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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books An Overview of The Mahdi’s (‘atfs) Government The Uprising of the Imam of the Time (‘atfs) Tere are different hadith s regarding the day of the uprising of Hadrat al-Mahdi ( ‘atfs ). Some say, Nu Ruz (Iranian New Year) is the day when the uprising begins while others mention ‘Ashura’ (Muharram 10) as the day. A number of hadith s say Saturday while others say Friday as the day of the uprising.

There is no contradiction for it to be on Nu Ruz and ‘Ashura’ at the same time because the two are calculated based on the Islamic solar and lunar calendars respectively, and the occurence of these two occasions at the same time as well as their coincidence with either Friday or Saturday is possible. What seems problematic and contradictory is the mention of two days of the week (Friday and Saturday) as the day of the uprising.

This group of hadith s, however, can also be reconciled, for if we grant that the chains of transmission of the hadith s are authentic, then the hadith s that specify Friday as the day of advent ( zuhur ) allude to the day of the advent and uprising ( qiyam ) while those that specify Saturday can be interpreted to mean the day of the establishment and stabilization of the divine system and the subjugation of opponents.[^1] It must be stated that the hadith s that regard Saturday as the day of uprising are worthy of consideration in terms of the chains of transmission.

But from the same perspective the hadith s that mention Friday also do not present a problem. Now, let us draw our attention to the pertinent hadith s: • Imam as-Sadiq ( ‘a ) said: “The Qa’im of ours, the , will appear on Friday.”[^2] • Imam al-Baqir ( ‘a ) said: “It is as if I can see Hadrat Qa’im on Saturday on the day of ‘Ashura’ standing between Rukn and Maqam (Mecca) with Jibril (Archangel Gabriel) standing in front of him and calling on the people to pay allegiance to him.”[^3] • Imam al-Baqir ( ‘a ) also said: “Hadrat Qa’im ( ‘a ) will stage the uprising on Saturday on the day of ‘Ashura’, the day when Imam Husayn ( ‘a ) was martyred.”[^4] He ( ‘a ) also said: “Do you know what day—’Ashura’—is this?