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Awaited Imām
Mahdī (D)
Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
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Lah ore, Pakistan
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P reface 1
Se ction 1
Imām M ahdī (D) is t he true Imām and is 15
from the family of F ātimah ( !"$ %)ر(' ا
Se ction 2
The D ay of J udgment w ill not arrive before 18
the caliphate of Imām M ahdī (D)
Se ction 3
Imām M ahdī (D) and Economic J ust ice 22
Section 4
Imām M ahdī (D) and the Saints 25
Se ction 5
Imām M ahdī (D) as A llāh’s Caliph 29
Section 6
Imām M ahdī (D) and Is lamic D ominance 32
Section 7
Economic Prosperity and F air Distribution of 37
Wealt h
Section 8
Imām M ahdī (D) will be w elcomed w ith 43
Open Arms
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vi T he Aw ait ed Imā m Mahdī (D )
Se ction 9
P rophet ‘Īs ā (D) and Imām M ahdī (D) 46
Se ction 10
O bedience of Imām M ahdī (D) w ill be 52
Compulsory
Se ction 11
Circumst ances Surrounding Imām M ahdī’s 54
A rrival
Se ction 12
Imam M ahdī (D) as t he Last Caliph 57
G loss ary 65
Bibliography 69
Index t o H adīth and Athar (A rabic) 75
Index t o H adīth and Athar (English) 79
G eneral Index 83
c lar ify the stat us of ‘Alī (#) a s the op ener of the sp ir itua l
sover eignty an d the latter is de sign e d to descr ibe the
st atus of Im ām M ah dī ( #), the se al of sp ir itua l
sover eignty. T he m ain p urpo se is to r emove the do ubts
that have gathere d aro un d the issue an d to m ake the
M uslim s a war e of the rea lity. T he sp ir itual sover eignty of
‘ Alī an d M ah dī ( ا)'&م+,./12) a re p rove d by the a uthentic
had īth- book s of Ah l- us- Sunn ah wa l- Jamā ‘ah, in the form
of contin uo us tr a dition s, (that is, the re is un interr upte d
ev iden ce to en dor se th e so un dne ss o f the tr a dition s). In
the f ir st p amphlet I h ave inc lude d 51 tra dition s wh ich a re
f ull a uthentic ate d an d ref eren ce d. T he rea son for this
n um be r is that this ye ar I h ave complete d 51 ye ars of my
lif e. T herefor e, in or de r to ga in ble ssin gs I hav e h um bly
use d th is r elat ionsh ip a s wa sīlah ( interme diation ) in the
pr esence of ‘Alī ("), so th at this me a gre ef fort is
a cc epted. ( Āmīn)
In this p refa ce I want to c lar ify the thre e type s of
le ga cy ( inher itance ) han de d do wn by the Ho ly Prophet
( A):
i. T he sp irit ua l inher itanc e of ‘ un apparent
suc ce ssion’ (sp ir itual khilāfah ).
ii. T he politic al inh eritan ce of ‘extern al ca liph ate.’
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iii. T he gen era l inher itance of ‘r eligio us ca liph ate.’
T he fir st form of inher itance wa s giv en to the
ii. T he secon d hor izon is for the spir itual inh eritan ce
of the Prophet (A) .
iii. T he th ir d horizon is for the e duc ationa l an d
pr actic al inh eritan ce of the Prophet ( A).
• T he po litica l inh er itance of the Prophet (A) wa s
kno wn a s kh ilā fah rāsh idah (the r ightly- guide d
c aliphate) .
• T he sp ir itua l inh er itance of the Prophet (A) wa s
kno wn a s wilāyah ( spir itual sover eignty) an d imāmah
( sp irit ua l lea der ship) .
• T he e ducation al an d pr actica l inh er itance of the
Prophet (A) cam e to be kno wn a s guidanc e an d
hone sty.
T herefor e, the f ir st r ec ipient of po litica l inh eritan ce
wa s Abū Bakr a s- Siddīq ( "), the f ir st r ec ipient of
spirit ua l inh er itance wa s ‘Alī a l-M urta dā ("), an d the f irst
r ecip ient s of e ducation al an d pra ctic al inher itanc e we re
the Comp anion s (!). So all of th em wer e imme diate
c aliph s (h ea ds o f the ir p artic ular c ate gorie s). T her e is no
form of contr a dict ion or r iva lry bet ween the three .
T he se con d important po int to be noted is that the tr ue
st atus of the thr ee dif fer s with re gar ds to var io us issue s,
such a s:
1. ‘ Externa l c aliphate’ is the po lit ica l off ic e of Islam .
T he ‘ un appar ent ca liphate’ is exc lusiv ely a
spirit ua l off ice .
2. T h e ‘ externa l ca liph ate’ is an e le ctive an d
con sultative p roce ss.
T he ‘ unapp arent ca liph ate’ is an inher ent an d
se lect ive act.
3. T he ‘ externa l’ c aliph is e le cted by the p eople .
T he ‘ unapp arent’ ca liph is se lecte d by Go d.
4. T he po litica l c aliph is e lecte d.
T he spir itual ca liph is sele cte d.
