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Hazrat Imam
Muhammed Mahdi a.s
Asalamoalaka ya Hujat ul Qaim
Imam Muhammed Mahdi a.s.
Name - Mohammad
Title - Al-Mahdi,
Sahib-ul-Asr, Al-Hujjat, Al-Qa'im
Kunyat - Abul
Qasim
Born - Friday
15th of Shaban 255 A.H., at Samarra
Father's Name -
Imam Hasan-al-Askari
Mother's Name -
Nargis Khatoon
Died - Still
living but in hiding and will appear before the Day of Judgement to
establish justice on earth.
Hazrat Hujat ul
Qaim Imam Muhammed Mahdi (a.s)
The
Signs of the Reappearance (Qiyam) of the (Imam) who undertakes the
Office (al-Qa'im), Peace be on him, the Period of Time of his
Appearance, an Explanation of his Life and an Extract of what is
revealed about his State.
Traditions have been reported mentioning the signs for the time of
the appearance of the Imam who will arise (Qa'im), peace be on him,
and the events which will take place before his appearance, together
with the indications and features of it.
Among them are:
- The Sufyani will come out in revolt;
- the Hasanid will be killed;
- the Abbasids will dispute over worldly kingdom;
- there will be an eclipse of the sun in the middle of the month
of Ramadan;
- there will be an eclipse of the moon at the end of that month in
contrast to ordinary happenings;
- the land will be swallowed up at al-Bayda'; it will be swallowed
in the east-it will be swallowed up in the west;
- the sun will stay still from the time of its decline to the
middle of the time for the afternoon prayer;
- it will rise from the west;
- a pure soul (nafs zakiyya) will be killed in the outskirts of
Kufa with seventy righteous men;
- a Hashimite will be slaughtered between the corner (of the Ka'ba)
and the station of Abraham);
- the wall of the mosque of Kufa will be destroyed;
- black standards will advance from Khurasan;
- al-Yamani will come out in revolt;
- al-Maghribi will appear in Egypt and take possession of it from
Syria;
- the Turk will occupy the region of al-Jazira;
- the Byzantines will occupy Ramla;
- the star will appear in the east giving light just like the moon
gives light;
- then (the new moon) will bend until its two tips almost meet;
- a colour will appear in the sky and spread to its horizons;
- a fire will appear for a long time in the east remaining in the
air for three or seven days;
- the Arabs will throw off the reins and take possession of their
land, throwing out the foreign authority;
- the people of Egypt will kill their ruler and destroy Syria; and
three standards will dispute over it (Syria);
- the standards of Qays and the Arabs will come among the people
of Egypt;
- the standards of Kinda (will go) to Khurasan;
- horses will come from the west until they are stabled in al-Hira;
- the black standards will advance towards them from the east; the
Euphrates will flood so that the water comes into the alleys of Kufa;
- sixty liars will come forward, all of them claiming prophethood,
and twelve will come forward from the family of Abu Talib, all of
them claiming the Imamate; a man of important rank of the supporters
of the 'Abbasids will be burnt between Jalula' and Khaniqin;
- the bridge next to Karkh in the city of Baghdad will be
established;
- a black wind will raise it at the beginning of the day and then
an earthquake will occur so that much of it will be swallowed up;
- fear will cover the people of Iraq and Baghdad; swift death
(will occur) there and there will be a loss of property, lives and
harvests;
- locusts will appear at their usual times and at times not usual
so that they attack agricultural land and crops and there will be
little harvest for what the people planted;
- two kinds of foreigners will dispute and much blood will be shed
in their quarrel;
- slaves will rebel against obedience to their masters and kill
their masters (mawali);
- a group of heretics (ahl al-bida) will be transformed until they
become monkeys and pigs;
- slaves will conquer the land of their masters; a cry (will come)
from the sky (in such a way) that all the people will hear it in
their own languages;
- a face and a chest will appear in the sky before the people in
the centre of the sun;
- the dead will arise from their graves so that they will return
to the world and they will recognize one another and visit one
another;
- that will come to an end with twenty-four continous rainstorms
and the land will be revived by them after being dead and it will
recognize its blessings;
- after that every disease will be taken away from those of the
Shia of the Mahdi, peace be on him, who believe in the truth;
at that time they will know of his appearance in Mecca and they
will go to him to support him.
