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The Awaited Imām

Mahdī ()

Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Minhaj-ul-Quran Publications Lahore, Pakistan

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Contents Preface 1

Section 1 Imām Mahdī () is t he true Imām and is

from the family of Fātimah (االله عنھا (رضي 15

Section 2 The Day of Judgment will not arrive before

the caliphate of Imām Mahdī () 18

Section 3 Imām Mahdī () and Economic Just ice 22

Section 4 Imām Mahdī () and the Saints 25

Section 5 Imām Mahdī () as Allāh’s Caliph 29

Section 6 Imām Mahdī () and Is lamic Dominance 32

Section 7 Economic Prosperity and Fair Distribution of

Wealt h 37

Section 8 Imām Mahdī () will be welcomed with

Open Arms 43

T he Aw ait ed Imām Mahdī ( )

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Section 9 Prophet ‘Īsā and Imām Mahdī 46

Section 10 Obedience of Imām Mahdī () will be

Compulsory 52

Section 11 Circumst ances Surrounding Imām M ahdī’s

Arrival 54

Section 12 Imam Mahd ī () as t he Last Caliph 57

Glossary 65

Bibliography 69

Index t o Hadīth and Athar (Arabic) 75

Index t o Hadīth and Athar (English) 79

General Index 83

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Preface

Today is 18 Dh ul-h ijjah ,1 th e day wh en the Prophet () st ayed at Gh adīr Kh um after h is ret urn from Hajjat-ul-wadā‘2 to Medina. Surro un ded by the Comp anion s (), he declared while ra isin g the han d of ‘Alī a l-Murtadā () :

فَع ولاهكُنْتُ م نمولاهم يل. Wh oever ha s me a s his master ‘Al ī is h is master.

This was the declaration o f ‘Al ī’ s spirit ual sovereignty an d it s uncon ditional acceptance is bin din g on believer s ti ll the Day of Judgem ent. It clear ly prov es that anyone who den ies ‘Alī’s spir itual sovereignty in fact denies the Prophet’ s sp ir itual sovereignty. This most h um ble fo llo wer of the Prophet () fe lt that some peop le deny this r eality partly o ut o f ignorance an d p artly o ut of prejudice , wh ich is sp readin g unnecessary ten sion an d disun ity in the Muslim comm unity. Un der the c ircumstan ces I tho ught it necessary to wr ite t wo pamph let s on the issue of sovereignty an d leader ship : one tit led as Th e Ghad īr Decla ration an d the other tit led The Awa ited Imām Mahd ī (). The fo rmer is design ed to

1. t he twel fth month in t he Is l amic cal endar, and the month of

t he pi l grimage to Makkah 2. t he l ast or farewell pi lgrimage of the Prophet Muhammad

() t he year (10AH /632A D ) before he l eft for his eternal home.


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clar ify the stat us of ‘Alī () as the op ener of the sp ir itual sovereignty an d the latter is design ed to descr ibe the st atus of Imām Mah dī (), the seal of sp ir itual sovereignty. The m ain p urpo se is to r emove the do ubts that have gathered aro un d the issue an d to m ake the Muslim s aware of the reality. The sp ir itual sovereignty of ‘Al ī an d Mah dī (علیھما السلام) are p roved by the authentic had īth-book s of Ah l-us-Sunn ah wal- Jamā ‘ah, in the form of contin uo us tr adition s, (that is, there is un interrupted ev iden ce to en dor se th e so un dness o f the tr adition s). In the f ir st p amphlet I h ave included 51 tradition s wh ich are full authenticated an d ref eren ced. The reason for this n um ber is that this year I h ave completed 51 years of my lif e. Therefore, in order to gain blessin gs I hav e h um bly used th is r elat ionsh ip as wa sī lah ( intermediation ) in the presence of ‘Alī (), so th at this meagre ef fort is accepted. (Āmīn)

In this p reface I want to c lar ify the three types of legacy ( inher itance) han ded do wn by the Ho ly Prophet (): i . The sp irit ual inher itance of ‘un apparent

succession’ (sp ir itual khilāfah ). i i. The political inh eritan ce of ‘extern al caliph ate.’ i i i. The gen eral inher itance of ‘r eligio us caliph ate.’ . The fir st form of inher itance was giv en to the

mem ber s of the Prophet’s fam ily . . The secon d form of inh eritan ce was given to the

r ightly-guided caliph s. . The third form of inheritance was giv en to other

Compan ion s an d the Successor s (). The ‘unapp arent succession’ is that fo untainhead of

Prophet Muh ammad’s succession which not on ly safeguarded sp irit ual ach ievem ents an d hidden blessin gs of I slam , but also intro duced the Umm ah to sp ir itual sovereignty, sa intly r ank of qu tb an d refo rmation thro ugh wh ich the Umm ah ben efited sp ir itually.

The ‘external caliphate’ is that fo untainh ead of Prophet Muhammad’s succession wh ich led to the

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practical domin ance of I slam as well as it s establishment as a practical sy stem . This lead to gov ernan ce an d st ability of the Prophet’ s d īn. It p aved the way for the creation of dif fer ent I slamic states an d practically introduced the sha rī‘ah o f Prophet Muhammad () as a wo rld sy stem.

The ‘gen eral caliphate’ is the fo untainh ead of Prophet Muh ammad’s succession wh ich promoted the I slam ic teachin gs an d proved the importance o f r ighteo us deeds in the Muslim comm unity. It not on ly helped in the preservation of kno wledge an d p iety amon g th e Ummah but a lso in the spread an d prop agation of I slam ic morality. The three types of caliphate m ay be summed up as:

i . Succession of sp ir itual sov ereignty. i i. Caliph ate of gov ernan ce.

i i i. Caliph ate of guidan ce. Sh āh Walī Allāh (تعالى عليه حمة االله (ر , a great scho lar of the

In dian Subcontinent, h as comm ented on th is div ision of Prophet’ s inh er itance in the follo win g wo rds:

,پس وارث آنحضرت هم بسه قسم منقسم اندفوراثه الذين أخذوا الحكمة و العصمة و القطبية

و وراثه الذين , هم أهل بيته و خاصته, الباطنيةأخذوا الحفظ و التلقين و القطبية الظاهرة

هم أصحابه الكبار كالخلفاء الأربعة , الإرشاديةو وراثه الذين أخذوا العنايات , و سائر العشرة

هم أصحابه الذين , الجزئية و التقوى و العلملحقوا بإحسان كأنس و أبي هريرة و غيرهم من

فهذه ثلاثة مراتب متفرعة من كمال , المتأخرين .خاتم الرسل صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم

People who ha ve received th e Proph et’ s inheritance a re o f three kind s: ‘Th e first k ind is of tho se who received wisdom, p ie ty


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and inner enlightenment from h im. Th ese a re the members o f his family and o ther specific p ersona lities. The second g roup is o f those who received th e inheritance o f externa l enlightenment from him in the form of v irtuou sness, and gu idance. Th ese a re his sen io r Companion s, eg the fou r ca liph s and the ten Companion s who received the great n ews (of parad ise from the Prophet Muhammad ()). The third g roup is o f those who received ind ividua l b lessing s from h im in the fo rm o f kno wledg e and piety. Th ese a re the peop le who were steeped in the v irtu e o f īh sān ( selflessness), l ike Ana s and Abū Hu rayrah (رضي االله تعالى عنھما) , and the peop le who came later.’ Th e th ree fo rms of inheritance o we their o rig in to th e finality o f messengership .1

It may be noted that this division is based on conv enience an d sp ecial stat us whereas each category of inher itance shares th e qualities of other inher itances of the Prophet (). Each catego ry has, in som e sh ape or form, a re lation sh ip with the other. v In govern ance, Abū Bakr as-Siddīq ( ) was the

immediate dep uty of the Prophet (). v In sp ir ituality an d sainthoo d ‘Al ī al-Murtadā () was

h is dir ectly appointed dep uty. v In guidance a ll o f his Compan ions an d Caliph s ()

were his immediate dep uties. As a result , after the f inality of proph ethood, thr ee

hor izon s were set up in order to facilitate the eternal contin uity of the Proph et’s () blessin g:

i . The first hor izon is for the political inher itance of the Prophet ().

1. S hāh W al ī Al lāh, at -T afh īmā t -ul -i lāhiyyah (2:8).

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i i. The secon d hor izon is for the spir itual inh eritan ce of the Prophet () .

i i i. The th ird horizon is for the educational an d practical inh eritan ce of the Prophet ().

• The po litical inh er itance of the Prophet () was kno wn as kh ilā fah rāsh idah (the r ightly-guided caliphate) .

• The sp ir itual inh er itance of the Prophet () was kno wn as wilāyah ( spir itual sovereignty) an d imāmah ( sp irit ual leader ship) .

• The education al an d practical inh er itance of the Prophet () cam e to be kno wn as guidance an d honesty. Therefore, the f ir st r ecipient of po litical inh eritan ce

was Abū Bakr as-Siddīq (), the f ir st r ecipient of spirit ual inh er itance was ‘Alī a l-Murtadā (), an d the f irst r ecip ient s of education al an d practical inher itance were the Comp anion s (). So all of th em were immediate caliph s (h eads o f their p articular categories). There is no form of contr adict ion or r ivalry bet ween the three .

The secon d important po int to be noted is that the true st atus of the three dif fer s with regards to var io us issues, such as:

1. ‘External caliphate’ is the po lit ical off ice of Islam . The ‘un apparent caliphate’ is exclusiv ely a

spirit ual off ice . 2. Th e ‘ external caliph ate’ is an e lective an d

con sultative p rocess. The ‘unapp arent caliph ate’ is an inherent an d

select ive act. 3. The ‘ external’ caliph is e lected by the p eople .

The ‘unapp arent’ caliph is se lected by Go d. 4. The po litical caliph is e lected.

The spir itual caliph is selected. 5. Th is is the reason that the fir st caliph Abū Bakr as-

Siddīq () was e lected on the basis o f ‘Um ar Fārūq’ s () p roposal an d the con sensus of the majo rity of the p ublic . But the e lection of the fir st Imām of sp ir itual


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sovereignty — ‘Al ī al-Murtadā () — requir ed neither any bo dy ’s propo sal nor a con sen sus.

6. Demo cracy was to be der ived from the caliph ate, wh ich is why the Proph et () did not anno unce who will be the caliph after h im. Spir it ual leader sh ip was an act of assignm ent; therefore, the Proph et () declared it in the valley of Ghadīr Kh um.

7. Th e Prophet () left the e lection of th e caliph to the will of the peop le , but the spir it ual leader (wal ī) was selected by himself by the will o f Allāh.

8. External caliph ate is established to perfect the wo rldly sy stem.

Sp ir itual leader ship is established to beautify it with the heaven ly ch arm an d grace.

9. Caliphate m akes men just. Sp ir itual leadersh ip m akes them p erfect.

10. Caliphate is conf ined to the floor (earth). Sp ir itual leader sh ip exten ds to the Throne (of

Allāh). 11. Caliphate is in effective witho ut off ic ia lly tak in g

off ice. Sp ir itual leader ship is ef fectiv e even without

takin g off ice . 12. Th is is p ro bably th e reason why caliphate was

entrusted to the Ummah, an d Sp ir itual leader sh ip was entrusted to the fam ily of

the Prophet ().

Therefore, there is no escap in g (room for th e den ial of ) political leadersh ip (khilāfah ; caliphate) nor of sp ir itual sovereignty (wilāyah). The direct caliphate of Abū Bakr as-Siddīq () was established with the con sensus of the Comp anion s () an d is categor ically proven by history. The direct sp ir itual sov ereignty of ‘Alī a l-Murtadā () was anno unced by the Prophet () himself an d is categor ically p roven by muta wāt ir ( un broken chain of)

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tradition s. The proof of the caliph ate is the con sensus of the Co mpanion s () an d the proof of sp irit ual sovereignty (wilāyah) is the declaration of the Prophet () . One who denies the caliph ate in fact den ies h istory an d con sensus, an d on e who den ies the sp irit ual sov ereignty (wilāyah) den ies the Prophet’ s declaration. Therefore, both the caliphate an d the sp ir itual leadersh ip are inescapable realities. Wh at is urgently needed is a c lear un der stan din g of the r eality of the t wo in stitut ions in order to present conform ity r ather than diff eren ce ( clash) bet ween the t wo .

It sho uld be un der stood that just as the external caliphate started with the right ly-guided caliph s an d its blessin gs were passed on to the r ighteo us an d just ruler s, sim ilar ly the unapp arent caliphate ( sp irit ual sovereignty) st arted with ‘Alī a l-Murtadā () an d it s blessin gs were passed on to the mem ber s of the Prophet’ s fam ily an d perfected saints of the Umm ah. By mean s of the declaration — ولاهم يلفَع ولاهكُنْتُ م نم (who ever has m e as his master ‘Al ī is h is master) — an d — و ديعلي بع ن م م يك ل (‘Al ī is yo ur sp ir itual leader after me) — the Prophet () p ublic ly declared ‘Al ī () as the op ener of sp ir itual sovereignty.

Sh āh Wal ī Allāh (رحمة االله تعالى علیھ) in the chapter of wilāyah say s:

و فاتحِ اَول اَزين اُمت مرحومه حضرت على 1. .كرم االله تعالى وجهه تضى استمر

In th is Ummah th e first person to open the doo r o f spiritua l sovereignty (wilāy ah) is ‘A lī a l-Murtadā (كرم االله تعالى وجھھ).1

1. S hāh W al ī Al lāh, at -T afh īmā t -ul -i lāhiyyah (1:103).


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و سر حضرت اَمير كرم االله وجهه در اولاد كرام 2. .ضي االله عنهم سرايت كردرايشان

The secret of th e sp iritual sovereign ty (wilāyah ) of the Lead er (‘A lī كرم االله تعالىwa (وجھھ s pa ssed down to h is ch ild ren.1

.3 چنانكه كسى اَز اولياء امت نيست الا بخاندان .ضي االله عنه مرتبط است بوجهى اَز وجوهرمرتضى

Therefo re, there is no t a sing le sa int in the Ummah who is no t d irectly or ind irectly linked to the family o f ‘A lī () ( to a tta in spiritua l leadership ).2

اَول صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم و اَز اُمت آنحضرت4. و دران جا قدم , كسيكه فاتح باب جذب شده است, كرم االله وجهه اده است حضرت امير المؤمنين على

.ان جانب راجع ميشوندو لهذا سلاسل طرق بد The first person in the Proph et’ s Ummah who open ed the gate o f se lf-denia l in ( the most superio r and po werful catego ry o f) spiritua l so vereign ty and who took the first step on to this eleva ted spot is ‘Al ī ( كرموجھھ (االله . Tha t is why d ifferent o rders ( salāsil) of sp irituality re turn to h im.3

5. Sh āh W al ī Allāh )رحمة االله تعالى علیھ( writes: “No w who soever receiv es wilāyah ( sp irit ual sov ereignty) from the Ho ly Prophet Muh ammad (), it is e ither r eceived thro ugh a re lation sh ip with ‘Al ī

1. S hāh W al ī Al lāh, at -T afh īmā t -ul -i lāhiyyah (1:103). 2. S hāh W al ī Al lāh, at -T afh īmā t -ul -i lāhiyyah (1:104). 3. S hāh W al ī Al lāh, Hama‘ā t (p . 60).

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al-Murtadā () or a r elation ship with the Chief Help er (Gh awth-ul-A‘zam) Jīlan ī (رحمة االله تعالى علیھ) . No one can gain wilāyah ( sp irit ual sov ereignty) by bypassin g this pro cess.”1

It sho uld be noted that the relation ship with the Chief Help er (Ghawth-ul-A‘zam ) is in f act a chapter an d a r ay of the r elation ship with ‘Al ī al-Murtadā ( ).

