the awaited imam mahdi - (english)

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The Awaited Imām

Mahdī (D)

Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Minhaj-ul-Quran Publications Lahore, Pakistan

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Contents

Preface 1

Section 1

Imām Mahdī (D) is t he true Imām and is

from the family of Fātimah ( !"$ %ا (ر)'

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Section 2

The Day of Judgment will not arrive before

the caliphate of Imām Mahdī (D)

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Section 3

Imām Mahdī (D) and Economic Just ice 22

Section 4

Imām Mahdī (D) and the Saints 25

Section 5

Imām Mahdī (D) as Allāh’s Caliph 29

Section 6

Imām Mahdī (D) and Is lamic Dominance 32

Section 7

Economic Prosperity and Fair Distribution of

Wealt h

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Section 8

Imām Mahdī (D) will be welcomed with

Open Arms

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T he Aw ait ed Imām Mahdī (D )

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Section 9

Prophet ‘Īsā (D) and Imām Mahdī (D) 46

Section 10

Obedience of Imām Mahdī (D) will be

Compulsory

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Section 11

Circumst ances Surrounding Imām M ahdī’s

Arrival

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Section 12

Imam Mahd ī (D) 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 (A)

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 والهكُنْتُ م نموالهم 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 (A) 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 (D). 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

(A) 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 (12/.,+ ا('&م) 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

(A):

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 (A) 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 (تعاىل عليه محة اهللا (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 آحنضرت هم بسه قسم منقسم اند

فوراثه الذين أخذوا الحكمة و العصمة و القطبية و وراثه الذين , هم أهل بيته و خاصته, الباطنية

أخذوا الحفظ و التلقين و القطبية الظاهرة هم أصحابه الكبار كالخلفاء األربعة , اإلرشادية

و وراثه الذين أخذوا العنايات , و سائر العشرةهم أصحابه الذين , الجزئية و التقوى و العلم

لحقوا بإحسان كأنس و أبي هريرة و غيرهم من فهذه ثالثة مراتب متفرعة من كمال , المتأخرين

.خاتم الرسل صلى اهللا 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 (A)). 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

(ر=> ا; :9+(7 52.,+) , 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 (A). 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 (A).

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 (A) blessin g:

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

the Prophet (A).

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 (A) .

i i i. The th ird horizon is for the educational an d

practical inh eritan ce of the Prophet (A).

• The po litical inh er itance of the Prophet (A) was

kno wn as kh ilā fah rāsh idah (the r ightly-guided

caliphate) .

• The sp ir itual inh er itance of the Prophet (A) 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 (A) 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 (A) 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 (A)

declared it in the valley of Ghadīr Kh um.

7. Th e Prophet (A) 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 (A).

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

(A) 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 (A) . 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 — والهم يلفَع والهكُنْتُ 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 (A)

p ublic ly declared ‘Al ī (") as the op ener of sp ir itual

sovereignty.

Sh āh Wal ī Allāh (A/12 7)+9: ;ا B,Cر) in the chapter of

wilāyah say s:

و فاتحِ اَول اَزين اُمت مرحومه حضرت على 1. .كرم اهللا تعاىل 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 (A.D7 و)+م ا; :9F1.(آ

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 اَمري كرم اهللا وجهه در اوالد كرام 2. .ضي اهللا عنهم سرايت كردرايشان

The secret of th e sp iritual sovereign ty

(wilāyah ) of the Lead er (‘A lī 7)+9: ;م اFآA.Dو) wa s pa ssed down to h is ch ild ren.1

.3 چنانكه كسى اَز اولياء امت نيست اال خباندان .ضي اهللا 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 اهللا عليه وآله وسلم و اَز اُمت آحنضرت4. و دران جا قدم , كسيكه فاتح باب جذب شده است, كرم اهللا وجهه اده است حضرت امري املؤمنني على

.ان جانب راجع ميشوندو هلذا سالسل 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 ( مFآA.Dو (ا; . 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 )A/12 7)+9: ;ا B,Cر( writes:

“No w who soever receiv es wilāyah

( sp irit ual sov ereignty) from the Ho ly

Prophet Muh ammad (A), 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 (A/12 7)+9: ;ا B,Cر) . 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 (A) 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 (A/12 7)+9: ;ا B,Cر) approp riately h igh light the

po int:

: وراهى است كه بقرب واليت تعلق دارد

به , اولياء اهللا هاقطاب و اوتاد و بدالء و جنباء و عامراه سلوك عبارت ازين راه و مهني راه واصل اند

خل مهني است و نيز دا, است بلكه جذبه متعارفهن است و پيشواى و ئتوسط و حيلولت درين راه كا

اصالن اين راه و سرگروه اينها و منبع فيض اين حضرت على مرتضى است كرم اهللا : بزرگواران

و اين منصب عظيم الشان , تعاىل وجهه الكرمييا هر دو قدم مبارك ئبايشان تعلق دارد درينمقام گوة و السالم بر فرق آنسرور عليه و على آله الصلو

حضرت فاطمه و ومبارك اوست كرم اهللا تعاىل وجهه عنهم درينمقام با تعاىل ضي اهللا رحضرات حسنني

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

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

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

شد اين منصب عظيم القدر حبضرات حسنني ترتيبا مهان 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 مهچنني قرار گفتاز ارحتال ايشان هر كرا فيض و هدايت مريسيد

يلولة ايشانان هر بتوسط اين بزرگواران بوده و خبو مالذ و , چند اقطاب و جنباى وقت بوده باشند

چه اطراف را غري از وده اند بملجاء مهه ايشان .حلوق مبركز 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) 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

(+ .(ر=> ا; :9+(7 52., 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 (D). 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 (A/12 7)+9: ;ا B,Cر) 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 (A) , 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 (A) 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 (A) 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 (A)).

