The Appearance Era and its Role in the Fundamental Changes of the Family

The “family” is at the center of wide-ranging changes and evolutions which itself is of interest to the scholars, sociologists, and religious experts. The changes of the family include both the instability and breakup as well as its various dimensions and elements (values, structure, functions, and communication). These changes are also mentioned and warned about in the Islamic traditions and are presented in the two categories of apocalyptic issues and the issues of the appearance era. The family changes in the apocalypse mostly include the family breakups, devaluation, debilitation of positive functions, the healthy relationships’ cut-off and the increase in the illegitimate relationships and the displace of the family roles. The traditions related to the appearance era also points to this issue that the appearance of Imam Mahdi (A.S) occurs at this critical moment and Imam Mahdi (A.S) directs the family into its right path. In fact, the appearance era leads to the fundamental changes in the family situation and transforms the negative and undesirable changes. This helps illustrate the ideal state of the family in the light of the changes of the appearance era The research method used in this paper is documentary and library-based and is done based on the various traditions’ sources and sociological analysis.