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(A question from a little sister)
My storybook says that when we children are sad, Imam al-Mahdi (AS) is sad too. I want to know what kind of sadness that is. For example, my duck died last summer. I was very sad and cried. Was my kind Imam sad then too?
Imam al-Mahdi (AJ) feels sorrow when any of his followers and those who love him are distressed. He has a special tenderness toward children and feels even greater sorrow when they are sad.
Anything that grieves the hearts of the Imam’s devotees and Shi‘a grieves him too. He is especially tender toward children, and their sorrow grieves him all the more.