Muhammad Ta hir-ul-Qad ri

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Section 1

Imām Mahdī (D ) is the true Imām and is

from the family of Fātimah ( !"$ %ا (ر)'

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

“ Sa‘īd ibn Musayyab r elates that he h eard Umm

Salamah ( !"$ %(ر)' ا say: I h eard the Messen ger of Allāh

(A) 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 اهللا :قال, عنه رضي اهللاعن أنس بن مالك 2.د عبد المطلب سادة لَنحن و :وسلم يقولوآله صلى اهللا عليه

أنا وحمزة وعلي وجعفر والحسن والحسين :أهل الجنة .والمهدي

“Anas ibn Mā l ik ( ) narrates: I heard the Messen ger

of Allāh (A) 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 اهللا صلى :قالت ,عن أم سلمة رضي اهللا عنها 3. .هو من ولد فاطمة :فقال ,وسلم المهديوآله اهللا 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 ( !"$ say (ر)' ا% s that Allāh’ s

Messen ger (A) ment ioned Mah dī ( an d h e said:) he will

be from the children of Fāt im ah.”1

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

.الوحي

“‘Ā’ ish ah ( !"$ (ر)' ا% re lates that the Prophet (A) 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 اهللا سمعت أبا أمامة :قال ,عن سليمان بن حبيب 5.سيكون :قال رسول اهللا صلى اهللا 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 اهللا :المستورد بن خيالن

لد أربعين سنة كأن وجهه كوكب دري في خده األيمنمن 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 (A) 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 (A) : who

will be the Imām of the Muslim s at that t ime? He (A)

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

“‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ ūd ( 3!" h (ر)' ا% $ as r elated it

from the Proph et (A) : 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 (D)

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

.اسمه اسمي ئيواط ,بيتي

“Related by ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ ūd ( 3!"$ that (ر)' ا%

the Messen ger o f Allāh’ (A) 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 اهللا عليه وآله , رضي اهللا عنهعن عبد اهللا 8. .اسمه اسمي ئيلي رجل من أهل بيتي يواط :قال ,وسلم

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

.حتى يلي

“‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ ūd ( 3!" (ر)' ا% $ narr ates that the

Prophet (A) 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 اهللا صلى :قالت ,هللا عنهارضي ا عن أم سلمة 9. .المهدي من عترتي من ولد فاطمة :اهللا عليه وآله وسلم يقول

“Umm Salam ah ( !"$ (ر)' ا% say s: I heard the

Messen ger of Allāh (A) say: Mah dī will be from my

family an d he will be f rom the ch ildren of Fāt imāh .”2

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

.المال حثيا ال يعده عددا ىأمتي خليفة يحث

أتريان أنه عمر بن عبد :قلت ألبي نضرة وأبي العالء :لقا .ال :فقاال ؟العزيز

“Abū Nadrah narr ates that we were with Jābir ibn

‘Abdullāh ( 3!" when h (ر)' ا% $ 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 (A) 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 اهللا :قال ,عن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي اهللا عنه11.ال تقوم الساعة حتى تمأل األرض :صلى اهللا عليه وآله وسلم

ثم يخرج من أهل بيتي من يمألها قسطا ,ظلما وجورا وعدواناما وعدوانا .وعدال كما ملئت ظل

“Nar rated by Abū Sa‘īd Kh udr ī ( ) that the

Messen ger of Allāh (A) 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 اهللا صلى اهللا :قال ,عن أبي سعيد رضي اهللا عنه12. ,أشم األنف أقنى أجلى ,المهدي منا أهل البيت :عليه وآله وسلم

.يعيش هكذا ,ورا وظلمايمأل األرض قسطا وعدال كما ملئت ج

وإصبعين من يمينه المسبحة واإلبهام وعقد ,وبسط يساره .ثالثة

“Abū Sa‘īd Kh udr ī ( ) narr ates that the Messen ger of

Allāh (A) 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 (A) 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 اهللا عليه وآله ,عن علي رضي اهللا عنه13.لو لم يبق من الدهر إال يوم لبعث اهللا رجال من أهل :قال ,وسلم .يمألها عدال كما ملئت جورا ,بيتي

“‘Alī ( ) has r elated it from the Prophet (A) : he

(A) 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 (D ) and Economic Justice

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

يملك و ,جوراظلما ويمأل األرض قسطا وعدال كما ملئت :األنف .سبع سنين


Allāh (A) 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 اهللا :قال, رضي اهللا عنهعن أبي سعيد الخدري 15.فيخرج ,تمأل األرض جورا وظلما :صلى اهللا عليه وآله وسلم

