The Mahdee is 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 – Ibn Katheer’s Al-Bidaayah Wan-Nihaayah.
About The Mahdee, His Coming At The End Of Time – Part 1
About The Mahdee, His Coming At The End Of Time – Part 3
Some Of What Is Related Concerning The Mandee (cont.)
Abdullah ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ood (may Allah bless him) related that the Prophet said, “Even if there remains from this world only a single day… Allah (the Greatest) would prolong that day until a man from me or from my descendants is sent; his name is the same as my name, and his father’s name is the same as my father’s name.” (Abu Daawood)
And this is an addition from the Hadeeth 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 Hadeeth 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 Saheeh. Abdullah (may Allah bless him) related that the Prophet said, “A man from the people of my household will lead, and his name will be the same as my name.” (At-Tirmidhee)
In a similar narration, Abu Hurairah (may Allah bless him) related that the Prophet said, “Were there to be a single day left in this world, Allah (the Greatest) would prolong that day until a man from the
people of my household would rule; his name is the same as my name.” This Hadeeth is Hasan Saheeh.
The Mahdee Appearance
Abu Sa’eed (may Allah bless him) also reported that the Messenger of Allah said, “The Mahdee is from me; he has a large forehead, a large and thin nose that has an upward slope in its middle area, and he will fill the earth with fairness and justice, just as it was filled with wrongdoing and oppression. He will rule for seven years.”
Abdullah related that the Prophet said, “A man from the people of my household will lead, and his name will be the same as my name.” (At-Tirmidhee) In a similar narration, Abu Hurairah related that the Prophet said, “Were there to be a single day left in this world, Allah (PBUH) would prolong that day until a man from the people of my household would rule; his name is the same as my name.” This Hadeeth is Hasan Saheeh.
And Abu Sa’eed (may Allah bless him) reported that the Messenger of Allah & said, “The Mahdee is from me; he has a large forehead, a large and thin nose that has an upward slope in its middle area, and he will fill the earth with fairness and justice, just as it was filled with wrongdoing and oppression. He will rule for seven years.”
Umm Salamah (may Allah bless her) reported that she heard the Messenger of Allah say, “The Mahdee is from the people of my household, from the descendants of Faatimah.” (Abu Daawood) Umm Salamah (may Allah bless her), the wife of the Prophet they also related that the Prophet (PBUH) said, “There will be discord when a Khaleefah (ruler) dies.
