HAZRAT MAHDI (PBUH) WILL NOT BE AFFILIATED TO ANY SECT, AND THE WHOLE WORLD WILL SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO HIM

Al-Harith ibn Mughirah al-Nasri says: I asked Imam Hussain, "How will the Imam be recognized?" ... ALSO BY THE PEOPLE’S NEED OF HIM AND BY HIS OWN NEED OF NOBODY...

(Ikd-ud Durar Fi Akhbar al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, page 41)