5. T h is is the re ason that the fir st ca liph Abū Bakr a s-
Siddīq (") wa s e le cte d on the ba sis o f ‘Um ar Fār ūq’ s
(") p roposal an d the con sensus of the majo rity of the
p ublic . But the e le ction of the fir st Imām of sp ir itua l
6 T he Aw ait ed Imā m Mahdī (D )
Secti on 1
Imām Mahdī (D ) is the true Imām and is
from the family o f Fātimah ( !"$ %) ر(' ا
ﺴﻤﻌﺕ ﺃﻡ ﺴﻠﻤﺔ ﺭﻀﻲ ﺍﷲ: ﻋﻥ ﺴﻌﻴﺩ ﺒﻥ ﺍﻝﻤﺴﻴﺏ ﻴﻘﻭل.1
ﺴﻤﻌﺕ ﺍﻝﻨﺒﻲ ﺼﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺁﻝﻪ ﻭﺴﻠﻡ ﻴﺫﻜﺭ:ﻋﻨﻬﺎ ﺘﻘﻭل
. ﻫﻭ ﺤﻕ ﻭﻫﻭ ﻤﻥ ﺒﻨﻲ ﻓﺎﻁﻤﺔ, ﻨﻌﻡ: ﻓﻘﺎل,ﺍﻝﻤﻬﺩﻱ
“ Sa ‘īd ibn M usayya b r elate s that he h ear d Umm
Sa lamah ( !"$ % )ر(' اsay: I h ear d the M essen ger of Allāh
( A) m ention Mah dī. He said: y es, M ah dī is th e T ruth
(that is, his appear anc e is tr ue an d immin ent) an d h e will
be from the fam ily o f Fātimah .”1
ibn Khay lān, a ske d the Me ssen ger o f Allāh (A) : who
will be the Imām of the M uslim s at that time ? He ( A)
r eplie d: that pe rson will be from (my) ch ildr en an d he will
be forty ye ar s o ld. His f ac e will be br ight like a star an d
there will be a black bea uty spot on his r ight che ek, an d
he will be dre sse d in t wo cotton go wn s an d it will seem a s
tho ugh h e is exa ctly like one of the Ch ildren of I sra el. He
will r ule for t en ye ar s, discov er tre asure s fro m ben eath the
e arth an d con quer the c itie s r ule d by the po lytheists. ”1
Secti on 2
The Day o f J udgment will not arrive
be fore the caliphate o f Imām M ahdī (D)
ﻗﺎل ﺭﺴﻭل ﺍﷲ ﺼﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ: ﻗﺎل, ﻋﻥ ﻋﺒﺩ ﺍﷲ ﺭﻀﻲ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻨﻪ.7
ﻻ ﺘﺫﻫﺏ ﺍﻝﺩﻨﻴﺎ ﺤﺘﻰ ﻴﻤﻠﻙ ﺍﻝﻌﺭﺏ ﺭﺠل ﻤﻥ ﺃﻫل: ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺁﻝﻪ ﻭﺴﻠﻡ
. ﻴﻭﺍﻁﺊ ﺍﺴﻤﻪ ﺍﺴﻤﻲ,ﺒﻴﺘﻲ
“ Related by ‘Abdullāh ibn Ma s‘ ūd ( 3!"$ % )ر(' اthat
the Me ssen ger o f Allāh’ (A) sa id: the wor ld will not
se ize to exist until someon e from my fam ily be come s the
k in g of Ara bia whose nam e will be the same a s my n ame
( ie M uhamm a d).”1
Secti on 3
Imām Mahdī (D ) and Econo mic Justice
ﻗﺎل ﺭﺴﻭل ﺍﷲ: ﻗﺎل, ﻋﻥ ﺃﺒﻲ ﺴﻌﻴﺩ ﺍﻝﺨﺩﺭﻱ ﺭﻀﻲ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻨﻪ.14
ﺃﺠﻠﻰ ﺍﻝﺠﺒﻬﺔ ﺃﻗﻨﻰ, ﺍﻝﻤﻬﺩﻱ ﻤﻨﻲ:ﺼﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺁﻝﻪ ﻭﺴﻠﻡ
ﻭﻴﻤﻠﻙ, ﻴﻤﻸ ﺍﻷﺭﺽ ﻗﺴﻁﺎ ﻭﻋﺩﻻ ﻜﻤﺎ ﻤﻠﺌﺕ ﻅﻠﻤﺎ ﻭ ﺠﻭﺭﺍ:ﺍﻷﻨﻑ
.ﺴﺒﻊ ﺴﻨﻴﻥ
“ Abū Sa‘īd Kh udr ī ( ) narr ate s that the Me ssen ger of
Allāh (A) sa id: Mah dī will be from m e (ie from my
f amily), his fa ce will be br ight an d shin in g an d his no se
will be po inte d an d h igh. He will f ill the e arth with justice
an d fa irne ss just a s before him it wa s f ille d with tyranny
an d opp re ssion. ( Me anin g that befor e the ca liphate of
M ah dī, ty ranny an d exp lo itation sha ll re ign suprem e in the
wo rld an d the re will not be the slightest trac e of justice
an d e quity.)”1
Section 4
Imām Mahdī (D ) and the Saints
ﻗﺎل ﺭﺴﻭل ﺍﷲ ﺼﻠﻰ: ﻗﺎﻝﺕ, ﻋﻥ ﺃﻡ ﺴﻠﻤﺔ ﺭﻀﻲ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻨﻬﺎ.18
ﻴﺒﺎﻴﻊ ﻝﺭﺠل ﻤ ﻥ ﺃﻤﺘﻲ ﺒﻴﻥ ﺍﻝﺭﻜ ﻥ ﻭﺍﻝﻤﻘﺎﻡ: ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺁﻝﻪ ﻭﺴﻠﻡ
. ﻓﻴﺄﺘﻴﻪ ﻋﺼﺏ ﺍﻝﻌﺭﺍﻕ ﻭﺃﺒﺩﺍل ﺍﻝﺸﺎﻡ,ﻜﻌﺩﺓ ﺃﻫل ﺒﺩﺭ