فيمأل األرض قسطا ,يملك سبعا أو تسعا ,رجل من عترتي .وعدال


Allāh (A) 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

اهللا ذكر رسول ( :قال ,الخدري رضي اهللا عنه عن أبي سعيد16.ال يجد )حتى, بالء يصيب هذه األمةصلى اهللا عليه وآله وسلم

فيبعث اهللا عز وجل رجال ,المؤمن ملجأ يلتجئ إليه من الظلم ,فيمأل األرض قسطا وعدال كما ملئت ظلما وجورا ,من عترتي

من ال تدخر األرض ,يرضى عنه ساكن السماء وساكن األرضوال السماء من قطرها شيئا إال صبه اهللا ,بذرها شيئا إال أخرجته

تتمنى ,يعيش فيها سبع سنين أو ثمان أو تسع ,عليهم مدرارا .األحياء األموات مما صنع اهللا عز وجل بأهل األرض من خيره

“Abū Sa‘ īd Kh udr ī ( ) say s that the Messen ger of

Allāh (A) 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 اهللا صلى :الق رضي اهللا عنهابن مسعود عن 17.طول اهللا تلك لو لم يبق من الدنيا إال ليلة ل :اهللا عليه وآله وسلم

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

, ويجعل اهللا الغني في قلوب هذه األمة, يقسم المال بالسوية

.ثم ال خير في عيش الحياة بعد المهدي, ث سبعا أو تسعافيمك

“Nar rated by ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ ūd ( 3!" that (ر)' ا% $

Messen ger o f Allāh (A) 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 (D ) and the Saints

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

.فيأتيه عصب العراق وأبدال الشام ,كعدة أهل بدر

“Umm Salamah ( !" n (ر)' ا% $ arrates that Messen ger

of Allāh (A) 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 اهللا عليه رضي اهللا عنها عن أم سلمة 19.يكون :قال ,عن النبي صلى اهللا عليه وآله وسلم ,وآله وسلم

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

,بعث إليه بعث من الشاموي ,فيبايعونه بين الركن والمقام

فإذا رأى الناس ذلك ,خسف بهم بالبيداء بين مكة والمدينةفيينشأ 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 اهللا عليه وآله وسلمبسنة ويعمل في الناس يتوفى ثم ,فيلبث سبع سنين ,اإلسالم بجرانه إلى األرض

.عليه المسلمونويصلي

وقال .تسع سنين :قال بعضهم عن هشامو :قال أبو داود .سبع سنين :بعضهم

“Nar rated by Umm Salamah ( "! ر )' ا% $ ), the wife of

the Prophet (A), who says that the Messen ger of Allāh

(A) 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 (A). 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 اهللا :قالت, رضي اهللا عنهاعن أم سلمة 20. ,موت خليفةعند يكون اختالف :يقولاهللا 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 اهللا ,إليه جيش

ويقسم ,فيستفتح الكنوز ,ن خاب من غنيمة كلبالخائب مفيعيش بذلك سبع ,لى األرضإويلقي اإلسالم بجرانه ,األموال .تسع سنين :أو قال ,سنين

“Umm Salamah ( !" (ر)' ا% $ re lates: she heard the

Messen ger of Allāh’ s (A) 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 اهللا صلى اهللا عليه :قال, رضي اهللا عنهعن علي 21. .المهدي منا أهل البيت يصلحه اهللا في ليلة :وآله وسلم

“‘Alī ( ) re lates that the Messen ger o f Allāh (A) 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 (D ) as Allāh’s Caliph

قال رسول اهللا صلى اهللا :قال, رضي اهللا عنهعن ثوبان 22.ثم ال ,بن خليفةا كنزكم ثالثة كلهمعند يقتتل :عليه وآله وسلم

,ثم تطلع الرايات السود من قبل المشرق ,يصير إلى واحد منهم

.فيقتلونكم قتال لم يقتله قوم

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

“Thawbān ( ) narr ates that the Messen ger of Allāh

(A) 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

(A) sa id som ethin g (wh ich I co uld not rem em ber .) Then

the Prophet (A) 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 اهللا صلى اهللا عليه وآله وسلم .الفرات أن يحسر عن كنز من ذهب

“The Messen ger of Allāh (A) 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 اهللا صلي اهللا : قال, رضي اهللا عنهحذيفة عن 23. ,عربيه لون لون ,المهدي رجل من ولدي: عليه وآله وسلم

, على خده األيمن خال كأنه كوكب دري ,ليسرائيإجسم هوجسم

أهل الفتهخفي ى يرض, جوراً ملئت كما عدالً يمأل األرض

.جوالسماء والطير في الاألرض 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 (A) 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 اهللا عليه , عن أبي سعيد رضي اهللا عنه24.يعطى الحق بغير , يخرج في آخر الزمان خليفة: وآله وسلم قال

.عدد

“Abū Sa‘īd Kh udrī ( ) r elates fro m the Prophet (A) 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 (D) and Islamic Dominance

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

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

يدخل فيهم على عدة أصحاب بدر لم ,أحد وال يفرحون بأحدوعلى عدد أصحاب ,يسبقهم األولون وال يدركهم اآلخرون

