The Relationship between the Notion of al-Saadah (Happiness) and Imam Mahdi's lifestyle

This article, studies the relationship between the notion of al-Saadah (happiness) and Ideal lifestyle according to the principle of Allameh Tabatabaei. According to Allameh's viewpoints on theology and interpretation, Saadah (happiness) is the existential good that is a prelude for perfection of the being; in human being that is a combination of soul and body, it is a good that is corresponding to his mental and bodily powers. This Saadah has stages, levels, and categories such as worldly and otherworldly; human being can choose and acquire the path of Saadah (happiness). He holds that the truth of Saadah is laid down on passing the stages of Tawhid (monotheism), 'Ubudiyyah (obedience), and connecting to the substance of God. Therefore, the one who believes in this notion and holds that the truth of Saadah is in liqa 'Allah (meeting with God), is to find a path that leads him to the the desired stage, to acquire and reach this truth. Considering the comprehensiveness and special capacities of Islam particularly Shia, educating people through affection and love would be the best presented path, in which the truth of such affection is in the God's affection and in the second level the affection of the leaders of the perfection and Saadah path. Meanwhile, affection and knowing Imam Mahdi (PBUH) is one of the present instances of divine leaders that leads people to the excellence of human and reach them to worldly and otherworldly Saadah through creating an awaiting lifestyle and his perfection influence on different aspects such as intellectual aspect, spiritual-psychological aspect, ethical aspect, and practical aspect.