Muhammad bin Talha Shafei Muhammad bin Talha bin Muhammad Qarashi Nasibi says...

Muhammad bin Talha Shafei Muhammad bin Talha bin Muhammad Qarashi Nasibi says: “Muhammad bin Hasan Khalis, son of Ali Mutawakkil, son of Muhammad Qane’, son of Ali ar-Reza, son of Musa Kazim, son of Ja’far Sadiq, son of Muhammad Baqir, son of Ali Zainul Abideen, son of Husain Zaki, son of Ali Murtada, son of Abu Talib is the Mahdi, the Hujjat (Proof), the Khalaf Salih (the righteous successor) and the awaited one, peace be upon him.” This is the righteous proof (Khalaf Salih) Allah indeed has helped him… He also said: “As for the place of his birth, it is Sar-man-rai (and he was born) on the 23rd of Shaban 258 A.H.” These sentences prove the belief of Muhammad bin Talha in the existence of His Eminence, Mahdi (a.s) on the basis of traditions and sayings of the Holy Prophet (a.s) regarding Imam Mahdi (a.s).

Ibne Arabi Muhyuddin Muhammad bin Ali known as Ibne Arabi Andulusi has explained the Imamate of His Eminence, Mahdi (a.s) and his birth. He says, “Mahdi will reappear in the last age and the Messenger of Allah (a.s) has prophesied about him, and he is from the purified Ahle Bayt (a.s) and from the lineage of Muhammad. Indeed the Imam is needful of a vizier. And upon the two of them the whole universe rotates.

You should know that the Almighty Allah has a Caliph who would reappear and fill the earth with justice and equity after it would have been filled with injustice and inequity. Even if a single day remains for the earth, the Almighty Allah will prolong this very day till this Caliph, who is from the Progeny of the Messenger of Allah and from the descendants of Fatima, reappears. The grandfather of this Caliph is Husain bin Ali bin Abi Talib and his respected father is Hasan Askari (a.s).

He shall have the same name as that of the Holy Prophet (a.s) and people would pay allegiance to him between Rukn and Maqam. In appearance he shall be like Allah’s Messenger and in manners slightly less than the Prophet, because no one could be equal to the Prophet. The Almighty Allah has said: ‘Indeed you are having lofty manners.’ He is having an illuminated forehead and a raised nose.

People would become fortunate through him and he would distribute wealth evenly among the people and establish justice. There would be such prosperity during his time that when a man comes and asks him for monetary help he would be given as much as he could lift. In his tenure bad manners and evil traits shall be transformed into amicable mannerisms.