Part 9

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Who Will Come At The End Of Times; He Is One Of The Rightly-Guided Khaleefahs And Imams, But He Is Not The One Who Is Awaited By The Raafidah, Who Is Supposedly Now In A Vault In Saamiraa. There Is No Reality Or Basis To That Claim

Some Of What Is Related Concerning The Mahdee

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Quraish.’” According to another narration, when the Prophet 2% returned to his house, the Quraish went to him and asked, “And then what will happen?” The Prophet ## said, “Then there will be Faraj (gaps through which evil is allowed to enter, when there will be gaps within the ranks of Muslims).”

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ood .& related that the Prophet 2% said, “Even if there remains from this world only a single day...Allah # would prolong that day until a man from me or from my descendents is sent; his name is the same as my name, and his father’s name is the same as my father’s name.” (Abu Danwood) And this is an addition from the hadith of Qatr: “He will fill the earth with fairness and justice just as it was filled with wrongdoing and oppression.” And he #% said in the hadith of Sufyaan, “The world will not come to an end until a man from my family rules the Arabs; his name is the same as my name.” This is how Imam Ahmad narrated it. At-Tirmidhee related it through another chain and said that it is Hasan sahih.

Umi Salamah %: reported that she heard the Messenger of Allah 2% say, “The Mahdee is from the people of my household, from the descendents of Faatimah “.” (Abu Daawood)

Umm Salamah +, the wife of the Prophet #, also related that the Prophet 28 said, “There will be discord when a Khaleefah (ruler) dies. A man from the inhabitants of Madeenah will flee to Makkah, and people will come to him from the dwellers of Makkah. They will bring him out (from his home), yet he will be averse to what they want of him (either because of the trials associated with being leader or because he is fearing trials). Then they will pledge allegiance to

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him between the Rukn (i.e. the Black Stone) and the Magaam (the Station of Ibraaheem), An army will be sent to (attack) him from Sham (Syria and surrounding areas) and they will be swallowed up in Al-Baidaa — a place between Makkah and Al-Madeenah. When people will see that (ie. the honor accorded to Al-Mahdee), the Abdaal from Sham will come to him and the best people from Iraq will come and pledge allegiance to him. Then a man from the Quraish will appear; his uncles are from the children of Kalb. He will send an army to them but they (i.e. those who pledged allegiance) will be victorious over them... Wealth will be distributed and people will apply the Sunnah of their Prophet #8. Islam will achieve stability and firmness in the earth. That will last for seven years, after which the Mahdee will die and the Muslims will pray over him.” (Abu Daawood)

‘Alee related that the Prophet ## said, “A (righteous) man will come out from behind the river (i.e. from countries that lie behind it), who is called Al-Haarith ibn Harraath. At the forefront of his army will be a man called Mansoor, who will strengthen and make firm the family (i.e. descendents) of Muhammad, just as the Quraish strengthened the Messenger of Allah 4%. It will be obligatory upon every Muslim to support him or (maybe he said) to answer him.” (Abu Daawood)

‘Abdullah ibn Al-Haarith ibn Juz Az-Zubaidee said, “The Messenger of Allah #3 said, ‘A people from the East will come and they will strengthen and enable the Mahdee — ie. they will strengthen his rule.” (Ibn Maajah)

What The Prophet #4 Said Concerning Some Of The Hardships That The People Of His Household Were To Undergo

‘Algamah related that ‘Abdullah # said, “As we were with the Messenger of Allah #8, his eyes became bathed in tears and his color changed. I said, ‘We still see something on your face (in terms of the Prophet's sadness) that we dislike.’ The Prophet #% said, ‘Allah has chosen for us, the people of this household, the Hereafter over this world. And indeed, after me (the people of) my house will face affliction, expulsion, and exile, until a people from the direction of the East will come with black flags. They will ask for bread but they will not be given it. They will fight and they will be made victorious. Then they will be given what they asked, but they will not accept it

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until they pass it (the matter of ruling) on to a man from the people of my household. He will fill it (ie. the earth) with justice, just as it had been filled with oppression. Whoever from you reaches that, then go to them, even if you have to crawl on ice.” (Ibn Maajah)

Ina hadith related by Thaubaan 2, the Messenger of Allah 2 said, “At your treasure three will be killed, each of whom is the son of a Khaleefah (ruler). The matter will not be passed on to any one of them, and then the black flags from the East will appear, and they will fight you with such fierce fighting that no people have (ever) fought with.” Thaubaan said, “And then he mentioned something that J do not remember, after which he 2% said, When you see him (i.e. the Mahdee), then pledge allegiance to him, even (if you have to come to him) by crawling on ice. For indeed he is the Khaleefah of Allah, the Mahdee.” (Ibn Maajah) Tbn Maajah alone related it, and its chain is strong and authentic. The apparent meaning is that the treasure referred to in this context is the treasure of the Ka’bah. Three children of the Khaleefaks will be killed as they try to take it, and then near the end of times, Al-Mahdee will arrive. And he will come from the countries of the East and not from the vault of Saamiraa, as is claimed by some ignorant elements of the Raafidah, who say that he is in it now. They are waiting for him to come out at the end of times. This belief is irrational talk and strongly indicates that those who hold it have been forsaken; hence they speak madness that is inspired to them by the Shaitaan, for itis a belief that is not supported by any proof — not from the Qur’an, not from the Sunnah, not from sound logic, and not from Istilsaan.

Abu Hurairah -& related that the Messenger of Allah 2% said, “Black flags will emerge from Khuraasaan, and nothing will hold them back until they plant (their flags) in Eeliyaa (Jerusalem).” (At Tirmidhee) This hadith is Ghareeb. And the black flags mentioned are not those that Abu Muslim Al-Khurasaanee came with when he overcame the Banu Umayyah government in the year 132 H. Rather,

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there are other black flags that will come with Al-Mahdee, whose name is Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah Al-Ulwee (from the descendents of ‘Alee ), Al-Faatimee (from the descendents of Faatimah %), and Al-Husanee (from the descendents of Al-Hasan or Al-Husain). Allah 36 will rectify him in a single night — meaning that He # will forgive him, guide him, make him understand, and make him wise, after not having been of that description. Allah # will provide him with help from the people of the East, who will support him and establish his rule. Their flags will be black, a color which carries with it dignity. The flag of the Messenger of Allah 2 was black, and it was called Al-‘Iqaab. Khaalid ibn Waleed planted it in the ground in Ath-Thunayyah, which is eastern Damascus. This is when he came from Iraq...Similarly, when. the Prophet #% entered Makkah during its conquest, he wore a black helmet on his head; and according to another narration he % was wearing a black turban over his helmet. So the promised Mahdee who is to come at the end of times first comes from the East, and then people will pledge allegiance to him beside the Ka’bah,