This chapter mentions 8 duties towards the Imam of the Age (atfs).We shall briefly mention them in our excerpts.

*First duty: Being aggrieved for the Imam during occultation and in his separation*

The author mentions 3 reasons for this grief:

*1.* The following Prophetic tradition is narrated both by Shaikh Saduq(ar) and Shaikh Tusi(ar):

_A servant has not believed till I am not more dearer to him than his own self and my family is not more dearer to him than his own family and my progeny is not more beloved to him than his own progeny._

A believer should therefore be sorrowful on the loneliness of Hazrat Mahdi (atfs) in the occultation.

*2.* Imam Mohammed Baqir(as) says:

_There is no Eid for the Muslims; neither Eiduz Zuha nor Eidul Fitr, but that the Almighty Allah freshens the grief of Aale Muhammad (a.s.)._

_The narrator asked: Why?_

_He replied: It is so because they see their rights in the hands of others._

Thus seeing the rights of the Ahlebait (as) usurped is a source of grief for the believers.

*3.* Mentioning about the era before reappearance, Imam Husain (as) says:

_The matter that you are expecting will not occur until a time comes that you disavow each other, spit at the face of each other, declare unbelief against each other and curse each other._

These internal disputes during occultation results in extreme sorrow both for Imam(as) as well as his sincere followers. We should therefore avoid anything which would cause grief to our Imam.

*May the Almighty help us in strengthening the bond of brotherhood amongst the believers and fill our hearts with grief on the calamities which befall on the Holy Ahlul Bait (as).*