The knowledge regarding the End of times was given to our Prophet (saas) by Allah’s revelation through Gabriel. Our Prophet (saas) communicated this knowledge that had been passed on to him by revelation to Hazrat Mahdi (as) by means of his hadith. Hence Hazrat Mahdi (as) will completely obey these commands of Allah, transmitted from our Prophet (saas). Hazrat Mahdi (as) who fears and loves Allah very much will proceed upon abiding by the path that Allah has shown him and be instrumental in the global prevalence of the Islamic morality with love, peace, wisdom, science, art and good morals.
THE COMMANDS THAT WERE COMMUNICATED TO OUR PROPHET (SAAS) THROUGH REVELATION AND THAT ARE OBLIGATORY TO HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)
1. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL NOT SHED BLOOD
People will GATHER AROUND HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) as honey bees cluster around their sovereign. He will fill the earth that was once full of cruelty with justice. HIS JUSTICE WILL BE AS SUCH THAT HE WILL NOT WAKE A SLEEPING PERSON OR EVEN SHED ONE DROP OF BLOOD. THE EARTH WILL RETURN TO THE AGE OF BLISS. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 29)
Hazrat Mahdi (as will follow the way of the Prophet (saas). He will not wake up a sleeping person or SHED BLOOD. (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 163)
In the time of [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] no one will be woken up from their sleep OR HAVE A BLEEDING NOSE. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 44)
Those obeying him [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will pay homage to him between ruqun and maqam (around Qaba). They will not wake a sleeping person, NEVER SHED BLOOD. (Al-Haytamî, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 24)
2. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL CAUSE THE DOMINION OF ISLAMIC MORALITY THROUGH SCIENTIFIC WORKS
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be so compassionate that no one will be woken up from their sleep or have a bleeding nose. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 42)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) … will walk in peace. (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 173)
[Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will follow the way of the Prophet (saas). HE WILL NOT wake up a sleeping person or shed blood. (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 163)
3. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL PERFORM HIS DUTY IN ISTANBUL (CONSTANTINOPLE)
Narrated by ibn Amr, who said: "… The Messenger of Allah (saas) said, 'Six things will happen to this community: … The sixth is the conquest of medina.' I asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, which medina?' He said, 'Constantinople [Istanbul].'"
[This is the spiritual conquest of Istanbul by Hazrat Mahdi (as).] (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 204; Ahmad Diya ad-Din al-Kamushkhanawi, Ramuz al-Ahadith 1/296)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will [spiritually] conquer Constantinople and Mount Daylam. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 27)
Hazrat Mahdi (As) Will Emerge From Istanbul That Contains Our Prophet’s (Saas) Sacred Relics
As for signs, he will have with him the shirt, the sword, and the standard of our Prophet (saas). That standard has never been unfurled since the death of our Prophet (saas). And, it will not be unfurled until the appearance of Hazrat Mahdi (as). (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 164)
Abdullah b. Şurefe'den rivayet edildi ki: Hz. Mehdi (as)'ın beraberinde süslenmiş bir halde Peygamberimiz (sav)'in bayrağı olacaktır. (Kitab-ül Burhan Fi Alamet-il Mehdiy-il Ahir Zaman, s. 65)
4. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL CONQUER ISTANBUL WITH TAKBIR, THAT IS SCIENTIFIC WORKS
The Hour will not come until Almighty Allah ensures the [spiritual] conquest of Constantinople [Istanbul] and the Roman (lands) for believers through tasbih and takbir. (Daylami, al-Firdaws, 5/82, no: 7524; at-Tabarani, al-Mu`jam al-Kabir, 17/15,21)
Our Prophet (saas) stated: “They will [spiritually] conquer Constantinople with tasbih and takbir, and they will obtain booty the like of which has never been seen…” (Ibn Majah, Kitab Al-Fitan, p. 35)
The Prophet of Allah (saas) said:
“The Day of Judgment will not take place until a man from my Ahl al-Bayt, Hazrat Mahdi (as) rules [the world] HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL [SPIRITUALY] CAPTURE ISTANBUL AND THE ,DJEBEL [ITS SEVEN HILLS].” (Mari’ bin Yusuf Karami Hanbali, Fawaid Fawaid al-Fikr fil Mahdi al-Montazar)
5. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL SPIRITUALLY CONQUER ROME
"... Hazrat Mahdi (as) and his students will...capture Rome with tasbih [praise Allah] and takbir [declaration of the greatness of Allah] of Allah’s greatness…” (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 204) (As-Suyuti, Al-Hawi lil-fatawi, II. 81)
"...Hazrat Mahdi (as) and his followers will...capture Rome with tasbih (praising of Allah) and takbir (declaration of the greatness of Allah)...The walls of that city [THE VATICAN] will collapse... [by an earthquake]..." (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 204)
6. THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) WILL BE VIZIER (HELPER) TO HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)
The Prophet Jesus (as) will descend from the sky IN ORDER TO HELP THE IMAM AZ-ZAMAN [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)], AND TO EXPRESS HIS DEVOTION TO HIM AND PRAY (SALAT) BEHIND HIM. (Sheikh Sadook, Al-Amaali, Session 39, p. 181. Iqdud Durar, pp. 157 and 230)
The Messenger of Allah (saas) said: "A group within my community will strive intellectually to elevate the truth until the Judgment Day, and JESUS (AS), SON OF MARY, WILL DESCEND TO EARTH. WHEN THEIR LEADER [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] TELLS HIM “LEAD US IN THE PRAYER (SALAT)", HE [JESUS (AS)] WILL SAY "NO" ... AND WILL BESTOW THE RANK OF IMAM ON THE "IMAM MAHDI." (Sahih Muslim, vol. 1, p. 209)
Ibn Abi Shayba relates from Ibn Shirin in his Musannaf. He said: Hazrat Mahdi (as) is of this community and will act as imam to the Prophet Jesus (as). (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 79)
Naim ibn Hammad relates from Abdullah Ibn Amr. He said: Hazrat Mahdi (as) is he who will descend upon the Prophet Jesus (as) son of Mary and behind whom he will perform the prayer (salat). (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 79)
7. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL CAUSE ISLAMIC MORALS TO PREVAIL THE ENTIRE WORLD
Four people became kings on Earth. Two are believers, two are unbelievers. The believers are Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) and the Prophet Solomon (as); the unbelievers are Nimrod and Bakhtinasr (Nebuchadnezzar). One from the people of my house [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will come as the fifth, and he will be king on Earth. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 10)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will rule the world just like the Prophet Solomon (as) and Dhu’l-Qarnayn (as). (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 30)
Abu Bashir says: When I asked Imam Jaffar Sadik:"O son of the Messenger of Allah (saas)! Who is the Qaim of your Ahl al-Bayt?" he replied: ... HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL (SPIRITUALLY) CONQUER THE WORLD, the Prophet Jesus (as) son of Mary will pray behind him. AT THAT TIME THE WORLD WILL BE ILLUMINATED BY THE LIGHT OF ALLAH, AND EVERYWHERE IN WHICH AND EVERYWHERE IN WHICH BEINGS OTHER THAN ALLAH ARE WORSHIPPED WILL BECOME PLACES WHERE ALLAH IS WORSHIPED; AND EVEN IF THE POLYTHEISTS DO NOT WISH IT, THE ONLY FAITH ON THAT DAY WILL BE THE RELIGION OF ALLAH.” (Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 51, p. 146)
The Prophet (saas) said to Hazrat Ali (ra): “YOU ARE THE FIRST, AND THE LAST IS HAZRAT MAHDI (AS), UPON WHOM ALLAH WILL BESTOW THE (SPIRITUAL) CONQUEST OF THE ENTIRE WORLD.” (Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 52, p. 378)
HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL (SPIRITUALLY) CONQUER THE EAST AND WEST OF THE WORLD AND BRING ISLAM (Islamic moral values) TO RULE ACROSS THE WORLD… Almighty Allah will give people such a power that everyone will hear his voice from where they are, and HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL GIVE LIFE TO ISLAM… (Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 52, p. 279 and Vol. 53, p. 12; Sheikh al-Saduq, Kamal al-Din, Vol. 2, p. 367)
8. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BRING THE TURKISH AND ISLAMIC WORLD TOGETHER
