1. Many of the migrant-companions of Imam Mahdi (AS) had convened a congregation (ijma' ) at Khanbel and drew up a mahzar (document). It said: "In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. "Our Lord!" (they say), "Suffer not our hearts to swerve, once Thou hast shown us the path, and favour us with Thy grace; verily Thou, Thou alone art the Bestower!" (S. 3 : 8 SAL) Some of the companions of Imam Mahdi (AS) ascertained from the Imam that mumin is one who has seen Allah with physical eyes, or with the eyes of the heart or in a dream. A person, who does not have these attributes but who has the (earnest) desire to acquire them too is a mumin. Imam Mahdi (AS) asked: "What is obligatory for a seeker (of Allah) to reach Allah?" " Love (and devotion)," he himself answered the question. Then, Imam Mahdi (AS) asked: "How does one achieve love (ishq)?" Again he himself replied: "One should always keep the heart's attention fixed on Allah in such a manner that nothing other than Allah comes to the heart (or mind as a thought). And for this, one should seek solitude and he should not engage himself with anybody, either a friend or someone else. He should always be in contemplation of the (Ultimate) Truth, that is Allah, standing, sitting, lying on one's side and at the time of eating and drinking."

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