Intend is very important. Looking for the Mahdi (pbuh), loving the Mahdi (pbuh).. If one knows that Mahdi is alive, in his soul he should experience that submission and that wholehearted love towards him. If that is case, our Prophet (saas) says that such a person would attain merits just like he would attain if he had spent all his life striving on the side of the army of Mahdi. - Harun Yahya