| In line with the information that "He sends a mujaddid (renovator) who will restore the religion AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY CENTURY” (it is agreed by the great majority of religious scholars that) HAZRAT MAWLANA KHALID IS THE MUJADDID OF THE YEAR 1200, IN OTHER WORDS, THE TWELFTH CENTURY.
(Barla Addendum, p. 120)
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Mawlana Khalid- Baghdadi was born in 1193 (Hegira style) (1779 AD), and died in 1242 (1827 AD). The great majority of Islamic scholars agree that this holy person is the mujaddid between the 12th and 13th centuries (Islamic calendar).
• After stating that the mujaddid of the 1200s was Mawlana Khalid, a hundred years later Bediuzzaman Said Nursi clearly expressed that himself and his works served the duty of being a mujaddid as follows:
"Exactly AFTER A CENTURY, the cures of the RISALE-I NUR appear all around and SERVE TO THE VERY SAME PURPOSE… With the meaning fortified by the clear expression of the hadith, it is our conviction that, in terms of reviving the religion, the Risale-i Nur is IN THE POSITION OF A MUJADDID."
(Barla Addendum, p. 121)
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Bediuzzaman Said Nursi was in fact born exactly 100 years after Mawlana Khalid-i Baghdadi, in 1293 (Hegira style) (1878 AD). He dies in 1379 (1960 AD). Bediuzzaman rendered the great service of faith in the century after Mawlana Khalid, in the 13th century, in other words. For that reason, Bediüzzaman is the mujaddid between centuries 13 and 14. This is in complete conformity with the hadith, and our Lord has sent down a renovator, a mujaddid, at the beginning of every century after our Prophet (saas), and these worthy people have been instrumental in Islam complying with the Qur’an and the Sunnah of our Prophet (saas). This law of Allah has been fulfilled for hundreds of years, and the Islamic world has formed the irrevocable opinion that these worthy individuals were the mujaddid of their own centuries.
As a mujaddid has been sent every century since the time of our Prophet (saas), there must also be a mujaddid in the century between 1400 and 1500 (Hegira style) who will direct Muslims to live by the Qur’an and the Sunnah of our Prophet (saas) and who will purge Islam of all accretions that have entered it subsequently. Yet according to the imaginings of some religious scholars, the great mujaddid of the End Times whose coming in 1400 (Hegira style) is revealed by our Prophet (saas) will not, allegedly, be coming in that century at all. His coming has supposedly been put back to a later century. The fact is, however, that it is illogical to maintain that while a mujaddid has come every century, this series of appearances will suddenly be interrupted in 1400. By making this claim, these religious scholars openly deny hundreds of trustworthy hadith handed down from our Prophet (saas).
2. With hundreds of trustworthy hadith narrated from our Prophet (saas) and statements made by Said Nursi, our Lord will appoint the greatest mujaddid (a great scholar sent at the beginning of every century to teach the truths of the faith according to the needs of the time), the greatest regenerator, the greatest guardian, judge, enlightened one andQutb azam, one century after the Master’s own time, in other words in 1400 according to the Islamic calendar. Our Prophet (saas) reports that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear in 1400 in this hadith:
“People WILL GATHER AROUND THE MAHDI IN 1400.
(Risalat al-Khuruj al-Mahdi, p. 108)
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The Master Said Nursi refers to Hazrat Mahdi (as) who will appear one century after him, in other words in 1400, in his Risale:
There will be such intellectual trends at that time even IF THAT PERSON WHO IS TRULY AWAITED AND WILL COME IN A CENTURY’S TIME comes at that time, since he takes everything for his own account...
(Kastamonu Addendum, p. 57)
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| It now occurs to mind that if each of the letters "mim" and "lam" bearing the gemination mark are counted as two, the people WHO WILL DISSOLVE THE OPPRESSIONS A CENTURY LATER MAY BE THE DISCIPLES OF THE MAHDI."
