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Order of Holy Prophet(pbuh&hf) about Imam Mahdi(AS)
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according of sunni references
The following are only some of the traditions about Imam al-Mahdi(as) which
Sunnis admit to their authenticity and existence:
The Prophet (PBUH&HF) said: "Even if the entire duration of the world's existence has already been exhausted and only one day is left (before the day of judgment), Allah will expand that day to such a length of time, as to accommodate the kingdom of a person from my Ahlul-Bayt who will be called by my name. He will fill out the earth with peace and justice as it will have been full of injustice and tyranny (by then)."
References:
- Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v2, p86, v9, pp 74-75
- Sunan Abu Dawud, v2, p7
- Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v1, pp 84,376; V3, p63
- al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn, by al-Hakim, v4, p557
- Jami' al-Saghir, by al-Suyuti, pp 2,160
- al-Urful Wardi, by al-Suyuti, p2
- al-Majma', by al-Tabarani, p217
- Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, v9, p144
- Fat'h al-Bari fi Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari, by Ibn Hajar Asqalani, v7, p305
- al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p249
- al-Tathkirah, by al-Qurtubi, p617
- al-Hawi, by al-Suyuti, v2, pp 165-166
- Sharh al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah, by al-Zurqani, v5, p348
- Fat'h al-Mugheeth, by al-Sakhawi, v3, p41
- Kanz al-Ummal, v7 P186
- Iqd al-Durar Fi Akhbar al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, v12, Ch. 1,
- al-Bayan fi Akhbar Sahib al-Zaman, By Ganji al-Shafi'i, Ch. 12
- al-Fusool al-Muhimmah, by Ibn Sabbagh al-Maliki, Ch. 12
- Arjahul Matalib, by Ubaidallah Hindi al-Hanafi, p380
- Muqaddimah, by Ibn Khaldoon, p266
- and also in the works of Ibn Habban, Abu Nua'ym, Ibn Asakir, etc.
Also:
The Prophet (PBUH&HF) said: "al-Mahdi is one of us, the members of the household (Ahlul-Bayt)."
reference: Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition #4085
The Prophet (PBUH&HF) said: The Mahdi will be of my family, of the
descendants of Fatimah (the Prophet's daughter).
references:
- Sunan Abu Dawud, English version, Ch. 36, Tradition #4271 (narrated by
Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet)- Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition #4086
- al-Nisa'i and al-Bayhaqi, and others as quoted in:
- al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p249
Also:
The Prophet (PBUH&HF) said: "We the children of Abd al-Muttalib are
the Masters of the inhabitants of the heaven: Myself, Hamza (RA), Ali
(AS), Ja'far Ibn Abi Talib (RA), al-Hasan (AS), al-Husain (AS), and al-
Mahdi (AS)."
references:
- Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition #4087
- al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, on the authority of Anas Ibn Malik
- al-Daylami
- al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p245
The Prophet (PBUH&HF) said: "The Mahdi will appear in my Ummah. He
will appear for a minimum of 7 or a maximum of 9 years; at that time,
my Ummah will experience a bountiful favor like never before. It shall
have a great abundance of food, of which it need not save anything,
and the wealth at that time is in great quantities, such that if a man
asks the Mahdi to give him some, and the Mahdi (AS) will say: Here!
Take!"
reference: Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition #5083
The Prophet (PBUH&HF) said: "We (I and my family) are members of a
household that Allah (SWT) has chosen for them the life of the
Hereafter over the life of this world; and the members of my household
(Ahlul-Bayt) shall suffer a great affliction and they shall be
forcefully expelled from their homes after my death; then there will
come people from the East carrying black flags, and they will ask for
some good to be given to them, but they shall be refused service; as
such, they will wage war and emerge victorious, and will be offered
that which they desired in the first place, but they will refuse to
accept it till they pass it to a man from my family (Ahlul-Bayt)
appears to fill the Earth with justice as it has been filled with
corruption. So whoever reaches that (time) ought to come to them even
if crawling on the ice/snow since among them is the Vice-regent of
Allah (Khalifatullah) al-Mahdi."
references:
- Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition #4082,
- The History Tabari
- al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar, Ch. 11, section 1, pp 250-251
Also:
The Messenger of Allah said: "The world will not perish until a man
among the Arabs appears whose name matches my name."
reference: Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v9, p74
In Sahih Muslim, in the Chapter of al-Fitan, there are some interesting
traditions on what will happen in the last days of the world. Two of them here are :
Abu Nadra reported: We were with the company of Jabir Ibn Abdillah...