... Ibrahim ibn Ubaydullah ibn Alâ narrates that his father said that Imam Jaffar Sadik said: Hazrat Ali (ra) spoke of events that would take place after him to the appearance of the Qaim ... AND DISPERSED TURKISH FLAGS WILL APPEAR AND HELP MY SON (HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)) IN EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY. (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 323)
Malik ibn Zamra says: Hazrat Ali (ra), the Commander of the Faithful, said to me:
... The most goodness is in that time, O Malik! OUR QAIM [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL APPEAR IN THAT TIME... AND ALLAH WILL THEN GATHER EVERYONE AROUND HIM.” (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 242)
The lord of believers (saas) says: "... If you wait UNTIL ALLAH MAKES ONE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] COME FOR YOU WHO WILL UNIFY YOU AND BRING YOU TOGETHER WHEN YOU ARE FRAGMENTED... you will be rewarded, and you will understand with certainty that he [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] is the one who will take revenge (who will provide the requisite intellectual response to Darwinism, materialism and atheism) of you being wronged, and who will salvage your rights…” (Kitab al-Ghayba, [Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 51], Ansariyan Publications, Collected by: Muhammed Baqrr al-Majlis, Iran-Qum, 2003, p. 182)
Amr ibn Nufayl says: I heard the Imam Hussein (as) say: “The one you await (Hazrat Mahdi (as)) will not appear until you say you are distanced from one another, until you spit in one another’s faces and accuse one another of denial and until you curse one another.” I asked, ‘Then there is nothing auspicious at that time?’ He replied: “All the auspiciousness is in that period. Our Qaim (Hazrat Mahdi (as)) will appear and put an end to all that.” (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 241)
9. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL RULE THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK WITH THE TRUE TORAH AND GOSPEL
Jabir ibn Yazid al-Jo'fi narrates from Imam Muhammad Baqir:
"... The reason why Hazrat Mahdi (as) is known as Hazrat Mahdi (as) is this; he will be directed toward a secret matter, will extract the Torah and other Divine books from a cave in Antioch and will RULE AMONG JEWS WITH THE TORAH AND AMONG CHRISTIANS WITH THE GOSPEL. (Al-Mahdi al-Maw'ud, Vol. 1, p. 254-255)
"The reason why he is called Hazrat Mahdi (as) is that he will head to one of the mountains in Damascus. From there HE WILL FIND THE [TRUE] BOOKS OF THE TORAH …” (As-Suyuti, Al-Hawi lil-fatawi, II. 81)
10. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL TRIUMPH SCIENTIFICALLY OVER MATERIALISM, ATHEISM, DARWINISM AND IRRELIGION
Sheikh al-Tusi’s Kitab al-Ghayba : “The dominion (authority) of Hazrat Mahdi (as) lies within the proofs about all that Allah has created; these are so numerous that his [Hazrat Mahdi’s (as)] proofs will overcome (will be influential, will be dominant) everyone and nobody will have any counter-propositions against him.” (Kitab al-Ghaybat, [Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 51], Ansariyan Publications, Collected by: Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi, Iran-Qum, 2003, p. 70)
Abu Bashir says: It is narrated from Imam Muhammad Bakr or Imam Jaffar Sadik that: “HE WHO GIVES HIM [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] IMAMATE WILL GIVE HIM KNOWLEDGE AND BOOKS AND WILL NOT LEAVE HIM ALONE.” (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 387)
11. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) STRUGGLE AGAINST THE BIGOTED AND IGNORANT RELIGIOUS MEN OF HIS TIME
“SEVENTY THOUSAND SCHOLARS WEARING TURBANS FROM MY COMMUNITY WILL FOLLOW THE ANTICHRIST.” (Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Musnad, p. 796)
Such a nation will appear in the End Times that THEY WILL RECITE THE QUR’AN BUT IT WILL NOT PASS DOWN THEIR THROATS. THEY WILL BE ABJURED FROM RELIGION LIKE AN ARROW HURLED FROM A BOW. AND EVERY MUSLIM HAS A RIGHT TO STRUGGLE WITH THEM. THEY WILL HAVE SHAVEN HEADS... (Abu Abdur Rahman Ahmad Ibn Shu’aib an-Nasai, Hazrat Ali through the Hadiths, p. 142)
From Amr bin sad:
EVEN IF THE PEOPLE ARE INVITED TO BE WITH [SEEMINGLY] MY CHILD THEY WILL BE FAR DISTANT FROM HIM. THIS IS SUCH AN EVIL COMMUNITY THAT IT HAS NO MORAL VALUES. THEY ARE SCOURGES FOR DESPOTS, THEY TEACH CORRUPTION TO THE CRUEL AND MAKE JUDGES SHED BLOOD. (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 170)
12. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE VERY LOVING, AFFECTIONATE AND COMPASSIONATE
Hazrat Mahdi’s (as) services will be so significant and very great that IT IS SAID THAT NOT JUST OTHER PEOPLE, BUT ALL THE DWELLERS IN THE EARTH AND SKY WILL BE CONTENT WITH HIM. (Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sabban, Is'afur Raghibin, p.146; As-Suyuti, Al-Hawi Lil-Fatawi, 2:66, 67)
HIS COMING WILL BE A SOURCE OF JOY, NOT JUST FOR BELIEVERS, BUT FOR ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE EARTH AND SKY. So much so that even birds, wild animals and the fish in the sea will rejoice. (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, pp. 162, 163)
[Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will follow the way of the Prophet (saas). He will not wake up a sleeping person or shed blood.... The world with be filled with justice instead of oppression and torture. He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will distribute all things with equal measures of truth and justice. THUS IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH AND SKY BE PLEASED WITH HIM, SO THE BIRDS IN THE AIR, SAVAGE ANIMALS IN THE FORESTS AND EVEN FISH IN THE SEA WILL BE DELIGHTED WITH HIM. (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 163)
Everybody shall sit round him like affectionate father to his dear children, or sitting of a merciful king with those under him, showing the introduction to the cheerful verses and glad tidings in the everlasting house of felicity that those present shall witness for those absent. (Sayyid Murtada Mujtahidi Sistani, Selected Supplications from al-Sahifah al-Mahdiyah Selected Supplications, Nashr Almas, p. 257)
[IN THE AGE OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] THE SHEEP WILL GRAZE WITH THE WOLF” AND “CHILDREN WILL PLAY WITH SNAKES AND SCORPIONS BUT WILL COME TO NO HARM.” One will sow a handful of seed and reap 700 handfuls... (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 43)
Tawus: “ONE OF THE SIGNS OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS HIS CLOSE SUPERVISION OF THE OFFICIALS HE APPOINTS...” (As-Suyuti, Al-Hawi Lil-Fatawi, Vol. 2, p. 150)
In the time of [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] no one will be woken up from his sleep or have a bleeding nose. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 42)
His compassion for the poor is one of the signs of Hazrat Mahdi (as). (Mari’ bin Yusuf Karami Hanbali, Fawaid Fawaid al-Fikr fil Mahdi al-Montazar)
13. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE DISINCENTIVE TOWARDS THE HYPOCRITES
“MANY MORE PEOPLE WILL AVOID SINS OUT OF FEAR OF HIM [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] RATHER THAN OF THE QUR’AN...” (Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi, Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyah, p. 6)
Asbag Ibn Nabata says: Ali, Commander of the faithful, said: "... No more you than kohl on the eye or salt in food will remain. And I shall give you an example: A man has a quantity of wheat. He cleans it and stores it in his house. When he returns to it a long time later, he sees it is full of weevils. He cleans it again and again puts it in his home. When he comes back to it after another long time, he sees it is again infested with weevils. He repeats the same processes. WHAT EVENTUALLY REMAINS IS A VERY LITTLE HEALTHY WHEAT THAT WEEVILS CANNOT HARM. You are like that. At the end, a small group of you will be left that corruption cannot harm.” (Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Said also transmits the same hadith.) (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 246)
14. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE A MEANS TO ALL PEOPLE TO SAY THAT ‘MUHAMMAD IS THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH’
Another hadith narrated from Imam Bakr reads: THIS VICTORY AND SUPERIORITY WILL TAKE PLACE WHEN HAZRAT MAHDI (AS), FROM THE FAMILY OF MUHAMMAD (SAAS), APPEARS. SUCH THAT THERE WILL BE NONE LEFT TO DENY [THE PROPHETHOOD OF] THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SAAS)." (Tafseer al-Burhan, vol. 2, p. 121)
15. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL REMOVE ALL INNOVATIONS AND CAUSE THE PREVALENCE OF ISLAMIC MORALS AS IT WAS AT THE TIME OF THE AGE OF BLISS
HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (SAAS) DID; HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL DEMOLISH PREVIOUS FOUNDATIONS IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (SAAS) TORE DOWN THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE SYSTEM OF IGNORANCE, and he will restore Islam again from the beginning. (Mikyaal al-Makaarem, Vol. 1, p. 57)
He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will sustain Islam in the end just as our Prophet (saas) sustained Islam in the beginning… (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 27)
... Hazrat Mahdi (as) will practice the religion to exactly as it was in the time of the Prophet (saas). He will remove the religious schools from the world. No school will be left apart from the true, pure religion. (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, 186-187)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will leave no subsequent innovation of religion. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 43)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will leave no subsequent innovation of religion uneradicated. He will fully discharge the obligations of the religion in the End Times, in exactly the same way as our Prophet (saas)." (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 163)
16. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL REMOVE BOTH VIOLENCE AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF VIOLENCE
Sheikh Tusi's Ghaybat: "Then there will be the rise of Hazrat Mahdi (as)... THROUGH HIM [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)], ALLAH WILL ELIMINATE ALL THE LIES. THROUGH HIM [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] HE WILL ELIMINATE VIOLENCE. He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will lift the shame of of slavery off your necks." (Kitab al Ghaybat, [Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 51], Ansariyan Publications, Collected by: Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi, Iran-Qum, 2003, p. 132)
IN THE TIME OF HAZRAT MAHDI’S (AS) LEADERSHIP, THE REIGN OF TYRANTS AND OPPRESSORS AND THE POLITICAL DOMINATION OF HYPOCRITES AND TRAITORS WILL COME TO AN END. (Al-Mahdiyy al-Maw’ud, Vol. 1, p. 252)
17. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF PROTECTION OVER ISLAM, HE WILL PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF MUSLIMS
Even a single word spoken against Islam will offend him. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 30)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will defend the truth against the oppressors. Indeed, he will extract the molar tooth [anything unjustly held] of a [cruel] person and restore it to its rightful owner. (Al-Uqayli, An-Najmu's-saqib fi Bayan Anna'l Mahdi min Awladi Ali b. Abu Talib Ale't-Tamam wa al-Qamal)
From Nahj al-Balagha: The Lord of believers (saas) said: "When he [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] hides away from people, NOT EVEN TRACKERS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE ANY TRACE OF HIM… (Kitab al-Ghayba, [Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 51], Ansariyan Publications, Collected by: Muhammad Baqir Majlisi, Iran-Q’um, 2003, p. 186)
18. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL EXPLAIN THE HADITH REGARDING THE END TIMES TO PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT WAY
Abu Bashir says: I heard Imam Muhammad Baqr say: “... He said: When Hazrat Mahdi (as) appears he will follow in the path of the Messenger of Allah (saas). ONLY HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL EXPLAIN THE WORKS OF THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH...” (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 191)
Iqmal ud Din:
Narrated from Muhammad Ibn Sinan, Amir Ibn Shamir, Jabir and Abu Jaffir:
"THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALMIGHTY ALLAH’S BOOK AND THE SUNNAH OF HIS MESSENGER (SAAS) GROW AND FLOURISH LIKE A PLANT IN OUR MAHDI’S HEART.” (Kitab al-Ghaybat, [Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 51], Ansariyan Publications, collected by: Muhammad Baqr al-Majlis, Iran-Qum, 2003, p. 72)
19. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL TELL THE WISDOM OF THE QUR’ANIC VERSES TO PEOPLE AND CAUSE THEM TO BELIEVE
WHEN PEOPLE INTERPRET THE QUR’AN ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN LOWER SELVES, HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL CORRECTLY TURN THEIR THOUGHTS TO THE QUR’AN AND PLACE THEM UNDER THE SERVICE OF THE TRUTHS OF THE QUR’AN. AFTER THAT HE WILL SHOW YOU HOW THE BOOK AND THE SUNNAH HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN AND REVEAL THEIR LIVE MEANINGS. (Nahj al-Balaghah, Sermon 134)