(Bediuzzaman, Risale-i Nur Collection, First Ray, p. 85)
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Imam Rabbani has also revealed in his Letters that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will come 1000 years after the death of our Prophet (saas);
| The confirmation of the decrees of the Qur’an, the renovation of people takes place IN THIS SECOND THOUSAND. The just witnesses of the truthfulness of this cause are the existence of the Prophet Isa [as] and MAHDI IN THIS THOUSAND PERIOD (THE SECOND THOUSAND YEARS).
(Imam Rabbani, Letters of Rabbani, vol. 1, p. 611)
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| Those among the nation of Allah's Messenger (saas) are highly perfected in faith. It does not matter whether they are few in number, even a thousand years passes after the death of our Prophet (saas). Their being perfected in faith serves to the following end: strengthening the Islamic law in its true sense. THE COMING OF THE MAHDI AFTER 1000 YEARS SERVES THIS PURPOSE. Our Prophet (saas), the last Messenger, gave the glad tidings of his coming. The Prophet ‘Isa (as), on the other hand, will come down after 1000 years.
(Imam Rabbani, Letters of Rabbani, vol. 1, p. 440)
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It is expected that, AFTER 1000 YEARS, this secret administration will be renovated. It will be granted with superiority... This way, genuine virtue will emerge and cover the degradation... AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE MAHDI, THE SUPPORTER, WILL COME. May Allah be pleased with him."
(Imam Rabbani, Letters of Rabbani, vol. 1, p. 569)
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3. Yet if, despite all these trustworthy hadith and statements by Master Said Nursi, the greatest Islamic scholar of the last 1000 years, some religious scholars reject the fact that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear in 1400 (Hegira style) and continues to espouse their own idea, then they must therefore have abandoned all hope of the mercy of Allah and of Islamic moral values ever ruling the world. Yet no Muslim who believes in Allah can ever abandon hope of His mercy. Only people who do not believe in Allah and the verses of the Qur’an ever fall into such despair. Allah reveals in one verse that:
Those who reject Allah’s signs and the meeting with Him, such people can despair of My mercy, such people will have a painful punishment. (Surat al-‘Ankabut, 23)
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By saying that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will supposedly be coming not in 1400 but in some other century, these people are claiming that Islamic moral values will not rule the world in this century. This claim would condemn millions of Muslims suffering oppression and persecution because of their faith in Allah to at least another 70 years of the same suffering and persecution, a satanic logic that is incompatible with the moral values of the Qur’an. But if he says; “Islamic moral values will prevail this century” then he must also say “There must be someone who will cause the moral values of Islam to rule the world, and that is the Great Mahdi of the End Times who will appear in 1400.” Because in the same way that Allah has sent Muslims a mujaddid, a guardian and a guide every century, so such a holy figure must also appear in 1400. That holy personage is Hazrat Mahdi (as), the Great Saint, the greatest mujaddid of the End Times. Allah will use him as a means whereby Muslims achieve a life filled with love, friendship, brotherhood, peace and security, one in which they can abide by the moral values of the Qur’an.
4. All Muslims living in the 1400s (Hegira style) are awaiting, with great enthusiasm, fervor and hope, the manifestation of the verses in the Qur’an regarding the world dominion of Islamic moral values revealed by Allah. Our Lord gives Muslims the glad tidings that Islamic moral values will rule the world in many verses of the Qur’an. He says that after the severe pressure and persecution they suffer from the system of the Dajjal because of their faith in Allah, after all their fears and troubled lives, Muslims will finally attain well-being, peace and happiness. (Surat a-Tawba, 32-33, Surat al-Qasas, 5, Surat as-Saff, 8-9, Surat al-Ahzab, 27, Surat as-Saff, 13, Surat al-Fath, 1-3, Surat al-Anbiya’, 105, Surah Ibrahim, 14-15)
Yet with his claim, these religious scholars are espousing a logic that totally contravenes the verses of Allah. For Muslims not to anticipate the dominion of Islamic moral values and the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) in this century, saying that these things belong to another century, is to pave the way for a satanic idea that totally conflicts with the verses and the hadith of our Prophet (saas).
