Criticism of Ibn Taymiyyah Viewpoint about Imam Mahdi(A.S)

Ibn Taymiyyah confirmed traditions and narrations about Imam Mahdi (a.s.) and considered believing Imam Mahdi (a.s.) as a postulate. But through expressing some dubious things such as: infertility of Imam Ashari (a.s.), impossibility of longevity of Imam Mahdi (a.s.), and incapability of Imam Mahdi (a.s.) for leadership in his childhood, he tried to nominate the belief in Imam Mahdi (a.s.) as a wrong and null belief and hypothesis. The author tries to indicate the Ibn Taymiyyah problems and questions besides their solutions and answers. Answering the Ibn Taymiyyah dubious question about infertility of Imam Asgary (a.s.), the author states this subject is not mentioned in “Tabari History”, though Ibn Taymiyyah claimed it was mentioned there. Also he answer Ibn Taymiyyah’s other claim about impossibility of Imam Mahdi (a.s.) longevity. Then, the writer accounts some features such as: deservingness, accomplishment and intellectual growth as the Leadership (Imamat) conditions but the age.