Cultural Damages Existing in the Islamic World and the Role of Mahdism in Solving them

The holy religion of Islam includes the roadmap of human life in various fields and its various dimensions of existence, especially humanistic culture. However, the era of the separation of the Imams from the government and the time of the apocalypse, when there is no apparent successor to the Prophet, has caused various damages to the Islamic Ummah, especially in the field of culture, which is a fact that requires more and more serious attention from researchers to re-examine this problem and find a way out of it. Accordingly, we are faced with the question of what the cultural harms of the Islamic world are and how they can be dealt with. It seems that Mahdism and the doctrine of waiting for the promised can be considered as the most effective solution. The purpose of this article is to show the healing prescription for the pains of Islamic societies in the light of the critical examination of the element of awaiting This article follows a descriptive-analytical method to achieve such a goal. Providing a correct definition of awaiting and explaining its two key elements: 1. a definite and certain future; 2. duties and programs, as well as introducing Imam Mahdi (A.S) as the axis of unity of the Islamic Ummah and also referring to the duties of the people and Islamic societies in line with the culture of awaiting are the results of this article.