.طالوت الذين جاوزوا معه النهر

:قال .نعم :قلت ؟أتريده :بن الحنفيةاقال :قال أبو الطفيل

ال !واهللا ,ال جرم :قلت .إنه يخرج من بين هذين الخشبتين .فمات بها يعني مكة حرسها اهللا 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 اهللا صلى اهللا , رضي اهللا عنه الهاللي ليع عن26. –إن منهما ! والذي بعثني بالحق: عليه وآله وسلم قال لفاطمة

إذا صارت الدنيا , األمة هذه مهدي – والحسين الحسنمن يعني بعضهم وأغار السبل وتقطعت الفتن وتظاهرت هرجا ومرجا

بعث, راكبي قرؤوال صغير ي يرحم صغيرا كبير فال, على بعض

وقلوبا الضاللة يفتح حصون من منهما ذلكعند عز وجل اهللا

,في أول الزمان غلفا يقوم بالدين في آخر الزمان كما قمت

.عدال كما ملئت جورااألرض ويمأل

“‘Alī a l-Hilāl ī ( ) n arrates that the Prophet (A) sa id

to Fāt im ah ( !" (ر)' ا% $ : 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

Bukhārī and Muslim in al-Mustadrak (4:554 # 8659), while

Dhahabī confirmed it.




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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 اهللا عنه الخدري سعيد أبي عن27.هل يخرج رجل من أ: يقول وسلموآله اهللا صلى اهللا عليه

,ينزل اهللا عز وجل له القطر من السماء, يقول بسنتييتي ب

قسطا منه األرض تمأل, ابركته من ضألراتخرج له و

يعمل على هذه األمة سبع , وظلما جورا كما ملئت وعدال .وينزل بيت المقدس ,سنين

“Abū Sa‘īd Kh udr ī ( ) h as nar rated: I heard the

Messen ger of Allāh (A) 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 اهللا عنه هريرة بيأ عن28.حتى الساعة تقوم ال: قال وسلموآله عليه اهللا 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 (A) 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 اهللا عن النبي , عن جابر بن عبد اهللا رضي اهللا عنهما29. ال حثيا المال يحثي خليفة أمتي في يكون: قال, وسلموآله عليه .عدا يعده

.ليعودن! بيده نفسي والذي: قال ثم

“Nar rated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh ( 3!"$ that (ر)' ا%

Messen ger of Allāh (A) 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


Muslim in al-Mustadrak (4:454 # 8400), while Dhahabī kept quiet

about it. 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 اهللا رسول أن: عنه اهللا رضي الخدري سعيد أبيعن 30.

يخرج في آخر أمتي المهدي يسقيه : قال وسلموآله عليه اهللا

وتكثر صحاحا المال ويعطى نباتها األرض وتخرج اهللا الغيث

.ثمانيا وأ سبعا يعيش األمة وتعظم الماشية

“Abū Sa‘īd Kh udr ī ( ) has narr ated that the

Messen ger of Allāh (A) 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 اهللا :قالرضي اهللا عنه عن أبي سعيد الخدري 31.

أمتي في يبعث بالمهدي أبشركم: لى اهللا عليه وآله وسلمص

كما وعدال قسطا األرض فيمأل ,وزالزل الناس من على اختالف

,يرضى عنه ساكن السماء وساكن األرض ,ملئت جورا وظلما

.صحاحا المال يقسم

ويمأل, الناس بالسوية بين :قال ؟ما صحاحا :فقال له رجل

غنى ويسعهم عليه وآله وسلم صلى اهللا محمد أمة قلوب اهللا

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 فينادي

ائت السدان يعني :فيقول, واحد رجل الإيقوم من الناس فما

: له فيقول, يأمرك أن تعطيني ماال المهدي نإ: فقل له .الخازن

كنت أجشع :فيقول .ندم وأبرزه حجره في جعله إذا حتى أحث

يقبل فال فيرده :قال ,نفسا أو عجز عني ما وسعهم أمة محمد

فيكون كذلك سبع سنين ,أعطيناه شيا نأخذ ال ناإ: له فيقال, منه

أو ,ثم ال خير في العيش بعده ,أو ثمان سنين أو تسع سنين

.ثم ال خير في الحياة بعده :قال

“Abū Sa‘īd Kh udr ī ( ) has narr ated that the

Messen ger o f Allāh (A) 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 اهللا :قال, رضي اهللا عنهعن أبي هريرة 32.

إن قصر فسبع وإال فثمان :فقال ,المهدي وسلموآاله اهللا عليه

.ظلماجورا و ملئت كما قسطا األرض وليمألن, وإال فتسع

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

Allāh (A) 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 اهللا عن النبي , عن جابر بن عبد اهللا رضي اهللا عنهما33.

أمتي خليفة يحثي المال حثيا ال يكون في : قال وسلموآله عليه

.يعده عدا

.ليعودن !والذي نفسي بيده :ثم قال

“Nar rated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh ('(*+- that (ر01 ا.

the Messen ger of Allāh (A) 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 اهللا رسول اهللا أن , رضي اهللا عنهعن أبي هريرة 34.

