Criticism of Dr. Soroush Viewpoint on the Historical Non-provability of the 21 th Imam’s Birth and the Uncertainty of Belief in the Imam Mahdi (AS) Existence

From the Shi’a point of view, it is necessary to know the Imams (AS). Nowadays in the period of the great absence of Imam Mahdi, the Shi’a is in need of gaining knowledge of him more than any other time; especially some individuals provided some incorrect readings and, claiming non-provability of Imam Mahdi’s historical existence, did not necessitate belief in him. With a descriptive-analytic method, the present article tries to historically prove the existence of Imam Mahdi (AS). Thus, mentioning the numerous historical evidences that witness his historical existence in Shi’i and even non-shi’i sources, it proved his historical existence and explained the necessity of belief in Imam Mahdi’s Existence.