In verse 55 of Surat an-Nur, Allah says; Allah has promised those of you who have iman and do right actions that He will make them successors in the land as He made those before them successors, and will firmly establish for them their religion with which He is pleased and give them, in place of their fear, security. “They worship Me, not associating anything with Me.” Any who are unbelievers after that, such people are deviators.
(Surat an-Nur, 55)
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This is a promise that He will give Muslims power and dominion in this world, and will install the moral values of Islam in it, and that Muslims will thus attain security. This verse, in which He says He will make the moral values of Islam rule the world will, insha’Allah, be made a reality by Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the present center. All Muslims will attain the peace mentioned in the verse, and their fears, persecution and suffering will come to an end. Allah will grant strength to Islam and will cause everyone to love and adopt its moral values.
5. By maintaining that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will not appear in 1400, these religious scholars are claiming that the moral values of Islam will not rule the world in this century. But the portents of the End Times, that have taken place one after the other, “like the beads of a rosary” in the words of the hadith, definitively repudiate that claim. How is this person able to ascribe these hadith, only some of which are quoted below, which have been taking place since the year 1400, to the next century?
• For example, the waters of the Euphrates were stopped by a dam in 1400, just as described by our Prophet (saas).
| Soon the river Euphrates will disclose the treasure (the mountain) of gold, so whoever will be present at that time should not take anything of it.
(Bukhari)
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The first stopping of the waters is sufficient for us to regard the hadith as having taken place. In terms of the hadith, subsequent stopping of the waters is irrelevant. In that case, a repetition of the phenomenon in a later century is irrelevant as regards the taking place of the hadith. Because the waters of the Euphrates were first stopped in 1400 (Islamic calendar).
• Our Prophet (saas) also spoke of the invasion of Afghanistan;
| Pity poor Taliqan (a region in Afghanistan) that at that place are treasures of Allah, but these are not of gold and silver but consist of people who have recognized Allah as they should have. They are the helpers of Hazrat Mahdi (as) of the End Times.
(Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi' 'Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p.59)
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This hadith also came true when the Russians invaded Afghanistan in 1979 (1400 according to the Hegira style). Even if Afghanistan were also to be invaded in another century, it is the first invasion in 1979 that fulfils the hadith.
• Our Prophet (saas) has cited eclipses of the Sun and Moon in two consecutive years during the month of Ramadan as one of the portents of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as). Eclipses of the Sun and Moon took place during the month of Ramadan in the 1400s (Hegira style), in 1981 and 1982. The fact this happened two years in succession shows that the hadith has been fulfilled. A similar phenomenon may also take place in subsequent centuries, but that is inapplicable in terms of the hadith.
• Halley’s comet, which passes by the Earth once every 76 years, also passed by in 1986 (1506 according to the Hegira style), in complete agreement with the description given by our Prophet (saas) in the hadith:
| A COMET WILL BE APPEARING IN THE EAST, giving out illumination before he arrives.
(Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi' 'Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 53)
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• In one hadith our Prophet (saas) says;
| “ ... A FIRE WILL CERTAINLY APPEAR FROM AZERBAIJAN. And nothing will be able to stand in its way. Stay in your homes when this happens.
(Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani p. 311)
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This hadith also came true as described by our Prophet (saas) with the invasion of the Azeri territory of Nagorno-Karabagh by Armenians in 1988. No subsequent invasion of Azeri territory will be of any significance in terms of the hadith.
• One hadith of our prophet (saas) narrated by Imam Rabbani refers to a two-tailed star resembling a horn, and says that this is also a portent of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
| " When Abbasi Malik arrives at Khorasan, one of the signs of the coming of the promised Mahdi, A DOUBLE-TOOTHED LIGHT SHEDDING HORN WILL APPEAR IN THE EAST."
