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For hundreds of years now,
the Islamic world has been awaiting for him,
the blessed person who will be instrumental in people attaining guidance,
restore the moral values of Islam,
and unite Muslims by dispersing the darkness of the Muslim world.
Our Prophet, peace be upon him, has personally imparted the glad tidings
of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi .
He has described a great many highly significant phenomena
that are portents of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi .
And just about all these have come about,
one after the other, over the last few decades.
The world is now preparing to welcome this holy person
the Muslims have been awaiting for the last 1400 years.
All Muslims are awaiting Hazrat Mahdi ,
with great love, fervour, and longing.
According to the Hadiths,
the coming of Hazrat Mahdi ,
will take place in this century.
Hazrat Mahdi ,
is active now.
However, people still do not recognize him by his title.
According to the Hadiths,
the Islamic world will have the honour
of becoming personally acquainted with Hazrat Mahdi ,
within the next few decades.
The Hadith of our Prophet, peace be upon him,
contain thorough and detailed descriptions
of the physical features of Hazrat Mahdi ,
as well as of his moral virtues, life and activities.
And our Prophet, peace be upon him,
does not provide such detailed information about anyone else,
or any other event that will take place in the centuries after him.
In the Hadiths,
our Prophet, peace be upon him,
reveals separate details for each of Hazrat Mahdi's physical features,
using separate descriptive terms for each.
He sometimes refers to a mole,
or a mark,
a sign,
or a seal,
and likens these to a leaf,
pearl, or star.
In addition to all these,
Hazrat Mahdi's complexion,
hair and beard colour,
stature,
build,
the general outline of his face,
the shape of his head,
and forehead,
and features such as his eyebrows,
nose,
and teeth,
are all described in detail.
Putting all this information together,
it is clear that these features have never been seen together in one person.
Our Lord has revealed through the Prophet, peace be upon him,
such great detail,
in order to identify Hazrat Mahdi,
to the entire world.
This reveals how important it is for Muslims to be able to accurately recognize Hazrat Mahdi,
alayhi salam.
When Hazrat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
is encountered,
inshallah,
all Muslims will personally see the accuracy of these astonishingly detailed descriptions of his physical characteristics.
They will also be amazed to see how every stage of this holy individual's life,
everything he does,
everything that happens to him,
and the moral values he displays in the face of them all,
will be in complete agreement with the information revealed by our Prophet, peace be upon him,
14 centuries ago.
And as a result of all this,
they will be able to identify Hazrat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
and realize that he is the one who has been awaited with great longing and love for so many years.
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There is no doubt that the hadiths of our Prophet, peace be upon him,
are the most important guides to Muslims as being able to identify Hazrat Mahdi, alayhi salam.
As a blessing from Allah, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
has made people acquainted with Hazrat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
through the most flawless descriptions,
as if he had seen and known him and witnessed his life.
Our Prophet's, peace be upon him, descriptions of Hazrat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
are so detailed and explicit that when Hazrat Mahdi, alayhi salam, appears,
those who see him will, by Allah's leave, immediately be able to recognize him.
Allah reveals in the Quran that the people of the Book recognize our Prophet, peace be upon him,
sent to them as a Messenger in the same way they recognize their own sons.
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.
Those we have given the Book recognize him, the Prophet,
as they recognize their own sons, yet a group of them knowingly conceal the truth.
Surah al-Baqarah 146.
In one respect, this verse also indicates how Hazrat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
can easily be recognized by these details revealed in the Hadiths.
in the Hadiths of our Prophet, peace be upon him,
it is mentioned that Hazrat Mahdi, alayhi salam, will emerge from Turkey,
and will never leave until the end of this intellectual struggle.
Haz Mahdi, alayhi salam, will never leave Rome, the Turks,
because Turkey used to be known as the region of Rome.
Haz Mahdi, alayhi salam, will be born in a large city.
In another Hadith, it is mentioned that Haz Mahdi, alayhi salam, will emerge from a big city.
