Imam Mahdi (Descendent of Prophet Muhammad PBUH)
Who Is Imam Mahdi?
Note: Please do not confuse Imam Mahdi with Hadhrat Isa
(Jesus) Alayhis Salaam. They are two different persons, and both will come
during the last days. According to Hadeeth, Imam Mahdi will appear first, and
Hadhrat Isa (A.S.) will appear during Imam Mahdi's lifetime. Furthermore, only
Hadhrat Isa (A.S.) will be able to kill Dajjal (the "anti-Christ").
The term "MAHDI" is a title meaning "The Guided one".
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mas'ood (R.A.) says that Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alayhi Wasallam) said, "This world will not come to an end until one person from
my progeny does not rule over the Arabs, and his name will be the same as my
name." (Tirmidhi)
Hadhrat Ali (R.A.) narrates that Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alayhi Wasallam) said, "Even if only a day remains for Qiyamah to come, yet
Allah will surely send a man from my family who will fill this world with such
justice and fairness, just as it initally was filled with oppression." (Abu
Dawood)
His Features
Hadhrat Abu Saeed Khudri (R.A.) relates that Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alayhi Wasallam) said, "Al Mahdi will be from my progeny. His forehead will be
broad and his nose will be high. He will fill the world with justice and
fairness at a time when the world will be filled with oppression. He will rule
for seven years."
Other ahadeeth inform us that:
* He will be tall
* He will be fair complexioned
* His facial features will be similar to those of Rasulullah
(Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)
* His character will be exactly like that of Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alayhi Wasallam)
* His father's name will be Abdullah
* His mother's name will be Aamina
* He will speak with a slight stutter and occasionally this
stutter will frustrate him causing him to hit his hand upon his thigh.
* His age at the time of his emergence will be forty years
* He will receive Knowledge from Allah.
His Emergence and Rule
Hadhrat Umme Salmah (R.A.) narrates that Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alayhi Wasallam) said, " After the death of a Ruler there will be some dispute
between the people. At that time a citizen of Madina will flee (from Madinah)
and go to Makkah. While in Makkah, certain people will approach him between
Hajrul Aswad and Maqaame Ibraheem, and forcefully pledge their allegiance to
him.
Thereafter a huge army will proceed from Syria to attack him
but when they will be at Baida, which is between Makkah and Madina, they will be
swallowed into the ground.
On seeing this, the Abdaals of Shaam as well as large numbers
of people from Iraq will come to him and pledge their allegiance to him. Then a
person from the Quraish, whose uncle will be from the Bani Kalb tribe will send
an army to attack him, only to be overpowered, by the will of Allah. This
(defeated) army will be that of the Bani Kalb. Unfortunate indeed is he who does
not receive a share from the booty of the Kalb. This person (Imam Mahdi) will
distribute the spoils of war after the battle. He will lead the people according
to the Sunnat and during his reign Islam will spread throughout the world. He
will remain till seven years (since his emergence). He will pass away and the
Muslims will perform his Janazah salaat." (Abu Dawood)
According to a Hadeeth, Sayyidena Eesa (A.S.) will lead the
Janaazah of Imam Mahdi (A.S.).
While the people will be pledging their allegiance to Imaam
Mahdi, a voice from the unseen will call out:
"This is the representative of Allah,
The Mahdi, listen to him and obey him"
This announcement which will be heard by all those present
will establish his authenticity. Another sign which will indicate the
authenticity of Imaam Mahdi wil be that in the Ramadhaan prior to his emergence
an eclipse of the sun and moon will occur.
Hadhrat Abu Umamah (R.A.) says that Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alayhi Wasallam) said: "There will be four peace agreements between you and the
Romans. The fourth agreement will be mediated through a person who will be from
the progeny of Hadhrat Haroon (A.S.) and will be upheld for seven years."
The people asked: "O Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam),
who will be the Imaam of the people at the time?"
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: "He will be
from my progeny and will be forty years of age. His face will shine like a star
and he will have a black spot on his left cheek. He will don two "Qutwaani"
cloaks and will appear exactly as a person from the Bani Israeel..." (Tabrani)
According to hadith narrated by Abu Saeed Khudri (R.A.)
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: "...(regarding the rule of Imaam
Mahdi) the skies will rain down in abundance and the earth will yield forth its
crop in abundance, and those alive will desire that those who have already
passed away should have been alive to enjoy this prosperity..."
Hadhrat Buraidah (R.A.) says that Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alayhi Wasallam) said: "There will be many armies after me. You must join that
army which will come from Khurasaan." (Ibn Adi)
Abu Hurairah (R.A.) says that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi
Wasallam) said: "(Armies carrying) black flags will come from Khurasaan. No
power will be able to stop them and they will finally reach Eela (Baitul Maqdas)
where they will erect their flags."
From: "Signs of Qiyamah"
by Mohammed Ali Ibn Zubair Ali
More Hadeeth (with references) (contributed by Bradley Bilal).
1) The Prophet (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) said: "Even if the
entire duration of the world's existence has already been exhausted and only one
day is left (before the day of judgment), Allah will expand that day to such a
length of time, as to accommodate the kingdom of a person from my Ahlul-Bayt who
will be called by my name. He will fill out the earth with peace and justice as
it will have been full of injustice and tyranny (by then)."
References:
Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v2, p86, v9, pp 74-75
Sunan Abu Dawud, v2, p7
Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v1, pp 84,376; V3, p63
2) The Prophet (PBUH and HF) said: "al-Mahdi is one of us,
the members of the household (Ahlul-Bayt)."
Reference: Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition #4085
3) The Prophet (PBUH and HF) said: The Mahdi will be of my
family, of the descendants of Fatimah (the daughter of the Prophet (PBUH)).
References:
Sunan Abu Dawud, English version, Ch. 36, Tradition #4271
(narrated by Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet)
Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition #4086
4) The Prophet
(Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam)
said: "We (I and my family) are members of a household that Allah (SWT) has
chosen for them the life of the Hereafter over the life of this world; and the
members of my household (Ahlul-Bayt) shall suffer a great affliction and they
shall be forcefully expelled from their homes after my death; then there will
come people from the East carrying black flags, and they will ask for some good
to be given to them, but they shall be refused service; as such, they will wage
war and emerge victorious, and will be offered that which they desired in the
first place, but they will refuse to accept it till they pass it to a man from
my family (Ahlul-Bayt) appears to fill the Earth with justice as it has been
filled with corruption. So whoever reaches that (time) ought to come to them
even if crawling on the ice/snow since among them is the Vice-regent of Allah (Khalifatullah)
al-Mahdi."
References:
Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition #4082,
The History Tabari
al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar, Ch. 11, section 1, pp
250-251
5) Abu Nadra reported: We were with the company of Jabir Ibn
Abdillah... Jabir Ibn Abdillah kept quite for a while and then reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) having said: "There would be a Caliph in the
last (period) of my Ummah who would freely give handfuls of wealth to the people
without counting it." I said to Abu Nadra and Abu al-Ala: Do you mean Umar Ibn
Abd al-Aziz? They said: NO, (he would be Imam Mahdi).
References:
Sahih Muslim, English version, v4, chapter MCCV, p1508,
Tradition #6961
Sahih Muslim, Arabic version, Kitab al-Fitan, v4, p2234,
Tradition #67
6) "al-Mahdi is from our Ahlul-Bayt, no doubt Allah will
enforce his appearance within a night (i.e., his coming is very unpredictable
and is very sudden)."
References: Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, p269
by Mufti A.H. Elias and Mohammad Ali ibn Zubair Ali
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