Sh āh I smā‘ī l Dih lawī h as c lar if ied this po int:

“‘Alī al-Murtadā () a lso has super ior ity in a sin gle dimen sion over Abū Bakr as-Siddīq () an d ‘Umar Fārūq (). This sup erior ity lies, f ir stly, in the greater n um ber of his fo llo wer s. Secon dly , all categories of wilāyah ( sp ir itual sovereignty) fro m his day til l the en d of tim e are only po ssible thro ugh h im. He has a say in the k in gdom of the kin gs an d the leader ship of the leader s an d this is not h idden f rom those who are f amiliar with the wo rld of an gels… Mo st sp ir itual ch ain s are direct ly deriv ed from ‘Alī a l-Murtadā (). So , on the Day o f Judgement, ‘Al ī’s army includin g follo wer s of h igh stat us an d great r ep utation, will o utnum ber an d o utsh ine other s to be a so urce of won der fo r a ll the spectators.”2

‘Spirit ual sovereignty’ (wilā yah), within the Prophet Muh ammad’s () Umm ah, who se fo untainhead is ‘Al ī a l-Murtadā (), is directly sh ared by Fāt im ah, Hassan an d Hussein () an d then through them it was passed do wn to the t welve Imām s ( spirit ual leaders) , the last leader bein g Imām Mah dī (). Just as ‘Al ī a l-Murtadā () is the

1. S hāh W al ī Al lāh, Hama‘ā t (p . 62). 2. S hāh Ismā‘ ī l Dihl awī , Si rā t mus taq īm (p . 67).


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open er of spir itual sovereignty, Imām Mah dī () is the seal o f spir itual sov ereignty. The words of Sh aykh Mujaddid Alf Thānī Ahmad Sarh an dī (رحمة االله تعالى علیھ) approp riately h igh light the po int:

: وراهى است كه بقرب ولايت تعلق داردبه , اولياء االله هاقطاب و اوتاد و بدلاء و نجباء و عام

راه سلوك عبارت ازين راه و همين راه واصل اندخل همين است و نيز دا, است بلكه جذبه متعارفه

ن است و پيشواى و ئتوسط و حيلولت درين راه كااصلان اين راه و سرگروه اينها و منبع فيض اين

حضرت على مرتضى است كرم االله : بزرگوارانو اين منصب عظيم الشان , تعالى وجهه الكريم

يا هر دو قدم مبارك ئبايشان تعلق دارد درينمقام گوة و السلام بر فرق آنسرور عليه و على آله الصلو

حضرت فاطمه و ومبارك اوست كرم االله تعالى وجهه عنهم درينمقام با تعالى ضي االله رحضرات حسنين

ارم كه حضرت امير قبل از گنا, ندا ايشان شريك, اين مقام بوده اندوملجاء نيز ملاذ رى عنص أنش

عنصرى و هر كرا فيض و أبعد از نش چنانچهچه بتوسط ايشان ميرسيد هدايت ازين راه ميرسيد

و مركز اين مقام اند منتهائى اين راه ايشان نزد نقطه و چون دوره حضرت امير تمام , بايشان تعلق دارد

شد اين منصب عظيم القدر بحضرات حسنين ترتيبا همان منصب و بعد از ايشان , مفوض و مسلم گشت

ريكى از ائمه اثنا عشر على الترتيب و التفصيل

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عد بو در اعصاراين بزرگواران و همچنين قرار گفتاز ارتحال ايشان هر كرا فيض و هدايت ميرسيد

يلولة ايشانان هر بتوسط اين بزرگواران بوده و بخو ملاذ و , چند اقطاب و نجباى وقت بوده باشند

چه اطراف را غير از وده اند بملجاء همه ايشان .لحوق بمركز چاره نيست

And there is another way clo se to spiritua l sovereign ty and th is is th e way o f a ll ca tego ries of sa ints o f all levels. The pa th o f mysticism (tasawwuf) sp rings from this path and it also in volves the sta tu s o f se lf-d enia l. In termedia tion is p ro ven in this p rocess b ecau se ‘A l ī al-Mu rtadā () is the founta inhead of from which the Sha ykh s o f those on this path gain a ll their blessing s. And th is grand office is reserved for him. On this pa th, th e feet o f th e Ho ly Prophet () a re on ‘A l ī’s head wh erea s Fā timah, Ha ssan and Hu ssein () share this statu s with him. I b elieve that he enjo yed this po sition even before his ph ysica l b irth, a s he did a fter it. Who soever ha s received the d ivin e blessing s and guidan ce on this pa th, ha s received it through h im, becau se he is c lo sest to th e last po in t on th is path and the centre of this spo t belong s to h im. And when ‘A lī’s p eriod ended , the g rand office wa s passed down to Ha ssan and Hussein ا) .(رضي االله تعالى عنھم Th en it wa s passed do wn to the twelve Imāms in th e co rrect o rder one by on e, the la st of whom will b e Imām Mahdī (). Who soever received guidan ce in their life and after their dea th, received it th rough th ese sa ints. These Imāms a re


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the sou rce of a ll b lessing fo r even the h igh ranking sain ts ( such as qut ubs and n ujabā’ becau se they a re th e centre of all sp iritua l activity) and no one can survive without a link with the h eadquarters.1

Sh aykh Ahmad Sarh an dī (رحمة االله تعالى علیھ) believes that Imām Mah dī () will sh are spir it ual sovereignty (wilāyah ) with ‘Alī a l-Murtadā (). The gist of the discussion is that the Proph et’s declaration at Ghadīr Kh um p roved forev er that ‘Alī’ s spirit ual sov ereignty is in fact the Prophet Muh ammad’s spirit ual sovereignty. As the door of prophethoo d was c lo sed after th e Ho ly Proph et () , Allāh () has op ened new aven ues for the contin uation of the Proph et’s blessin gs ti ll th e Day of Judgement. Som e were blessed by an extern al stat us wh ilst other s by an internal status. The h idden aven ue is kno wn as sp irit ual sovereignty an d ‘Al ī a l-Murtadā () was its f ir st Imām . Then this chain of sovereignty was passed do wn to the Prophet’ s fam ily an d f inally to the t welve Imāms. Besides the t welv e Imām s there ar e thousan ds of other pio us in div iduals who r each ed the stat us of sainthoo d. They h ave h eld high rank s of sainthoo d ( such as gha wth, qu tub) an d hav e enlightened the liv es of million s of peop le thro ugh the intern al l ight of wilāyah , takin g th em o ut of ignoran ce an d astray . Yet all of th em gained th eir spir itual st atus f rom the sp ir itual sovereignty of ‘Al ī a l-Murtadā (), be it directly or in dir ectly. No one was self- suff icient an d in depen dent from th e wilāyah of ‘Al ī a l-Murtadā ( ) an d th is chain will contin ue up to the Day o f Judgement until the app earance of the last Imām (sp irit ual leader ) an d the centre of sp ir itual leadersh ip. He will be Imām Muh ammad Mah dī (), the t welfth Imām an d the last caliph. In his person , the external an d the un apparent caliphates wh ich r an paralle l to each other will come to gether. He will be the sp ir itual as well as the po litical

1. S haykh Ahmad S arhand ī , Maktūbā t (9:173#123).

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inher itor, an d h e will be the last person to ho ld the offices of kh ilā fah an d wilāyah . Anyone who denies Imām Mah dī () will deny both the external an d unapparent form s of I slam. This will be the climax of the expo sure an d disclosure of the Prophet Muhamm ad’s blessin g. This is due to the f act that, he will be nam ed Muhamm ad an d he will also r esem ble the Ho ly Prophet () in moral excellence. So the wor ld sho uld kno w that this Imām is the r ecipient of both the external an d intern al inher itance o f the Proph et’s blessin gs. That is why th e Prophet () said, “ Anyone who den ies Mah dī will be a disbeliev er.” At that t ime, he will be th e fo cus of all saints on earth, an d, bein g the leader o f Proph et Muh ammad’s Umm ah, proph et ‘Īsā () will offer his prayer beh in d him an d in this way , he will anno unce h is leader sh ip to the who le wo rld. So we sho uld r ealize that ‘Al ī al-Murtadā () an d Mah dī () o f the earth an d h eaven s — the father an d the son — are both Allāh’ s fr ien ds an d the Proph et’s inher itors. It is therefore comp ulsory on ev ery believer to ackno wledge their exceptional status. May Allāh () giv e us the ability to gain blessin gs from these fo untainheads of wilāyah . (Ām īn! with the intermediation o f the Leader of the Proph ets ()).

Muhammad Ta hir-ul-Qad ri On e of the servant s of Proph et’s () Family


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Section 1

Imām Mahdī ( ) is the true Imām and is from the family of Fātimah (االله عنھا (رضي

رضي االله سمعت أم سلمة :سعيد بن المسيب يقول عن 1.وسلم يذكر وآله سمعت النبي صلى االله عليه : تقولعنها .هو حق وهو من بني فاطمة ,نعم :فقال ,المهدي

“ Sa‘īd ibn Musayyab r elates that he h eard Umm Salamah (رضي االله عنھا) say: I h eard the Messen ger of Allāh () m ention Mah dī. He said: y es, Mah dī is th e Truth (that is, his appearance is true an d immin ent) an d h e will be from the fam ily o f Fāt imah .”1

سمعت رسول االله :قال, عنه رضي االلهعن أنس بن مالك 2.د عبد المطلب سادة لَنحن و :وسلم يقولوآله صلى االله عليه

أنا وحمزة وعلي وجعفر والحسن والحسين :أهل الجنة .والمهدي

“Anas ibn Mā l ik () narrates: I heard the Messen ger of Allāh () say : we, the children of ‘Abd-ul-Muttalib, will be the ch ief s of the p eople of Paradise , that is, my self, Ham zah, ‘Al ī, Ja‘far, Hassan , Hussein an d Mah dī. ”2

ذكر رسول االله صلى :قالت ,عن أم سلمة رضي االله عنها 3. .هو من ولد فاطمة :فقال ,وسلم المهديوآله االله عليه

1. Related by Hākim in al-Mustadrak (4:557 # 8671), while Dhahabī

kept silent about it. 2. Ibn Mājah narrated it in as-Sunan, b. of fitan (turmoils) 4:455

(#4087); Hākim, al-Mustadrak (3:211 # 4940); Mizzī, Tuhfat-ul-ashrāf bi-ma‘rifat-il-atrāf (1:86 # 195); and Hindī in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (12:97 # 34162).



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“Umm Salamah (عنھا say (رضي االله s that Allāh’ s Messen ger () ment ioned Mah dī ( an d h e said:) he will be from the children of Fāt im ah.”1

عن النبي صلى االله عليه وسلم ,عن عائشة رضى االله عنها 4.هو رجل من عترتي يقاتل على سنتي كما قاتلت أنا على :قال

.الوحي “‘Ā’ ish ah (عنھا (رضي االله re lates that the Prophet sa id: Mah dī will be f rom my children who will f ight (to establish) my sunnah as I fo ught accordin g to the div ine r evelation.”2

رضي االله سمعت أبا أمامة :قال ,عن سليمان بن حبيب 5.سيكون :قال رسول االله صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم :يقول, عنه

تقوم الرابعة على يد رجل من أهل ,أربع هدنبينكم وبين الروم فقال له رجل من عبد القيس يقال له .يدوم سبع سنين ,هرقل

:قال ؟ن إمام الناس يومئذم !يا رسول االله :المستورد بن خيلانلد أربعين سنة كأن وجهه كوكب دري في خده الأيمنمن و,

,إسرائيلعليه عباءتان قعوايتان كأنه من رجال بني ,خال أسود .يستخرج الكنوز ويفتح مدائن الشرك ,يملك عشرين سنة

“ Sulaymān ibn Habīb say s that he heard Abū Um āmah () narr ate: The Messen ger of Allāh said: there will be peace bet ween yo u an d Ro me fo ur times an d the fo urth tim e the leader of the Roman s will be a person belon gin g to the ch ildren of Heraclius. This ‘p eace’ will last seven contin uo us y ear s. A man from ‘Abd al-Qays, Mustawr id

1. Hākim related it in al-Mustadrak (4:557 # 8672); and Suyūtī in al-

Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:74). 2. Ibn Hammād narrat ed it in al-Fitan (1:371#1092); and Suyūtī

copied it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:74).



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ibn Khay lān, asked the Messen ger o f Allāh : who will be the Imām of the Muslim s at that t ime? He () r eplied: that person will be from (my) ch ildren an d he will be forty year s o ld. His f ace will be br ight like a star an d there will be a black beauty spot on his r ight cheek, an d he will be dressed in t wo cotton go wn s an d it will seem as tho ugh h e is exactly like one of the Ch ildren of I srael. He will r ule for t en year s, discov er treasures fro m ben eath the earth an d con quer the c ities ruled by the po lytheists. ”1

عن النبي صلي االله عليه , عن ابن مسعود رضي االله عنه 6. .اسم المهدي محمد: وآله وسلم قال

“‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ ūd (نھما h (رضي االله ع as r elated it from the Proph et : he said: The n ame of Mah dī will be Muhamm ad.”2

1. Tabarānī narrated it in al-Mu‘jam-ul -kabīr (8:101#7495), Musnad-

ush-shāmiyyīn (2:410#1600); and Haythamī in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:318,319).

2. Related by Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatawā (2:73).



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Section 2

The Day of Judgment will not arrive be fore the caliphate of Imām Mahdī ()

قال رسول االله صلى االله :قال ,رضي االله عنه عن عبد االله 7.لا تذهب الدنيا حتى يملك العرب رجل من أهل :عليه وآله وسلم

.اسمه اسمي ئيواط ,بيتي “Related by ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ ūd (عنھما that (رضي االله the Messen ger o f Allāh’ sa id: the wor ld will not se ize to exist until someon e from my fam ily becomes the k in g of Arabia whose nam e will be the same as my n ame ( ie Muhamm ad).”1

عن النبي صلى االله عليه وآله , رضي االله عنهعن عبد االله 8. .اسمه اسمي ئيلي رجل من أهل بيتي يواط :قال ,وسلم

رضي االله عن أبي هريرة ,أبو صالح خبرناوأ :قال عاصمل االله ذلك اليوم لطو ,لو لم يبق من الدنيا إلا يوم :قال ,عنه

.حتى يلي “‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ ūd (نھما (رضي االله ع narr ates that the Prophet said: one of my ch ildren will be the caliph an d his n ame will be the same as min e. 1. Tirmidhī narrated it in al-Jāmi‘-us-sahīh, chapters of fitan

(turmoils) 4:85 (#2230); Abū Dāwūd, as-Sunan, b.of Mahdī, 4:87 (#4282); Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (1:376, 377, 430, 448); Ibn Hibbān, as-Sahīh (13:284 # 5954; 15:237 # 6824); Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Musannaf (15:198); Bazzār, al-Musnad (5:204 #1803); Hākim, al-Mustadrak (4:488 # 8364); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (10:131, 133-137 # 10208, 10213-10230), al-Mu‘jam-us-saghīr (2:290 # 1181); Abū Nu‘aym, Hilyat-ul-awliyā’ wa tabaqāt-ul-asfiyā’ (5:75); Khatīb Baghdādī, Tārīkh Baghdad (4:388); and Mizzī in Tuhfat-ul-ashrāf bi-ma‘rifat-il-atrāf (7:23 # 9208).



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“‘Āsim said: Abū Sā lih r elated to us: Narrated by Abū Hurayrah () : even if only one day rem ain s before the en d of the world, Allāh will len gthen the day to the extent that that per son ( ie Mah dī) becomes the caliph .”1

سمعت رسول االله صلى :قالت ,الله عنهارضي ا عن أم سلمة 9. .المهدي من عترتي من ولد فاطمة :االله عليه وآله وسلم يقول

“Umm Salam ah (عنھا (رضي االله say s: I heard the Messen ger of Allāh say: Mah dī will be from my family an d he will be f rom the ch ildren of Fāt imāh .”2

رضي االله جابر بن عبد االله عند كنا :قال ,رةعن أبي نض10.يوشك أهل الشام أن لا يجبى إليهم دينار ولا :فقال, عنهماثم ,سكت هنيةأثم .من قبل الروم :قال ؟من أين ذاك :قلنا .مدىيكون في آخر :قال رسول االله صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم :قال

.المال حثيا لا يعده عددا ىأمتي خليفة يحثأتريان أنه عمر بن عبد :قلت لأبي نضرة وأبي العلاء :لقا .لا :فقالا ؟العزيز

“Abū Nadrah narr ates that we were with Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (نھما when h (رضي االله ع e said: That time is near wh en neither dinar s nor grain will be bro ught to the nativ es of Syr ia. We asked: who will impose this r estr iction? Jābir () sa id: The Rom ans. Then he kept

1. Tirmidhī graded it Hassan (fair) sahīh (sound) in al-Jāmi‘-us-

sahīh, (chapters of fitan (turmoils) 4:85 (#2231); Ibn Mājah, as-Sunan, b. of jihād (holy war) 3:354 (#2779); Ibn Hibbān, as-Sahīh (13:283 #5953); and Mizzī in Tuhfat-ul-ashrāf bi-ma‘rifat-il-atrāf (9:428 #12810).