(These signs) are as the reports have mentioned. Among the total
of these events are some which are bound (to happen) and other which
are conditional. God knows best what will take place. We have only
mentioned them on the basis of what is recounted in basic sources of
tradition (usul) because of their inclusion in traditions which have
been handed down. From God we seek help and Him do we ask for
success.
[Abu al-Hasan 'Ali b. Bilal al-Muhallabi informed me: Muhammad b.
Jafar al-Mu'addib told me on the authority of Ahmad b. Idris, on the
authority of 'Ali b. Muhammad b. Qutayba, on the authority of al-Fadl
b. Shadhan, on the authority of Ismaeil b. al-Sabbah, who said: I
heard an old man among our colleagues mention on the authority of
Sayf b. Umayra, who said:]
I (i.e. Sayf b. 'Umayra) was with Abu Jafar al-Mansur and he said
to me of his own accord: "There will certainly be a voice calling
from the sky the name of a man from the descendants of Abu Talib."
"May I be your ransom, Commander of the faithful," I said, "do you
relate that?"
"Indeed, by Him in Whose hands is my life," he replied, "because
my own ears have heard it."
"Commander of the faithful," I said, "this tradition which you
have heard is before my time."
"Sayf, it is the truth," he told me. "When it happens, we will be
the first to answer it. Indeed the call will be for a man from the
descendants of our uncle."
"A man from the descendants of Fatima, peace be on her?" I asked.
"Yes," he replied. "Sayf, if it was not for the fact that I have
heard from Abu Jafar Muhammad b. Ali (al-Baqir), who told me about
it, even though all the people of the earth have told me about it, I
would not accept it from them. However it was Muhammad b. Ali (al-Baqir),
peace be on them, (who told me)."
[Yahya b. Abi Talib reported on the authority of Ali b. Asim, on
the authority of Ata' b. al-Sa'ib, on the authority of his father on
the authority of Abd Allah b. Umar, who said:]
The Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family, said: "The
hour (of the end of the world) will not arise until the Mahdi from
my descendants comes forth. The Mahdi will not come forth until
sixty liars come forward, all of them declaring: 'I am a prophet.' "
[al-Fadl b. Shadhan reported on the authority of one who reported
it on the authority of Abu Hamza al-Thumali, who said:]
I (i.e. Abu Hamza al-Thumali) asked Abu Jafar (al-Baqir), peace be
on him: "Is the revolt of the Sufyani one of the things which must
happen?"
"Yes," he replied. "The call is one of the things which must
happen as is the rising of the sun from the west one of the things
which must happen. The dispute of the Abbasids over the state is
also one of them and the killing of the pure soul (al-nafs al-zakiyya).
The appearance of the one who will arise (al-qa'im) from the family
of Muhammad, may God bless him and his family, is another of the
things which must happen."
"How will the call be?" I asked.
"There will be a call from the sky at the beginning of the dayù
indeed the truth is with Ali; and his Shia,'' he said. "Then at the
end of the day, Satan will call from the earth - indeed the truth is
with Uthman and his supporters. At that the false one will feel
doubt."
[al-Hasan b. Ali al-Washsha' (reported) on the authority of Ahmad
b. A'idh, on the authority of Abu Khadija, on the authority of Abu
Abd Allah (Ja'far al-Sadiq, peace be on him:]
(Jafar al-Sadiq) said: "The one who will arise (al-qa'im) will not
come forth until twelve of the Banu Hashim come forth before him,
all of them summoning men to themselves."
[Muhammad b. Abi al-Bilad (reported) on the authority of Ali b.
Muhammad al-Azdi, on the authority of his father, on the authority
of his grandfather, who said:]
The Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, said: "Before the
one who will arise (al-qa'im), there will be red death and white
death; there will be locusts at their usual time and at their
unusual time like the colours of blood. As for red death that is
(from) the sword,while white death is (from) plague."
[al-Hasan b. Mahbub (reported) on the authority of 'Amr b. Abi
Miqdam, on the authority of Jabir al-Jufi on the authority of Abu-Jafar
(al-Baqir), peace be on him:]
(Al-Baqir) said: "Stay close to the ground. Don't move an arm or a
leg until you see the signs which I will mention to youùI don't
think that you will live until that time. The Abbasids will dispute;
a voice will call from the sky; one of the villages of Syria called
al-Jabiyya will be swallowed up; the Turks will occupy the region of
al-Jazira; the Byzantines will attack al-Ramla; at that time there
will be much conflict throughout the land until Syria is destroyed.
