He will re-appear...

He will re-appear, when Allah allows him, to establish the Kingdom of God on earth. It will be near the end ot the world, when he will establish justice and equity in the world after it would have been devastated by injustice and oppression. Q. 36: HE WHO DIES WITHOUT KNOWING THE IMAM OF HIS TIME... Can you give me the full references to the quote on page 17 of the The Light (August, 1987): "He who dies without recognising the Imam of his age is like the one who died during the Jahiliyah." A.

It is a well known hadith, accepted both by the Sunnis and the Shi'as. For Shi'a books, please see 'Allama Majlisi's "Biharui-Anwar", 7th volume (Vol. 23 in the new printing in which original 25 volumes have been printed in 110 handy volumes), chapter 4: "Chapter of recognising the Imam, and that people shall not be excused if they discard the Wilayah; and that he who dies without recognising his Imam, or having doubt about him. dies the death of Jahiliyyah, disbelief and hyprocrisy".

There you will find more than 30 traditions to this effect narrated from the Prophet (s a.w.a.) and the Imams, in various words (New edition, vol. 23. p 76-95). As for the Sunnis references,at present I can give you the reference of Kanzul-Ummai,(by Mulla 'Ali al-Muttaqi, 5th ed.1985, Beirut), 1st Vol. p. 103, Hadith 'No.463 and 464. Hadith No.463:(Abdullah) ibn 'Umar narrates:'He who dies without (doing) bai'at dies the death of Jahiliyyah:" It is quoted from al-Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal.

No. 464: Mu'awiyah narrates: "He who dies without an Imam, dies the death of Jahiliyyah". It is quoted from al-Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and al-Mu'jam al-kabir of Imam at-Tabarani. Q. 37: WHO WILL KILL DAJJAL? In the book, "Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) is the last Prophet", it is mentioned that Hazrat 'Isa (a.s.) is the person who will chase and kill Dajjal. But in many of the books written by Shi'ite scholars, it is stated that this work will be done by Imam-e-Zaman (a.s.).

Kindly clarify this contradiction. A. As the said book deals with the Qadianis' beliefs, naturally most of the traditions and references have been given from the Sunni books; and their books refer to Hazrat 'Isa (a.s.) as the one who will kill Dajjal. However, it is not irreconcilable with most of the Shi'a traditions which say that the 12th Imam (a.s.) will kill Dajjal.