2. Abū Dāwūd related it in as-Sunan, b. of Mahdī, 4:88 (#4284); Ibn Mājah, as-Sunan, b. of fitan (turmoils) 4:454 (#4086); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (12:264#38662); and Suyūtī in ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’thūr (6:58).



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quiet for a wh ile an d said: Allāh ’s Messen ger has said that a Caliph (ie Mah dī) will appear in th e last day s of my Ummah an d h e will give wealth in vast quantities witho ut keep in g a reco rd of it .

“Jurayrī , the sub-narr ator, sa id: I asked Abū Nadrah an d Abū ‘Alā ’: in yo ur op inion is ‘Um ar ibn ‘Abd-ul-‘Az īz, the Caliph m entioned in the had īth ? They rep lied: No (this Caliph will be someon e other than ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd-ul- ‘Az īz).”1

قال رسول االله :قال ,عن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي االله عنه11.لا تقوم الساعة حتى تملأ الأرض :صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم

ثم يخرج من أهل بيتي من يملأها قسطا ,ظلما وجورا وعدواناما وعدوانا .وعدلا كما ملئت ظل

“Nar rated by Abū Sa‘īd Kh udr ī () that the Messen ger of Allāh said: The Day of Judgm ent will not com e until the earth is filled with tyranny, explo itation an d r ebellion. Later, a person (Mah dī) will be born from amon g my ch ildren who will f il l the earth with justice an d equity. (It means that the Day of Judgm ent will not come before the appearan ce of th e Caliph Mah dī) as it was f il led with tyranny an d rebellion .”2

1. Muslim narrated it in as-Sahīh, b. of fitan wa ashrāt-us-sā‘ah

(turmoils and the conditions of the Last Hour) 4:2234 (67/2913); and Bayhaqī in Dalā’il-un-nubuwwah (6:330, 331).

Ahmad bin Hambal narrated it briefly in al-Musnad (3:38, 333).

2. Hākim graded it sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of Bukhārī and Muslim in his al-Mustadrak (4:557 # 8669), while Dhahabī confirmed it.

Ahmad narrated it in al-Musnad (3:36); Ibn Hibbān, as-Sahīh (15:236 # 6823); and Abū Ya‘lā in al-Musnad (2:274 #987).

Haythamī transmitted it in Mawārid-uz-zam’ān (6:132 # 1880) with a sound chain of transmission.



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قال رسول االله صلى االله :قال ,عن أبي سعيد رضي االله عنه12. ,أشم الأنف أقنى أجلى ,المهدي منا أهل البيت :عليه وآله وسلم

.يعيش هكذا ,ورا وظلمايملأ الأرض قسطا وعدلا كما ملئت جوإصبعين من يمينه المسبحة والإبهام وعقد ,وبسط يساره

.ثلاثة “Abū Sa‘īd Kh udr ī () narr ates that the Messen ger of Allāh sa id: Mah dī will be from my fam ily, his no se will be po inted an d high an d h is fo rehead will be bright an d sh inin g. He will f il l the earth with justice an d equity, just as (before it) it had been filled with tyranny an d tran sgression. The Prophet () said, “he will live for ,” then h e stretch ed o ut h is left (h an d), t wo fo ref in ger s an d th um b of his r ight han d an d jo ined the three (mean in g Mah dī will l ive for eight year s).”1

عن النبي صلى االله عليه وآله ,عن علي رضي االله عنه13.لو لم يبق من الدهر إلا يوم لبعث االله رجلا من أهل :قال ,وسلم .يملأها عدلا كما ملئت جورا ,بيتي

“‘Alī () has r elated it from the Prophet () : he sa id: If on ly on e day was to rem ain for th is wor ld to st ay in tact (Allāh will len gthen th e day an d) a p er son, ( called Mah dī) from my fam ily , will be born who will f il l the wo rld with justice an d equity just as (before h im) it had been filled with tyranny an d oppression.”2

Haythamī copied it in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:313, 314) also,

and declared the men of Ahmad and Abū Ya‘lā thiqah (trustworthy).

1. Hākim graded it sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of Muslim in al-Mustadrak (4:557 # 8670).

2. Abū Dāwūd related it in as-Sunan, b. of Mahdī, 4:87 (#4283); Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Musannaf (7:513 # 37648); Hindī, Kanz-ul-



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Section 3

Imām Mahdī ( ) and Economic Justice

قال رسول االله :قال, رضي االله عنهعن أبي سعيد الخدري 14.أجلى الجبهة أقنى ,المهدي مني :صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم

يملك و ,جوراظلما ويملأ الأرض قسطا وعدلا كما ملئت :الأنف .سبع سنين

“Abū Sa‘īd Kh udr ī () narr ates that the Messen ger of Allāh sa id: Mah dī will be from m e (ie from my family), his face will be br ight an d shin in g an d his no se will be po inted an d h igh. He will f il l the earth with justice an d fa irness just as before him it was f illed with tyranny an d opp ression. (Meanin g that before the caliphate of Mah dī, ty ranny an d exp lo itation shall re ign suprem e in the wo rld an d there will not be the slightest trace of justice an d equity.)”1

قال رسول االله :قال, رضي االله عنهعن أبي سعيد الخدري 15.فيخرج ,تملأ الأرض جورا وظلما :صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم

فيملأ الأرض قسطا ,يملك سبعا أو تسعا ,رجل من عترتي .وعدلا

“Abū Sa‘īd Kh udr ī () narr ates that the Messen ger of Allāh sa id: (Near to the en d of tim e) the earth will be f il led with tyranny an d oppression an d a person will be

‘ummāl (14:267 # 38676); and Suyūtī in ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma‘thūr (6:58).

Ahmad bin Hambal related it with a little bit difference of words in al-Musnad (1:99).

1. Abū Dāwūd narrated it in as-Sunan, b. of Mahdī, 4:88 (#4285); Khatīb Tabrīzī, Mishkāt-ul-masābīh, b. of fitan (turmoils) 3:171 (#5454); and Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:58).



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born from amon g my ch ildren, an d he will r ule as Caliph for sev en or n ine year s. (Durin g h is caliph ate) he will f il l the earth with justice an d fa irness just as it was prev io usly f il led with tyranny an d injustice.”1

االله ذكر رسول ( :قال ,الخدري رضي االله عنه عن أبي سعيد16.لا يجد )حتى, بلاء يصيب هذه الأمةصلى االله عليه وآله وسلم

فيبعث االله عز وجل رجلا ,المؤمن ملجأ يلتجئ إليه من الظلم ,فيملأ الأرض قسطا وعدلا كما ملئت ظلما وجورا ,من عترتي

من لا تدخر الأرض ,يرضى عنه ساكن السماء وساكن الأرضولا السماء من قطرها شيئا إلا صبه االله ,بذرها شيئا إلا أخرجته

تتمنى ,يعيش فيها سبع سنين أو ثمان أو تسع ,عليهم مدرارا .الأحياء الأموات مما صنع االله عز وجل بأهل الأرض من خيره

“Abū Sa‘ īd Kh udr ī ( ) say s that the Messen ger of Allāh mention ed a great test that will f ace this Ummah. A time will come when oppression will be at such a peak that there will not be any refuge for any Muslim. Then Allāh will r aise someon e from amon gst my ch ildren who will ref ill the earth with justice an d fa irness just as it was f il led with tyranny an d oppression before it . All those livin g in the h eaven s an d earth will be pleased with h im. The earth will pro duce as m uch as possible, an d Allāh will po ur do wn torrent ial ra in f rom the sky. Mah dī will liv e in this era (of pro sper ity, equity an d just ice) for sev en, e ight or n ine y ear s. Pro sperity will be on such a h igh that the peop le at the tim e will wish that on ly if tho se

1. Related by Ahmad bin Hambal in al-Musnad (3:70). Hākim graded it sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of

Muslim in al-Mustadrak (4:558 # 8674), while Dhahabī kept quiet about it.



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who had passed befo re them an d exp erienced m isery an d oppression were alive .”1

قال رسول االله صلى :الق رضي االله عنهابن مسعود عن 17.طول االله تلك لو لم يبق من الدنيا إلا ليلة ل :االله عليه وآله وسلم

واسم , يواطي اسمه اسمي, ليلة حتى يملك رجل من أهل بيتيالو , ها قسطا وعدلا كما ملئت ظلما وجورايملأ, أبيه اسم أبي

, ويجعل االله الغني في قلوب هذه الأمة, يقسم المال بالسوية .ثم لا خير في عيش الحياة بعد المهدي, ث سبعا أو تسعافيمك

“Nar rated by ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ ūd (نھما that (رضي االله عMessen ger o f Allāh sa id: if th ere was on ly on e night left for this world to stay in tact, Allāh will len gthen it until a mem ber of my fam ily becom es the ruler who se nam e will be the same as my n ame an d the nam e of his f ather will be the sam e as the nam e of my f ather. He will f il l the world with justice an d f airness just as it was f il led with tyranny an d explo itation. He will distribute thin gs equally amon g the peop le an d Allāh will also fill the hearts o f the Umm ah with content. He will r ule for seven or n ine years. Then after the caliph ate of Mah dī , there will be a total en d to goo dness ( an d v irtue).”2

1. Hākim narrated it in al-Mustadrak (4:465 # 8438); Azdī, al-Jāmi‘

(11:371); Ibn Hammād, al-Fitan (1:359 # 1041); Dānī, as-Sunan-ul-wāridah fil-fitan (5:1049 # 563, 564); and Khatīb Tabrīzī in Mishkāt-ul-masābīh, b. of fitan (turmoils) 3:171 (#5457).

2. Suyūtī narrated it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:64); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (10:133, 135 # 10216, 10224); Dānī, as-Sunan-ul-wāridah fil-fitan (5:1055 # 572); Haythamī, Mawārid-uz-zam’ān (6:129 # 1877); and Hindī in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:269 # 38683).

Haythamī also narrated it through Abū Hurayarah () in Mawārid-uz-zam’ān (6:128 # 1876).

Suyūtī narrated it with a di fference of words at another place in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:58).



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Section 4

Imām Mahdī ( ) and the Saints

قال رسول االله صلى :قالت ,عن أم سلمة رضي االله عنها18.يبايع لرجل من أمتي بين الركن والمقام :االله عليه وآله وسلم

.فيأتيه عصب العراق وأبدال الشام ,كعدة أهل بدر “Umm Salamah نھا) n (رضي االله ع arrates that Messen ger of Allāh sa id: P eople exact ly equal in n um ber to the Compan ion s of Badr (ie 313) will tak e the oath of a llegiance on the han d of a person from my Ummah (Mah dī) bet ween the Black Ston e an d the Station of Ibr āhīm (maqām Ib rāhīm). Later on, the saint s o f I raq an d the abdā l (Substit utes) of Syria will also com e to him (to give the o ath of a llegiance).”1

زوج النبي صلى االله عليه رضي االله عنها عن أم سلمة 19.يكون :قال ,عن النبي صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم ,وآله وسلم

فيخرج رجل من أهل المدينة هاربا ,موت خليفة عنداختلاف ,هو كارهخرجونه وفي ,فيأتيه ناس من أهل مكة ,إلى مكة

,بعث إليه بعث من الشاموي ,فيبايعونه بين الركن والمقامفإذا رأى الناس ذلك ,خسف بهم بالبيداء بين مكة والمدينةفي

ينشأ رجل ثم ,فيبايعونه ,أتاه أبدال الشام وعصائب أهل العراق ,فيظهرون عليهم ,من قريش أخواله كلب فيبعث إليهم بعثا

فيقسم المال ,ن لم يشهد غنيمة كلبوالخيبة لم ,بعث كلب وذلك 1. Hākim narrated it in al-Mustadrak (4:431 # 8328); Ibn Abī

Shaybah, al-Musannaf (7:460 # 37223); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (23:296, 390 # 656, 930); Manāwī, Fayd-ul-qadīr (6:277); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (4:271, 272 # 38696); and Suyūtī in ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’thūr (5:241).



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ويلقي ,نبيهم صلى االله عليه وآله وسلمبسنة ويعمل في الناس يتوفى ثم ,فيلبث سبع سنين ,الإسلام بجرانه إلى الأرض

.عليه المسلمونويصلي وقال .تسع سنين :قال بعضهم عن هشامو :قال أبو داود

.سبع سنين :بعضهم “Nar rated by Umm Salamah ( نھار ضي االله ع ), the wife of the Prophet (), who says that the Messen ger of Allāh () sa id: at the death o f a Caliph there will be a differ ence of op inion (bet ween the Muslim s of Medina over the e lection of the n ew Caliph). One person (that is, Mah dī, r ealisin g that the peop le might elect h im as the caliph) will leav e Medina for Makk ah. Some of the r esident s of Makk ah (who will reco gn ize him as Mah dī) will com e to him, an d br in g him o ut (of h is hom e) against h is will; they will tak e the o ath (o f caliph ate) on h is han d bet ween the Black Stone an d the Station of Ibrāh īm (maqām Ibrāh īm). (Wh en the n ews of his caliph ate will spread), an army will set o ut fro m Syria to wage war on h im (but before reachin g him) it will be p ushed do wn into the (treeless) gro un d at Bay dā ’ bet ween Makkah an d Medin a. The abdā l (Substit utes) of Sy ria an d the Saints of Ir aq will take the oath o f caliphate on his han d. Later, a Quray shī (that is, Sufyān ī) per son, whose maternal r elat ives will be from the Kalb tr ibe, will sen d an armed force again st them. They will p revail over the invadin g army an d this will be the Battle o f Kalb. One who (does not tak e p art in the Battle of Kalb) has noth in g to do with the booty will be in lo ss. (After this con quest) the Caliph Māh dī will gen ero usly donate wealth amon g the peop le an d make th em fo llo w th e sunnah of their Prophet . I slam will be fully established on earth (ie Islam will be dom inant an d accepted all over the world) . Mah dī will r emain ( as Caliph ) for sev en y ear s, then h e will die, an d the Muslim s will atten d his funeral.



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“Abū Dāwūd said: som e tran sm itted from Hishām “nine year s” an d som e “seven y ear s.”1

صلى سمعت رسول االله :قالت, رضي االله عنهاعن أم سلمة 20. ,موت خليفةعند يكون اختلاف :يقولاالله عليه وآله وسلم

فيستخرجه الناس من فيأتي مكة ,فيخرج رجل من بني هاشمفيجهز إليه جيش ,فيبايعونه بين الركن والمقام ,بيته وهو كاره

فيأتيه عصائب ,حتى إذا كانوا بالبيداء خسف بهم ,من الشاموأخواله كلب فيجهز ,وينشأ رجل بالشام ,العراق وأبدال الشام

,فذلك يوم كلب ,فتكون الدائرة عليهم ,فيهزمهم االله ,إليه جيشويقسم ,فيستفتح الكنوز ,ن خاب من غنيمة كلبالخائب مفيعيش بذلك سبع ,لى الأرضإويلقي الإسلام بجرانه ,الأموال .تسع سنين :أو قال ,سنين

“Umm Salamah (نھا (رضي االله ع re lates: she heard the Messen ger of Allāh’ s say: there will be diff eren ce of op inion over the death of the caliph (ie diff eren ce on who sho uld be appointed as the next Caliph . On seein g this) a p er son from th e tr ibe o f Hāshim (fearin g he may be selected to take the burden o f the Caliphate) will leave for Makkah from Medina. Som e p eople will come an d t ake h im o ut of his ho use a lthough h e will r esist it . Then they

1. Abū Dāwūd narrated it in as-Sunan, b. of Mahdī, 4:89 (#4286);

Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (6:316); ‘Abd-ur-Razzāq, al-Musannaf (11:371 # 20769); Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Musamaf (7:460 # 37219); Abū Ya‘lā, al-Musnad (12:369 # 6940); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (23:390 # 931); Dānī, as-Sunan-ul-wāridah fil-fitan (5:1083, 1084 # 595); Haythamī, Mawārid-uz-zam’ān (6:133 # 1881); Khatīb Tabrīzī, Mishkāt-ul-masābīh, b. of fitan (turmoils) 3:171 (#5456); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:265 # 38668); Suyūtī, ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’thūr (6:58); and Ibn ‘Asākir in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (1:215, 216).



