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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Imam Al Mahdi, The Twelfth Khalifah In The Sahih Sunni Ahadith The Sunni Chase Of Shadows: The Mahdi And The Shi’i Communities =================================================================== We know already that the “Mahdi” being expected by most Sunni Muslims – one Muhammad b. ‘Abd Allah al-Hasani – will never come. There is no reliable hadith to establish his existence or his coming, even in the Sunni books!
As such, he is only a figment of their imagination. By contrast, the birth, existence and mission of the Mahdi, ‘alaihi al-salam , that the Shi’ah Imamiyyah and some from the Ahl al-Sunnah await is firmly established by sahih Shi’i ahadith . It is equally our belief that all the authentic Sunni reports on the Mahdi are references to him. One undeniable fact about the true Mahdi is that he will be upon the religion of the eleven Imams of the , ‘alaihim al-salam , before him.
There is simply no doubt about that. Imam al-Tirmidhi (d. 279 H) records: حدثنا نصر بن عبد الرحمن الكوفي حدثنا زيد بن الحسن هو الأنماطي عن جعفر بن محمد عن أبيه عن جابر بن عبد الله قال رأيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم في حجته يوم عرفة وهو على ناقته القصواء يخطب فسمعته يقول يا أيها الناس إني قد تركت فيكم ما إن أخذتم به لن تضلوا كتاب الله وعترتي أهل بيتي Nasr b. ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Kufi – Zayd b. al-Hasan al-Anmaṭi – Ja’far b. Muhammad – his father – Jabir b.
‘Abd Allah: I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, during his Hajj on the Day of ‘Arafat while he was on his camel, al-Qaswa, delivering a sermon, and I heard him saying: “ O mankind! I have left behind over you that which if you hold fast to it you will never go astray: the Book of Allah and MY OFFSPRING, my .”[^1] Al-Tirmidhi comments: وهذا حديث حسن غريب من هذا الوجه و زيد بن الحسن قد روى عنه سعيد بن سليمان وغير واحد من أهل العلم And this hadith is hasan gharib (i.e.
has a hasan chain) from this route . As for Zayd b. al-Hasan, Sa’id b. Sulayman and others from the people of knowledge have narrated from him. ^2 And ‘Allamah al-Albani (d. 1420 H) also says: صحيح Sahih . ^3 Meanwhile, Imam al-Mahdi himself is only from these same rightly guided offspring. Imam Abu Dawud (d.
275 H) has the hadith : حدثنا أحمد بن إبراهيم ثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الرقي ثنا أبو المليح الحسن بن عمر عن زياد بن بيان عن علي بن نفيل عن سعيد بن المسيب عن أم سلمة قالت سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم يقول " المهدي من عترتي من ولد فاطمة " Ahmad b. Ibrahim – ‘Abd Allah b.