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said,
a man of the people of Medina, a great city,
Haz Mahdi, alayhi salam, will come to Mecca.
Medina means big city.
Thus, as our Prophet, peace be upon him, mentioned,
Hazrat Mahdi, alayhi salam, will be born in Medina.
In other words, in a big city.
Haz Mahdi, alayhi salam, will come from the village of Qara.
In one of the Hadiths of our Prophet, peace be upon him,
it is mentioned that Haz Mahdi, alayhi salam, will be born in the village of Qara.
Haz Mahdi, alayhi salam, will be born at home.
In the Hadiths, it is also mentioned that the birth of Haz Mahdi, alayhi salam, will be hidden.
In other words, his birth will be at home.
Imam Zayn al-Abidin, alayhi salam, stated,
Our Qaim, Haz Mahdi, alayhi salam, will resemble the messengers of Allah in various ways.
He will individually resemble Noah, alayhi salam, Abraham,
alayhi salam,
Moses, alayhi salam,
Jesus, alayhi salam,
Job, alayhi salam,
and Muhammad, peace be upon him,
and the other Prophets.
He will resemble Noah, alayhi salam, as being long-lived.
Abraham, alayhi salam, in his birth being concealed at home,
and away from the public eye.
Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, alayhi salam.
His Haz Mahdi's alayhi salam birth will be hidden from people.
His Haz Mahdi's alayhi salam name will be compatible with,
but not identical to, that of our Prophet, peace be upon him.
It is stated in the Hadith of our Prophet, peace be upon him,
that Haz Mahdi's alayhi salam name will be compatible with that of our Prophet, peace be upon him,
and that Haz Mahdi's alayhi salam, father's name will be compatible with that of the Father of the Prophet, peace be upon him.
Abu Dawood and Tirmidhi report from Ibn Masood, radiAllahu anhu,
that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said,
His name will be compatible with mine, and his father's name with my father's.
In a Hadith narrated from Abu Huraira, radiAllahu anhu, our Prophet, peace be upon him, said,
Even if only one day is left to the life of this world, Allah will certainly prolong that day
until the coming of a man, Haz Mahdi, alayhi salam, from the A'la al-Bayt, whose name is compatible with mine.
The Hadiths emphasize that these names will be compatible with one another.
In other words, one must not expect Haz Mahdi's alayhi salam to be directly called Ahmad or Muhammad,
nor his father to go by the name of Abdullah. Allah knows the truth.
Ahmad Muhammad Haz Mahdi alayhi salam is the name the Prophet, peace be upon him, gave to one who will come in the end times.
It is the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, who called him by that name.
In other words, his birth name will not be Ahmad Muhammad Mahdi. This is a name given him by Allah.
Our Prophet, peace be upon him, does not say, his name will be the same as mine.
In the Hadiths, he says, it will be compatible with mine. In the same way he says, his father's name will be compatible with my father's name.
There is a sign and a secret in this. Allah has selected the person he chooses in destiny, and has given him the name Ahmad Muhammad Mahdi.
Some being given or not being given that name at birth cannot change the situation in the slightest.
Our Prophet, peace be upon him, kept the name of Haz Mahdi alayhi salam secret.
Jabir quotes from Abu Jafar. When Umar asked Hazat Ali about Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, he, Umar, said,
Oh, Ibn Abu Talib, Hazat Ali, tell me about Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, what is his name?
And Hazat Ali radiallahu anhu said, My dear close friend, our Prophet, peace be upon him, said,
Allah had made me promise not to reveal his, Hazat Mahdi's name, to anybody until he would appear.
His name is one of the knowledge which Allah entrusted upon his messenger.
Hazat Ali radiallahu anhu asked our Prophet, peace be upon him, to reveal the name of Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam.
But our Prophet, peace be upon him, stated that his name would be kept as a secret until Allah would have him emerged,
and that this was confidential information that Allah had entrusted upon him.