Jabir Ibn Abdillah kept quite for a while and then reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having said: "There would be a Caliph in the last (period) of my Ummah who would freely give handfuls of wealth to the people without counting it." I said to Abu Nadra and Abu al-Ala: Do you mean Umar Ibn Abd al-Aziz? They said: NO, (he would be Imam Mahdi).
references:
- Sahih Muslim, English version, v4, chapter MCCV, p1508, Tradition #6961
- Sahih Muslim, Arabic version, Kitab al-Fitan, v4, p2234, Tradition #67
[ NOTE: What are inside the parentheses in the above tradition are the words of the translator of Sahih Muslim (Abdul Hamid
Siddiqui).]
Similarly, we read in Sahih Muslim:
Abu Sa'id and Jabir Ibn Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: "There would be in the last (phase) of the time a Caliph who would distribute wealth but would not count."references:
- Sahih Muslim, English version, v4, chapter MCCV, p1508, Tradition #6964
- Sahih Muslim, Arabic version, Kitab al-Fitan, v4, p2235, Tradition #69
It is also narrated:
In the end of the time, my Ummah will undergo very hard affliction
like never before, so that man can not find any way out. Then Allah
will appear a person from my progeny, that is my Ahlul-Bayt, who will
fill the earth with justice as it was filled with injustice. The
inhabitants of the earth and the inhabitants of the heaven love him.
The sky will bring down its water everywhere and the earth will bring
all what it can offer and will become green all over.
references:
- al-Sahih fi al-Hadith, by al-Hakim, as quoted in:
- al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p250
Ibn Majah in his Sunan quotes Muhammad Ibn Hanafiyyah and Imam Ali saying
that the Holy Prophet (PBUH&HF) said:
"al-Mahdi is from our Ahlul-Bayt, no doubt Allah will enforce his
appearance within a night (i.e., his coming is very unpredictable and
is very sudden)."
references:
- Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, p269
- Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, as quoted in:
- al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p250
Moreover, it is narrated that:
Ali Ibn Abi Talib (AS) said: "When the 'Support' of the family of
Muhammad (al-Qa'im Aale Muhammad) rises Allah will unite the people of
east and the people of west."
references:
- Ibn Asakir, as quoted in:
- al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p252
Ibn Hajar wrote that:
Muqatil Ibn Sulayman and those who followed him among the (Sunni)
commentators of Quran said that the verse: "And he shall be a Sign for
(the coming of) the Hour" (Quran 43:61) was revealed about al-Mahdi.
reference: al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar, Ch. 11, section 1,
p247
Also Ahmad Ibn Hanbal recorded:
The Prophet (PBUH&HF) said: "Allah will bring out from concealment al-
Mahdi from my Family and just before the Day of Judgment; even if only
one day were to remain in the life of the world, and he will spread on
this earth justice and equity and will eradicate tyranny and
oppression."
references:
- Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v1, p99
- A close version has also been narrated in Sunan Abu Dawud, English
version, Ch. 36, Tradition #4270 narrated from Ali Ibn Abi Talib (AS).
It is narrated in Sahih Muslim that:
Jabir Ibn Abdillah al-Ansari (RA) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah
saying: "A group of my Ummah will fight for the truth until near the
day of judgment when Jesus, the son of Marry, will descend, and the
leader of them will ask him to lead the prayer, but Jesus declines,
saying: "No, Verily, among you Allah has made leaders for others and
He has bestowed his bounty upon them."
reference:
- Sahih Muslim, Arabic, part 2, p193
- Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v3, pp 45,384
- al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p251
- Nuzool Isa Ibn Maryam Akhir al-Zaman, by Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, p57
- Musnad, by Abu Ya'ala which provides another version of the tradition
with more clear words on the authority of Jabir that the Messenger of Allah said: "A group among my Ummah will continue to fight for the truth until Jesus, the son of Marry, will descend, and the Imam of them will ask him to lead the prayer, but Jesus replies: "You have more right to it, and verily Allah has honored some of you over others in this Ummah."- Sahih Ibn Habban, whose tradition reads: "their leader al-Mahdi" and the
rest of tradition is the same.
