Stages of discussion:
- How noble was the Samari family? And from which lineage were they? And how were they servants of Ahlulbayt throughout?
- When the 12th Imam tells Ali bin Muhammad “death will over take you in 6 days,” how can an Imam know when someone is dying when Allah clearly mentions only he knows when the souls are taken away?
- When you come to the idea of meeting the Imam, what is the central debate that occurs in relations to meeting the Imam? Is there anyway anyone has met the Imam? And why is it that the Imam was adamant on saying: “Those who claim to have seen me are liars”
- Those who have met the Imam, did they necessarily know it was him, or did they only realize later? And of those who have met him, were they all Ulama’ or could you just be a simple lover of the Imam and have the chance to meet him?
