person seeks the reason and philosophy for some of the Divine Acts for thesake of gaming certainty and tranquility of his own self and not that he wishes to use hisconfirmation and rejection as a means for perceiving the reason of Divine actions or not.Therefore, before mentioning the philosophy and reason for Occultation we are bound to brieflypresent certain preliminaries. Those interested to know its details should refer to books whichhave been written in this regard. The preliminaries are as follows:An invitor who invites the people towards his call is bound to take resort to the apparent andordinary channels. For achieving his aims it is not permissible for him to refer to the unseen andsupernatural channels because doing so would destroy the essence of reward and punishment.Rather the coming of Prophets and Messengers would all come to vain.A Prophet and 'Wasi' (1£gatee) are the same as far as the afore‐said matter (invitation) isconcerned and this matter is in fact one of the essential conditions of an evangelist (whether hemay be a Prophet or an Imam). However there exists a difference between a Prophet and anImam from another view‐point and it is as such: As a Prophet is the establisher and founder ofreligion it is obligatory for him to start his invition and mission in a customary manner and notifythe people about the ordinances (as against an Imam).Since argumentation has been completed upon the people through a Prophet, it is necessary forthe people to ask and inquire from an Imam. It is not obligatory for an Imam to invite the peopleand then guide them.Rather it is obligatory upon the people to approach the Imam and receive the religiouscommandments from him, protect him and ward off the enemies from him just as it wasobligatory, for the people to protect their Prophet and receive the religious commandments fromhim. When the people begin to lapse such duties and forsake their Imam and the Imam in turnfears from being killed by his enemies and finds none to defend him from his enemies it ispermissible for him to isolate himself from the people and leave aside the duty of invitation andpropaganda. This responsibility is directed towards the people and not the Imam. The views of'Muhaqqeq' i.e. Khawja Naseer Tusi too are the same. In his book 'Tajreed' he says: "The presenceof Imam is one grace and his domination is another and his absence is due to our sake. Now thatyou have understood this matter, we say: We may mention the following as the reasons andphilosophy behind the Occultation of Imam‐e‐Zaman":Firstly: FOR RECTIFYING AND PUNISHING THE SHIAS AND RATHER ALL THE OTHERS:Presented by http://www.alhassanain.com & http://www.islamicblessings.com