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Imam Mahdi From Among the Descendants of The Prophet 1 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Imam Mahdi From Among the Descendants of The Prophet 1 2023-02-28 4834 Views Imam Al-Mahdi , The Twelfth Imam The hadiths reporting about Imam Mahdi are abundant. The main idea that runs through all of them suggests that the topic about the future coming of the Mahdi and Qa’im during the time of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) was well known.

Contents The Sunni Traditions on the Subject of the Mahdi The Objection Raised by One of the Authors In fact, the way these reports speak about the subject indicates that it was not something new which was being presented to the people. On the contrary, they relate the signs and characteristics of the person who would emerge as the Mahdi, as in the statement “the promised Mahdi will be among my descendants.” The following traditions reflect such a pattern in their presentation.

It is reported from Imam Ali b. Abi Talib who said: I asked the Prophet: “Is Mahdi going to be among our own family or from some other?” He replied: “He will be among us. God will conclude His religion through him, just as He began it with us. It will be through us that people will find refuge from sedition, just as it was through us that they were saved from polytheism.

Moreover, it will be through us that God will bring their hearts together in brotherhood following the animosity sown by the sedition, just as they were brought together in brotherhood in their religion after the animosity sown by polytheism.” (1) Abu Sa’id al-Khudari, a close associate of the Prophet says: I heard the Prophet declare from the pulpit: “The Mahdi from among my descendants, from my family, will rise at the End of Time, while the heavens will pour rain and the earth will bring forth green grass for him.

He will fill the earth with justice and equity as it is filled with tyranny and injustice. (2)” In another tradition from Umm Salma, the wife of the Prophet, there is even more specific information given to the community. The Prophet says: “Mahdi will be among my progeny, among the children of Fatima. ” (3) On another occasion, the Prophet said: The Qa’im will be among my descendants. His name will be my name and his patronymic will be my patronymic. His character will be like my own.

He will call people to my custom and to the Book of God.