“ Umm Sa lamah ( !" $ % )ر(' اn arrate s that M essen ger
of Allāh (A) sa id: P eople exact ly e qual in n um be r to the
Compan ion s of Ba dr (ie 313) will tak e the oath of
a lle gianc e on the han d of a pe rson from my Ummah
(M ah dī) bet ween the Black Ston e an d the Station of
I br āhīm (maqām Ib rāhīm). Later on, the saint s o f I ra q an d
the abdā l ( Substit ute s) of Syria will also com e to him (to
give the o ath of a lle gianc e).”1
Secti on 5
Imām Mahdī (D ) as Allāh’s Caliph
ﻗﺎل ﺭﺴﻭل ﺍﷲ ﺼﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ: ﻗﺎل, ﻋﻥ ﺜﻭﺒﺎﻥ ﺭﻀﻲ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻨﻪ.22
ﺜﻡ ﻻ, ﻴﻘﺘﺘل ﻋﻨﺩ ﻜﻨﺯﻜﻡ ﺜﻼﺜﺔ ﻜﻠﻬﻡ ﺍﺒﻥ ﺨﻠﻴﻔﺔ:ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺁﻝﻪ ﻭﺴﻠﻡ
, ﺜﻡ ﺘﻁﻠﻊ ﺍﻝﺭﺍﻴﺎﺕ ﺍﻝﺴﻭﺩ ﻤﻥ ﻗﺒل ﺍﻝﻤﺸﺭﻕ, ﻴﺼﻴﺭ ﺇﻝﻰ ﻭﺍﺤﺩ ﻤﻨﻬﻡ
. ﻓﻴﻘﺘﻠﻭﻨﻜﻡ ﻗﺘﻼ ﻝﻡ ﻴﻘﺘﻠﻪ ﻗﻭﻡ
ﻓﺈﺫﺍ ﺭﺃﻴﺘﻤﻭﻩ ﻓﺒﺎﻴﻌﻭﻩ ﻭﻝﻭ ﺤﺒﻭﺍ: ﻓﻘﺎل, ﺜﻡ ﺫﻜﺭ ﺸﻴﺌﺎ ﻻ ﺃﺤﻔﻅﻪ
. ﻓﺈﻨﻪ ﺨﻠﻴﻔﺔ ﺍﷲ ﺍﻝﻤﻬﺩﻱ,ﻋﻠﻰ ﺍﻝﺜﻠﺞ
“ T hawbān ( ) narr ate s that the Me ssen ger of Allāh
(A) sa id: T hre e per son s will wa ge war nea r yo ur
trea sur e. All thr ee will be son s of the ca liph an d yet this
trea sur e will not be tran sf erre d to anyone of them . T hen
black f la gs will appea r fro m the ea st an d they will wa ge
wa r on yo u with such inten sity that no nat ion ha d wa ge d
wa r with such a ggre ssion befor e.
“ (T ha wbān ( ) say s:) then the M e ssen ger of Allāh
(A) sa id som ethin g ( wh ich I co uld not rem em ber .) T hen
the Prophet (A) said: when yo u p eople see h im, yo u
sho uld take the oath of a lle gian ce on his han d ev en if yo u
hav e to come dr a ggin g on sno w. In de e d h e will be the
Ca liph of Allāh, Mah dī.”1
Section 6
Imām Mahdī (D) and Islamic Dominance
spe cia l super ior ity which was not po sse sse d by anyone
be fore them no r will anyon e po sse ss it after them. T he
n um be r o f the p eople in this party will be the same a s the
Compan ion s of T ā lūt who ha d cro sse d th e ( Jor dan) cana l
in the comp any of T ā lūt.
“ Abū T uf ayl say s that M uhamm a d ibn Hanaf iyyah
a sk e d the a udienc e: Do yo u inten d to jo in th is party? I
sa id: ye s. He sa id, po intin g to war d the t wo p illars (of
Ka‘ bah ): T he appe aran ce o f c aliph Mah dī will tak e p la ce
bet ween them. At this, Abū T uf ayl said: By Go d! I shall
not leave them durin g my whole life . (T he n arr ator says) :
a ccor din gly , the death of Abū T uf ayl took p la ce in
M akkah. ”1
Section 7
Econo mic Pros perity and Fair
Distribution o f We alth
who controls my life! Certa inly , the dom inan ce (of I slam)
will r eturn (that is, I slam will r ec aptur e it s lo st glo ry an d
r etriev e it s status dur in g h is re ign). ”1
1
. Hākim graded it sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of
Muslim in al-Mustadrak (4:454 # 8400), while Dhahabī kept quiet
about it.
Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:316) that B azzār had
related it, and its men are those of (sahīh) sound hadīth.
Ibn Hammād narrated it in al-Fitan (1:362 # 1055); Suyūtī,
ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’thūr (6:56); and B ayhaqī in
Dalā’il-un-nubuwwah (6:330,331).
