This Is My Faith - Al-fatlawi, Ali - الصفحة ٢٩٢ - The Details of the Two Conceals (Al-Ghaibah)
is indeed an ordeal from Allah to test mankind”.
· Existence of the Imam is a grace in itself, because he is the viceroy or Khalif placed by the Most Gracious Allah on earth:
(…I am going to place in the earth a Khalif…)٢;٣٠.
· He is one of the hidden reasons for the whole existence as it is reported: “Through us, Allah holds up the heaven from falling on the earth, save His will; through us, He holds the earth from shaking with its inhabitants; through us, He brings down rain, spreads mercy and brings out the blessings of the earth; without what is on the earth because of us, it would sink with its inhabitants”.
· One of his four Ambassadors, Mohammad Bin Othman, reports from the Imam (AHHR) that “I am providing protection for the people of the earth akin to the stars providing protection for the people of the heaven”.
· He is in charge of people’s internal and external direction.