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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Imam Al Mahdi, The Twelfth Khalifah In The Sahih Sunni Ahadith Finding The True Mahdi: He Is A Sinless Fatimid Imam ======================================================= It is without question that the Mahdi, ‘alaihi al-salam , is from the House of Muhammad, sallallahu ‘alaihi wa alihi . Imam Ibn Majah (d.
273 H) records: حدثنا عثمان بن أبي شيبة ثنا أبو داود الحفري ثنا ياسين عن إبراهيم ابن محمد بن الحنفية، عن أبيه، عن علي، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم"المهدى منا، أهل البيت، يصلحه الله في ليلة ". ‘Uthman b. Abi Shaybah – Abu Dawud al-Hafari – Yasin – Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyyah – his father – ‘Ali: The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: “ The Mahdi is from us, the . Allah will make him fit within a night.”[^1] Commenting on this riwayat , ‘Allamah al-Albani (d.
1420 H) declares: صحيح Sahih [^2] Obviously, the phrase “” in the hadith is a reference to that of the Prophet himself. Imam Abu Dawud (d. 275 H) also documents a witness, in this report about the Mahdi: حدثنا عثمان بن أبي شيبة ثنا الفضل بن دكين ثنا فطر عن القاسم بن أبي بزة عن أبي الطفيل عن علي رضي الله تعالى عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم قال "لو لم يبق من الدهر إلا يوم لبعث الله رجلا من أهل بيتي يملؤها عدلا كما ملئت جورا" ‘Uthman b. Abi Shaybah – al-Fadhl b. Dukayn – Fiṭr – al-Qasim b.
Abi Barzah – Abu al-Tufayl – ‘Ali, may Allah the Most High be pleased with him – the Prophet, peace be upon him: “Even if there remains only one more day left before the end of Time, Allah will surely SEND a man from MY AHL AL-BAYT . He will fill it with justice just as it had been filled with injustice.”[^3] ‘Allamah al-Albani says: صحيح Sahih ^4 Dr. al-Bastawi, commenting upon the same hadith , also states: إسناده صحيح.
Its chain is sahih .[^5] Therefore, the Mahdi’s membership of the of the Messenger is undisputable. As such, we can only look for him within the Prophetic Family of our Ummah , and nowhere else. With that, one can confidently declare that whosoever is not from the House of Muhammad is automatically disqualified from being the Awaited Imam.
Moreover, the Imam – being from the – is apparently one of those intended in this noble ayah : إنما يريد الله ليذهب عنكم الرجس أهل البيت ويطهركم تطهيرا Allah intends but only to keep impurity away from you, O , and to purify you absolutely.[^6] The above revelation – better known as the “Verse of Purification” - is part of the thirty-third ayah of Surah al-Ahzab .