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Following is the list of traditions reported by Sunni and Shia sources about the identification of Al- Mahdi’. 1. The lmams are twelve in number, among whom the first is Ali Ibn Abi Talib and the last is tile Mahdi – 91 hadith.2. The Imams are twelve, arid the last one is the Mahdi – 94 hadith3. The Imams are twelve, nine among whom are the descendants of Husayn, and the ninth is the Qa’im – 107 hadith.4. Mahdi is from among the progeny of the Prophet – 389 hadith.5. Mahdi is from among the descendants of Ali (a.s.) – 214 hadith.6. Mahdi is fromRead More →

Imam Jafar al-Sadiq

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Just consider the dreams and the ingenuity underlying them. There are dreams that come true and dreams that do not come true, all mixed up.If all dreams are true all men would have been prophets. If all dreams were untrue they would have been useless, rather redundant and meaningless. The dreams are sometimes true which benefit a person in his life’s business, under their guidance, or to avoid, the loss of which he has been informed thereby. They are mostly untrue lest man may come to depend on them. 1 References:Tradition of mufaddal, dictated by Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq to Mufaddal (Mufadhal) ibn `Umar[↩][Quran Chapter 30:5-6]Read More →

Hadiths

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1. “I am the Mahdi. I am the Qaem of the time” 12. “I am the one who will fill it (the earth with justice as it would be full of tyranny”. 23. “I am the reminder of Allah in His earth”. 34. “I am the avenger from His enemies”. 45. “I am the seal of successors”. 56. And through me shall Allah, the Mighty and Glorious, drive away the calamities from my progeny and my Shia’s”. 67. “Surely, I am indeed the (cause of) security for the inhabitant of the earth”. 78. “When Allah permits us to speak, truth will prevail and falsehood willRead More →

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(Hazrat Isa and Hazrat Khizr (as)) According to narrations in the hadith collections, there existed people who lived a long life before Imam Mahdi. In addition to those referred to in the Qur’anic verses, at least two persons can be cited: Hazrat Isa (as) Muslim Neishaburi, a well-known Sunni narrator, quotes the Prophet (s) as saying, “How will you be when Jesus, son of Mary, will descend to you and be your Imam?” 1 Likewise, Nu’mani, a well-known Shia narrator, reports the Prophet (s) addressing Imam Ali (a)  concerning the number of successors (wasiy ), as saying: “They are as many as the months of year, and the Prophet JesusRead More →