إن قصر فسبع ,يكون في أمتي المهدي :ه وسلم قالعليه وآل

,نعم أمتي فيه نعمة لم ينعموا مثلهاي ,وإال فثمان وإال فتسع

,يرسل السماء عليهم مدرارا وال تدخر األرض شيئا من النبات

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

.هخذ

“Abū Hurayrah ( ) has related that the Messen ger of

Allāh (A) 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


Muslim in al-Mustadrak (4:454 # 8400), while Dhahabī kept quiet about it.

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).

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




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أن النبي صلى اهللا , رضي اهللا 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 ,وإال فتسع

,فيقوم الرجل ,يومئذ كدوس والمال ,وال تدخر منهم شيئا

.خذ :فيقول .أعطني !يا مهدي :فيقول

“Abū Sa‘īd Kh udrī ( ) h as re lated that the Messen ger

of Allāh (A) 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 اهللا عنهعن أبي سعيد الخدري 36.

:فقال ,صلى اهللا عليه وآله وسلم فسألنا نبي اهللا ,حدثنبينا بعد

―ا إن في أمتي المهدي يخرج يعيش خمسا أو سبعا أو تسع

فيجيء 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

(A) 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 (D ) will be welcomed with

Open Arms

الن رجل من أصحاب النبي حدثني ف: قال, مجاهدعن 37.

أن المهدي ال يخرج حتى تقتل : وسلموآله صلى اهللا عليه

فإذا قتلت النفس الزكية غضب عليهم من في ,النفس الزكية

فزفوه كما تزف , فأتى الناس المهدي ,السماء ومن في األرض

وهو يمأل األرض قسطا , العروس إلى زوجها ليلة عرسها

وتنعم أمتي , السماء مطرهاوتمطر نباتها وعدال وتخرج األرض

.في واليته 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 اهللا صلى اهللا أن ر, عن أبي هريرة رضي اهللا عنه 38.

إن قصر فسبع , يكون في أمتى المهدي: عليه وأله وسلم قال

, نعم أمتي فيه نعمة لم ينعموا مثلهاي, وإال فثمان وإال فتسع

,من النبات يئايرسل السماء عليهم مدرارا وال تدخر األرض ش

:فيقول .اعطني !يا مهدي :فيقول ,يقوم الرجل ,والمال كدوس

.خذه


Allāh (A) 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 اهللا: قلت: قال, عن علي رضي اهللا عنه 39.

يختم اهللا به , بل منا, ال: آل محمد المهدي أم من غيرنا؟ فقال

كما أنقذوا من وبنا ينقذون من الفتنة , الدين كما فتح بنا

كما ألف وبنا يؤلف اهللا 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

(A)) : O Messen ger of Allāh (3579 و; 5- W !(?5= ا. 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 (D) and Imām Mahdī (D)

قال رسول اهللا : قال, عن أبي هريرة رضي اهللا عنه 40.

,كيف أنتم إذا نزل ابن مريم فيكم: صلى اهللا عليه وآله وسلم

.وإمامكم منكم


Allāh (A) 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 (D ), 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

(D) will offer one prayer beh in d caliph Mah dī .2

أنه سمع جابر ؛أخبرني أبو الزبير: قال, بن جريجاعن 41.

سمعت النبي صلى اهللا عليه : بن عبد اهللا رضي اهللا عنهما يقول

ال 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, ال: فيقول. صل لنا! تعال: أميرهم

.تكرمة اهللا هذه األمة

“Nar rated by Ibn Jurayh : Abū Zubayr r eported to me:

He heard Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh ('(*+- .ر01 ا) say in g: I

heard the Messen ger of Allāh (A) 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

(D ) 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 اهللا رضي اهللا عنهما 42.

يخرج الدجال في خفقة من الدين: اهللا صلى اهللا عليه وآله وسلم

ثم ينزل عيسى بن مريم فينادي من : ثم قال ― وذكر الدجال ―

ما يمنعكم أن تخرجوا إلى الكذاب ! يا أيها الناس: فيقول, السحر

فإذا هم بعيسى بن , فينطلقون, هذا رجل جني: فيقولون ؟الخبيث

ليتقدم : فيقول! يا روح اهللا, تقدم: فيقال له, الصالةفتقام , مريم

: قال, فإذا صلى صالة 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 ('(*+- (ر01 ا. narr ates that the

Messen ger of Allāh (A) 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 (D) . 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 (D)) 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 اهللا عنه 43.

فأين ! يا رسول اهللا: أم شريك بنت أبي العكر رضي اهللا عنها

هم يومئذ قليل وجلهم ببيت المقدس وإمامهم : العرب يومئذ؟ قال

فبينما إمامهم قد تقدم يصلي بهم الصبح إذ نزل , ل صالحرج

فرجع ذلك اإلمام ينكص يمشي , عليهم عيسى بن مريم الصبح

فيضع 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 (A) in which a

f emale Compan ion Umm Shar īk bint ‘Abī a l-‘Akar ( 01رsaid: O Messen (ا. -+*' ger o f Allāh (357و 96Dو 9;5- !(?5= ا.

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 (A) 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 اهللا عنه 44.

