Investigating and Criticizing the Deviated Perceptions of the Term “Awaiting” Based on the Viewpoint of Ayatollah Khamenei

Deviated perceptions of the issue of “awaiting” lead to misbehaviors, including a sense of shirking and abandoning the duties. This paper seeks to answer this question what kind of deviated perceptions exist in the matter of awaiting and how one can criticize these perceptions. The method of collecting the contents of this research is library-based and their processing is based on the descriptive-analytic method. This paper points the deviations such as silence, being bound to the house, abandonment of religious and Mahdavi duties, abandonment of enjoining what is good and forbidding what is bad, preparation of the ground for sin for the appearance of Imam Mahdi (AS). Then, these views are offered to the viewpoints of the Supreme Leader and finally, these deviations are rejected. He deems self-improvement, getting ready and the feeling of being responsible necessary for the realization of Mahdavi government and the fight against oppression and tyranny, and believes we should prepare the ground for the appearance of Imam and the establishment of a global government.