Words Of Allah And His Messenger About The Qaim (Imam Mahdi) As Narrated By Shia And Sunni (Part 5)

His coming from East	Abdullah bin Umar said: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) when a group of Bani Hashim youths came. When the Prophet saw them, his eyes filled with tears and his color changed. The companions said: “O Messenger of Allah, we see in your visage something which we dislike.” He said: “We, the Ahle Bayt, Allah have chosen the hereafter over this world. My Household will see trials, banishment and ostracism after me, until a people comes from the east carrying black standards. They will demand the right and will be denied. So they will wage wars and will be victorious and will be given what they asked for. But they do not accept it until they proffer it to a man from my Household. He will fill the earth with equity and justice, as they have beset it by tyranny. Whoever reaches that time from amongst you must come to them even if he has to crawl over ice.” 1
Revival of Islam’s Honorability through the Mahdi	Huzaifah says: I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) say, “Pity for this Ummah from tyrannical rulers! How will they be murdering and frightening the pious until one has to acknowledge obedience to them! The Allah-fearing believer will put on with them on his tongue and run away from them in his heart. When Allah, the Exalted, desires to render Islam honorable again, He will break every hostile tyrant. And He is All-Powerful over anything He desires and to set this Ummah right after its corruption.” He said: “O Huzaifah, even if there should not remain but a single day from the world, Allah will prolong that day until a man from my Household rules. Fights will be waged on his hands and Islam will become manifest. He will not violate His promise and He is Swift in reckoning.” 1
Prosperity of Muslims during Mahdi’s Rule	Abu Saeed Khudri narrates that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said: “My Ummah will enjoy a leisure in the time of the Mahdi (a.s.) the like of which they have never enjoyed. The heavens will shower over them bountifully and the earth will not leave any vegetation but to bring it forth.” 1
Mahdi is a Chief of Paradise	Anas Ibne Malik says: The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said: “We, the sons of Abdul Muttalib are the chiefs of Paradise: I, my brother Ali, my uncle, Hamzah, Ja’far, Hasan, Husain and the Mahdi.” 1
Mahdi’s Kingdom	Abu Huraira says: The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said: “If there should not remain but one night for the world, a man from my Household will rule therein.” 1
Mahdi’s Caliphate	Thawban says: Said the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.), “Three men, all of them sons of a caliph, will be killed before your treasure, which will not go to anyone of them. Then black standards will come and they will massacre them, a massacre never done by any nation. Then the Caliph of Allah, the Mahdi, will come. When you hear him, come to him and pledge allegiance to him, for he is the Caliph of Allah, the Mahdi.” 1
Pledging Allegiance to Mahdi	Thawban says: The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said: “Black standards will come from the east. As if their hearts are iron ingots. Whoever hears about them must come to them and pledge them allegiance, even if they have to crawl over ice.” 1
Mahdi will bring the hearts together	Amirul Momineen (a.s.) says, I said: “O Messenger of Allah, is the Mahdi from us Ahle Bayt (a.s.) or from the others?” He said: “Rather, he is ours. Allah will complete the religion through him, as He opened it through us. Through us, they are rescued from mischief, as they were rescued from polytheism. Through us, Allah will bring their hearts together as brothers after the hostility of mischief, as He brought them together as brothers in their religion after the hostility of polytheism.” 1
No use of living after the Mahdi	Abdullah Ibne Masud says: The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said: “Even if there should not remain for this world but a single night, Allah will prolong that night until a man from my Household becomes the ruler. His name is like my name and his father’s name is like my father’s. He will fill it with equity and justice as it will be beset by oppression and tyranny. He will distribute wealth equally. Allah will cast contentment in the hearts of this Ummah. He will rule for seven or nine years. There is no pleasure in life after the Mahdi.” 1
His Conquest of Constantinople	Abu Huraira says: The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said: “The Hour shall not rise until a man from my Household rules over. He will conquer Constantinople and Mount Dailam. Even if there should not remain but one day from the tenure of this world, Allah will prolong that day until he conquers it.” 1
He will appear after tyrant rulers	Qais Ibne Jabir narrates from his father, from his grandfather that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said: “After me there will be caliphs, and after the caliphs emirs, and after the emirs tyrant kings. Then a man from my Household will rise who will fill the earth with justice after it will be beset with tyranny.” 1
He converses with Isa bin Maryam (a.s.)	Jabir Ibne Abdullah Ansari says: The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said: “Isa Ibne Maryam (a.s.) will descend. Their leader, the Mahdi will say, ‘Come lead our prayers.’ He will say, ‘Behold, there is a certain leader over us, as a token of dignity from Allah, the Exalted, for this Ummah.” 1
Abdullah Ibne Abbas says	The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said: “Never shall perish an Ummah in the beginning of which I am, in the end of which is Isa Ibne Maryam and at the middle of which is the Mahdi.” 1
Kashful Ghummah	It is mentioned in Kashful Ghummah that Shaykh Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibne Yusuf Ibne Muhammad Shafi has brought the following in his book Kifayatut Talib fi Manaqib Ali Ibne Abi Talib, in the beginning of which he has said: “I have compiled this book without relying on Shia sources, to make the argument stronger.” He has this to say about the Mahdi. 1
Isa (a.s.) prays in his lead	Abu Saeed Khudri says: The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said: “Ours is the one that Isa Ibne Maryam will pray behind him.” 1

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1. The Promised Mahdi (English Translation of Biharul Anwar volumes on Imam Mahdi a.s.) – Part I, Allamah Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi [r.a.][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]

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