Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī · Reason of occultation of the Imam from his followers
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فعلى هذا التقرير أقوى ما يعلل به ذلك إن الإمام إذا ظهر ولا يعلم شخصه وعينه من حيث المشاهدة فلا بد من أن يظهر عليه علم معجز يدل على صدقه والعلم بكون الشيء معجزا يحتاج إلى نظر يجوز أن يعترض فيه شبهه فلا يمتنع أن يكون المعلوم من حال من لم يظهر له أنه متى ظهر وأظهر المعجز لم ينعم النظر فيدخل عليه فيه شبهة فيعتقد أنه كذاب ويشيع خبره فيؤدي إلى ما تقدم القول فيه.
Based on this, the strongest reason that can be given is that if the Imam appears and his person is not recognized and identified, it is necessary that he works a miracle to indicate his truthfulness; and it requires reflection to know whether something is a miracle, which can be subject to doubts. Therefore, it is not possible that it be evident from the condition of a person to whom the Imam has not appeared that if he appears to him and shows him a miracle, he may not reflect well and have doubts and believe that he is a liar and spread this information and cause the harm mentioned earlier.
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