We therefore understand that Hazat Mahdi's name will be kept as a secret.
In other words, will be unknown to people until it's time to come.
That is, Hazat Mahdi's alayhi salam, name will not be one of the names of our Prophet, peace be upon him,
such as Ahmed, Mustafa or Muhammad, but it would be known by people only when he emerges.
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Hazat Mahdi will be descended from our Prophet peace be upon him.
All the Prophets are related to one another.
According to the Hadith, Hazat Mahdi will also be descended from that same line.
People descended from the Prophet peace be upon him are known as Sayyid.
Our Prophet peace be upon him reveals in the Hadith that Hazat Mahdi will be descended from him.
In other words, a Sayyid.
If there were only one day left for the world, that day would be lengthened until a man, Hazat Mahdi, from among my Al-Baits, will be sent.
Days and nights will not end until one, Hazat Mahdi, from my Al-Baits, rules the entire world.
Learn the glad tidings of Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam.
He, Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam, is from the Quraysh and is one of my house.
Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam, is one of my children.
His face is like a star shining in the sky.
In the Qur'an, it is revealed that all Prophets are related to one another.
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.
Allah chose Adam and Noah, and the family of Abraham, and the family of Imran over all other beings.
Descendants one of the other.
Allah is all hearing, all knowing.
Surah Al-Imran 33 and 34
One characteristic that will establish Hazat Mahdi's alayhi salam identity is his descent from Hazat Hassan radiyallahu anhu.
People descended from Hazat Hassan radiyallahu anhu, grandson of the Prophet peace be upon him, through his daughter Hazat Fatima radiyallahu anhu,
are known as Sayeed in Islamic culture.
In the Hadiths, our Prophet peace be upon him has revealed that Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam will have distinctive and distinguishing features so that the Muslims can recognize him.
One of these is that Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam will be descended from Hazat Hassan radiyallahu anhu.
We are told in detail in the Hadiths, and in the works of Islamic scholars who handed down the Hadiths, that Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam is a sayeed and a descendant of Hazat Hassan radiyallahu anhu.
Some of these Hadiths read,
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam is a child of Fatima and descended from Hassan.
Abd al-Ghafeer al-Farisi in his book Majma al-Gharib and Ibn al-Jawzi in Fi-Gharib al-Hadith and Ibn al-Athir in al-Nihaya have said this about the Hazat Ali radiyallahu anhu hadith.
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam is descended from Hazat Hassan.
Tamam in his Fawait and Ibn al-Athir relate from Abdullah ibn Amr that he said,
A child of Hassan, Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, will appear from the east.
According to another Hadith that has come down from Hazat Ali,
he looked at his son Hazat Hassan one day and said,
As named by the Prophet peace be upon him,
This son of mine is a Sayeed.
Someone Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam known by the name of the Prophet will come from his Hazat Hassan's line
and will resemble him, the Prophet peace be upon him, in moral virtues.
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam will begin work between the age of 30 and 40.
In the Hadiths, our Prophet peace be upon him refers to the years
when Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam is still unknown to people
when he begins work to bring about the global dominion of Islamic morals.
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, who is described as being in his 30s or 40s during this period,
will attract people's notice with his activities.
And these will be the years when people follow what he does.
However, people will not know that he is Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam during this time
and they will only realise the truth very much later.
The following information about the age of Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam is provided in the Hadiths.
He, Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, will be sent when he is between 30 and 40 years old.
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam is one of my children.
He is around 40.
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam is one of my line.
He is 40 years old.
His face is like a bright star.
He, Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, is a young man.
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, will be of advanced age when he is recognised by the public, but will look young.
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, will age as time passes just like all other people.
Yet, Allah will preserve his youthful appearance and he will look 40 even in advanced years.
Therefore, this will also be a distinguishing feature of Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam.
People will recognise Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam by the way he still looks extraordinarily young,
despite his advancing age, and maintains his physical beauty.