Muslim related it with di fferent words in as-Sahīh, b. of fitan
wa ashrāt-us-sā‘ah (turmoils and conditions of the Last Hour)
4:2234 (#67/2913); Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (3:317); Hindī,
Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:263 # 38659); and Ibn Kathīr in al-Bidāyah
wan-nihāyah (4:599; 10:44).
2. Tabarānī related it in al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (6:193 # 5402).
Section 8
Imām Mahdī (D ) will be welco med with
Open Arms
ﺤﺩﺜﻨﻲ ﻓ ﻼﻥ ﺭﺠل ﻤﻥ ﺃﺼﺤﺎﺏ ﺍﻝﻨﺒﻲ: ﻗﺎل,ﻋﻥ ﻤﺠﺎﻫﺩ .37
ﺃﻥ ﺍﻝﻤﻬﺩﻱ ﻻ ﻴﺨﺭﺝ ﺤﺘﻰ ﺘﻘﺘل:ﺼﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺁﻝﻪ ﻭﺴﻠﻡ
ﻓﺈﺫﺍ ﻗﺘﻠﺕ ﺍﻝﻨﻔﺱ ﺍﻝﺯﻜﻴﺔ ﻏﻀﺏ ﻋﻠﻴﻬﻡ ﻤﻥ ﻓﻲ,ﺍﻝﻨﻔﺱ ﺍﻝﺯﻜﻴﺔ
ﻓﺯﻓﻭﻩ ﻜﻤﺎ ﺘﺯﻑ, ﻓﺄﺘﻰ ﺍﻝﻨﺎﺱ ﺍﻝﻤﻬﺩﻱ,ﺍﻝﺴﻤﺎﺀ ﻭﻤﻥ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻷﺭﺽ
ﻭﻫﻭ ﻴﻤﻸ ﺍﻷﺭﺽ ﻗﺴﻁﺎ,ﺍﻝﻌﺭﻭﺱ ﺇﻝﻰ ﺯﻭﺠﻬﺎ ﻝﻴﻠﺔ ﻋﺭﺴﻬﺎ
ﻭﺘﻨﻌﻡ ﺃﻤﺘﻲ, ﻭﻋﺩﻻ ﻭﺘﺨﺭﺝ ﺍﻷﺭﺽ ﻨﺒﺎﺘﻬﺎ ﻭﺘﻤﻁﺭ ﺍﻝﺴﻤﺎﺀ ﻤﻁﺭﻫﺎ
. ﻓﻲ ﻭﻻﻴﺘﻪ ﻨﻌﻤﺔ ﻝﻡ ﺘﻨﻌﻤﻬﺎ ﻗﻁ
“ (T he famo us tab i‘ ī ( Suc ce ssor)) M ujāh id h as na rrate d
that a Comp anion sa id: (T he ca liph) M ah dī will appe ar
a fter the m ur der of ‘Naf s Zak iyyah’ . When ‘ Naf s
Z akiyy ah’ is m ur der e d, those in the heav en s an d the earth
will be an gry with the m ur derer s. Later, the p eople will
com e to Mah dī an d br in g him ( with gr eat pomp an d sho w)
a s the br ide is carr ie d to her groom on we ddin g night. He
will fill th e e arth with e quity an d justice . ( Durin g his
c aliphate) the ea rth will gro w it s crop s as the sk ie s po ur
do wn p lenty o f rain . Dur in g h is r ule my Ummah will be
ble sse d with so many favo ur s that it ha s nev er been
ble sse d before. ”1
Ne ce ssary Clarification: A m an kno wn as Naf s
Z akiyy ah wa s M uhamma d ibn ‘ Abdullāh ibn
Husse in ibn ‘ Alī ibn Abī T ālib who r evolte d
a gain st Abbasid c aliph M an sūr in 145 AH an d wa s
ma rtyre d. T he tra dit ion do es not r efer to h im. He re
Naf s Z akiyy ah stan ds for some other sa int who
will come befor e Imām Mah dī.
Secti on 9
Prophet ‘Īs ā (D) and Imām M ahdī (D)
ﻗﺎل ﺭﺴﻭل ﺍﷲ: ﻗﺎل,ﻋﻥ ﺃﺒﻲ ﻫﺭﻴﺭﺓ ﺭﻀﻲ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻨﻪ .40
, ﻜﻴﻑ ﺃﻨﺘﻡ ﺇﺫﺍ ﻨﺯل ﺍﺒﻥ ﻤﺭﻴﻡ ﻓﻴﻜﻡ:ﺼﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺁﻝﻪ ﻭﺴﻠﻡ
. ﻭﺇﻤﺎﻤﻜﻡ ﻤﻨﻜﻡ
“ Abū Huray rah ( ) h a s na rrate d that the M e ssen ger of
Allāh (A) said: what will be the state (o f yo ur joy ) at
the time wh en ‘ Īsā ibn Mary am will descen d (from the
he aven s) an d yo ur Imām will be f rom amon g yo u.”1
Ex planation: It me ans that ‘Ī sā (D ), at the t ime
of descent, will o ffer h is pray er s in con gr e gation
but he himself will not be the Imām but a mem ber
of the Um mah, that is, c aliph M ah dī. Acco r din gly,
I bn Ha jar ‘Asqalānī with refe renc e to Abū a l-
Ha ssan Āburrī’ s Manāq ib a sh-Shāfi‘ ī wr ite s: the re
a re contin uo us tr a dition s in its support an d ‘Ī sā
(D) will offe r one praye r beh in d c aliph M ah dī.2
ﺃﺨﺒﺭﻨﻲ ﺃﺒﻭ ﺍﻝﺯﺒﻴﺭ؛ ﺃﻨﻪ ﺴﻤﻊ ﺠﺎﺒﺭ: ﻗﺎل,ﻋﻥ ﺍﺒﻥ ﺠﺭﻴﺞ .41
ﺴﻤﻌﺕ ﺍﻝﻨﺒﻲ ﺼﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ:ﺒﻥ ﻋﺒﺩ ﺍﷲ ﺭﻀﻲ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ ﻴﻘﻭل
ﻻ ﺘﺯﺍل ﻁﺎﺌﻔﺔ ﻤﻥ ﺃﻤﺘﻲ ﻴﻘﺎﺘﻠﻭﻥ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺍﻝﺤﻕ: ﻭﺁﻝﻪ ﻭﺴﻠﻡ ﻴﻘﻭل
h is h air. At that tim e Mah dī, a ddr e ssin g him , will say :
p lea se come for war d an d le a d the peop le in pray er.