Ibn Abu Shaybah, another Sunni traditionist, and the mentor of al-Bukhari
and Muslim, has reported several traditions about Imam al-Mahdi (AS). He has also reported that the Imam of the Muslims who will lead Prophet Jesus in prayer is Imam al-Mahdi himself.
Also al-Hafidh Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani mentioned that:
"The Mahdi is of this Ummah, and that Jesus (PBUH&HF) will come down
and pray behind him."
reference: Fat'h al-Bari, by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, v5, p362
This is also mentioned by another Sunni scholar, Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, who
wrote:"The Ahlul-Bayt are like the stars through whom we are guided in the
right direction, and if the starts are taken away (or hidden) we would come face to face with the signs of the Almighty as promised (i.e., the Day of Resurrection). This will happen when the Mahdi will come, as mentioned in the traditions, and the Prophet Jesus will say his prayers behind him, the Dajjal will be slain, and then the signs of the Almighty will appear one after another."reference: al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar, Ch. 11, section 1,
p234
Also Ibn Hajar quoted Abu al-Husain al-Ajiri saying:
The traditions of al-Mustafa (PBUH&HF) on the rising of al-Mahdi has
been transmitted via numerous authorities and is more than the level
of (being sufficient for) Mutawatir, describing that he is of his
Ahlul-Bayt, and will fill the earth with justice, and that Jesus (AS)
will come at the same time and he will assist Jesus for killing al-
Dajjal in the land of Palestine, and that he will lead this nation and
Jesus will pray behind him.
reference: Abu al-Husain al-Ajiri as quoted in al-Sawa'iq al-
Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar, Ch. 11, section 1, p254Al-Suwaydi in his book, "Saba'iq al-Dhahab," reported that: "The scholars have a consensus that the Mahdi (AS) will appear at the end of time and fill the Earth with justice; and the traditions supporting his appearance are indeed numerous."
al-Hafidh Abul-Hasan Muhammad Ibn al-Husain al-Sijistani al-Aburi al-Shafi'i (d. 363/974) said: "The traditions were related by numerous authorities and were spread far and wide by many narrators, from al-Mustafa (PBUH&HF) concerning al-Mahdi who is from the household (of the Prophet) and who will fill the world with justice.." This statement was accepted by the subsequent scholars as testified by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (See Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, v9, p144; Fat'h al-Bari, v7, p305), al-Qurtubi (al-Tathkirah, p617), al-Suyuti (al-Hawi, v2, pp 165-166), al-Muttaqi al-Hindi (al-Burhan fi Alamat Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, pp 175-176), Ibn Hajar al-Haythami (al- Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, Ch. 11, section 1, p249), al-Zurqani (Sharh al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah, v5, p348), al-Sakhawi (Fat'h al-Mugheeth, v3, p41), etc.
As far as we have been able to discover, at least 35 prominent Sunni scholars have written 46 of books EXCLUSIVELY about Imam al-Mahdi (AS), the leader of our time. Here are some of the name of some of these books:
(1) "Kitab al-Mahdi," by Abu Dawud.
(2) "Alamat al-Mahdi," by Jalaluddin al-Suyuti.
(3) "al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar," by Ibn Hajar.
(4) "Al-Bayan fi Akhbar Sahib al-Zaman," by Allamah Abu Abdillah Ibn
Muhammad Yusuf al-Ganji al-Shafi'i.
(5) "Iqd al-Durar fi Akbar al-Imam al-Muntadhar," by Shaikh Jamaluddin
Yusuf al-Damishqi.
(6) "Mahdi Aale Rasool," by Ali Ibn Sultan Muhammad al-Harawi al-Hanafi.
(7) "Manaqib al-Mahdi," by al-Hafidh Abu Nu'aym al-Isbahani.
(8) "Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman," by al-Muttaqi al-Hindi.
(9) "Arba'in Hadith fi al-Mahdi," by Abdul Ala al-Hamadani.
(10) "Akhbar al-Mahdi," by al-Hafidh Abu Nu'aym.
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