The cause of its destruction will be the meeting of three standards
there: the standard of the Red, the standard of the Spotted and the
standard of the Sufyam."
[Ali b. Abi Hamza (reported) on the authority of Abu al-Hasan Musa,
peace be on him:]
Concerning the words of Him, the Mighty and High: We will show
them our signs on the horizons and in themselves so that it will
become clear to them that it is the truth [XLI 53], (Musa) said:
"(There will be) a disturbance on the horizons and the enemies of
truth will be changed in form."
[Wahb b. (Abi) Hafs (reported) on the authority of Abu Basir, who
said:]
I (i.e. Abu Basir) heard Abu Jafar (al-Baqir) speak concerning the
words of Him, the Exalted: If We wish, We will send down on them
signs from the sky, and their necks will remain bent submissively to
them (XXVI 4). He said: "God will do that to them."
"Who are they?" I asked.
"The Umayyads and their supporters," he answered.
"What is the sign?" I asked.
"Between the decline of the sun (at noon) and the time of the
afternoon prayer, the sun will remain still," he said. "The chest
and face of man will appear in the centre of the sun, who will be
recognized by his standing and genealogy. That will occur in the
time of the Sufyani. At that moment his destruction will occur and
the destruction of his people."
[Abd Allah b. Bukayr (reported) on the authority of Abd al-Malik
b. Ismail, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Said
b. Jubayr:]
(Sa'id b. Jubayr) said: "In the year in which the Mahdl will rise,
twenty rain storms will rain on the earth. You will see their
effects and benefits."
[al-Fadl b. Shadhan (reported) on the authority of Ahmad b.
Muhammad b. Abi Nasr , on the authority of Thalaba al-Azdi, who
said:]
Abu Jafar (al-Baqir), peace be on him, said: "Two signs will come
before the one who will arise (al-qa'im), peace be on him: there
will be an eclipse of the sun in the middle of the month of Ramadan
and an eclipse of the moon at the end of it."
"Son of the Apostle of God," I said, "usually the eclipse of the
sun occurs at the end of the month and the eclipse of the moon
occurs in the middle of it?"
"I know what I have said," replied Abu Jafar (al-Baqir), peace be
on him. "They are signs which have not occurred since Adam came
down."
[Thalaba b. Maymun (reported) on the authority of Shuayb
al-Haddad, on the authority of Salih. b. Maytham, who said:]
I (i.e. Salih b. Maytham) heard Abu Jafar (al-Baqir), peace be on
him, say: "There is no longer than fifteen nights between the
appearance of the one who will rise (al-qa'im), peace be on him, and
the killing of the pure soul (al-nafs al-zakiyya)."
[Amr b Shamir (reported) on the authority of Jabir (al-Jufi) who
said:]
I (i.e. Jabir al-Jufi) said to Abu Ja'far (al-Baqir), peace be on
him: "When will this event occur?"
"Jabir, that will occur at a time when the killing between al-Hira
and Kufa is considerable," he replied.
[Muhammad b. Sinan (reported) on the authority of al-Husayn b. al-Mukhtar,
on the authority of Abu Abd Allah (Jafar al-Sadiq), peace be on
him:]
(Ja'far al-Sadiq) said: "When the wall of the mosque of Kufa,
which adjoins the house of Abd Allah b. Masud is destroyed, then at
that time the ruler of the people will disappear. At his
disappearance, the one who will rise (al-qai'im), peace be on him,
will come forth."
[Sayf b. 'Umayra (reported) on the authority of Bakr b. Muhammad,
on the authority of Abu 'Abd Allah (Jafar al-Sadiq), peace be on
him:]
(Jafar al-Sadiq) said: "There will be three appearances in one
year, one month and one dayùthe Sufyani, the Khurasani and the Yamam.
The standard of guidance will not be among them, except the standard
of the Yamani, because he will summon (people) to the truth."
[al-Fadl b. Shadhan (reported) on the authority of Ahmad b.
