Question:
Assalam u alayekum !
I have been the repeated opinion of Hajj Gibril about Syedna Al Mahdi’s birth and disappearance and he always said that it is not so and etc etc. But now I have a more sound argument.
Check this sohbat of Maulana Shaikh Nazim (May Allah sanctify his secret), given on 16th february 2011:
The Coming of Sayyidina Imam Mahdi (a) & the Secret of Imam Husayn (r)
In the end of this sohbat Maulana says:
“Inshaa-Allah you should be happy with Sayyidina al-Mahdi alaye hi Salam ………………..contd…..For every century, some people have been granted that authority to meet him, alayhi’ s-salaam“.
This last line depicts that his birth has taken place centuries ago as mentioned by Maulana Jami in his book and various other ulema of ahl-as-sunnah of past as well.
Now what do you say?
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
Alhamdulillah, our replies are devoid of “I say, you say” sectarian opinions and dunya disputations, they are only transmission from Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (Allah sanctify his secret) and as ordered and authorized by himself. Anyone is free to take or leave what they like, and every word and counter-word will reappear in our records of deeds and meet its meed insha-Allah.
Everything makes sense to sincere hearts because it comes with its own clarity and its own explanation, even after awhile. However, “whoever looks for trouble will find it” since coarseness and arrogance put up dark veils and obstacles. Therefore, we are not responsible for the inconsistencies that people try to read into the discourses of our teachers, especially when they are couched in ta`ajruf. That is what Mawlana said, “take it or leave it”, and that is the last time we address that issue insha-Allah.
The quotation given is selective and its interpretation skewed. What Mawlana said is this, from 22’53”:
“Seventy years and I’m looking, I’m making my[self] to be ready for saluting when he [al-Mahdi] comes. Seventy years that I heard about Imam, qalbi, my heart, [was] just taken; and [he was] putting in it his love and his service. And for every century some people they have been granted that authority to meet him. `Alayhi as-Salam.”
Meaning that Mawlana’s heart was taken to meet his ruhaniyya, he is one of those who were granted that spiritual authority. Mawlana never said, “that his birth has taken place centuries ago” i.e. that he was fathered by Imam `Askari and went into hiding, since Mawlana himself explicitly referred to that belief as alien to the knowledge of Ahl al-Sunna as we already showed (https://eshaykh.com/hadith/imam-mahdi-will-be-the-son-of-who/). And Allah knows best.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