: فيقول له إمام الناس, فينزل عيسى بن مريم عند صالة الفجر

إنكم معشر هذه األمة أمراء : فيقول. فصل بنا! يا روح اهللا, 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 (A) 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 اهللا عنه عن عبد اهللا بن عمرو 45.

.ويصلي خلفه عيسى, الذي ينزل عليه عيسى ابن مريم

“‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr ( ) says that ‘Ī sā (D) will

descen d after Mah dī an d will o ffer (on e) prayer beh in d

h im.”2

قال رسول اهللا صلى : قال, عن أبي سعيد رضي اهللا عنه 46.

.منا الذي يصلي عيسى ابن مريم خلفه: ماهللا عليه وآله وسل


Allāh (A) sa id: there will be a per son from this Ummah

an d ‘Ī sā ibn Maryam ;*)' اEF6م) 5- ) will pr ay beh in d h im.”3

قال رسول اهللا صلي : قال, عن حذيفة رضي اهللا عنه 47.

يلتفت المهدي وقد نزل عيسى ابن مريم : اهللا عليه وآله وسلم

. صل بالناس !تقدم: فيقول المهدي, كأنما يقطر من شعره الماء

فيصلي خلف رجل من . إنما أقيمت الصلوة لك: فيقول عيسى

.ولدي

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

(A) 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 األمة: 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 ('(*+- .ر01 ا) 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 (D ) will be

Compulsory

بلغني أن رسول اهللا صلى : قال, عن شهر بن حوشب 49.

: في المحرم ينادي منادى من السماء: اهللا عليه وآله وسلم قال

ي ف, فاسمعموا له وأطيعوا, إن صفوة اهللا من خلفه فالن! أال

.ةعسنة الصوت والمعم

“ Shah r ibn Hawshab ( ) n arrates that the Messen ger

of Allāh (A) 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 اهللا رضي اهللا عنهما 50.

ومن , من كذب بالدجال فقد كفر: اهللا صلى اهللا عليه وآله وسلم

.كذب بالمهدي فقد كفر


Messen ger of Allāh (A) 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 اهللا : قال, بن عمر رضي اهللا عنهاعن 51.

هافي, سه عمامةيخرج المهدي وعلى رأ: اهللا عليه وآله وسلم

.فاتبعوه, هذا المهدي خليفة اهللا: 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 ('(*+- .ر01 ا) n arr ates that the

Messen ger of Allāh (A) 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).




54

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 يحمل

لمت إال قليال بين يديه بيت المقدس فإذا نظرت إليه اليهود أس

.منهم

“Related by Sulaymān ibn ‘Ī sā ('(*+- .ر01 ا): 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 اهللا عنه 55.

فعند ذلك يظهر المهدي على , حق في آل محمدإن ال: السماء

.ويشربون حبه وال 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 (A) , 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

األولى في , تكون فتنة بعدها فتنة: قال ,عن أبي الجلد 56.

كون بعد ذلك فتنة تثم , اآلخرة كثمرة السوط يتبعها ذباب السيف

ألرض اثم تأتي الخالفة 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 اهللا بن عمرو رضى اهللا عنهما 57.

ذ مفبين, الناس معا ويعرفون معا على غير إمام اهم نزول بمنى إ

تتلوا حتى اقو, إلى بعض ارت القبائل بعضهافث, أخذهم كالكلب

فيفزعون إلى خيرهم فيأتونه وهو ملصق , تسيل العقبة دما

هلم : فيقولون, يبكي كأني أنظر إلى دموعه, وجهه إلى الكعبة

قد وكم دم , نقضتموهقد ويحكم كم عهد : فيقول, فلنبايعك

فإنه المهدي فى , أدركتموه فبايعوه ذافإ, فيبايع كرها! سفكتموه

.األرض 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 (D ) as the Last Caliph

سمعت رسول : قال, عن جابر بن سمرة رضي اهللا عنه 58.

ا الدين قائما ال يزال هذ: اهللا صلى اهللا عليه وآله وسلم يقول

.كلهم تجتمع عليه األمة, حتى يكون عليكم اثنا عشر خليفة

فسمعت كالما من النبي صلى اهللا عليه وآله وسلم لم

.كلهم من قريش: ما يقول؟ قال: قلت ألبيف, أفهمه

“It is narr ated by Jābir ibn Sam urah ( ) : I h eard the

Messen ger o f Allāh (A) 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 (A) 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 اهللا عنه 59.

ال يزال هذا الدين عزيزا : اهللا صلى اهللا عليه وآله وسلم يقول

ثم قال كلمة , فكبر الناس وضجوا: قال. إلى اثني عشر خليفة

.كلهم من قريش: ما قال؟ قال! ةيا أب: قلت ألبي, خفية

“Jābir ibn Sam urah ( ) has narrated that he heard the

Messen ger o f Allāh (A) 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 (A) 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 د

عن رسول اهللا , صدره حديث جابر بن سمرة رضي اهللا عنه

ال يزال هذا الدين قائما حتى : صلى اهللا عليه وآله وسلم

: وفي رواية. كلهم تجتمع عليه األمة, يكون اثنا عشر خليفة

كلهم من , ال يزال هذا الدين عزيزا إلى اثني عشر خليفة

.قريش

ن المهدي أحد االثنى 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

(A) 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 اهللا صلى اهللا : قالت, عن أم سلمة رضي اهللا عنها

.المهدي من عترتي من ولد فاطمة: عليه وآله وسلم يقول

“Nar rated by Umm Salamah ('*+- .ر01 ا) that she

heard the Messen ger of Allāh (A) 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 اهللا صلى : قال, عن أبي سعيد رضي اهللا عنه 59.

