Sociological Characteristics of Strategic Waiting in Shahid Soleimani School

Waiting (for Imam Mahdi's reappearance), as one of the most important teachings of Mahdism, can be divided into strategic and non-strategic parts. The belief in either of these two will have different and sometimes contradictory consequences in practice. Therefore, considering the importance of the social impact of accepting each of these parts, the researcher in this paper aims to answer the question "What are the sociological characteristics of strategic waiting?" Of course, considering the prominence of Shahid Soleimani's personality on the one hand and his lifestyle as being a school on the other hand, an attempt has been made to examine the processing of the issue by focusing on the school of Shahid Soleimani. For data collection, library and document method has been used in the paper, and descriptive and analytical method has been used for processing. The findings suggest that the most important sociological characteristics of strategic waiting in the school of Shahid Soleimani can be reported in nine headings, which are: Benefiting from the approach of Islamic civilization, value-oriented rationality, accepting Wilayat, strategic view, waiting in practice, endurance, creating social solidarity, managing emotions and feelings, and comprehensive jihad.