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will take the oath (of caliphate) on his h an d bet ween the Black Ston e an d the Station of Ibrāh īm (maqām Ib rāhīm). (On h ear in g the n ews of their allegiance) an army will set o ut to wards them from Syr ia but it will be crushed into the gro un d as it r each es Bay dā’ ( a p la in bet ween Makk ah an d Medin a). After this, the saints of Ir aq an d the abdā l (Subst itutes) of Sy ria will call on him . Then a (Sufyān ī) person will come from Sy ria, h is m aternal r elatives belon gin g to th e Kalb tribe, h e will despatch his army to wage war on him. Allāh will defeat them, r esultin g in them facin g a catastrophe. This is the Battle o f Kalb. So anyon e who (does not take part in the Battle of Kalb an d as a result) does not share in the booty, will be in lo ss. Then the caliph Mah dī will discover tr easures an d distr ibute them genero usly ( amon g the people). I slam will be fully established on earth. Peop le will l ive ( in this state of pro sper ity an d comfo rt) for seven or n ine year s (that is, peop le will l ive in peace an d co mfort until the death of Māh dī) .”1

قال رسول االله صلى االله عليه :قال, رضي االله عنهعن علي 21. .المهدي منا أهل البيت يصلحه االله في ليلة :وآله وسلم

“‘Alī () re lates that the Messen ger o f Allāh sa id: Mah dī will be from my fam ily . Allāh will t urn h im overnight into a r ighteo us per son (that is, thro ugh His guidance, He will ra ise h im to the high est levels of sa inthood) .”2 1. Tabarānī related it in al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (2:90 # 1175), al-

Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (23:390 # 930); Abū Dāwūd, as-Sunan, b. of Mahdī, 4:89 (#4287); Ibn Hibbān, as-Sahīh (15:158, 159 # 6757); Hākim, al-Mustadrak (4:431 # 8328); Azdī, al-Jāmi‘ (11:371); and Haythamī in Mawārid-uz-zam’ān (6:133 # 1881).

Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:315) that Tabarānī related it in al-Awsat and its men are those of (sahīh) sound hadīth.

2. Ibn Mājah rel ated this Hassan (fair) hadīth in as-Sunan, b. of fitan (turmoils) 4:454 (#4085); Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (1:84); Bazzār, al-Musnad (2:243 # 644); Abū Ya‘lā, al-Musnad (1:359 #



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Section 5

Imām Mahdī ( ) as Allāh’s Caliph

قال رسول االله صلى االله :قال, رضي االله عنهعن ثوبان 22.ثم لا ,بن خليفةا كنزكم ثلاثة كلهمعند يقتتل :عليه وآله وسلم

,ثم تطلع الرايات السود من قبل المشرق ,يصير إلى واحد منهم .فيقتلونكم قتلا لم يقتله قوم

فإذا رأيتموه فبايعوه ولو حبوا :فقال ,ثم ذكر شيئا لا أحفظه .فإنه خليفة االله المهدي ,على الثلج

“Thawbān () narr ates that the Messen ger of Allāh sa id: Three per son s will wage war near yo ur treasure. All thr ee will be son s of the caliph an d yet this treasure will not be tran sferred to anyone of them . Then black f lags will appear fro m the east an d they will wage war on yo u with such inten sity that no nat ion had waged war with such aggression before.

“(Thawbān ( ) say s:) then the Messen ger of Allāh sa id som ethin g (wh ich I co uld not rem em ber .) Then the Prophet () said: when yo u p eople see h im, yo u sho uld take the oath of a llegian ce on his han d ev en if yo u hav e to come draggin g on sno w. In deed h e will be the Caliph of Allāh, Mah dī.”1

465); Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Musannaf (7:513 # 37644); Daylamī, al-Firdaws (4:222# 6669); and Suyūtī in ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’thūr (6:58).

1. Ibn Mājah narrated it in as-Sunan, b. of fitan (turmoils) 4:453 (#4084) with a sound chain of transmission and its men are trustworthy.

Ahmad bin Hambal related it in al-Musnad (5:277); Ru’yānī, al-Musnad (1:417#637); Dānī, as-Sunan-ul-wāridah fil-fitan (5:1032 # 548); Daylamī, al-Firdaws, (2:323#3740); Kinānī, Misbāh-uz-zujājah (4:204, 205 # 2440); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:263 # 38658); Suyūtī, ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-



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Ne cessary Clarifi cation: I bn Hajar ‘Asqalān ī comm ents in Fa th-ul-bā rī (13 :78, 79) wh ile quotin g this tradition: If the treasure mention ed in this tradition is the one ref erred to by Abū Huray rah ( ) in this tradit ion:

يوشك :قال رسول االله صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم .الفرات أن يحسر عن كنز من ذهب

“The Messen ger of Allāh () sa id: The t ime is n ear when the r iver Euph rates (hav in g dried up) will reveal a treasure of gold.”1 Then th is tradition c learly in dicates that these ev ents

will o ccur at the time of Mah dī’s appearan ce.

قال رسول االله صلي االله : قال, رضي االله عنهحذيفة عن 23. ,عربيه لون لون ,المهدي رجل من ولدي: عليه وآله وسلم

, على خده الأيمن خال كأنه كوكب دري ,ليسرائيإجسم هوجسم أهل لافتهخفي ى يرض, جوراً ملئت كما عدلاً يملأ الأرض .جوالسماء والطير في الالأرض وأهل

ma’thūr (6:58); and Bayhaqī in Dalā ’il-un-nubuwwah (6:515, 516).

Hākim graded it sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of Bukhārī and Muslim in al-Mustadrak (4:463, 464 # 8432), while Dhahabī confirmed it.

Hākim also narrated it with some different words at another place in al-Mustadrak (4:502#8531).

1. Bukhārī narrated it in as-Sahīh, b. of fitan (turmoils) 6:2605 (#6702); Muslim, as-Sahīh, b. of fitan wa ashrāt-us-sā‘ah (turmoils and the conditions of the Last Hour) 4:2219 (#30/2894); Tirmidhī, al-Jāmi‘-us-sahīh, chapters of sifat-ul-jannah (the description of Paradise) 4:326 (#2569); Abū Dāwūd, as-Sunan, book of malāhim, 4:98 (#4313); Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (5:139, 140); Ibn Hibbān, as-Sahīh (15:87,88#6693,6694); Baghawī, Sharh-us-sunnah (15:34#4239); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:203#38398); Suyūtī, ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’thūr (6:61); and Ibn ‘Asākir in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (7:234).



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“Nar rated by Hudh ayfah () that the Messen ger of Allāh said: Mah dī will be from my fam ily . His comp lex ion will be of an Arab an d a physical structure of the children of Israel. There will be a beauty spot on his r ight cheek. His app earance will be similar to a lumino us st ar. He will fi ll the earth with justice just as it was f il led (before h im) with injustice. Those in the earth an d the heaven s will be pleased with h is caliph ate. The birds in the sk ies will also be pleased.”1

عن النبي صلى االله عليه , عن أبي سعيد رضي االله عنه24.يعطى الحق بغير , يخرج في آخر الزمان خليفة: وآله وسلم قال

.عدد “Abū Sa‘īd Kh udrī () r elates fro m the Prophet that he said: Near to the en d of tim e, a Caliph (Mah dī) will com e who will give their due r ights to the peop le witho ut recordin g it (ie witho ut k eepin g a r ecord of who has receiv ed wh at).”2

1. Suyūtī related it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:66); Daylamī, al-Firdaws

(4:221#6667); and ‘Ajlawnī in Kashf-ul-khifā’ wa muzīl-ul-ilbās (2:381#2661).

2. Suyūtī narrated it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:64); Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Musannaf (7:513 # 37640); Daylamī, al-Firdaws (5:501 # 8918); Ibn Hammād, al-Fitan (1:357 # 1032); and Suyūtī in ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’thūr (6:58).



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Section 6

Imām Mahdī () and Islamic Dominance

علي عند كنا :قال ,عن محمد بن الحنفية ,الطفيل أبي عن25.فقال علي رضي االله ,فسأله رجل عن المهدي ,رضي االله عنه

آخر في يخرج ذاك: فقال, سبعا بيده عقد ثم, هيهات: عنهفيجمع االله تعالى له قوما ,قتل !االله !االله :إذا قال الرجل ,الزمان يستوحشون إلى لا ,يؤلف االله بين قلوبهم ,السحابقزع كقزع

يدخل فيهم على عدة أصحاب بدر لم ,أحد ولا يفرحون بأحدوعلى عدد أصحاب ,يسبقهم الأولون ولا يدركهم الآخرون

.طالوت الذين جاوزوا معه النهر :قال .نعم :قلت ؟أتريده :بن الحنفيةاقال :قال أبو الطفيل

لا !واالله ,لا جرم :قلت .إنه يخرج من بين هذين الخشبتين .فمات بها يعني مكة حرسها االله تعالى .أريهما حتى أموت

“Abū T ufay l r elates from Muh ammad ibn Hanaf iyyah that he said: We were sitt ing in th e comp any of ‘Alī () that a p er son asked him abo ut Mah dī. ‘Al ī () (p leasantly) sa id: go away. Then , co untin g seven on his han d, he said: Mah dī will appear in the last day s an d (the dom inance of non-religio us forces will be at such a level that) anyone m entionin g the n ame of Allāh will be killed. (At the tim e o f Mah dī’ s appearan ce) Allāh will gather a party aro un d h im, just as the separate pieces of c lo ud are joined to gether an d Allāh will create love (an d unity) amon g th em. They will n either fear anyone nor will they unnecessar ily favo ur anyone (m ean in g that they deal with ev ery bo dy equally). The peop le who will gather ro un d the caliph will n um ber the Companion s who h ad tak en part in the battle of Badr (that is, 313). Th is party will have a



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special super ior ity which was not po ssessed by anyone before them no r will anyon e po ssess it after them. The n um ber o f the p eople in this party will be the same as the Compan ion s of Tā lūt who had cro ssed th e ( Jordan) canal in the comp any of Tā lūt .

“Abū Tufayl say s that Muhamm ad ibn Hanaf iyyah ask ed the audience: Do yo u inten d to jo in th is party? I sa id: yes. He said, po intin g to ward the t wo p illars (of Ka‘bah ): The appearan ce o f caliph Mah dī will tak e p lace bet ween them. At this, Abū Tufayl said: By Go d! I shall not leave them durin g my whole life . (The n arr ator says) : accordin gly , the death of Abū Tufayl took p lace in Makkah.”1

أن رسول االله صلى االله , رضي االله عنه الهلالي ليع عن26. –إن منهما ! والذي بعثني بالحق: عليه وآله وسلم قال لفاطمة

إذا صارت الدنيا , الأمة هذه مهدي – والحسين الحسنمن يعني بعضهم وأغار السبل وتقطعت الفتن وتظاهرت هرجا ومرجا بعث, راكبي قرؤولا صغير ي يرحم صغيرا كبير فلا, على بعض

وقلوبا الضلالة يفتح حصون من منهما ذلكعند عز وجل االله ,في أول الزمان غلفا يقوم بالدين في آخر الزمان كما قمت

.عدلا كما ملئت جوراالأرض ويملأ “‘Alī a l-Hilāl ī () n arrates that the Prophet sa id to Fāt im ah (نھا (رضي االله ع : I swear by the One who has sent me with the Truth! Surely, the Mah dī of this Um mah will be from amon g (the ch ildren o f) these t wo, that is, Hassan an d Hussein . At a t ime when the wor ld will be subject to ch ao s an d turmoil, roads will be cut off an d peop le will attack one another, no e lder ly will sho w lov e to the

1. Hākim graded it sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of

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yo un ger an d no yo un gster will respect the elderly , then Allāh will sen d a person from amon g these t wo who will con quer the fort s of disbelief an d open clo sed h earts. He will establish I slam in th e last days of the Ummah as I hav e established it in the ear ly day s (o f this Umm ah). He will fi ll th e earth with justice just as it was form erly f il led with tyranny an d per secution.”1

سمعت رسول , رضي االله عنه الخدري سعيد أبي عن27.هل يخرج رجل من أ: يقول وسلموآله االله صلى االله عليه

,ينزل االله عز وجل له القطر من السماء, يقول بسنتييتي ب قسطا منه الأرض تملأ, ابركته من ضلأراتخرج له و

يعمل على هذه الأمة سبع , وظلما جورا كما ملئت وعدلا .وينزل بيت المقدس ,سنين

“Abū Sa‘īd Kh udr ī ( ) h as nar rated: I heard the Messen ger of Allāh say: A per son will appear from my fam ily who will preach my sunnah. Allāh will po ur do wn rain for h im from the sk ies an d the earth will disclo se (an d thro w o ut) its tr easures for h im. The earth will be f il led with justice an d f airn ess because of him just as it was f il led before h an d with tyranny an d per secution. He will r ule th is Umm ah fo r sev en year s an d he will descen d at the Ho ly Ho use (Bayt-ul-Muqaddas) .”2

أبو خليلي حدثني: قال, رضي االله عنه هريرة بيأ عن28.حتى الساعة تقوم لا: قال وسلموآله عليه االله صلى القاسم

1. Suyūtī narrated it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:66,67); Tabarānī, al-

Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (3:57, 58 # 2675), al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (7:276, 277 # 6536); and Haythamī in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:165).

2. Suyutī transmitted it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:62); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (2:47# 1079); and Haythamī in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:317).



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فيضربهم حتى يرجعوا إلى بيتي أهل من رجل ليهمع رجيخ .الحق

؟يملك وكم: قلت .واثنين اخمس :قال

“Abū Hurayrah () has narrated: My beloved Abū a l-Qāsim sa id to me: The Day of Judgement will not com e until a p er son appear s from my fam ily who will con front the peop le until they t urn to the truth. I said: Ho w lon g will he rule for? He said: Fiv e an d t wo (y ear s). ”1

صلى االله عن النبي , عن جابر بن عبد االله رضي االله عنهما29. لا حثيا المال يحثي خليفة أمتي في يكون: قال, وسلموآله عليه .عدا يعده

.ليعودن! بيده نفسي والذي: قال ثم “Nar rated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (عنھما that (رضي االله Messen ger of Allāh () sa id: There will be a caliph in my Umm ah who will genero usly distribute wealth without keepin g a record of it . An d I swear by the One who contro ls my life! Certa inly th at the dom inance (of I slam)

1. Suyūtī narrated it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:62); Abū Ya‘lā, al-

Musnad (12:19 # 6665); and ‘Asqalānī in al-Matālib-ul-‘āliyah (4:343 #4554).

Haythamī says in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:315) that Abū Ya‘lā narrated it and Abū Zur‘ah decl ared the sub-narrator, Marjā bin Rijā’, trustworthy, while Ibn Mu‘īn weakened him, and its other men are trustworthy.



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will r eturn (that is, I slam will r ecapture it s lo st glo ry an d r etriev e it s status dur in g h is re ign).”1

1. Hākim graded it sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of


Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:316) that B azzār had related it, and its men are those of (sahīh) sound hadīth.

Ibn Hammād narrated it in al-Fitan (1:362 # 1055); Suyūtī, ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’thūr (6:56); and B ayhaqī in Dalā’il-un-nubuwwah (6:330,331).

Muslim related it with di fferent words in as-Sahīh, b. of fitan wa ashrāt-us-sā‘ah (turmoils and conditions of the Last Hour) 4:2234 (#67/2913); Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (3:317); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:263 # 38659); and Ibn Kathīr in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:599; 10:44).



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Section 7

Economic Pros perity and Fair Distribution of We alth

صلى االله رسول أن: عنه االله رضي الخدري سعيد أبيعن 30.يخرج في آخر أمتي المهدي يسقيه : قال وسلموآله عليه االله

وتكثر صحاحا المال ويعطى نباتها الأرض وتخرج االله الغيث .ثمانيا وأ سبعا يعيش الأمة وتعظم الماشية

“Abū Sa‘īd Kh udr ī () has narr ated that the Messen ger of Allāh () sa id: Mah dī will be bo rn dur in g the last day s of my Ummah . Allāh will po ur do wn h eavy r ain durin g his caliphate an d the earth will gro w it s pro duce in abun dance, an d h e will distr ibute thin gs equally amon g the peop le. Dur in g his reign there will be p lenty of cattle an d th e Ummah will be held in great esteem. (After becom in g the caliph) he will liv e for seven or eight y ear s.”1

قال رسول االله :قالرضي االله عنه عن أبي سعيد الخدري 31. أمتي في يبعث بالمهدي أبشركم: لى االله عليه وآله وسلمص

كما وعدلا قسطا الأرض فيملأ ,وزلازل الناس من على اختلاف ,يرضى عنه ساكن السماء وساكن الأرض ,ملئت جورا وظلما

.صحاحا المال يقسم

ويملأ, الناس بالسوية بين :قال ؟ما صحاحا :فقال له رجلغنى ويسعهم عليه وآله وسلم صلى االله محمد أمة قلوب االله

1. Hākim graded it sahīh (sound) in al-Mustadrak (4:558 # 8673),

while Dhahabī confirmed it. Hindī transmitted it in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:273 # 38700); and

Albānī in Silsilat-ul-ahādīth-is-sahīhah (2:336 # 711).



