...-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, declaring their companion as the Mahdi. The two-week siege shocked the Muslim world.
A leading hadith critic and teacher of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, pivotal in developing hadith criticism methodology.
Moroccan Maliki mufti and author of 'al-Mi'yar al-Jadid,' a massive collection of Maliki fatwas from North Africa.
The awaited leader who will appear before the end of times to fill the earth with justice, according to Sunni hadith sources.
...ms from the Prophet's family, the last of whom (Muhammad al-Mahdi) is believed to be in occultation since 874 CE. Predominant...