Prophet ‘ Īsā will say : the iqāmah wa s sa id for yo u;
there fore, yo u will lea d the pr ayer. Ac cor din gly, ‘ Īsā will
off er this pr ayer beh in d a m an from my f amily (M ah dī).”1
Secti on 10
Obedience of Imām Mahdī (D ) will be
Co mpulsory
ﺒﻠﻐﻨﻲ ﺃﻥ ﺭﺴﻭل ﺍﷲ ﺼﻠﻰ: ﻗﺎل,ﻋﻥ ﺸﻬﺭ ﺒﻥ ﺤﻭﺸﺏ .49
: ﻓﻲ ﺍﻝﻤﺤﺭﻡ ﻴﻨﺎﺩﻱ ﻤﻨﺎﺩﻯ ﻤﻥ ﺍﻝﺴﻤﺎﺀ:ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺁﻝﻪ ﻭﺴﻠﻡ ﻗﺎل
ﻓ ﻲ, ﻓﺎﺴﻤﻌﻤﻭﺍ ﻝﻪ ﻭﺃﻁﻴﻌﻭﺍ,ﺃﻻ! ﺇﻥ ﺼﻔﻭﺓ ﺍﷲ ﻤﻥ ﺨﻠﻔﻪ ﻓﻼﻥ
. ﺴﻨﺔ ﺍﻝﺼﻭﺕ ﻭﺍﻝﻤﻌﻤﻌﺔ
“ Shah r ibn Ha wsha b ( ) n arrate s that the M essen ger
of Allāh (A) said: In (the month of) M uh arra m, an
anno un cer will ca ll o ut from the heav en: be ware ! Sure ly,
( be inform e d that) such a pe rson h as be en cho sen by
Allāh, so listen to h im an d o bey him dur in g the ye ar of
upro ar an d turmo il.”1
“ ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Uma r ('(*+ - . ا01 )رn arr ates that the
M essen ger of Allāh (A) said: Mah dī will come an d the re
will be a t ur ban on h is hea d. T here will be an anno unc er
who will pro claim : this is M ah dī, Allāh’ s c aliph, so fo llo w
an d o bey h im. ”1
Secti on 11
Circumstances Surro unding Imām
M ahdī’s Arriv al
ﺒﻠﻐﻨﻲ ﺃﻨﻪ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻴﺩﻱ ﺍﻝﻤﻬﺩﻱ: ﻋﻥ ﺴﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ ﺒﻥ ﻋﻴﺴﻰ ﻗﺎل .52
ﻓﻴﻭﻀﻊ, ﻴﻅﻬﺭ ﺘﺎﺒﻭﺕ ﺍﻝﺴﻜﻴﻨﺔ ﻤﻥ ﺒﺤﻴﺭﺓ ﺍﻝﻁﺒﺭﻴﺔ ﺤﺘﻰ ﻴﺤﻤل
ﺒﻴﻥ ﻴﺩﻴﻪ ﺒﻴﺕ ﺍﻝﻤﻘﺩﺱ ﻓﺈﺫﺍ ﻨﻅﺭﺕ ﺇﻝﻴﻪ ﺍﻝﻴﻬﻭﺩ ﺃﺴﻠﻤﺕ ﺇﻻ ﻗﻠﻴﻼ
.ﻤﻨﻬﻡ
“ Related by Sulaymān ibn ‘Ī sā ('(*+ - . ا01)ر: I wa s
informe d that the Ark of the Covenant will eme r ge from
T a bar iyyah Sea thro ugh the efforts of Imām Mah dī. It will
be p lac e d befor e him at the Sa cre d Ho use. When the Je ws
will se e this (Ark) , a ll of them except a f e w will em bra ce
I slam. ”1
ﺍﻷﻭﻝﻰ ﻓﻲ, ﺘﻜﻭﻥ ﻓﺘﻨﺔ ﺒﻌﺩﻫﺎ ﻓﺘﻨﺔ: ﻗﺎل, ﻋﻥ ﺃﺒﻲ ﺍﻝﺠﻠﺩ .56
ﺜﻡ ﺘﻜﻭﻥ ﺒﻌﺩ ﺫﻝﻙ ﻓﺘﻨﺔ,ﺍﻵﺨﺭﺓ ﻜﺜﻤﺭﺓ ﺍﻝﺴﻭﻁ ﻴﺘﺒﻌﻬﺎ ﺫﺒﺎﺏ ﺍﻝﺴﻴﻑ
ﺜﻡ ﺘﺄﺘﻲ ﺍﻝﺨﻼﻓﺔ ﺨﻴﺭ ﺃﻫل ﺍﻷﺭﺽ, ﺘ ﺴﺘﺤل ﻓﻴﻬﺎ ﺍﻝﻤﺤﺎﺭﻡ ﻜﻠﻬﺎ
.ﻭﻫﻭ ﻗﺎﻋﺩ ﻓﻲ ﺒﻴﺘﻪ ﻫﻨﻴﺎ
“ Abū Jala d ( ) n arrate s: a disr uption will ar ise wh ich
will be fo llo we d by anothe r disr uption. T he fir st will be
r elate d to the se con d disr uption a s the lac e is jo ine d to its
wh ip (me anin g they will be c lo se ly r elate d, either the