Muhammad b. Abi Nasr, on the authority of Abu al-Hasan al-Rida,
peace be on him:]
(Al-Rida) said: "What you stretch your necks for will not occur
until you are able to discern and to be tested. Only a few of you
will remain."
Then he recited: Alif Lam. Do the people consider that they can
abandon saying " We believe whenever they are tempted? [XXIX 1-2].
He said: "Among the signs of the relief is an event which will occur
between the two mosques (of Mecca and Medina). So-and-so from the
descendants of so-and-so will kill fifteen leaders of the Arabs."
[Al-Fadl b. Shadhan (reported) on the authority of Muammar b.
Khallad, on the authority of Abu al-Hasan (al-Rida), peace be on
him:]
(Al-Rida) said: "(It is as if I see) standards, dyed green, coming
from Egypt until they come to the Syrian (standards). Then they will
be guided to the descendant of the one who gave the testamentary
bequests of authority (to the Imams)."
[Hammad b. Isa (reported) on the authority of Ibrahim b. Umar al-Yamani
on the authority of Abu Basir, on the authority of Abu Abd Allah (Jafar
al-Sadiq), peace be on him:]
(Jafar al-Sadiq) said: "The kingdom of these men will not
disappear until they slaughter people in Kufa on Friday. It is as if
I was looking at heads falling between the Gate of al-Fil and (the
place of) the soap-sellers."
[Ali b. Asbat (reported) on the authority of (Abu) al-Hasan b. al-Jahm,
who said:]
A man asked Abu al-Hasan (Musa), peace be on him, about the
relief. He asked: "Do you want most of it or shall I give you a
summary?"
"Would you give me a summary?" he said.
"(It will be) when the standards of Qays are carried in Egypt and
the standards of Kinda in Khurasan," he replied.
[Al-Husayn b. Abi 'Ala' (reported) on the authority of Abu Basir,
on the authority of Abu Abd Allah (Ja'far al-Sadiq), peace be on
him:]
(Jafar al-Sadiq) said: "Because of the sons of so-and-so there
will be a battle at your mosqueùmeaning the mosque of Kufa. On one
Friday four thousand will be killed between the Gate of al-Fil to
(the place of) the soap-sellers. Beware of this street. Avoid it.
Those who are in the best situation will take the street of the
Ansar."
[Ali b. Abi Hamza (reported) on the authority of Abu Basir, on the
authority of Abu 'Abd Allah (Jafar al-Sadiq), peace be on him:]
(Jafar al-Sadiq) said: "Before (the coming of) the one who will
rise (al-qa'im), peace be on him, there will be a year of abundant
rain in which the fruits and the dates on the palms will be
destroyed. But don't complain of that."
[Ibrahim b. Muhammad (reported) on the authority of Ja'far b. Sad,
on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abu Abd Allah (Jafar
al-Sadiq), peace be on him:]
(Jafar al-Sadiq) said: "In the year of the Conquest (by the Mahdi)
the Euphrates will flood so that the water goes into the alleys of
Kufa."
[It is reported in the account (hadith) of Muhammad b. Muslim, who
said:]
I (i.e. Muhammad b. Muslim) heard Abu Abd Allah (Jafar al-Sadiq),
peace be on him, say: "Before (the coming) of the one who will rise
(al-qaim) there will be a trial from God."
"May I be your ransom, what is that?" I asked him.
He recited: Let Us test you with fear, with hunger, and with lack
of money, of lives and of harvests. Good news will come to those who
are steadfast [II 55]. Then he said: "The fear will be from the
kings of the Banu so-and-so; the hunger will be as a result of
exorbitant prices; the lack of money will be due to the failure of
trade and the scarcity of surplus (goods) in it; the lack of lives
will be because of swift death; the lack of harvest will be due to
the great rains and the little benefit they bring to the crops."
Then he continued: "The good news for those who are steadfast is
that the one who will rise (al-qa'im) will soon come forth."
(Mundhir al-Jawzi) said: I heard (Ja'far al-Sadiq) say: "Before
the coming of the one who will rise (al-qa'im), peace be on him, the
people will be chided for their acts of disobedience by a fire which
will appear in the sky and a redness which will cover the sky. It
will swallow up Baghdad, it will swallow up Kufa. There blood will
be shed and houses destroyed. Death (fana) will occur amid their
people and a fear will come over the people of Iraq from which they
shall have no rest."
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