Imam Rabbani, Letters of Rabbani, 381st Letter, p .1184
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The two-tailed comet Lulin, which completely matches the above description, came closest to the earth on 24 February, 2009. This comet, which is estimated to pass by next in thousands of years’ of time, is in total agreement with the descriptions in the hadith. The date of its passage equates to 1430 according to the Islamic calendar. • A huge massacre took place at the Kaaba during the Hajj in 1979 (1 Muharram, 1400 according to the Hegira style). The incident took place on the first day of the Islamic year 1400. Thirty people lost their lives. In one hadith the Prophet (saas) says;
THE YEAR IN WHICH HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL EMERGE, people will perform hajj together and gather without an amr. The Hajjis will be looted and there will be a battle at Mina in which many will be slain and blood will flow until it runs over the Jamra al-'Aqaba. (Jamra: a stone pillar, which represents satan, that is stoned during the pilgrimage.)
(Portents of Doomsday, pp. 168-169)
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He refers to an important event at the Kaaba “in the year in which Hazrat Mahdi (as) will emerge.” This expression is highly significant. Because this points to 1979 as year of Hazrat Mahdi’s (as) appearance. Seven years after this incident that took place in 1979, another even bloodier event occurred. This time, 402 people were killed. But in contrast to the first incident, the second took place alongside the Kaaba rather than inside it. These two incidents took place in complete agreement with the “attack on the Kaaba and bloodshed in the Kaaba” described in the hadith as portents of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as). As we have seen, this incident, in complete harmony with the details given in the hadith, has already taken place and it is irrational and illogical to expect such an event to occur again in another century.
In addition, since the year 1400 has already come and gone, it is impossible for these people to base his claim that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear in another century of this hadith.
• Another of the portents of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) is a major economic crisis in the End Times. The hadith speaks of a time of stagnation during which people will complain of such economic difficulties as “low earnings, stagnation in the markets, and business going badly.”
Everyone complaining of low earnings... the rich respected for their money......
(Portents of Doomsday, p. 146)
(Before the emergence of the Mahdi) Stagnation IN THE MARKETS, A REDUCTION IN EARNINGS…
(Portents of Doomsday, p. 148)
Everyone will complain, “I cannot sell, buy or earn money.”
(Portents of Doomsday p. 152)
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There is currently a huge global economic crisis in which major economies such as America, China and Germany have suffered great losses and in which giant world’s famous companies, banks and industries have collapsed. Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, issued this statement about the crisis,
" the world faces an unprecedented economic crisis, poor people could suffer the most and that we must continue to act in real time to prevent a human catastrophe.” "
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He thus set out the true scale of the current crisis. As is clear from that statement, this important hadith has also been fulfilled in the form of this economic crisis, another of the portents of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the End Times.
Hundreds more such trustworthy hadith have been taking place one after the other since the year 1400.
Fore more detailed information see:
http://www.awaitedmahdi.com/signs/signs_index.html
The way that all these portents have taken place one after the other in the same century is exceedingly significant. Because these hadith prove both that we are in the End Times and also that Hazrat Mahdi (as), awaited with great fervor by all Muslims, has made his appearance. (Allah knows the truth.) The fact these astonishing events are taking place one after the other is sufficient for Muslims to know they are in the End Times and to anticipate the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as). The fact that all the awaited portents, with no exceptions, have taken place in the 1400s, and it is meaningless and illogical to expect them to take place in any other century.
6. Another matter that these persons have neglected to consider is the fact, also revealed in the hadith, that “the life span of the community will be up until 1500 (according to the Islamic calendar).”
In one hadith our Prophet (saas) says,
"THE LIFE OF MY COMMUNITY WILL NOT EXCEED 1500 YEARS."
(Suyuti, al-Kasfu an Mujawazati Hazihil Ummah al-Alfu, al-hawi lil Fetawi, Suyuti. 2/248, tafsir Ruh-ul Beyan. Bursewi 4/262, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Kitâb al-Ilal, p. 89.)
