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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Promised Savior: An inquiry into the imamate of Imam Mahdi (as) from the viewpoint of Muslim thinkers Part 2: Counter-traditions There are traditions in some Sunni books that run counter to previous traditions successively reported from the Holy Prophet (S). Relying on such traditions and claiming that they are opposed to previous traditions, some try to undermine the authority of the previous successively reported traditions.

We will devote this part of our book to assessing such traditions in order to further enrich our discussion and remove the doubts about the doctrine of Mahdawiyyat (the belief in ultimate Savior), which is unanimously accepted by all Muslims. Let's now deal with these traditions. Mahdi is the same as Jesus In a tradition narrated by Sunnis, it is said that Mahdi is the same as Jesus Christ. This tradition is reported only by Ibn Maja.

According to him, Yunus bin Abdulali narrates from Muhammad bin Idris Shafi'ai from Ibn Khalid Janadi from Aban bin Salih from Hasan from Anas bin Malik who quotes the Holy Prophet (S) as saying: "The more the world gets advanced the more will be the problems. The situation will turn adverse and men will become more miserly.

Resurrection will happen at a time people are used to doing bad things and Mahdi is the same as Jesus Christ."[^1] Unauthentic tradition and unreliable narrators In our point of view, the traditions reported from Prophet's progeny and other traditions successively reported by Sunni narrators prove that this tradition is false. That is the reason why Hakim Nayshaburi, Bayhaqi and others have dealt with the said tradition as weak.[^2] 1.

Muhammad bin Khalid Janadi Moreover Sunni scholars have also criticized the narrators of the afore-mentioned tradition. According to them, Muhammad bin Khalid Janadi, is the only person who has narrated this tradition. That is why they have touched this tradition while dealing his biography.

Mazzi says that Muhammad bin Khalid Janadi and San'ani Mu'azzin have narrated from Aban bin Salih from Hasan from Anas who has said that Mahdi is the same as Jesus Christ… This tradition is recorded by Ibn Maja… According to Abu Bakr bin Ziyad this tradition is queer. According to him, Hafiz Abu Bakr Bayhaqi says that this tradition is reported only by Muhammad bin Khalid Janadi.