se con d will imm e diate ly fo llo w the fir st o r their content
will be similar ). T hen ther e will be the ( disr uption of)
swor ds. It will be fo llo we d by another disr uption in wh ich
a ll for bidden th in gs will be dec lar e d pe rmissible . T hen the
c aliphate will come a bo ut, thro ugh the be st per son
amon gst the peop le. If will come a bo ut wh ilst he is sittin g
at hom e.”3
Secti on 12
Imam Mahdī (D ) as the Last Caliph
ﺴﻤﻌﺕ ﺭﺴﻭل: ﻗﺎل,ﻋﻥ ﺠﺎﺒﺭ ﺒﻥ ﺴﻤﺭﺓ ﺭﻀﻲ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻨﻪ .58
ﻻ ﻴﺯﺍل ﻫﺫﺍ ﺍﻝﺩﻴﻥ ﻗﺎﺌﻤﺎ:ﺍﷲ ﺼﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺁﻝﻪ ﻭﺴﻠﻡ ﻴﻘﻭل
. ﻜﻠﻬﻡ ﺘﺠﺘﻤﻊ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﺍﻷﻤﺔ,ﺤﺘﻰ ﻴﻜﻭﻥ ﻋﻠﻴﻜﻡ ﺍﺜﻨﺎ ﻋﺸﺭ ﺨﻠﻴﻔﺔ
ﻓﺴﻤﻌﺕ ﻜﻼﻤﺎ ﻤﻥ ﺍﻝﻨﺒﻲ ﺼﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺁﻝﻪ ﻭﺴﻠﻡ ﻝﻡ
. ﻜﻠﻬﻡ ﻤﻥ ﻗﺭﻴﺵ: ﻤﺎ ﻴﻘﻭل؟ ﻗﺎل: ﻓ ﻘﻠﺕ ﻷﺒﻲ,ﺃﻓﻬﻤﻪ
“ It is narr ate d by Jā bir ibn Sam urah ( ) : I h ear d the
M essen ger o f Allāh (A) say : I slam will rema in
e sta blishe d until t we lve ca liph s h ave r ule d over yo u. T he
Ummah will be un ite d on all of them .
“ T hen I hear d the Prophet (A) say (som ethin g)
wh ich I co uld not un der stan d. I a ske d my f ather: wh at is
he sayin g? He told m e that he h a d sa id: a ll (the t we lve
c aliph s) will be from the Qur ay sh.”1
1
. Suyūtī narrated it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:64); Tabarānī, al-
Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (10:133, 135 # 10216, 10224); Dānī, as-Sunan-
ul-wāridah fil-fitan (5:1055 # 572); Haythamī, Mawārid-uz-
zam’ān (6:129 # 1877); and Hindī in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:269 #
38683).
Haythamī also narrated it through Abū Hu ray arah (rt a) in
Mawārid-uz-zam’ān (6:128 # 1876).
Suyūtī narrated it with a di fference of words at another place
in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:58).
69
70 T he Aw ait ed Imā m Mahdī (D )
75
76 ) T he Aw ait ed Imā m Mahdī (D
46 ﻜﻴﻑ ﺃﻨﺘﻡ ﺇﺫﺍ ﻨﺯل ﺍﺒﻥ ﻤﺭﻴﻡ ﻓﻴﻜﻡ ,ﻭﺇﻤﺎﻤﻜﻡ ﻤﻨﻜﻡ.
44, 60 ﻻ ,ﺒل ﻤﻨﺎ ,ﻴﺨﺘﻡ ﺍﷲ ﺒﻪ ﺍﻝﺩﻴﻥ ﻜﻤﺎ ﻓﺘﺢ ﺒﻨﺎ.
57, 58 ﻻ ﻴﺯﺍل ﻫﺫﺍ ﺍﻝﺩﻴﻥ ﻋﺯﻴﺯﺍ ﺇﻝﻰ ﺍﺜﻨﻲ ﻋﺸﺭ ﺨﻠﻴﻔﺔ.
52 ﻤﻥ ﻜﺫﺏ ﺒﺎﻝﺩﺠﺎل ﻓﻘﺩ ﻜﻔﺭ ,ﻭﻤﻥ ﻜﺫﺏ ﺒﺎﻝﻤﻬﺩﻱ .