يكون عند إنقطاع من الزمان وظهور من : اهللا عليه وآله وسلم

.يكون عطاؤه هنيئا, الفتن رجل يقال له المهدي

“Abū Sa‘īd ( ) has narr ated that the Prophet (A) 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 اهللا أصحاب ! أال: ن السماءيومئذ يسمع صوت م

.يعني المهدي, فالن

إن أمارة ذلك اليوم أن كفا من : وقالت أسماء بنت عميس

.السماء مدالة 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 اهللا: قلت: قال, لي رضي اهللا عنهعن ع 61.

يختم اهللا به , بل منا, ال: آل محمد المهدي أم من غيرنا؟ فقال

كما أنقذوا من وبنا ينقذون من الفتنة , الدين كما فتح بنا

وبنا يؤلف اهللا 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

(A)) : O Messen ger of Allāh (3579 و; 5- W !(?5= ا. 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, اهللا عليه وآله وسلم مهدي حسن السيرة

ثم , وهو آخر أمير من أمة محمد صلى اهللا 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 (D) 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 اآلثار كلها لخصتها من

.وأحد شيوخ البخاري, وهو أحد األئمة 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 اهللا صلى اهللا : قال, عن جابر رضي اهللا عنه 63.

ال ,المال حيثا ويكون في أمتي خليفة يحثس: عليه وآله وسلم

.يعده عدا


Prophet (A) 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 اهللا عن النبي , عن جابر بن عبد اهللا رضي اهللا عنهما64.

ال حثيا المال يحثي خليفة أمتي في يكون: قال, وسلموآله عليه

.عدا يعده

.ليعودن! بيده نفسي والذي: قال ثم

“Nar rated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh ('(*+- that (ر01 ا.

the Messen ger of Allāh (A) 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 Muslim in al-Mustadrak (4:454 # 8400), while Dhahabī kept quiet

about it. 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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قال رسول اهللا صلى :قال عن ابن مسعود رضي اهللا عنه65.

طول اهللا تلك لو لم يبق من الدنيا إال ليلة ل :وسلماهللا عليه وآله

واسم , يواطي اسمه اسمي, الليلة حتى يملك رجل من أهل بيتي

و , يمألها قسطا وعدال كما ملئت ظلما وجورا, أبيه اسم أبي

, ويجعل اهللا الغني في قلوب هذه األمة, يقسم المال بالسوية

.اة بعد المهديثم ال خير في عيش الحي, فيمكث سبعا أو تسعا

“Nar rated by ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd ('(*+- .ر01 ا) that

Messen ger o f Allāh (A) 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 (A).

#$ radiyallāhu ‘anhā — Allāh be p :ر+* ا) '% leased with

her: used after the n ame of a f emale Comp anion of the

Prophet (A).

$ -ر+* ا) '% : 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 (A).

#/ر+* ا) '%$ : radiya llāhu ‘anhumā — Allāh is pleased

with both of them; used after the names of t wo

Compan ion s of the Proph et (A), irresp ectiv e of their

gen der.

D: ‘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.

$/# ا124م 57': ‘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.

A: 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 (A).

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 .

T he Aw ait ed Imām Mahdī (D ) 66

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 (A), 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

(A) 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 (A) .

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

(A).

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 (D) an d the last Imām Mah dī (D ).

Glossary 67

iqāmah: a call sim ilar to the adhān (the call to p rayer),

sa id immediately before a con gregational prayer .

‘Īsā (D): 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 (D).

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 (D).

This is the stone on which Ibrāhīm (D) stood wh ile he

an d h is son, the Prophet Ismā‘ īl (D), 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 (A) 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

(D ), an d the last Imām Mah dī (D) .

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 (A) 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 (A) in the state of īmān (fa ith) an d died as a

believer .

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Arabic

60 .إذا التقى السفياني والمهدي للقتال يومئذ

37 .على اختالف أمتي في يبعث بالمهدي أبشركم

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

17 .اسم المهدي محمد

43 .أن المهدي ال 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 وإال فثمان وإال فتسع

54 .بلغني أنه على يدي المهدي يظهر تابوت السكينة

54 .بلغني أنه قبل خروج المهدي ينكسف القمر

55 .األولى في اآلخرة, تكون فتنة بعدها فتنة

22 .فيخرج رجل ,رض جورا وظلماتمأل األ

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 صالة الفجر

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

,44 .يختم اهللا به الدين كما فتح بنا, بل منا, ال 60

18 .ال تذهب الدنيا حتى يملك العرب رجل

46 .ال تزال طائفة من أمتي يقاتلون على الحق

20 .ال تقوم الساعة حتى تمأل األرض ظلما

34 .رجل ليهمع حتى يخرج الساعة تقوم ال

23 .ال يجد المؤمن ملجأ يلتجئ إليه من الظلم

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

58 .ال يزال هذا الدين قائما حتى يكون اثنا عشر

57 .ال يزال هذا الدين قائما حتى يكون عليكم اثنا

,24 .طول اهللا تلك الليلةلو لم يبق من الدنيا إال ليلة ل 63,

18 .يومل اهللا ذلك اللطو ,لو لم يبق من الدنيا إال يوم

21 .لو لم يبق من الدهر إال يوم لبعث اهللا

52 .ومن كذب بالمهدي, من كذب بالدجال فقد كفر

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77

,1 .نت مواله فعلي موالهك 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 األمة المهدي من