Hazrat Mahdi’s (as) method of communication will be one that affects the bottoms of people’s hearts and turns them toward Allah with the truest of hearts. Those who have turned away from the religion will return to their religious obligations, satisfaction and security. (Iqdud Durar, p. 156; Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 53, pp. 36, 280)
20. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE JUST
THE WORLD filled with oppression and tyranny WILL OVERFLOW WITH JUSTICE AFTER HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] COMES. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, p. 20)
... when their Messenger comes EVERYTHING IS DECIDED BETWEEN THEM JUSTLY. They are not wronged. (Surah Yunus, 47)
21. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE GENEROUS
Tawus: ... HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS VERY GENEROUS IN DISTRIBUTING GOODS. (As-Suyuti, Al-Hawi Lil-Fatawi, Vol. 2, p. 150)
There will be a successor in the End Times who will distribute goods without counting or calculating them. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 15)
A leader will come from your leaders, and he will not count goods. Whenever he is asked for something, he will say: “Take it.” That person will then lay out his shirt and fill it. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 15)
22. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL ACT ACCORDING TO THE APPROVAL OF ALLAH, NOT TO PEOPLE
Hazrat Ali (ra) says this about what the appearance of Hazrat Mahdi (as) will bring:
HE WILL NOT HEED PEOPLE’S INDIVIDUAL OPINIONS AND JUDGMENTS; HE WILL BEGIN ACTING BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE QUR’AN. (Mikyaal al-Makaarem Vol. 1, p. 81)
The days and nights will not end until a man from the Family of my House [Hazrat Mahdi (as)], who will easily prevent disorder and who will not be dissuaded from doing so even by threatened to be killed, appears. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 13)
"O lord of believers, tell us of your Mahdi (as)!" And the lord of believers said: "... HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL NOT FEAR WHEN DEATH COMES; he will not move away and turn his back when believers surround him; HE WILL HAVE NO FEARS WHEN WARRIORS OPPOSE HIM... HE IS GENEROUS AND BOLD...” (Kitab al-Ghayba, [Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 51], Ansariyan Publications, Collected by: Muhammad Baqir Majlisi, Iran-Qum, 2003, p. 184)
23. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL CONTINUE HIS INTELLECTUAL STRUGGLE UNTIL PEOPLE RETURN TO THE TRUE PATH
He will continue his struggle until people return to the truth. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 23)
Even if mountains rise up before him he will crush and cross them, and he will find a path for himself in those mountains. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 39)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be dedicated to his work. (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 175)
24. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL ACT VERY SWIFTLY
This will last for 7 years. But one year for him will be like 20 for you. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 44)
25. HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL MAKE VERY GOOD USE OF TECHNOLOGY
Hazrat Mahdi’s (as) followers will have the power to traverse the entire earth within moments. (Mikyaal al-Makaarem, vol:1, p. 144)
Imam Sadik (as) said: He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will stand between the Corner and the Station of Abraham and will call out in a loud voice: “O my representatives, my special friends, O THOSE WHOM ALLAH PREPARED IN THE WORLD IN ORDER TO HELP ME BEFORE I CAME, obey and come to me.” They WILL HEAR THE VOICE OF IMAM MAHDI (AS), WHETHER THEY ARE IN EAST OR WEST, AT HOME OR AT THE MAHRAP (THE NICHE IN A MOSQUE INDICATING THE DIRECTION OF MECCA). His voice alone WILL REACH THE EARS OF ALL OF THEM AND THEY WILL ALL MOVE TOWARD HIM. THEY WILL ALL ENTER HIS PRESENCE BEFORE MUCH TIME HAS PASSED, IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. This (great assemblage) will take place between the Corner and the Station of Abraham (before sunrise).” (Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 53, p. 7)
