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Later on, the policy of Bani‐Abbass changed with regards to the twelve Imams and their policydemanded respect and honor of the Imams and this path was first put into practice by Ma'munAbbassid.Those who cast a glance over history of Hazrat Ali‐ibn‐Musa ar‐Ridha Imam Muhammad Taqi,Imam Ali an‐Naqi and Imam Hassan Askari will realize the way of association of the Caliphs withImams. This is because they believed in the greatness and magnificence of Imams (AS.) and hadkept at their disposal house, goods, feather, dress, servants, salvage and wealth for such motiveswhich they had in mind. The main motive of the Caliphs, as per their own imagination was toreceive more ease and attention when in the company of the Imam especially so in the case of theafore‐said two Imams.The reason why Imam Ali an‐Naqi concealed himself from the views of the Shias on much lesseroccasions than Imam Hassan Askari (A.S.) was that there was to be two occultation for our masterMahdi ‐One was the minor occultation during which period the deputies and specialrepresentatives of Mahdi (A.S.) were having access to Hazrat until the time when the Shiasbecame familiar with the absence and concealment of Imam (A.S.) and the period of majoroccultation started wherein the special deputyship was cut off and unlike the Shi as who had theprivilege of meeting Hazrat's great fathers, none have the opportunity of meeting the Imamofficially.How people benefit From the Hidden ImamThe benefits of Imam‐e‐Zaman's existence from our view‐point (i.e. Shi'ite view‐point) are of twotypes: Firstly, Hazrat like other people is alive and the common people derive benefit from hisexistence whether present or absent and whether apparent or concealed.Secondly, the benefit which is derived from Hazrat's occupation (of the earth) was previouslyreasoned that due to fear and insecurity it is not obligatory for Hazrat to carry out the secondtype. However benefits of the first type will necessarily be derived from Hazrat's existence. Thesimile which has come in the tradition of Jabir‐ibn‐Abdullah Ansari is as follows:"Imam is like a sun hidden behind the clouds"This simile is one of the most elegant and beautiful kinds of simile. Various benefits and effectsare derived from the sun's existence even though it may be covered by a cloud. Moreover, otherbenefits are derived from its rays if it is not covered by a cloud or rather anything else. Imam toois the same. I believe, this comparison has been made from two aspects and there exists tworeasons for this (one aspect when the sun is covered by clouds and the other aspect when the sunPresented by http://www.alhassanain.com & http://www.islamicblessings.com