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؟ حاجة من له في مال :فيقول ,عدله حتى يأمر مناديا فيناديائت السدان يعني :فيقول, واحد رجل لاإيقوم من الناس فما

: له فيقول, يأمرك أن تعطيني مالا المهدي نإ: فقل له .الخازنكنت أجشع :فيقول .ندم وأبرزه حجره في جعله إذا حتى أحث

يقبل فلا فيرده :قال ,نفسا أو عجز عني ما وسعهم أمة محمدفيكون كذلك سبع سنين ,أعطيناه شيا نأخذ لا ناإ: له فيقال, منه

أو ,ثم لا خير في العيش بعده ,أو ثمان سنين أو تسع سنين .ثم لا خير في الحياة بعده :قال

“Abū Sa‘īd Kh udr ī () has narr ated that the Messen ger o f Allāh () sa id: I am givin g yo u the goo d news of the co min g of Mah dī who will be sent do wn at a tim e wh en my Ummah will fa ll prey to disp utes an d chao s. He will f il l the earth with justice an d f airness just as it was filled (before him) with oppression an d per secution. Those in the earth an d h eaven s will be pleased with h im. He will distribute thin gs equally amon g the peop le ( ie he will not discrim inate again st anyon e). Allāh (durin g his caliphate) will fi ll the hearts o f my Umm ah with gen ero sity. He will prov ide justice to a ll (witho ut any discrim inat ion or preferen ce). He will ask h is anno uncer to anno unce that if anyone requir ed anythin g (they sho uld com e to Mah dī. On hear in g this anno un cement) no one from amon g the Muslim s ex cept on e p er son will stan d up. Mah dī will ask h im to go to the treasurer an d tell h im that Mah dī h as o rdered yo u to give me som e goo ds. (The man will go to the tr easurer ), the treasure will say to him : take as m uch as yo u want. He will take (as m uch as he wishes) an d will come o ut of th e treasury . He will, at that moment, be ash amed (of his act) an d (will say to him self) , am I the greediest per son in Muhammad’s Ummah, or he will say to h im self that wh ich is eno ugh for other s is not eno ugh for me. (Feelin g guilty of his act) he will want to ret urn



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the goo ds but it will not be tak en back . He will be told that, once we have given som ethin g we do not tak e it back. So Mah dī will l ive for sev en, eight o r nin e y ear s with this justice an d fa irness an d distribution of wealth. Then after h is (death) there will be no goo dness ( comfortable lif e) for the liv in g to en joy.”1

صلى ذكر رسول االله :قال, رضي االله عنهعن أبي هريرة 32.إن قصر فسبع وإلا فثمان :فقال ,المهدي وسلموآاله االله عليه .ظلماجورا و ملئت كما قسطا الأرض وليملأن, وإلا فتسع

“Abū Huray rah () h as narrated that the Messen ger of Allāh () sa id wh ile m entionin g Mah dī: At min im um, the duration of the caliph ate of Mah dī will be sev en year s. It can a lso be e ight o r nin e year s. He will fi ll the earth with justice an d f airn ess just as it was f il led with tyranny an d oppression before it . ”2

صلى االله عن النبي , عن جابر بن عبد االله رضي االله عنهما33.أمتي خليفة يحثي المال حثيا لا يكون في : قال وسلموآله عليه

.يعده عدا .ليعودن !والذي نفسي بيده :ثم قال

“Nar rated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (عنھما that (رضي االله the Messen ger of Allāh () sa id: There will be a caliph in my Um mah who will genero usly distribute wealth witho ut k eep in g a r ecord of it . An d I swear by the One

1. Ahmad bin Hambal relat ed it in al-Musnad (3:37, 52); and Suyūtī

in ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’thūr (6:57). Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:313,314) that

Tirmidhī had narrated it briefly, while Ahmad copied it through his chain of transmission, and Abū Ya‘lā also narrated it briefly and the men of Ahmad and Abū Ya‘lā are trustworthy.

2. Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:316) that Bazzār had narrated it, and his men are trustworthy.



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who controls my life! Certa inly , the dom inan ce (of I slam) will r eturn (that is, I slam will r ecapture it s lo st glo ry an d r etriev e it s status dur in g h is re ign).”1

صلى االله رسول االله أن , رضي االله عنهعن أبي هريرة 34.إن قصر فسبع ,يكون في أمتي المهدي :ه وسلم قالعليه وآل

,نعم أمتي فيه نعمة لم ينعموا مثلهاي ,وإلا فثمان وإلا فتسع ,يرسل السماء عليهم مدرارا ولا تدخر الأرض شيئا من النبات

:فيقول .أعطني !يا مهدي :يقولف ,يقوم الرجل ,والمال كدوس .هخذ

“Abū Hurayrah () has related that the Messen ger of Allāh () sa id: there will be Mah dī in my Ummah . If (the duration of his caliphate is a) short (per io d) then it will be seven y ear s, otherwise, it will be e ight or n ine year s. The pro sperity of my Umm ah will be at such a h igh, the lik es of which not exper ien ced by it in the past. Rain will po ur do wn from the sky ( as needed), the earth will gro w as m uch crop as po ssible an d there will be no shortage of wealth. A p er son will stan d an d say: O Mah dī! Give me somethin g. Mah dī will say him : tak e it yo ur self (fro m the treasury accordin g to yo ur desires). ”2 1. Hākim graded it sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of





2. Tabarānī related it in al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (6:193 # 5402).



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أن النبي صلى االله , رضي االله عنهعن أبي سعيد الخدري 35.إن قصر فسبع ,يكون في أمتي المهدي :عليه وآله وسلم قال

تؤتى أكلها ,فتنعم فيه أمتي نعمة لم ينعموا مثلها قط ,وإلا فتسع ,فيقوم الرجل ,يومئذ كدوس والمال ,ولا تدخر منهم شيئا

.خذ :فيقول .أعطني !يا مهدي :فيقول “Abū Sa‘īd Kh udrī ( ) h as re lated that the Messen ger of Allāh () said: There will be Mah dī in my Ummah who will be th e caliph for at least seven year s, otherwise for n ine y ear s. My Um mah will be so pro spero us in his perio d that it wo uld not have exper ien ced such p rosp erity before it . The earth will gro w every form of crop an d ho ld back nothin g. Durin g this p erio d goo ds will be in such a h igh quantity as a h eap of grain on th e thresh in g f loor. So meone will stan d up an d say: O Mah dī! Give me somethin g. He will say : Take (as m uch yo u like).”1

خشينا أن يكون :قال, رضي االله عنهعن أبي سعيد الخدري 36. :فقال ,صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم فسألنا نبي االله ,حدثنبينا بعد

—ا إن في أمتي المهدي يخرج يعيش خمسا أو سبعا أو تسعفيجيء إليه :قال .سنين :قال ؟وما ذاك :ناقل :قال — زيد الشاك

فيحثي له في :قال .أعطني ,أعطني !يا مهدي :فيقول ,رجل .ثوبه ما استطاع أن يحمله

Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:317) that Tabarānī

narrated it in al-Awsat and his men are trustworthy. 1. Ibn Mājah narrat ed this Hassan (fai r) hadīth in as-Sunan, b. of

fitan (turmoils) 4:453 (#4083); Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Musannaf (7:512, 513 # 37638); Hākim, al-Mustadrak (4:558 # 8675); Dānī, as-Sunan-ul-wāridah fil-fitan (5:1035, 1036 # 550); and Ibn Kathīr in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (10:37).



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“Abū Sa‘ īd Kh udrī () narr ates: W e ask ed the Prophet () abo ut happen in gs after h im. We asked him : What will h appen after yo u? He said: There will be Mah dī in my Ummah who will r ule for fiv e, o r seven or n ine, (the narrator is do ubtful abo ut the corr ect per io d). I asked: wh at is meant by this figure? He said: (this f igure m ean s) year s. He said: (his p erio d will be a perio d of blessin g an d pro sper ity.) A p er son will com e over to him an d ask him : O Mah dī! Give m e someth in g, give me som ethin g. So Mah dī will giv e h im as m any goo ds as h e will be able to carry.”1

1. Tirmidhī related this Hassan (fai r) hadīth in al-Jāmi‘-us-sahīh,

chapters of fitan (turmoils) 4:86 (#2232); Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (3:21, 22); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:262 # 38654); and Ibn Kathīr in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (10:37).



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Section 8

Imām Mahdī ( ) will be welcomed with Open Arms

لان رجل من أصحاب النبي حدثني ف: قال, مجاهدعن 37.أن المهدي لا يخرج حتى تقتل : وسلموآله صلى االله عليه

فإذا قتلت النفس الزكية غضب عليهم من في ,النفس الزكيةفزفوه كما تزف , فأتى الناس المهدي ,السماء ومن في الأرض

وهو يملأ الأرض قسطا , العروس إلى زوجها ليلة عرسهاوتنعم أمتي , السماء مطرهاوتمطر نباتها وعدلا وتخرج الأرض

.في ولايته نعمة لم تنعمها قط“(The famo us tab i‘ ī (Successor)) Mujāh id h as narrated

that a Comp anion said: (The caliph) Mah dī will appear after the m urder of ‘Naf s Zak iyyah’ . When ‘Naf s Zakiyy ah’ is m urdered, those in the heav en s an d the earth will be an gry with the m urderer s. Later, the p eople will com e to Mah dī an d br in g him (with great pomp an d sho w) as the br ide is carr ied to her groom on weddin g night. He will fi ll th e earth with equity an d justice . (Durin g his caliphate) the earth will gro w it s crop s as the sk ies po ur do wn p lenty o f rain . Dur in g h is rule my Ummah will be blessed with so many favo ur s that it has nev er been blessed before.”1

Necessary Clarification: A m an kno wn as Naf s Zakiyy ah was Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullāh ibn Hussein ibn ‘Al ī ibn Abī Tāl ib who r evolted again st Abbasid caliph Man sūr in 145 AH an d was martyred. The tradit ion do es not r efer to h im. Here Naf s Zakiyy ah stan ds for some other saint who will come before Imām Mah dī.

1. Related by Ibn Abī Shaybah in al-Musannaf (7:514 # 37653).



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سول االله صلى االله أن ر, عن أبي هريرة رضي االله عنه 38.إن قصر فسبع , يكون في أمتى المهدي: عليه وأله وسلم قال, نعم أمتي فيه نعمة لم ينعموا مثلهاي, وإلا فثمان وإلا فتسع

,من النبات يئايرسل السماء عليهم مدرارا ولا تدخر الأرض ش :فيقول .اعطني !يا مهدي :فيقول ,يقوم الرجل ,والمال كدوس

.خذه“Abū Huray rah () h as narrated that the Messen ger of

Allāh said: there will be Mah dī in my Ummah who will r ule fo r sev en y ear s if the perio d is short, otherwise for eight or nine years. Dur in g Mah dī’ s p er io d, my Ummah will be so p rosp ero us that it will not h ave exp erienced such pro sper ity before it . The sky will po ur do wn tor rential rain an d the earth will y ield it s entire pro duce. Goo ds will be ly in g like a heap of grain s on the threshin g f loor. One man will stan d up an d say: O Mah dī : give m e somethin g. So he will say: t ake ( as m uch as yo u like).”1

أمنا ! يا رسول االله: قلت: قال, عن علي رضي االله عنه 39.يختم االله به , بل منا, لا: آل محمد المهدي أم من غيرنا؟ فقال

كما أنقذوا من وبنا ينقذون من الفتنة , الدين كما فتح بناكما ألف وبنا يؤلف االله بين قلوبهم بعد عداوة الفتنة , الشرك

وبنا يصبحون بعد عداوة الفتنة , بين قلوبهم بعد عداوة الشرك .إخوانا كما أصبحوا بعد عداوة الشرك إخوانا في دينهم

Narrated by ‘Al ī () , he said: I sa id (to the Prophet ()) : O Messen ger of Allāh (یك وسلم عل W !(صلى االله ill 1. Tabarānī related it in al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (6:193 # 5402). Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:317) that Tabarānī

narrated it in al-Awsat and his men are trustworthy.



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Mah dī be from us, the fam ily of Muh ammad or from other s? He said: no, but h e will be from amon g us, Allāh will re-establish I slam thro ugh h im as he did so ( in the beginnin g) through us. These peop le will be rescued from m ischief thro ugh us (Mah dī) as they h ave been saved from po lytheism. An d thro ugh o ur mean s (Mah dī) Allāh will create lov e in their hearts after the h atred of m isch ief as He created love in their hearts after the hatred of po lytheism. An d thro ugh o ur means peop le will become brother ly amon gst each other after th e r ivalry of t urmo ils as they have done so in I slam after the riv alry of po lytheism."1

1. Suyūtī narrated it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:61); Tabarānī, al-

Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (1:136 # 157); Ibn Hammād, al-Fitan (1:370, 371 # 1089, 1090); and Haythamī in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:316, 317).



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Section 9

Prophet ‘Īsā and Imām Mahdī قال رسول االله : قال, عن أبي هريرة رضي االله عنه 40.

,كيف أنتم إذا نزل ابن مريم فيكم: صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم .وإمامكم منكم

“Abū Huray rah () h as narrated that the Messen ger of Allāh said: what will be the state (o f yo ur joy ) at the time wh en ‘ Īsā ibn Mary am will descen d (from the heaven s) an d yo ur Imām will be f rom amon g yo u.”1

Ex planation: It means that ‘Ī sā ( ), at the t ime of descent, will o ffer h is pray er s in con gregation but he himself will not be the Imām but a mem ber of the Um mah, that is, caliph Mah dī. Acco rdin gly, Ibn Hajar ‘Asqalānī with reference to Abū a l-Hassan Āburrī’ s Manāq ib a sh-Shāf i‘ ī wr ites: there are contin uo us tr adition s in its support an d ‘Ī sā will offer one prayer beh in d caliph Mah dī .2

أنه سمع جابر ؛أخبرني أبو الزبير: قال, بن جريجاعن 41.سمعت النبي صلى االله عليه : بن عبد االله رضي االله عنهما يقول

لا تزال طائفة من أمتي يقاتلون على الحق : وآله وسلم يقول 1. Bukhārī related it in as-Sahīh, b. of ambiyā’ (prophets) 3:1272

(#3265); Muslim, as-Sahīh, b. of īmān (faith) 1:136 (#155); Ibn Hibbān, as-Sahīh (15:213#6802); Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (2:336); Abd-ur-Razzāq, al-Musannaf (11:400#20841); Ibn Mundah, al-Īmān (1:516 # 415, 416); Abū ‘Awānah, al-Musnad (1:99#315); Baghawī, Sharh-us-sunnah (15:82#4277); ‘Asqalānī, Fath-ul-bārī (6:491), al-Isābah fī tamyīz-is-sahābah (4:766), Taghlīq-ut-ta‘līq (4:40); Qurtubī, al-Jāmi‘ li-ahkām-il-Qur’ān (4:101; 16:106); Ibn Kathīr, Tafsīr-ul-Qur’ān al-‘azīm (1:578); and Suyūtī in ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’ thūr (2:242).

2. ‘Asqalānī, Fath-ul-bārī (6:493, 494).