Our Prophet, peace be upon him, describes this characteristic of Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam as follows in the Hadith.
And one of his, Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, signs, is that he will not age with the passage of days and nights.
The promised Qayyim, Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, will arise advanced in age, but will have a youthful appearance.
He will be long-lived and have a youthful face.
People who see him will think he is a man aged around 40, and he will not age until Allah's command arrives.
From Abu Sa'id, Hassan ibn Ali alayhi salam said,
During his, Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, time of occultation, Allah will extend his life,
and he will then manifest him with his power, looking younger than 40.
And this will be so that people know of Allah's omnipotence.
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, time of occultation, Allah's omnipotence.
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, is of medium stature, like our Prophet peace be upon him.
Our Prophet peace be upon him is described as being of medium height in accounts.
Anas bin Malik stated that,
The Messenger of Allah peace be upon him was of middling height.
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, too, will be of average height, like our Prophet peace be upon him.
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam will be of average height.
According to the accounts by Abu Abdullah Nuaim ibn Hamad from Abu Jafar bin Muhammad bin Ali al-Bakir,
Hazat Ali was asked about the attributes of Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, and he replied,
He, Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, is of medium height, and a young man with a beautiful face.
He, Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, is one of those of medium stature.
He, Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, will be of medium height, with a beautiful face and hair.
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam is very majestic and sturdily built.
It is stated in the Hadith, that Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam will be majestic, sturdily built, and have a striking appearance.
He, Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, is a majestic individual, with a broad brow.
Al-Harith ibn Mughira al-Nasri says,
When I asked Imam Jafar Sadiq, how will the Imam Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam be recognized?
He replied, by his grandeur and dignity.
Abu Jarud says,
When I asked Imam Muhammad Bakir alayhi salam, how will the Imam Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam be known?
He replied,
By his spiritual guidance and grandeur, and by the great Muhammad's repetition of his, Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, virtues.
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam resembles the children of Israel in appearance.
Our Prophet, peace be upon him, has revealed in the Hadith,
that Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam will resemble the children of Israel in appearance.
The reference in the Hadith to the Benayi Israel,
means that Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam will be physically powerful and majestic.
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam is like one of the people of Israel.
His demeanor resembles theirs.
It is majestic and wise.
Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam is one of my grandchildren.
His body resembles those of the people of Israel.
He, Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, will resemble one of the Israelites,
in his external appearance.
Hazat Mahdi's, alayhi salam, stature and posture,
resembles those of the people of Israel.
Hazat Mahdi's, alayhi salam, body is broad.
One of the features of Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam, revealed by our Prophet, peace be upon him,
is that, just like the Prophet, peace be upon him,
his whole body will be very broad,
or in other words, majestic.
He, Hazat Mahdi alayhi salam, is large of body.
Hazat Mahdi's, alayhi salam, stomach is wide.
Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam, is described as having a body
that is entirely majestic and broad,
and his stomach will be wide in proportion to the rest of his body.
He has a wide stomach.
His eyebrows are closed.
His legs are very energetic.
His shoulders are wide.
His, Hazat Mahdi's, alayhi salam, stomach is large,
and the space between his thighs is open.
In another hadith, Hazat Ali, alayhi salam, again mentions about Imam Mahdi, alayhi salam,
in the following words.
He shall have a clear and wide belly, broad thighs.
His eminence, Abu Jafar, Imam Muhammad Bakr, alayhi salam,
through his forefathers has narrated from the chief,
Aval al-Bayt, his eminence, commander of the believers, alayhi salam,
that his eminence proclaimed from the pulpits.
In the last age, a man from my progeny, Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam, would rise,
having a clear and wide belly.
It is related from Humran bin Ayan,
that Imam Muhammad Bakr, alayhi salam, was told,
Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam, will have a wide stomach.
Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam, shoulders are wide.
Another hadith notes that Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
whose whole body is broad and majestic,
will also have broad shoulders in proportion to the rest of his body.