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He is saying that the global dominion of Qur’anic moral values will come to an end in 1500 (Hegira style). In other words, the world will again enter into a state of degeneration in the 1500s. This fact alone is sufficient evidence to demolish the claim made by these people that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear in 1400. Because when Hazrat Mahdi (as) comes, Qur’anic moral values will rule the world, in contrast to the period of contraction that will take place in the 1500s, and Muslims will attain ease, peace and security. After that, Doomsday is to be expected.
Another hadith narrated from our Prophet (saas) says,
| “THE LIFE OF THIS COMMUNITY WILL EXCEED 1000 YEARS, yet be limited to 1500 years.
(Muhammad ibn `Abd ar-Rasul Barzanji, Al-Isha`ah li Ashrat as-Sa`ah, p. 299)
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This hadith refers to the period after 1500 and says that in the wake of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) the life of the world will not exceed the year 1500. By saying, “Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear, not in this century, but in the next century,” these people is making a diametrically opposed claim regarding the hadith of our Prophet (saas) to that of the great scholars of the Islamic world Suyuti and Barzanji. That being the case, how and on the basis of what evidence did these persons establish that Suyuti and Barzanji had made a mistake and were in error? On the basis of what evidence do they reject these hadith which these great scholars are agreed in regarding as trustworthy?
7. These people also claim that Hazrat Mahdi (as) is not a normal human being but someone very extraordinary who will be recognized the moment he appears. In his opinion, tanks, shells, other weapons and even nuclear weapons will have no effect on Hazrat Mahdi (as). In addition, when people look above Hazrat Mahdi’s (as) head they will supposedly see a cloud with angels on it, and these will constantly point him out to people. The fact is, however, that in the hadith our Prophet (saas) speaks of the Great Mahdi of the End Times being subjected to the oppression and mistreatment of the system of the Dajjal (the Anti-christ), of his living in fear of being killed, of his hands and feet being chained, of a copper tablet being hung round his neck, his being exposed to sufferings and difficulties and his being placed in solitary confinement. Angels being seen around Hazrat Mahdi (as) is something that will take place in the world of the angels and thus be visible to them alone. If, as these individuals maintain, angels were to be seen around Hazrat Mahdi (as) and if he were such an extraordinary entity as to be invulnerable to tanks and other weapons, then how can he be imprisoned, mistreated and oppressed and forced to live in difficult circumstances? Who could ever lay hands on, imprison or torture someone impervious to bombs and guns? In addition, our Prophet (saas) says there will be a period when Hazrat Mahdi (as) disappears from public view. If, as this person claims, Hazrat Mahdi (as) were such a wondrous entity, why would he feel the need to conceal himself?
Even our Prophet (saas) suffered sword blows, and one of his teeth was broken. Many prophets were martyred on Allah’s path, many companions and members of the Ahl al-Bayt have been martyred in battle or lost arms, legs or eyes. It is impossible that although no prophet has ever been sent with such wondrous properties, Hazrat Mahdi (as) will possess them.
Allah also tells us that some members of the Prophet’s (saas) tribe claimed they needed to see angels sent down alongside him as evidence he was a prophet. Allah then revealed that our Prophet (saas) was simply a human being sent as a guide, a messenger: Perhaps you are leaving aside part of what has been revealed to you and your breast is constricted by this because they say, “Why has treasure not been sent down to him or an angel not accompanied him?” You are only a warner and Allah is Guardian over all things. (Surah Hud, 12)
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Another verse also states that people who deny the prophets generally insist on seeing angels as a condition for believing in them. The fact is, however, that it is revealed in verses that Allah’s angels will only be seen on Doomsday:
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Since even the prophets sent by Allah as messengers were normal human beings, there is absolutely no question of Hazrat Mahdi (as), who Allah will appoint as the Qutb az-Azam (Great Saint), being created with attributes peculiar to the angels. No such indication appears in any trustworthy hadith. On the contrary, many hadith state that Hazrat Mahdi (as) and his followers will have difficult and troubled lives and that most people will be hostile to them because they are Muslims and live by the moral values of the faith. In one of these hadith our Prophet (saas) says: He said: "Look for them at the edges of the world. Their lives are simple, their homes are on their backs, even if present they are not recognized, IF THEY ARE LOST NONE WILL LOOK FOR THEM, IF THEY ARE SICK NONE WILL VISIT THEM, and if they wish to marry none will come to them. If THEY DIE, NONE WILL ATTEND THEIR FUNERALS. They share their possessions equally among them and visit one another’s graves; their wishes are all the same, even if they are in different cities."
(Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani, p. 23)
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When Hazrat Mahdi (as) appears he will fight the system of the Dajjal in order to impose the moral values of Islam on the world, wage an intellectual campaign against Darwinism and materialism and establish union among Muslims. He will teach people to live by the Qur’an and the Sunnah of our Prophet (saas). He will achieve all this without removing their free will, but through his intellectual struggle, using his reason and moral virtues. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will have 313 followers; in other words, the number of his followers will initially be very small. Hazrat Mahdi’s (as) followers will also be oppressed. Yet if, as claimed, Hazrat Mahdi (as) were an extraordinary entity, everyone would join him immediately and would create no difficulties for him. Nobody would have the courage to seek to wrong his followers. The element of the test would also be eliminated, and people would immediately believe in Allah and follow him as soon as they saw Hazrat Mahdi (as) on account of his extraordinary attributes. Yet as the hadith cited above say, Hazrat Mahdi (as) and his followers will not have easy lives and will preach under difficult circumstances. People will avoid then and be unwilling to establish friendships with them. And they will live under the threat of death or torture.
But as we have seen, the hadith of our Prophet (saas) contain no such description of Hazrat Mahdi (as). If this person says that he accepts the hadith narrated from our Prophet (saas), then he must also accept the validity of these trustworthy hadith. In that event, he must accept that there is no such concept of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and correct his earlier statements.
These unrealistic claims put forward by these people are intended to weaken the faith and impair the enthusiasm of Muslims, and to lead them to supposed despair. And they are trying to supposedly cause Muslims to lose their expectations of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and lose faith in the eventual global dominion of Islamic moral values.
But whoever tries to conceal the global dominion of the moral virtues of Islam and the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) in 1400, by whatever means they employ, these efforts will all be in vain because these people’s endeavors are also a portent of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as). Our Prophet (saas) says that when Hazrat Mahdi (as) appears, people who describe themselves as scholars of his own faith will strive against Hazrat Mahdi (as) shoulder to shoulder alongside the system of the Dajjal.
"SEVENTY THOUSAND SCHOLARS WITH TURBANS FROM MY COMMUNITY WILL FOLLOW THE DAJJAL.”
(Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Musnad, p. 796)
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The Master Said Nursi also refers to religious scholars who are proud but weak in faith waging such a campaign.
" Since the hadith that speak of the signs of the end of time, the events at the end of time, and the merits and rewards of certain actions have not been well understood, some scholars WHOSE BELIEF IS WEAK AND WHO ARE ARROGANT rely on their reason have moved on to deny some of them."
(The Words, Twenty-Fourth Word - Third Branch - p.351)
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But these will absolutely not prevent the moral values of the faith coming to rule the world. Allah will definitely keep His word and, insha’Allah, will bestow a climate of peace, ease and security on Muslims. Allah reveals this truth in several verses of the Qur’an:
| We desired to show kindness to those who were oppressed in the land and to make them leaders and make them inheritors. (Surat al-Qasas, 5) |
| They desire to extinguish Allah’s light with their mouths but Allah will perfect His light, though the unbelievers hate it. It is He Who sent His messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to exalt it over every other religion, though the associaters hate it. (Surat as-Saff, 8-9) |