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فيقول , فينزل عيسى بن مريم: قال, إلى يوم القيامة ظاهرين, إن بعضكم على بعض أمراء, لا: فيقول. صل لنا! تعال: أميرهم

.تكرمة االله هذه الأمة“Nar rated by Ibn Jurayh : Abū Zubayr r eported to me:

He heard Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (رضي االله عنھما) say in g: I heard the Messen ger of Allāh () sayin g: A section of my peop le will not cease f ightin g for the Truth successfully ti l l the Day of Resurr ection. He said: ‘Īsā ibn Maryam wo uld then descen d an d the leader of the Muslim s will say : come an d lead us in pray er, but he will say : “No, som e amon gst yo u are leader s over other s. This is th e hono ur from Allāh for this n ation” (ie proph et ‘Ī sā ( ) will decline the off er of leadin g the prayer due to the h igh status given by Allāh to this Umm ah).”1

قال رسول : الق, عن جابر بن عبد االله رضي االله عنهما 42. يخرج الدجال في خفقة من الدين: االله صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم

ثم ينزل عيسى بن مريم فينادي من : ثم قال — وذكر الدجال —ما يمنعكم أن تخرجوا إلى الكذاب ! يا أيها الناس: فيقول, السحرفإذا هم بعيسى بن , فينطلقون, هذا رجل جني: فيقولون ؟الخبيثليتقدم : فيقول! يا روح االله, تقدم: فيقال له, الصلاةفتقام , مريم: قال, فإذا صلى صلاة الصبح خرجوا إليه, فليصل بكم, إمامكم

.فحين يرى الكذاب ينماث كما ينماث الملح في الماء

1. Muslim narrated it in as-Sahīh, b. of īmān (faith) 1:137 (#156);

Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (3:345,384); Ibn Hibbān, as-Sahīh (15:231,232#6819); Abū Ya‘lā, al-Musnad (4:59#2078); Ibn Mundah, al-Īmān (1:517#418); Ibn Jārūd, al-Muntaqā (1:257 #1031); Abū ‘Awānah, al-Musnad (1:99 # 317); and Bayhaqī in as-Sunan-al-kubrā (9:180).



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“Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (عنھما (رضي االله narr ates that the Messen ger of Allāh () sa id: wh en I slam (ie the state of the Ummah) becom es weak, Dajjā l will appear — an d after givin g details abo ut Dajjāl — h e said: After some tim e, ‘Ī sā ibn Maryam will descen d (from the heav en) an d in the mo rnin g (that is, at pre-dawn ) h e will call o ut: O peop le! What is stoppin g yo u f rom f ightin g with th is evil pr etender (Dajjā l)? Peop le will say: h e appears to be a supern atural cr eation (jinn), but as they will move forward they will see ‘Ī sā . Then it will be time for prayer, so their leader will say: O Allāh’s Sp irit: come fo rward (an d lead the pray er). He will say : “Your Imām sho uld lead yo u” (an d at that t ime the Imām will be Mah dī) . Wh en the peop le will f inish their Dawn p rayer , they will leave (un der the leader ship of ‘Ī sā ) to f ight Dajjā l. When ‘Ī sā will see the L iar (Dajjā l), he ( ie Dajjā l, o ut of fear) will start meltin g as salt melt s in water.”1

فقالت , مرفوعا, عن أبي أمامة الباهلي رضي االله عنه 43.فأين ! يا رسول االله: أم شريك بنت أبي العكر رضي االله عنها

هم يومئذ قليل وجلهم ببيت المقدس وإمامهم : العرب يومئذ؟ قالفبينما إمامهم قد تقدم يصلي بهم الصبح إذ نزل , ل صالحرج

فرجع ذلك الإمام ينكص يمشي , عليهم عيسى بن مريم الصبحفيضع عيسى يده بين , القهقري ليتقدم عيسى يصلي بالناس

نها لك أقيمت, فصل! تقدم: ثم يقول له, كتفيه فيصلي بهم ,فإ .إمامهم

1. Ahmad bin Hambal related it in al-Musnad (3:367,368); Haythamī,

Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:343,344); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:325, 326#38819); and Suyūtī in ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’thūr (2:242,243).

Hākim gradid it sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of Muslim in al-Mustadrak (4:530#8613).



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“Abū Umāmah Bāhil ī () has re lated (a lon g tradition) from the Messen ger o f Allāh in which a f emale Compan ion Umm Shar īk bint ‘Abī a l-‘Akar ( رضيsaid: O Messen (االله عنھا ger o f Allāh (وسلم وآلك علیك !(صلى االله Where will the Arabs be at that t ime, (why will the Arabs not come o ut in support of the Ummah )? The Messen ger of Allāh said: the Arabs will be in small n um ber, an d mo st o f these will be in the Sacred Ho use an d their Imām will be a high ly p io us p er son (n amed Mah dī). When their Imām will co me forward for Dawn prayer, at that t im e ‘Ī sā will descen d (f rom the heav en). The Imām will r etreat an d give way to h im so that ‘Ī sā can lead people in the pray er. ‘Ī sā p lacin g h is h an d bet ween the Imām’s sho ulder s will say : step forward an d lead the pray er because the iqāmah was said fo r yo u. Then their Imām (Mah dī) will lead the pray er.”1

:مرفوعا, عن عثمان بن أبي العاص رضي االله عنه 44.: فيقول له إمام الناس, فينزل عيسى بن مريم عند صلاة الفجر

إنكم معشر هذه الأمة أمراء : فيقول. فصل بنا! يا روح االله, تقدم .لي بهمفيتقدم فيص. تقدم أنت فصل بنا, بعضكم على بعض

“Uthmān ibn Abī a l-‘Ās () dir ectly n arrates that the Messen ger of Allāh sa id: prophet ‘Ī sā ibn Maryam will descen d (from th e h eaven ) at the t ime of Dawn pray er ( fajr) an d the leader of the peop le will request him : O Allāh’ s Sp ir it! (Com e forward an d) lead us in prayer . ‘Ī sā will say : “yo u are the peop le of Muh ammad’s Umm ah. So me amon gst yo u are leader s ov er other s. So move

1. Related by Ibn Mājah in as-Sunan, b. of fitan (turmoils) 4:446,447

(#4077).



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forward an d lead us in prayer.” The leader of the Muslim s will come forward an d lead the p rayer .”1

المهدي : قال, رضى االله عنه عن عبد االله بن عمرو 45. .ويصلي خلفه عيسى, الذي ينزل عليه عيسى ابن مريم

“‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr () says that ‘Ī sā will descen d after Mah dī an d will o ffer (on e) prayer beh in d h im.”2

قال رسول االله صلى : قال, عن أبي سعيد رضي االله عنه 46. .منا الذي يصلي عيسى ابن مريم خلفه: ماالله عليه وآله وسل

“Abū Sa‘īd Kh udr ī () narr ates that the Messen ger of Allāh sa id: there will be a per son from this Ummah an d ‘Ī sā ibn Maryam یھما السلام) عل ) will pr ay beh in d h im.”3

قال رسول االله صلي : قال, عن حذيفة رضي االله عنه 47.يلتفت المهدي وقد نزل عيسى ابن مريم : االله عليه وآله وسلم

. صل بالناس !تقدم: فيقول المهدي, كأنما يقطر من شعره الماءفيصلي خلف رجل من . إنما أقيمت الصلوة لك: فيقول عيسى

.ولدي“Hudhayfah ( ) r elates th at the Messen ger o f Allāh

sa id: When Mah dī will appear ‘Ī sā ibn Maryam will descen d an d it will seem as tho ugh water is droppin g from 1. Hākim narrated it in al-Mustadrak (4:478#8473); Ahmad bin

Hambal, al-Musnad (4:217); and Tabarānī in al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (9:60#8392).

Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:342,343) that Ahmad and Tabarānī had related it and the men of Ahmad were those of sound hadīth.

2. Ibn Hammād narrat ed it in al-Fitan (1:373#1103); and Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:78).

3. Ibn Qayyim transmitted it in al-Manār-ul-munīf (1:147 # 337); and Suyūtī copied it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:64).



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h is h air. At that t im e Mah dī, addressin g him , will say : p lease come forward an d lead the peop le in pray er. Prophet ‘ Īsā will say : the iqāmah was said for yo u; therefore, yo u will lead the prayer. Accordin gly, ‘ Īsā will off er this prayer beh in d a m an from my family (Mah dī).”1

وهو الذي ,المهدي من هذه الأمة: قال, عن ابن سيرين 48. .يؤم عيسى ابن مريم

“Ibn Sīrīn r elates that (Imām ) Mah dī will be from this Ummah an d will lead ‘ Īsā ibn Mary am (رضي االله عنھما) in prayer.”2

1. Related by Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:81). 2. Ibn Abī Shaybah narrated it in al-Musannaf (7:513#37649); and

Ibn Hammād in al-Fitan (1:373#1107).



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Section 10

Obedience of Imām Mahdī ( ) will be Compulsory

بلغني أن رسول االله صلى : قال, عن شهر بن حوشب 49.: في المحرم ينادي منادى من السماء: االله عليه وآله وسلم قال

ي ف, فاسمعموا له وأطيعوا, إن صفوة االله من خلفه فلان! ألا .ةعسنة الصوت والمعم

“ Shah r ibn Hawshab () n arrates that the Messen ger of Allāh () said: In (the month of) Muh arram, an anno un cer will call o ut from the heav en: beware! Surely, (be inform ed that) such a person h as been cho sen by Allāh, so listen to h im an d o bey him dur in g the year of upro ar an d turmo il.”1

قال رسول : قال, عن جابر بن عبد االله رضي االله عنهما 50.ومن , من كذب بالدجال فقد كفر: االله صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم

.كذب بالمهدي فقد كفر“Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (عنھما (رضي االله narr ates that the

Messen ger of Allāh () said: whoever den ies (the com in g of ) Dajjā l, h as surely comm itted disbelief, an d who ever denies (the com in g of) Mah dī has ( also) comm itted disbelief. ”2

صلى قال رسول االله : قال, بن عمر رضي االله عنهاعن 51. هافي, سه عمامةيخرج المهدي وعلى رأ: االله عليه وآله وسلم

.فاتبعوه, هذا المهدي خليفة االله: مناد ينادي 1. Ibn Hammād related it in al-Fitan (1:226,338#630,980); and

Suyūtī copied it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:76). 2. Related by Suyutī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:83).



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“‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar (رضي االله عنھما) n arr ates that the Messen ger of Allāh () said: Mah dī will come an d there will be a t urban on h is head. There will be an anno uncer who will pro claim : this is Mah dī, Allāh’ s caliph, so fo llo w an d o bey h im.”1

1. Suyūtī transmitted it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:61); Tabarānī,

Musnad ash-shāmiyyīn (2:71#937); and Daylamī in al-Firdaws (5:510#8920).



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Section 11

Circumstances Surrounding Imām Mahdī’s Arrival

بلغني أنه على يدي المهدي : عن سليمان بن عيسى قال 52.فيوضع , يظهر تابوت السكينة من بحيرة الطبرية حتى يحمللمت إلا قليلا بين يديه بيت المقدس فإذا نظرت إليه اليهود أس

.منهم“Related by Sulaymān ibn ‘Ī sā (رضي االله عنھما): I was

informed that the Ark of the Covenant will emerge from Tabar iyyah Sea thro ugh the efforts of Imām Mah dī. It will be p laced before him at the Sacred Ho use. When the Jews will see this (Ark) , a ll of them except a f ew will em brace I slam.”1

يطلع نجم من المشرق قبل خروج : قال, عن كعب 53. .له ذنب يضئ, المهدي

“Ka‘b () h as nar rated: A comet with a br ight tail will app ear from th e east before the appearan ce of Imām Mah dī. ”2

بلغني أنه قبل خروج المهدي ينكسف : قال ,عن شريك 54. .القمر في شهر رمضان مرتين

“ Sharīk () has re lated: I was inform ed that before the app earance of Mah dī there will be lun ar eclipse t wice in the month of Ramadān.”1

1. Ibn Hammad transmitted it in al-Fitan (1:360#1050); and Suyūtī

copied it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:83). 2. Suyūtī transmitted it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:82); and Ibn

Hammād in al-Fitan (1:229#642).



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إذا نادى مناد من : قال, عن علي رضى االله عنه 55.فعند ذلك يظهر المهدي على , حق في آل محمدإن ال: السماء

.ويشربون حبه ولا يكون لهم ذكر غيره, أفواه الناس“‘Alī () said: when the anno uncer will anno un ce that

the truth is in the fam ily of Muh ammad , at that t ime ev eryone will be talk in g abo ut Mah dī’ s arriv al an d his love will be f ed into them ( in such a mann er) that they will ta lk of nothin g else but h im.”2

الأولى في , تكون فتنة بعدها فتنة: قال ,عن أبي الجلد 56.كون بعد ذلك فتنة تثم , الآخرة كثمرة السوط يتبعها ذباب السيف

لأرض اثم تأتي الخلافة خير أهل , ستحل فيها المحارم كلهات .وهو قاعد في بيته هنيا

“Abū Jalad () n arrates: a disruption will ar ise wh ich will be fo llo wed by another disruption. The fir st will be r elated to the secon d disruption as the lace is jo ined to its wh ip (meanin g they will be c lo sely r elated, either the secon d will imm ediate ly fo llo w the fir st o r their content will be similar ). Then there will be the (disruption of) swords. It will be fo llo wed by another disruption in wh ich all forbidden th in gs will be declared permissible . Then the caliphate will come abo ut, thro ugh the best per son amon gst the peop le. If will come abo ut wh ilst he is sitt in g at hom e.”3

1. Suyūtī transmitted it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:82); and Ibn

Hammād in al-Fitan (1:229#642). 2. Suyūtī transmitted it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:68); and Ibn

Hammād in al-Fitan (1:334#965). 3. Ibn Abī Shaybah narrated it in al-Musannaf (7:531#37754); and

Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:65).



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يحج : قال, عن عبد االله بن عمرو رضى االله عنهما 57.ذ مفبين, الناس معا ويعرفون معا على غير إمام اهم نزول بمنى إ

تتلوا حتى اقو, إلى بعض ارت القبائل بعضهافث, أخذهم كالكلبفيفزعون إلى خيرهم فيأتونه وهو ملصق , تسيل العقبة دماهلم : فيقولون, يبكي كأني أنظر إلى دموعه, وجهه إلى الكعبة

قد وكم دم , نقضتموهقد ويحكم كم عهد : فيقول, فلنبايعكفإنه المهدي فى , أدركتموه فبايعوه ذافإ, فيبايع كرها! سفكتموه

.الأرض والمهدي فى السماء“‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr () n arrates: peop le will perform

the p ilgr image together an d will gather at ‘Arafāt without the Imām. So at Minā dur in g their descent a r evolt will po unce upon them like a do g (due to wh ich) th e tribes will po unce on on e another . They will k ill one another until the v alley begin s to flo w with in bloo d. (In this worr ied st ate) they will go to the best p er son amon gst them to seek h is refuge while he will be cry in g with h is face to uch in g the ka‘bah as (the narr ator say s) I am lookin g at h is tear s. So th ey will request h im: please come! We want to take an oath of loyalty on yo ur han d. He will say: it is very sad that yo u have broken so m any promises an d hav e shed so m uch bloo d. So, un willin gly, he will accept their o ath. So wh en yo u fin d th at per son, yo u sho uld t ake the oath on his han d because he will be Mah dī on earth as well as Mah dī in the heaven s.”1

1. Hākim narrated it in al-Mustadrak (4:503,504#8537); Ibn

Hammād, al-Fitan (1:227, 341, 342 # 632, 987); Dānī, as-Sunan-ul-wāridah fil-fitan (5:1044, 1045 # 560); and Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:76).



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Section 12

Imam Mahdī ( ) as the Last Caliph

سمعت رسول : قال, عن جابر بن سمرة رضي االله عنه 58.ا الدين قائما لا يزال هذ: االله صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم يقول

.كلهم تجتمع عليه الأمة, حتى يكون عليكم اثنا عشر خليفةفسمعت كلاما من النبي صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم لم

.كلهم من قريش: ما يقول؟ قال: قلت لأبيف, أفهمه“It is narr ated by Jābir ibn Sam urah () : I h eard the

Messen ger o f Allāh say : I slam will remain established until t welve caliph s h ave ruled over yo u. The Ummah will be un ited on all of them .

“Then I heard the Prophet say (som ethin g) wh ich I co uld not un der stan d. I asked my f ather: wh at is he sayin g? He told m e that he h ad said: a ll (the t welve caliph s) will be from the Quray sh.”1

سمعت رسول : قال, عن جابر بن سمرة رضي االله عنه 59.لا يزال هذا الدين عزيزا : االله صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم يقول

ثم قال كلمة , فكبر الناس وضجوا: قال. إلى اثني عشر خليفة .كلهم من قريش: ما قال؟ قال! ةيا أب: قلت لأبي, خفية

“Jābir ibn Sam urah () has narrated that he heard the Messen ger o f Allāh say : I slam will rem ain do minant until t welv e caliph s hav e p assed.” Jābir () sa id: ( at this) peop le said ( lo udly:) “Allāh is the greatest” an d it became

1. Abū Dāwūd narrated it in as-Sunan, b. of Mahdī, 4:86 (#4279);

‘Asqalānī, Fath-ul-bārī (13:212); and Bayhaqī in Dalā’il-un-nubuwwah (6:520).