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40, 44 ﻴﻜﻭﻥ ﻓﻲ ﺃﻤﺘﻰ ﺍﻝﻤﻬﺩﻱ ,ﺇﻥ ﻗﺼﺭ ﻓﺴﺒﻊ ﻭﺇﻻ ﻓﺜﻤﺎﻥ.
gr ain.
T he Ar a bs will be in small n um ber. 49
T he Day of Judgement will not com e until a 35
pe rson .
T he Day of Judgm ent will not come until the 20
e arth is f ille d with tyranny.
T he e arth will be fille d with tyranny an d 22
oppr ession.
T he nam e of Mah dī will be M uha mma d. 17
T he sign o f that day will be that a han d will 60
be seen.
T he time is n ear when the riv er E uph rate s. 30
T he wor ld will not seize to ex ist unt il 18
someon e from my fam ily.
T here will be a c aliph in my Ummah who 35, 39,
will genero usly. 62
T here will be a pe rson from this Ummah an d 50
‘Ī sā
T here will be diff eren ce of opin ion ove r the 27
de ath of the caliph.
T here will be Mah dī in my Um mah. 40, 41,
42, 44
T here will be p ea ce bet ween yo u an d Rom e 16
fo ur time s.
T his dīn will r ema in domin ant till the t welv e 58
c aliph s
T hree p er son s will wa ge wa r ne ar yo ur 29
trea sur e.
Unt il t welv e c aliph s hav e pa sse d on whom 58
this Ummah will unite.
We , the ch ildren of ‘Abd- ul-M uttalib. 15
What will be the state (of yo ur joy) at the 46
tim e wh en ‘Ī sā
When Islam (ie the state of the Umm ah) 48
be come s weak .
When Mah dī will appea r. 50
When Sufy ān’ s (a rmy) an d Mah dī’ s a rmy 60
will fac e e ach other .
82 T he Aw ait ed Imā m Mahdī (D )
Bay dā’, 26 , 28
Black Stone, 25 , 28
Ca liph , 5, 6, 18, 19, 20, 23, 26, 27 , 29 , 31, 32, 33, 35, 37,
39, 43, 53, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63
Ca liph ate, 2 , 5, 6, 7, 18 , 24, 26, 27 , 28, 37, 38, 39 , 40, 43,
55
Compan ion s, 2, 4, 5
con sensus, 5
Dajjā l, 48 , 52, 61
Day of Judgement, 1, 20, 35, 46, 59
Democr acy, 6
E le ction, 5
E uphr ates, 30
Fātim ah (%()+ , ا./)ر, 11, 15, 16, 19, 33, 59
Fin ality of me ssen ger ship, 4
gen era l inher itance , 2
Gh a dīr Kh um , 1, 6
Gh a wth- ul-A‘ zam, 9
Hamz ah ( ) , 15
Ha ssan ( ) , 11, 15 , 33
Hā shim, 27
Hera clius, 16
Ho ly Ho use ( Bayt- ul-M uqa dda s), 34
Hudh ayfah ( ), 31, 50
Husse in ( ), 11, 15, 33
I bn Jur ayh, 47
Im ām, 5 , 11, 12, 13, 18, 22 , 25, 43, 46, 48, 49 , 54, 56, 58,
59, 60, 61
imāmah, see spir itual Le a der ship
interme diation, 2, 11
iqāmah, 49, 51
Ir a q, 25
‘Ī sā ibn Mary am (م8 9; ا%&(< >+ ), 46 , 47, 48 , 49, 50 , 51
I slamic dom inan ce, 32 , 35, 40 , 45, 57 , 60
Ja‘f ar ( ), 15
Jā bir ibn ‘ Abdullāh (%&() + , ا./ )ر, 19, 35, 39, 46, 48, 52,
62
General Index 85
Arabic Books
1 a t-Ta ssa wa r-ul- Islāmī li- tab ī‘at- il-basha riy yah
2 Nahj-ut- ta rbiyyat-il-ijtimā‘iyyah fil- Qur’ān
3 a t-Ta ssa wa r-ut- ta sh rī‘ ī lil-hukm-il-I slāmī
4 Fa lsafa t-ul-ijtihād wal-‘ālim-ul-mu‘ sir
5 a l-Ja rīmah fil- fiqh- il-Islāmī
6 Minhā j-ul-khu tbāt lil-‘ īdayn wa l- jumu‘āt
7 Qa wā‘ id-u l-iq tisād fil- Islām
8 a l-Iqtisād-ul-arba wī wan-n izām-u l-misr fil- Islām
Englis h Books
9 ‘I rfān-ul-Qu r’ān (pa rt-1)
10 S īra t-u r-Ra sū l, vo l.1
11 The Ghadīr Dec la ration
12 B esee ching fo r Help (I stighāthah)
13 I slamic Conc ept of Inte rmed iation (T a wassul)
14 R eal Islamic Faith and the P rophet’s Sta tu re
15 Gree ting s and Sa luta tions on th e P rophe t ( A)
16 Sp iritua lism and Magne tism
17 I slamic Ph ilo soph y of Human Life
18 I slam in Va rious Pe rspe ctive s
19 I slam and Ch ristianity
20 I slam and Criminality
21 Qu r’ān ic Con cep t o f Human Gu idanc e
22 I slamic Conc ept of Human Na tu re
23 Div ine Plea sure
24 Qu r’ān ic Philo sophy o f B enevo len ce (Ih sān)
25 I slam and Freedom of Human Will
26 I slamic P enal Sy stem and its Ph ilo sophy
27 I slamic Conc ept of La w
28 Ph ilo sophy of Ijtihād and th e Mode rn Wo rld
29 Qu r’ān ic Ba sis o f Con stitu tiona l Theo ry
30 I slam — Th e S tate Re lig ion
31 Lega l Chara cte r of I slamic Punishmen ts
32 Lega l Stru ctu re o f I slamic Punishments
33 Cla ssifica tion o f I slamic Punishments
34 I slamic Ph ilo soph y of Punishmen ts
35 I slamic Conc ept of Crime
36 Qu r’ān on Creation and Expan sion of Unive rse
37 Crea tion and Evo lution o f th e Unive rse
38 Crea tion o f Man
39 I slam on preven tion of Hea rt Disea se s
The Author
D R. T A HI R -U L-Q AD RI is i n need of no introdu cti on to thos e
affi li at ed to t he many fi el ds, whi ch he has m as t ered du ri ng a
s m all peri od of t im e. He is the founding l eader of M i nhaj-ul -
Qu ran Int ernat ional (MQ I ), whi ch i s bas ed i n over 80 co untri es
o f t h e worl d. It s m ain aims are working for glo b al peace and
h um an rights, revivi ng Is l ami c values, t eachi ngs and tradit io ns
an d s t riving for t h e unit y of t he Umm ah t hro ug h a s o ci al,
ed u cati onal and polit i cal st ruggl e.
