The Cause Of Imam Zaman's Loneliness

In the anecdote of Ali bin Mahziyar mentioned in Kamaluddin and other books it is narrated from His Eminence (Imam Mahdi ajtfs) himself that he said:

“My father – may Allah bless him – took oath from me that I would not reside in one place but in hidden and far off lands. So that I may protect myself from the deceit and plots of deviated and rejected people that are present in wayward communities.”

Excerpt from Mikyal al-Makarim, Vol 1 by Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Taqi Musawi Isfahani (ra)