Ahmad bin Hambal transmitted it with different words in al-Musnad (5:93, 92, 98).



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no isy a ll aro un d. Then the Prophet sa id so methin g quietly. I asked my father : O father! What did h e say? (My father told me:) he said, “All those (t welv e caliph s) will be from the Quray sh.”1

Im am Suyūt ī comments on Abū Dāwūd’ s narration in a l-Hāwī li l-fa tāwā (2 :85) :

وأورد في , اؤد في سننه بابا في المهديعقد أبو دعن رسول االله , صدره حديث جابر بن سمرة رضي االله عنه

لا يزال هذا الدين قائما حتى : صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم: وفي رواية. كلهم تجتمع عليه الأمة, يكون اثنا عشر خليفة

كلهم من , لا يزال هذا الدين عزيزا إلى اثني عشر خليفة .قريشن المهدي أحد الاثنى ا: ار بذلك إلى ما قاله العلماءفأش .عشر

“Abū Dāwūd has devoted a chapter to Imām Mah dī in his book a s-Sunan (4 :86). In the beginnin g of the ch apter a nar ration of Jābir ibn Sam urah () is given . The Messen ger of Allāh said: “unt il t welv e caliphs h ave p assed, on who m th is Ummah will un ite.” Accordin g to another tradition, “ this dīn will r emain do minant ti ll the t welv e caliphs h ave p assed an d all of them will be from the Quray sh.”

1. Abū Dāwūd narrated it in as-Sunan, b. of Mahdī, 4:86 (#4280,

4281); Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (5:93, 97, 98, 101); and ‘Asqalānī in Fath-ul-bārī (13:211).

Muslim related it with some different words in as-Sahīh, b. of imārah (emritage) 3:1453 (#7/1821).



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“In this ch apter Abū Dāwūd has r eferr ed to the op inion of scho lars who believe that Imām Mah dī is one of those t welve caliph s.”

The conclusion Suyūt ī has drawn from this is that Imām Mah dī will be the t welfth an d last Imām on this earth.1

Abū Dāwūd, after intro ducin g the chapter with these t wo tradition s, h as in cluded the fo llo win g narr ation:

سمعت رسول االله صلى االله : قالت, عن أم سلمة رضي االله عنها .المهدي من عترتي من ولد فاطمة: عليه وآله وسلم يقول

“Nar rated by Umm Salamah (رضي االله عنھا) that she heard the Messen ger of Allāh () say in g: Mah dī will be from my family an d from the children of Fāt im ah.”2

Befo re it he has described the tradition which say s that ev en if on ly one day r emains in the arr ival of the Day of Judgment, Allāh will sen d a per son (named Mah dī) from the Prophet’ s f amily who will f il l the earth with justice an d fa irness just as it was formerly filled with tyranny an d affect ion.

قال رسول االله صلى : قال, عن أبي سعيد رضي االله عنه 59.يكون عند إنقطاع من الزمان وظهور من : االله عليه وآله وسلم

.يكون عطاؤه هنيئا, الفتن رجل يقال له المهدي“Abū Sa‘īd () has narr ated that the Prophet

sa id: In the last day s when so many disruption s will app ear , at that t im e there will be a per son called Mah dī. His contr ibution s will be (very) p leasant. ”3 1. Suyūtī, al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:85). 2. Related by Abū Dāwūd in as-Sunan, b. of Mahdī, 4:88 (#4284).

Ibn Hammād transmitted it in as-Sunan-ul-wāridah fil-fitan (5:1057, 1061 # 575, 581).

Dhahabī graded it marfū‘ (traceable) in Mīzān-ul -i‘tidāl fi naqd-ir-rijāl (3:126).

3. Related by Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:63).



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التقى السفياني والمهدي للقتال ) إذا: (قال, عن الزهري 60.إن أولياء االله أصحاب ! ألا: ن السماءيومئذ يسمع صوت م

.يعني المهدي, فلانإن أمارة ذلك اليوم أن كفا من : وقالت أسماء بنت عميس .السماء مدلاة ينظر إليها الناس

“Zuhrī has narrated: when Sufyān’ s (army) an d Mah dī’ s army will f ace each other fo r battle, on th at day a vo ice will be h eard fro m the sky: ‘beware! Surely, the fr ien ds of (Imām) Mah dī are the fr ien ds of Allāh .’

“An d Asmā’ bint ‘Um ay s said: the sign of that day will be that a han d will be seen h an gin g f rom the sky wh ich (a ll) the peop le will see .”1

أمنا ! يا رسول االله: قلت: قال, لي رضي االله عنهعن ع 61.يختم االله به , بل منا, لا: آل محمد المهدي أم من غيرنا؟ فقال

كما أنقذوا من وبنا ينقذون من الفتنة , الدين كما فتح بناوبنا يؤلف االله بين قلوبهم بعد عداوة الفتنة كما ألف , الشرك

تنة وبنا يصبحون بعد عداوة الف, بين قلوبهم بعد عداوة الشرك .إخوانا كما أصبحوا بعد عداوة الشرك إخوانا في دينهم

Narrated by ‘Al ī () , he said: I sa id (to the Prophet ()) : O Messen ger of Allāh (یك وسلم عل W !(صلى االله ill Mah dī be from us, the fam ily of Muh ammad or from other s? He said: no, but h e will be from amon g us, Allāh will re-establish I slam thro ugh h im as he did so ( in the beginnin g) thro ugh us, an d these peop le will be rescued from mischief thro ugh us (Mah dī) as th ey h ave been saved from polytheism . An d thro ugh o ur mean s (Mah dī) Allāh will cr eate lov e in their hearts after the hatr ed of m ischief

1. Related by Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:76).



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as He created lov e in their h eart s after the hatred of po lytheism. An d thro ugh o ur means peop le will become brother ly amon gst each other after th e r ivalry of t urmo ils as they have done so in I slam after the riv alry of po lytheism."1

يخرج رجل من أهل بيت النبي صلى : قال, عن أرطاة 62., يغزو مدينة قيصر, االله عليه وآله وسلم مهدي حسن السيرة

ثم , وهو آخر أمير من أمة محمد صلى االله عليه وآله وسلم .بن مريمايخرج في زمانه الدجال وينزل في زمانه عيسى

“Artāh h as narr ated that a person (Mah dī) will appear from the Proph et’s fam ily who will fight in the c ity of Rome an d h e will be the last leader (Imām ) of Muh ammad’s Umm ah. Dajjāl will appear in his t ime an d in his tim e also ‘Ī sā will descen d (from the heaven) .”2

“Imam Suyūt ī in a l-Hāwī li l-fa tāwā (2 :80) after l istin g the sign s of th e arr ival of Imām Mah dī, comm ents:

لنعيم بن " كتاب الفتن"هذه الآثار كلها لخصتها من .وأحد شيوخ البخاري, وهو أحد الأئمة الحفاظ, حماد

“All these signs wh ich I have summar ised from the book “al-F itan ” by Nu‘aym ibn Hammād who was a hāf iz (of hadī th) an d on e of th e teacher s of Imām Bukh ārī .”


Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (1:136 # 157); Ibn Hammād, al-Fitan (1:370, 371 # 1089, 1090); and Haythamī in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:316, 317).

2. Ibn Hammād narrated it in al-Fitan (1:402,408#1214,1234); and Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:80).



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قال رسول االله صلى االله : قال, عن جابر رضي االله عنه 63.لا ,المال حيثا ويكون في أمتي خليفة يحثس: عليه وآله وسلم

.يعده عدا“Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (عنھما (رضي االله narr ates that the

Prophet said: In my Ummah, soon, there will be a caliph who will distribute goo ds gen ero usly without keepin g a r ecord of who has r eceived what.”1

صلى االله عن النبي , عن جابر بن عبد االله رضي االله عنهما64. لا حثيا المال يحثي خليفة أمتي في يكون: قال, وسلموآله عليه .عدا يعده

.ليعودن! بيده نفسي والذي: قال ثم “Nar rated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (عنھما that (رضي االله the Messen ger of Allāh () sa id: There will be a caliph in my Um mah who will genero usly distribute wealth witho ut k eep in g a r ecord of it . An d I swear by the One who controls my life! Certa inly that the dom inan ce (of I slam) will r eturn (that is, I slam will r ecapt ure its lost glory an d retrieve its stat us dur in g his re ign).”2

1. Related by Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:60, 61). 2. Hākim graded it sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of







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قال رسول االله صلى :قال عن ابن مسعود رضي االله عنه65.طول االله تلك لو لم يبق من الدنيا إلا ليلة ل :وسلماالله عليه وآله

واسم , يواطي اسمه اسمي, الليلة حتى يملك رجل من أهل بيتيو , يملأها قسطا وعدلا كما ملئت ظلما وجورا, أبيه اسم أبي

, ويجعل االله الغني في قلوب هذه الأمة, يقسم المال بالسوية .اة بعد المهديثم لا خير في عيش الحي, فيمكث سبعا أو تسعا

“Nar rated by ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd (رضي االله عنھما) that Messen ger o f Allāh sa id: if th ere was on ly on e night left for this world to stay in tact, Allāh will len gthen it until a mem ber of my fam ily becom es the ruler who se nam e will be the same as my n ame an d the nam e of his f ather will be the sam e as the nam e of my f ather. He will f il l the world with justice an d f airness just as it was f il led with tyranny an d explo itation. He will distribute thin gs equally amon g the people an d Allāh will also fil l their hearts with content. He will r ule for sev en or nin e year s. Then after the caliph ate of Mah dī, there will be a total en d to goo dness ( an d virtue).”1


Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (10:133, 135 # 10216, 10224); Dānī, as-Sunan-ul-wāridah fil-fitan (5:1055 # 572); Haythamī, Mawārid-uz-zam’ān (6:129 # 1877); and Hindī in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:269 # 38683).

Haythamī also narrated it through Abū Hurayarah (rt a) in Mawārid-uz-zam’ān (6:128 # 1876).

Suyūtī narrated it with a di fference of words at another place in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:58).

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Glossary : rad iya llāhu ‘anhu — Allāh be pleased with h im: used after the name of Comp anion of the Prophet ().

ھا radiyallāhu ‘anhā — Allāh be p :رضي االله عن leased with her: used after the n ame of a f emale Comp anion of the Prophet ().

ھ مرضي االله عن : rad iya llāhu ‘anhum — Allāh be pleased with all of them : used after the nam es of more than t wo male Co mpanion s o f the Prophet ().

امرضي االله عنھ : radiya llāhu ‘anhumā — Allāh is pleased with both of them; used after the names of t wo Compan ion s of the Proph et (), irresp ectiv e of their gen der.

: ‘ala yh-is- sa lām — (May Allāh sho wer His) peace on h im: used after the n ame of Allāh’ s m essen ger , prophet an d an gel.

ھما السلام :علی ‘ala yhim-a s- salām — (May Allāh sho wer His) p eace on both of them: used after the n ames of t wo messen ger s, proph ets an d an gels.

: sallallāhu ‘alayh i wa āl ihī wa sa llam — Allāh bless an d sen d peace on h im an d h is ch ildren : used after the nam e of the Last Messen ger of Allāh ().

abdāl: pl. of badal . l it . Substit utes. A per son by whom Allāh contin ues the wor ld in existence as mention ed in the tradition s. Their n um ber is seventy, of whom fo rty liv e in Sy ria an d thirty e lsewh ere. Wh en one dies another takes h is place, bein g appo inted by Allāh .

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athar: p l. ā thā r. lit . re latin g. Generally used for a narration r elated from one of the Compan ions, rather than from the Prophet (), which is kno wn as hadī th.

cali phate : khilāfah . This is the po litical sy stem of I slam, it s h ead the caliph /kha lī fah is the successor of the Prophet () in this r egard.

dīn: it is an Arabic word used for I slam. It is mo re specif ic ia lly used for the re ligion an d rev ealed book s of the prophets an d the messen ger s. It is a comp rehen sive term coverin g not only re ligio us practices an d r ituals but a lso app lies to all asp ects of lif e an d prov ides guidan ce for it . While madhab (re ligion) is r estricted to man’ s spirit ual l ife an d deals with its r elation ship with Go d alone.

dinar: an an cient go ld coin.

fajr: dawn or early morn in g before sunr ise; morn in g prayer.

ghawth: lit . on e to whom we can cry for h elp . A mediator ; a tit le given to a saint of the h ighest order .

hadīth: p l. ahādī th. l it . tradition. The say in gs, pr actice an d approv ed tradit ions of the Prophet Muh ammad () .

hāfiz : lit . a guardian or protector. (1) on e o f the names of Go d, a l-Hāfiz. (2) a governor , guardian of the Makkan temp le. (3) one who has memo rized the whole of the Qur’ān. (4) one who h as memo rized on e h un dred tho usan d tradition s.

hasan: a hadī th, narrated by a re liable ch ain of n arr ators tho ugh not r each in g the grade o f sahīh ( so un d) hadī th, but r ecords a comp lete chain of nar rators up to the Prophet ().

Imām: (1) on e who leads p eople in prayer s; (2) an em inent I slam ic scho lar; (3 ) spir itual leader of the Muslim s. There will be tota l of t welv e such Imām s, the f ir st bein g Imām ‘Alī () an d the last Imām Mah dī ( ).

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iqāmah: a call sim ilar to the adhān (the call to p rayer), sa id immediately before a con gregational prayer .

‘Īsā (): nam e o f Allah’ s pen ultimate m essen ger, Jesus. He will come do wn from the heaven s durin g the time of Imām Mah dī ().

ka‘bah: a cube- shap ed buildin g at the centre of a l-Masjid-ul-Harām (the great mo sque at Makkah) to wards wh ich all Muslims face in pray er. It is a lso kno wn as the Ho use of Allah.

maqām Ibrāh īm: th e stone at Makkah with in the bo un dary of al-Masjid-ul-Harām , wh ich has the impression of the footprint s of th e Prophet Ibrāh īm (). This is the stone on which Ibrāhīm () stood wh ile he an d h is son, the Prophet Ismā‘ īl (), were buildin g the ka ‘bah.

Maryam: the mother of p rophet ‘Ī sā ; Mary.

sah īh: so un d. A had īth with an un brok en chain of narrator s ran gin g f rom the Prophet Muh ammad () an d app roach in g an er a thro ugh re liable narr ators without bein g shādh (o dd) or mu‘alla l (f aulty) in bet ween the t wo cross relater s.

sharī‘ah: l it . road. It is a legal sy stem of a nation based on the rev elation of their p rophet/m essen ger. The last sha rī‘ah is that of I slam that r eplaces a ll pr evio us sha rī‘ah s.

spi ritual leade rshi p: imāmah. This status will be held by t welve Imām s, the f ir st of wh ich was ‘Al ī al-Murtadā ( ), an d the last Imām Mah dī () .

spi ritual sove reignty: wilā yah; sainthoo d. A special spirit ual stat us wh ich ra ises the per son above that of norm al peop le. There are var io us levels an d grades of wilāyah such as gha wth, qu tb, etc.

sunnah: pl. sunan. lit . the path, way o r a form, the customary practice of a p er son or a gro up of peop le. It has


com e to ref er almo st ex clusively to the legal way o r way s, orders, statement s an d act s of wor sh ip, etc., o f the Prophet Muh ammad () wh ich hav e become th e mo dels to be fo llo wed by Muslim s.

tābi‘ ī: so meone who h as met a Comp anion o f the Ho ly Prophet () in the state of īmān (fa ith) an d died as a believer .

