Imam Mahdi

Following is the list of traditions reported by Sunni and Shia sources about the identification of Al- Mahdi'. 1. The lmams are twelve in number, among whom the first is Ali b Abi Talib and the last is tile Mahdi - 91 hadith. 2. The Imams are twelve, arid the last one is the Mahdi - 94 hadith 3. The Imams are twelve, nine among whom are the descendants of Husayn, and the ninth is the Qa'im - 107 hadith. 4. Mahdi is from among the progeny of the Prophet - 389 hadith. 5. Mahdi is from

Name: Muhammad Title: Al-Mehdi, Saheb-ul-Asr and Al-Hujjat Kunyat: Abul Qasim Born at Samarrah, on Friday, the 15th Shaban 255 A.H. Father's name: Imam Hasan-al-Askari(A.S.) Mother's name: Nargis Khatoon He is still living and will appear before the end of the world. 1st Heavenly Concealment: 8th Rabi-ul-Awwal 260 A.H. Final Heavenly Concealment: 10th Shawwal, 328 A.H. (939 A.D.). There existed a good deal of harmony and uniformity between the aspects pertaining to the births of Holy

I am a remainder from Adam, a relic of Noah, a choice from Abraham and an elite of Mohammad (PBUT). (Bihar al-Anwar Ch.52, P.238) Indeed, right is with us and in us, and nobody else say that but a liar and an impostor. (Bihar al-Anwar Ch.53, P.191) Truly, the Exalted Allah is the one who created all forms and apportioned the provision; because He is not a form nor is He embodied in a form; nothing can be compared with him; and he is the All-hearing All-knowing. (Al-Ghayba, by shaykh al-Toosy

Written by: Sayyid Murtuda Mujtahidi Sistani Translated by: Naimah Iman Hazrat Ali (A.S.) has said: The best worship of the believer is to have Anticipation for the reappearance of the Mahdi (A.S.) from Allah. Value of Anticipation Anticipation is one of the excellent characteristics of people on the road to success. Because as states in the precious words by the Household of Revelation concerning the characteristics of the great men during the period of occultation, "The upright ones in

by: Ayatullah Muhammad Taqi Mudaressi And how can you disbelieve, while it is you to whom the communications of Allah are recited, and among you is His apostle? And whoever holds fast to Allah he indeed is guided to the right way. 102. O you who believe! Observe your duty to Allah with right observance, and die not save as those who have surrendered (to Him). [The Family of 'Imran] The example of the sealing Islamic Mission is the example of the fruits Allah has bestowed on man. These fruits

By: Dr. Sayyid Kàzim Tabàtabai Ibn Hanbal says: A. Hajj?j and Abu Na‘?m have related from Fitr from Q?sim bin Ab? Bazzah from Ab? al-Tufayl from (Imam) ‘Al? [(A.S.)], who quoted the Messenger of Allah (S) as saying: Law lam yabqa mina al-duny? ill? yawmun laba‘atha Allahu rajulan minn? yamla’uh? ‘adlan kam? muli’at jawran (If only a day were to remain for the end of the world, Allah will raise a man from my progeny who will fill it [the earth] with justice as it was filled with

By Muhammad Hadi Ma'arefat The Views of Muhyi-ad Din Ibn Arabi on the Infallibility of Imam Mahdi (AS): Ibn Arabi in his works "Futuhat Al-Makkiya" (The Meccan Revelations) says: "Mahdi (AS), during his time is the sign of Allah for the people of the world. His position is like that of the Prophets' (Peace Be Upon Them) which is sometimes also possible for others to share." In the Glorious Qur'an, Allah tells His Prophet (SAW): "Say, `this is my path. With sure knowledge, I call on you to

Dr. Emami: When did the belief in Mahdi become prevalent in the Islamic environment? Was there any conversation about the Mahdi during the time of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) or was it after his death that the belief became widespread among Muslims? There are some who have written that there was no Mahdiism in the beginning of Islam. It was only in the second half of the first century (7th century CE) that the idea appeared among the Muslims. There was a group that regarded

Islam interprets history as a constant struggle between right and. wrong. This struggle goes on at various levels of society between the forces of right, virtuousness, love of Allah, faith, justice, equality, sacrifice, correct thinking, purity and truth on the one hand, and those of falsehood, egoism, materialism, pragmatism, tyranny, selfishness, injustice, faithlessness, discrimination, corrup­tion, infringement of others rights and wretchedness on the other. The real source of the struggle

"What Remains with Allah is better for you if you are believers (11:86)" The Birth of the Imam (A.S): Al Hujjat ibn Al -Hassan Al – Mahdi (as) the 12th divine leader of Islam was born on dawn, Friday the 15th of Shaaban 255 AH correspondent to 868 AD in the house of the 11th Imam (as) in the city of Samerrah (Iraq). His honorable father is Imam Hassan Al-Askari (as), and his modest mother was the daughter of Caesar’s son, Joshua, and from the generation of Samoan one of Jesus’ apostles. She