From Yahya bin Nufal, indeed, Musa ibn Jafar, alayhi salam,
raises his hands and supplicates after afternoon prayer.
I inquire from him, saying,
For whom did you offer prayer?
He said,
For al-Mahdi, alayhi salam, among the family of Muhammad, peace be upon him.
And continued, his shoulders are wide.
Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam, thighs are broad and with a gap between them.
Since Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam, will have a wide stomach,
his thighs will naturally be broad as well.
In another hadith, Hazat Ali, alayhi salam,
again mentions about Imam Mahdi, alayhi salam,
in the following words.
He, Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
shall have a wide forehead,
and a clear and wide belly,
broad thighs.
The space between his, Hazat Mahdi's, alayhi salam, thighs,
is open.
His eminence, Abu Jafar, Imam Muhammad Bakr, alayhi salam,
through his forefathers,
has narrated from the chief of al-al-bayt,
his eminence,
commander of the believers, alayhi salam,
that his eminence proclaimed from the pulpit.
In the last age,
a man from my progeny, Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
would rise,
having a clear and wide belly,
and his thighs would be broad,
and his bones shall be long,
big and prominent.
Hazat Mahdi's, alayhi salam, gate,
is also extraordinarily majestic.
Because of the breadth of his thighs,
and the space between them,
Hazat Mahdi's, alayhi salam, gate,
will also be exceedingly majestic,
and his feet will point outward.
Our Prophet, peace be upon him,
speaks of this characteristic of Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
as follows.
One feature of his,
is that,
as he walks,
there is a space between his thighs,
and,
they are at a distance from one another.
Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
uses his hand,
to emphasize what he is saying.
Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
will use his hands when he talks.
He will move his hand,
as he wishes to emphasize what he is saying.
And people will see those motions.
Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
will strike his left knee,
with his right hand,
when he speaks slowly,
and steadily.
Hazat Mahdi's, alayhi salam,
complexion is,
Arabic,
like that of our Prophet,
peace be upon him.
In other words,
a white,
tending to red.
Our Prophet, peace be upon him,
had a reddish white complexion,
which is the Arab complexion.
However,
the visible parts of his skin,
were nearer to dark,
because of the sun,
and the wind.
We understand from the traditions,
that Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
will be the same color,
as the Prophet, peace be upon him.
The complexion of the Messenger of Allah,
peace be upon him,
is described as follows,
in Islamic reference sources.
Anas ibn Malik,
said this about the Prophet,
peace be upon him,
complexion.
He was white,
but a darkish white.
It was a luminous reddish white.
Hazat Hassan,
radiallahu anhu,
narrates,
Our Prophet, peace be upon him,
complexion was white,
and bright.
A luminous white.
Anas ibn Malik,
radiallahu anhu,
narrates,
His,
the Prophet's,
peace be upon him,
complexion,
was neither pure white,
nor too dark.
Our Master,
peace be upon him,
was a whitish pink,
in color.
The accounts show,
that Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
has the same complexion,
as that of our Prophet,
peace be upon him.
Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
is Arab in coloring.
He, Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
is Arab in coloring.
His eminence,
Abu Jafar,
Imam Muhammad Bakir, alayhi salam,
through his forefathers,
has narrated,
from the Chief of Al-Bayt,
his eminence,
Commander of the Believers,
alayhi salam,
that is eminence,
proclaimed from the pulpit.
In the last age,
a man from my progeny,
Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
would rise,
having a fair complexion,
that has some redness hue.
Hazat Mahdi, alayhi salam,
is one of my grandchildren.
His complexion resembles,
that of the Arabs,
reddish white,
and his body resembles,
those of the people of Israel.
In this film,
we have seen details,
regarding Hazat Mahdi's,
alayhi salam,
birth,
name,
line of descent,
age,
and general appearance.
In the second part,
we shall be looking at features,
on Hazat Mahdi's,
alayhi salam,
face,
and body,
that allow him to be recognized,
and have been given,
in astonishing detail.
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