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Index to Hadīth and Athar Arabic

60 .إذا التقى السفياني والمهدي للقتال يومئذ

37 .على اختلاف أمتي في يبعث بالمهدي أبشركم

55 .إن الحق في آل محمد: إذا نادى مناد من السماء

17 .اسم المهدي محمد

43 .أن المهدي لا يخرج حتى تقتل النفس الزكية

60 .اليوم أن كفا من السماءإن أمارة ذلك

41 .إن في أمتي المهدي يخرج يعيش خمسا أو سبعا

39 .إن قصر فسبع وإلا فثمان وإلا فتسع

54 .بلغني أنه على يدي المهدي يظهر تابوت السكينة

54 .بلغني أنه قبل خروج المهدي ينكسف القمر

55 .الأولى في الآخرة, تكون فتنة بعدها فتنة

22 .فيخرج رجل ,رض جورا وظلماتملأ الأ

16 .سيكون بينكم وبين الروم أربع هدن


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62 .المال حيثا ويكون في أمتي خليفة يحثس

7 .علي وليكم من بعدي

52 .في المحرم ينادي منادى من السماء

49 .فينزل عيسى بن مريم عند صلاة الفجر

46 .وإمامكم منكم ,كيف أنتم إذا نزل ابن مريم فيكم

,44 .يختم االله به الدين كما فتح بنا, بل منا, لا 60

18 .لا تذهب الدنيا حتى يملك العرب رجل

46 .لا تزال طائفة من أمتي يقاتلون على الحق

20 .لا تقوم الساعة حتى تملأ الأرض ظلما

34 .رجل ليهمع حتى يخرج الساعة تقوم لا

23 .لا يجد المؤمن ملجأ يلتجئ إليه من الظلم

,57 .لا يزال هذا الدين عزيزا إلى اثني عشر خليفة 58

58 .لا يزال هذا الدين قائما حتى يكون اثنا عشر

57 .لا يزال هذا الدين قائما حتى يكون عليكم اثنا

,24 .طول االله تلك الليلةلو لم يبق من الدنيا إلا ليلة ل 63,

18 .يومل االله ذلك اللطو ,لو لم يبق من الدنيا إلا يوم

21 .لو لم يبق من الدهر إلا يوم لبعث االله

52 .ومن كذب بالمهدي, من كذب بالدجال فقد كفر

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,1 .نت مولاه فعلي مولاهك من 7

50 .منا الذي يصلي عيسى ابن مريم خلفه

50 .المهدي الذي ينزل عليه عيسى ابن مريم

30 .عربيه لون لون ,المهدي رجل من ولدي

,19 .المهدي من عترتي من ولد فاطمة 59

51 .هذه الأمة المهدي من

28 .المهدي منا أهل البيت يصلحه االله في ليلة

21 .أشم الأنف أقنى أجلى ,المهدي منا أهل البيت

22 .أجلى الجبهة أقنى الأنف ,المهدي مني

15 .د عبد المطلب سادة أهل الجنةلَنحن و

15 .ي فاطمةهو حق وهو من بن ,نعم

48 .هم يومئذ قليل وجلهم ببيت المقدس وإمامهم

16 .هو رجل من عترتي يقاتل على سنتي كما قاتلت

15 .هو من ولد فاطمة

32 .يخرج ذاك: فقال, سبعا بيده عقد ثم, هيهات

33 .إن منهما! والذي بعثني بالحق

25 .يبايع لرجل من أمتي بين الركن والمقام كعدة

56 .ناس معا ويعرفون معا على غير إماميحج ال


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47 .يخرج الدجال في خفقة من الدين

52 .يخرج المهدي وعلى رأسه عمامة

61 .يخرج رجل من أهل بيت النبي

34 .يقول بسنتيهل بيتي يخرج رجل من أ

31 .يعطى الحق, يخرج في آخر الزمان خليفة

37 .يخرج في آخر أمتي المهدي يسقيه االله الغيث

54 .يطلع نجم من المشرق قبل خروج المهدي

29 .كنزكم ثلاثة كلهم بن خليفةعند يقتتل

,25 .فيخرج رجل ,موت خليفة عنديكون اختلاف 27

59 .يكون عند إنقطاع من الزمان وظهور من الفتن

19 .المال ىيكون في آخر أمتي خليفة يحث

41 .سعإن قصر فسبع وإلا فت ,يكون في أمتي المهدي

,40 .إن قصر فسبع وإلا فثمان, يكون في أمتى المهدي 44

,62 ,39 ,35 .يكون في أمتي خليفة يحثي المال حثيا

50 .يلتفت المهدي وقد نزل عيسى ابن مريم

18 .اسمه اسمي ئيلي رجل من أهل بيتي يواط

30 .يوشك الفرات أن يحسر عن كنز من ذهب

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Index to Hadīth and Athar English

A com et with a bright ta il will app ear from

the east. 54

A disruption will ar ise which will be fo llo wed by another disruption.

55

A per son will appear f rom my family who will p reach

34

A per son, Mah dī, will appear fro m the Prophet’ s family.

61

A section of my p eople will not cease f ightin g for the Truth.

47

A time will com e wh en the intensity of oppression.

22

‘Al ī is yo ur spir it ual leader. 7 At m inim um the duration of the caliph ate of

Mah dī. 39

At the death of a Caliph there will be a differ ence of op inion .

26

Ev en if only one day rem ain s before the en d of the wor ld.

19

He will be from the ch ildren of Fāt imah. 16 ‘Ī sā will descen d after Mah dī an d will

off er. 50

I am givin g yo u the goo d n ews of the com in g of Mah dī.

38

I swear by the One who has sent me with the Truth!

33

I was inform ed that before the app earance of Mah dī.

54

I was inform ed that the Ark of the Coven ant 54


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will emerge. If only on e day was to remain for this wor ld

to stay in tact. 21

If there was on ly one night left for th is wor ld to stay in tact.

24, 63

In (the month of) Muh arram, an anno un cer will call o ut.

52

In my Umm ah soon there will be a caliph who will distr ibute.

62

In the last days when so many disruption s app ear .

59

I slam will rem ain dom inant until t welve caliph s

57

I slam will rem ain establish ed until t welve caliph s.

57

Mah dī will app ear after the m urder o f ‘Naf s Zakiyy ah’.

43

Mah dī will app ear in the last day s. 32 Mah dī will be bo rn dur in g the last day s of

my Ummah. 37

Mah dī will be from m e. 22 Mah dī will be from my children . 16 Mah dī will be from my fam ily. 19 Mah dī will be from my p ro geny. 21, 28,

31, 59 Mah dī will be from this Ummah an d will

lead ‘Ī sā 51

Mah dī will com e an d there will be a turban on h is head.

53

Near to the en d of time, a Caliph (Mah dī) will come.

22, 31

No , but he will be from amon g us. 60 On e of my ch ildren will be the caliph. 18 Peop le exactly equal in n um ber to the

Compan ion s of Badr. 25

Peop le will perform the pilgr image together. 56 Prophet ‘Ī sā ibn Mary am will descen d. 49, 50 That time is near wh en neither dinar s no r 19

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grain. The Arabs will be in small n um ber. 49 The Day of Judgement will not com e until a

person . 35

The Day of Judgm ent will not come until the earth is f illed with tyranny.

20

The earth will be filled with tyranny an d oppression.

22

The nam e of Mah dī will be Muhammad. 17 The sign o f that day will be that a han d will

be seen. 60

The time is n ear when the riv er Euph rates. 30 The wor ld will not seize to ex ist unt il

someon e from my fam ily. 18

There will be a caliph in my Ummah who will genero usly.

35, 39, 62

There will be a person from this Ummah an d ‘Ī sā

50

There will be diff eren ce of opin ion over the death of the caliph.

27

There will be Mah dī in my Um mah. 40, 41, 42, 44

There will be p eace bet ween yo u an d Rom e fo ur times.

16

This dīn will r emain domin ant til l the t welv e caliph s

58

Three p er son s will wage war near yo ur treasure.

29

Unt il t welv e caliph s hav e passed on whom this Ummah will unite.

58

We, the ch ildren of ‘Abd-ul-Muttalib. 15 What will be the state (of yo ur joy) at the

tim e wh en ‘Ī sā 46

When Islam (ie the state of the Umm ah) becomes weak .

48

When Mah dī will appear. 50 When Sufy ān’ s (army) an d Mah dī’ s army

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When the anno uncer will anno unce. 55 Whoev er den ies (the com in g of) Dajjāl , has

surely committed disbelief . 52

Whoev er has me as his m aster . 1, 7 Yes, Mah dī is the Truth. 50

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General Index abdā l, 25, 26, 28 ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr ( ), 50, 56 ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd (رضي االله عنھما), 17, 18, 24, 63 ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar (رضي االله عنھما) , 53 ‘Abd-ul-Muttalib (), 15 Abū ‘Alā’ , 20 Abū Bakr as-Siddīq (), 4, 5, 6, 9 Abu al-Hasan Āburrī , 46 Abū Hurayrah (), 4 , 30, 35 , 39, 40 , 44, 46 Abū Jalad () , 55 Abū Nadrah, 19, 20 Abū Sa‘īd Kh udrī (), 20, 21, 22, 23, 31 , 34, 37, 38 , 41,

42, 50, 59 Abū Sāl ih, 19 Abū Tufay l, 32, 33 Abū Umāmah Bāh ilī (), 16 , 49 Ah mad Sarh an dī, see Mujaddid Alf Thānī Ah l-us-Sunnah wal- Jamā‘ah, 2 ‘Ā’ishah عنھا) (رضي االله , 16 ‘Al ī a l-Murtadā (), 1, 2, 4 , 5, 6, 7 , 8, 9, 11, 12, 15 , 21,

28, 32, 44, 55, 60 ‘Al ī a l-Hilā lī (), 33 An as ibn Mā lik (), 4, 15 Artāt , 61 ‘Āsim, 19 Asmā’ bint ‘Umay s, 60 Badr , 32

battle of, 26 , 28, 32


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Bay dā’, 26 , 28 Black Stone, 25 , 28 Caliph , 5, 6, 18, 19, 20, 23, 26, 27 , 29 , 31, 32, 33, 35, 37,

39, 43, 53, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63 Caliph ate, 2 , 5, 6, 7, 18 , 24, 26, 27 , 28, 37, 38, 39 , 40, 43,

55 Compan ion s, 2, 4, 5 con sensus, 5 Dajjā l, 48 , 52, 61 Day of Judgement, 1, 20, 35, 46, 59 Democracy, 6 E lection, 5 Euphrates, 30 Fāt im ah (رضي االله عنھا), 11, 15, 16, 19, 33, 59 Fin ality of messen ger ship, 4 gen eral inher itance, 2 Gh adīr Kh um , 1, 6 Gh awth-ul-A‘zam, 9 Hamzah () , 15 Hassan () , 11, 15 , 33 Hāshim, 27 Heraclius, 16 Ho ly Ho use (Bayt-ul-Muqaddas), 34 Hudh ayfah (), 31, 50 Hussein ( ), 11, 15, 33 Ibn Jurayh, 47 Imām, 5 , 11, 12, 13, 18, 22 , 25, 43, 46, 48, 49 , 54, 56, 58,

59, 60, 61 imāmah, see spir itual Leader ship intermediation, 2, 11 iqāmah, 49, 51 Ir aq, 25 ‘Ī sā ibn Mary am (یھما السلام عل ), 46 , 47, 48 , 49, 50 , 51 I slamic dom inan ce, 32 , 35, 40 , 45, 57 , 60 Ja‘f ar (), 15 Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (رضي االله عنھما) , 19, 35, 39, 46, 48, 52,

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Jābir ibn Sam urah (), 57, 58 Jurayr ī, 20 ka ‘bah, 33, 56 Kalb, 26, 28 , 54

tribe, 26, 28 kh ilā fah, see caliph ate Mah dī (), 2 , 11, 12 , 13, 15 , 16, 17 , 18, 19 , 20, 21 , 22,

23, 24, 25 , 26, 28, 29, 30 , 31, 32, 33 , 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 , 45, 46, 48, 49 , 50, 51, 52 , 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61

Makkah, 26, 27, 33 Medin a, 1, 26, 27 Minā, 56 Muh ammad ibn Hanafiyy ah, 32, 33 Mujāh id, 43 Mujaddid Alf Thān ī, 10 Mustawrid ibn Khay lān, 16 muta watir, 6 Naf s Zakiyy ah, 43 po litical inh eritan ce, 2, 4 Quray sh, 26 , 57, 58 Quray shī , 26 Ram adān, 54 Rome, 16 Sa‘ īd ibn Musayy ab, 15 Sh āh W al ī Allāh Muh addith Dih lawī, 3, 7, 12 Sh āh I smā‘ī l Dih lawī, 9 Sh ahr ibn Hawsh ab () , 52 spirit ual inh eritan ce, 2, 4 spirit ual leadersh ip, 5, 6, 8 spirit ual sovereignty, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 St ation of Ibrāh īm, 25, 26, 28 Sufyān ī, 26, 28 Sufyān’ s (army) , 26, 60 Sulaymān ibn ‘Ī sā (عنھما (رضي االله , 54 Sulaymān ibn Habīb, 16 Successor s, 2


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Sy ria, 19, 25, 28 Tālūt , 33 tasa wwu f, 11 Thawbān (), 29 ‘Umar Fā ruq () , 5, 9 ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd-ul-‘Azīz, 20 Umm Salamah (رضي االله عنھا), 15 , 16, 19 , 25, 26 , 27, 59 Umm Sh ar īk bint ‘Abī al-‘Ak ar (رضي االله عنھا), 49 Ummah, 2 , 20, 23 , 24, 25, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38 , 40, 41 , 44,

46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 58, 61, 62 ‘Uthmān ibn Abī a l-‘Ās (), 49 wa sī lah, see intermediation wal ī, 6 wilāyah , see sp ir itual sov ereignty Zuhr ī, 60

Author’s Arabic and English Books

Arabic Books 1 a t-Ta ssa wa r-ul- Islām ī li- tab ī‘at- il-basha riyyah 2 Nahj-ut- ta rbiyyat-il-ij timā‘iyyah fil-Qur’ān 3 a t-Ta ssa wa r-ut- ta sh rī‘ ī li l-hukm-il-I slām ī 4 Fa lsafa t-ul-ijt ihād wal-‘āl im-ul-mu‘sir 5 a l-Ja rīmah fil- fiqh- il-Islām ī 6 Minhā j-ul-khu tbāt l il-‘ īdayn wa l- jumu‘āt 7 Qa wā‘ id-u l-iq tisād fil- Islām 8 a l-Iqtisād-ul-arba wī wan-n izām-u l-misr fil- Islām English Books 9 ‘I rfān-ul-Qu r’ān (pa rt-1) 10 S īra t-u r-Ra sū l, vo l.1 11 The Ghadīr Decla ration 12 Beseeching fo r Help (I stighāthah) 13 I slamic Concept of Intermed iation (Tawassul) 14 Real Islamic Faith and the Prophet’s Sta tu re 15 Greeting s and Sa luta tions on th e Prophet () 16 Sp iritua lism and Magnetism 17 I slamic Ph ilo soph y of Human Life 18 I slam in Va rious Perspectives 19 I slam and Ch ristianity 20 I slam and Criminality 21 Qu r’ān ic Con cep t o f Human Gu idance 22 I slamic Concept of Human Na tu re 23 Divine Plea sure

24 Qu r’ān ic Philo sophy o f Benevo len ce (Ih sān) 25 I slam and Freedom of Human Will 26 I slamic Penal System and its Ph ilo sophy 27 I slamic Concept of La w 28 Ph ilo sophy of Ijtihād and th e Modern Wo rld 29 Qu r’ān ic Ba sis o f Con stitu tiona l Theo ry 30 I slam — Th e S tate Relig ion 31 Lega l Chara cter of I slamic Punishmen ts 32 Lega l Stru ctu re o f I slamic Punishments 33 Cla ssifica tion o f I slamic Punishments 34 I slamic Ph ilo soph y of Punishmen ts 35 I slamic Concept of Crime 36 Qu r’ān on Creation and Expan sion of Universe 37 Crea tion and Evo lution o f th e Universe 38 Crea tion o f Man 39 I slam on preven tion of Hea rt Disea ses

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Dr. T ahir-ul -Qadri i s accepted as one of t he highest authoriti es in t he world on Isl am, Isl am and the W est, Isl am and S ci ence and many other subjects, which is why he has delivered thousands of l ectures i n i nt ernat ional conferences, universit i es and insti tut ions all over the world on all t ypes of i ssues. Although he i s a scholar and a reli gious l eader for whom there i s no match, his educational, soci al and poli ti cal effort s have also penet rat ed soci ety. He is l eading a peaceful movement i n P akis t an t o liberat e t he poor from the corrupt ruling eli te, which has ruled the count ry over t he l as t hal f century. He is l eading this revolt by get ti ng the poor and downtrodden segments of soci ety behind him. In doing so he formed hi s own polit ical party i n 1989 by the name of “ Pakist an Awami T ehreek” (P akist an Popular Movement ), which has been carrying out t his s truggle in t he politi cal and

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