28 .المهدي منا أهل البيت يصلحه اهللا في ليلة

21 .أشم األنف أقنى أجلى ,المهدي منا أهل البيت

22 .أجلى الجبهة أقنى األنف ,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 اهللا الغيث

54 .يطلع نجم من المشرق قبل خروج المهدي

29 .كنزكم ثالثة كلهم بن خليفةعند يقتتل

,25 .فيخرج رجل ,موت خليفة عنديكون اختالف 27

59 .يكون عند إنقطاع من الزمان وظهور من الفتن

19 .المال ىيكون في آخر أمتي خليفة يحث

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

,40 .إن قصر فسبع وإال 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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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 (D) 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.

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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

will face each other .

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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 (%&()+ ,ر/. ا), 17, 18, 24, 63

‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar (ر/. ا, +()&%) , 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 (%()+ (ر/. ا, , 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


84

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 (%()+ ,ر/. ا), 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 (ا;89م %&(< >+ ), 46 , 47, 48 , 49, 50 , 51

I slamic dom inan ce, 32 , 35, 40 , 45, 57 , 60

Ja‘f ar ( ), 15

Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (%&()+ ,ر/. ا) , 19, 35, 39, 46, 48, 52,

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85

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 (D), 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 (%&()+ (ر/. ا, , 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 (%()+ ,ر/. ا), 15 , 16, 19 , 25, 26 , 27, 59

Umm Sh ar īk bint ‘Abī al-‘Ak ar (%()+ ,ر/. ا), 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 (A)

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

The Author

DR. TA HIR -U L-Q AD RI is i n need of no introduction to those

affi li at ed to t he many fi elds, which he has mas t ered during a

small period of t ime. He is the founding l eader of Minhaj-ul -

Quran Int ernat ional (MQ I), which i s based in over 80 countri es

of t he world. It s main aims are working for global peace and

human rights, reviving Is l amic values, t eachings and tradit ions

and s t riving for t he unity of t he Ummah through a soci al,

educational and polit i cal st ruggle.

As Dr. T ahi r-ul -Qadri is present ing the t rue peaceful

message of Is l am pure from innovations added into i t and

int ernal and ext ernal politi cal i nfluences, his work, message

and call are accepted with open arms. The main reasons being

that he has port rayed Is l am as a t ruly moderat e fai th i n i ts

original form, free from any form of extremism, fanati cism and

t errori sm. As part of hi s vast s t ruggle for equalit y, equity and

equal human rights for all, he has writt en over two hundred and

fi ft y books on all kinds of modern, rel igious, spi rit ual and

secular is sues in Engl ish, Urdu and Arabic.

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

el ectoral arenas. Unlike any other reli gious or poli ti cal

personalit y, Dr. T ahi r-ul -Qadri and his mi ssion have at tract ed

people from varying sects and religions. He and his

organisati on are the sol e hope for i nt er-sect and int erfai th

peace, harmony and unity. His immense achievements in the

fi eld of education and wel fare have been int ernational ly

recogni sed by the many int ernational awards he has received.

In a growing int ernational atmosphere of ant i-Isl amism,

pol iti cal confli ct s between W estern and Musl im count ri es and

the dis t ance between the W est and Isl am seeming to be

i ncreasing, Dr. T ahi r-ul -Qadri is t he one man who can bridge

the gap between the W est and Isl am. Not only can he solve the

problems of t he Muslim world but i n doing so he will al so

solve the problems faced by W estern nations. If you wish to

l earn more about him and hi s organi sati on or would l ike to join

his peaceful movement t hen do not hesi t at e t o contact us on the

contact det ai ls given below:

Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri

B orn : F eb. 19, 1951 in Jhang, P akis tan

PhD: F rom Punjab Universit y, P aki st an in 1986.

MQ I: F ounded Minhaj -ul -Quran Int ernat ional i n 1981.

PAT: F ounded the poli ti cal party, P akist an Awami

T ehreek (PA T ) in 1989.

B ooks: Over 250 publ ished.

L ectu res: Over 5000 avai l abl e on Video/Audio cassett es

and VC Ds.

Minhaj-ul-Q uran International (MQ I) : 365-M, Model Town, Lahore, P akist an

P hone: 0092-42-111-140-140 F ax: 0092-42-5168184

http://www.minhaj. org http://www.pat. com.pk

Email : t ehreek@minhaj. org

Directo rate of Fo reign Affairs MQ I: T el: 0092-42-5171404, F ax: 0092-42-5169114,

Email : dfa@minhaj. org

Dr. Tahir-ul-Q adri: Email : qadri@minhaj. org

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