As Dr. T ahi r-ul -Qadri is pres ent ing the t rue peacefu l
m ess age of Is l am pure from i nnovations added int o i t and
i nt ern al and ext ernal politi cal i nfl uences, his wo rk, m es s age
an d call are accept ed wit h open arm s. The m ai n reasons b ei ng
t h at he has port rayed Is l am as a t ruly moderat e fai th i n i ts
o rigi n al form, free from any form of extremis m, fanati cis m and
t erro ri sm. As part of hi s vast s t ruggl e for equalit y, eq uit y and
eq u al hum an ri ghts for all, he has writt en over t wo hundred and
fi ft y books on all ki nds of m odern, rel igi ous, s pi rit ual and
s ecul ar is sues in Engl is h, Urdu and Arabi c.
Dr. T ahir-ul -Qadri i s accept ed as one o f t he hi ghest
au th o riti es in t he worl d on Isl am, Isl am and th e W est, Isl am
an d S ci ence and m any ot her s ubj ects, whi ch is why h e h as
d eliv ered th ous ands of l ectures i n i nt ernat ional con feren ces,
u ni v ersit i es and insti tut ions all over the world o n all t ypes of
i ss u es. Alt hough he i s a s chol ar and a reli gi ous l ead er fo r
wh om t here i s no m at ch, his educati onal, s oci al and p oli ti cal
effo rt s have als o penet rat ed s oci et y. He is l eading a p eaceful
m ov em ent i n P akis t an t o liberat e t he poor from the co rru pt
ru lin g eli te, whi ch has ruled t he count ry over t h e l as t h al f
cen tu ry. He is l ead ing t his revolt by get ti ng the po or and
d o wn trodden s egm en ts of s oci et y behind him. In doi ng s o h e
fo rm ed hi s own polit ical party i n 1989 by t he nam e o f
“ Pak ist an Awami T eh reek” (P akist an Popul ar M ov em ent ),
wh ich has b een carrying out t his s truggl e in t he politi cal and
el ect o ral arenas. Unli ke any other reli gi ous or poli ti cal
p erso nalit y, Dr. T ahi r-ul -Qadri and his mi ssi on h av e at tract ed
p eop l e from varyi ng s ects and religions. He an d h is
o rg an is ati on are th e sol e hope for i nt er-s ect and int erfai th
p eace, harmony and unit y. His i mm ens e achiev em ents in the
fi el d of education and wel fare have been i nt ernati on al ly
reco gni s ed by the m any int ernati onal awards he has received.
In a growi ng in t ernati onal atm os phere of ant i-Isl ami sm,
p ol iti cal con fli ct s bet ween W est ern and M usl im cou nt ri es and
t h e dis t ance bet ween t he W es t and Isl am s eem in g to b e
i n creasi ng, Dr. T ahi r-ul -Qadri is t he one m an who can bri dg e
t h e g ap bet ween t he W est and Isl am. Not onl y can h e sol v e th e
p rob l ems of t he Mu sli m worl d but i n doi ng s o he will al so
s ol v e the probl ems faced by W est ern nati ons. If you wish to
l earn m ore about hi m and hi s org ani s ati on or woul d l ik e to jo in
h is p eaceful movem ent t hen do not hesi t at e t o cont act us on th e
co nt act det ai ls g iven bel ow:
Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri
B o rn : F eb. 19, 1951 in Jhang, P akis tan
PhD: F rom Punj ab Universit y, P aki st an in 1986.
MQ I: F ounded Mi nhaj -ul -Quran Int ernat io nal i n 1 981.
PAT: F ounded the poli ti cal party, P ak ist an Awam i
T ehreek (PA T ) in 1989.
B oo ks: Over 250 publ ished.
L ectu res : Over 5000 avai l abl e on Vi deo/ Au di o cas s ett es
and VC Ds.
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