Question:
As-Salaamu alaiykum wr, I am not requesting a daleel. Out of interest where can we find hadith on al-Mahdi Sahib ul-Zaman?
Thank you.
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
For the Signs of the Last Days, I recommend the book “Approach of Armageddon, An Islamic Perspective” by Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani.
For ahadith about Sayyidina al-Mahdi (as), see Imam Suyuti’s al-`Arif al-wirdiyy fee akhbaar al-Mahdiyy (العرف الوردي في أخبار المهدي).
Among these ahadith are what Imam Ahmad relates in his Musnad that the Prophet (s) said:
Allah will bring out from concealment al-Mahdi from my family and just before the day of Judgment; even if only one day were to remain in the life of the world, and he will spread on this earth justice and equity and will eradicate tyranny and oppression.
Imam Muslim in his Sahih relates that the Prophet (s) said:
A group of my Ummah will fight for the truth until near the Day of Judgment when Jesus, the son of Mary, will descend, and the leader of them will ask him to lead the prayer, but Jesus declines, saying: “No, Verily, among you Allah has made leaders for others and He has bestowed his bounty upon them.”
Again in Sahih Muslim, it is reported from Abu Hurayra (r) that the Prophet (s) said:
What will be your reaction when the son of Mary (Jesus) descends and your Imam is from among yourselves?
Taher Siddiqui
