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kekasih 19.08.10 - 08:54am
THE EMERGENCE OF THE BLESSED MAHDI *
kekasih 19.08.10 - 08:55am
WHAT DOES THE TERM MAHDI MEAN?
The concepts of the End Times and the Mahdi may not be that familiar to some people. It will therefore be useful to clarify them before going any further. According to Islamic belief, the End Times refer to a period close to Doomdsay, when Qur'anic moral values will rule the world and spread widely among the peoples of the world.
People always long for more and better, such as a prettier view, more delicious food, a better life involving no social problems, well-being, peace of mind, abundance and beauty. The End Times refers to a time that encapsulates all that is greater and better. The End Times is a holy time that all believers have longed for down the years, when Islamic values will rule the world and when shortages and scarcity are replaced by plenty and abundance, when injustice gives way to justice, and when conflict is replaced by peace and security.
The hadith of our Prophet (saas) contain detailed descriptions of this period and its characteristics. Following our Prophet (saas), various great Islamic scholars also made important statements regarding the End Times. These indicate that the End Times will be full of significant phenomena taking place one after the other. The End Times is an age when the world will first suffer corruption and chaos, after which it attains salvation as people come to live by the true faith.
In the first stage of the End Times, the world will be corrupted by various philosophical systems that deny the existence of Allah. They will turn away from the reason for their creation, as a result of which there will be terrible spiritual emptiness and moral degeneration. Dreadful catastrophes, wars and suffering will take place, and people will look for an answer to the question How can we be saved?
This part of the End Times will be one when the faith has also been corrupted. Islam will have departed from its true essence because of various superstitions and beliefs that have found their way into it. People committing bigotry and hypocrisy under the name of faith will try to spread these superstitions and to prevent people understanding the moral virtues lying at the heart of Islam. Philosophies encouraging atheism on the one hand and these conservative forces eating away at the faith from the inside on the other, will lead mankind into terrible darkness.
However, Allah will lead people to salvation from these dark days of the End Times. He will make use of a servant with superior moral virtues and bearing the title of the Mahdi (he who leads to the truth) to call those people who have lost their way back to the true path. The Mahdi will first wage in intellectual struggle within the Islamic world and will return Muslims who have departed from the true essence of Islam back to true belief and moral virtues. The Mahdi will have three main tasks at this point:
1. The eradication of philosophical systems that support denial and atheism,
2. To combat superstition by freeing Islam from the hypocrites who have corrupted it. To reveal and apply true Islamic moral values based on the commands of the Qur'an.
3. To strengthen the Islamic world politically and socially, to establish peace, security and well-being, and to resolve social problems.
According to the hadith, the Prophet 'Isa (as) will return to Earth at the same time as the Mahdi, will prin lly address the Christan and Jewish world, and will summon them to live by the Qur'an by purging them of the errors into which they have fallen. As Christians follow the Prophet 'Isa (as) the Christian and Islamic worlds will unite in a single belief, and the world will enjoy a period of great peace, security, happiness and well-being, known as the Golden Age.
The hadith of our Prophet (saas) contain various portents regarding the beginning of the End Times. There are also verses in the Qur'an that allude to this period. The following section sets out various portents of the End Times in the light of hadith and verses of the Qur'an. *
kekasih 19.08.10 - 08:55am
VARIOUS HADITH OF OUR PROPHET (SAAS) REFER TO SIGNS OF THE MAHDI IN THE QUR'AN
The Mahdi will rule the world just like
Dhu'lqarnayn and Sulayman.
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, p. 29)
This hadith indicates we should examine the accounts of Dhu'lqarnayn and the Prophet Sulayman (as) in the Qur'an in the context of the subject of the Mahdi.
The hadith below also reveal that there are significant allusions to the End Times in the stories of al-Kahf (the Cave) and Talut. Our Prophet (saas) could have expressed the hadith regarding the End Times and the Mahdi in many different ways. However, as can be seen from the examples cited here, linking the way these are linked to accounts in the Qur'an represents powerful evidence of the subject under discussion. Our Prophet (saas) says:
The People of the Cave will be the Mahdi's helpmates.
(Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 59)
The Mahdi will have as many followers as those
who crossed the river with Talut.
(Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 57
Looked at in these terms, the Qur'an contains many verses indicating a time when the moral values of Islam will rule the world. *
kekasih 19.08.10 - 08:56am
VERSES FROM THE QUR'AN ABOUT
THE END TIMES AND THE MAHDI
We desired to show kindness to those who were oppressed in the land and to make them leaders and make them inheritors. (Surat al-Qasas, 5)
We have never sent a Prophet to any city without seizing its people with hardship and distress so that hopefully they would be humble. (Surat al-A'raf, 94)
We sent messengers to nations before you, and afflicted those nations with hardship and distress so that hopefully they would humble themselves. (Surat al-An'am, 42)
What reason could you have for not fighting in the way of Allah - for those men, women and children who are oppressed and say, Our Lord, take us out of this city whose inhabitants are wrongdoers! Give us a protector from You! Give us a helper from You!? (Surat an-Nisa', 75)
Corruption has appeared in both land and sea because of what people's own hands have brought about so that they may taste something of what they have done so that hopefully they will turn back. (Surat ar-Rum, 41)
Allah makes an example of a city which was safe and at peace, its provision coming to it plentifully from every side. Then it showed ingratitude for Allah's blessings so Allah made it wear the robes of hunger and fear for what it did. (Surat an-Nahl, 112)
Or did you suppose that you would enter the Garden without facing the same as those who came before you? Poverty and illness afflicted them and they were shaken to the point that the messenger and those who believed with him said, When is Allah's help coming? Be assured that Allah's help is very near. (Surat al-Baqara, 214)
An evil generation succeeded them who neglected the prayer and followed their appetites. They will plunge into the Valley of Evil. (Surah Maryam, 59)
But if anyone turns away from My reminder, his life will be a dark and narrow one. (Surah Ta Ha, 124)
If only the people of the cities had believed and feared [and respected Allah], We would have opened up to them blessings from heaven and earth. But they denied the truth so We seized them for what they earned. (Surat al-A'raf, 96)
Would that there had been more people with a vestige of good among the generations of those who came before you, who forbade corruption in the Earth, other than the few among them whom We saved. Those who did wrong gladly pursued the life of luxury that they were given and were evildoers. (Surah Hud, 116)
When he leaves you, he goes about the Earth corrupting it, destroying crops and animals. Allah does not love corruption.
(Surat al-Baqara, 205)
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Truly you are one of the Messengers on a Straight Path. (Surah Ya Sin, 3-4)
The People of the Book who are unbelievers and the idolators would not be cut off until the clear sign came to them: a messenger from Allah reciting purified texts containing upright precepts. (Surat al-Bayyina, 1-3)
Do people find it so surprising that We should reveal to a man among them: Warn mankind and give good news to those who believe that they are on a sure footing with their Lord'? The unbelievers say, This is downright magic! (Surah Yunus, 2)
Every nation has a messenger and when their messenger comes everything is decided between them justly. They are not wronged. (Surah Yunus, 47)
It is He Who sent His messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth to exalt it over every other deen, even though the idolators detest it. (Surat at-Tawba, 33)
It is He Who sent His messenger with the Guidance and the Religion of Truth to exalt it over every other religion and Allah suffices as a witness. (Surat al-Fath, 28)
You who believe! If any of you renounce your religion, Allah will bring forward a people whom He loves and who love Him, humble to the believers, fierce to the unbelievers, who strive in the way of Allah and do not fear the blame of any censurer. That is the unbounded favour of Allah which He gives to whoever He wills. Allah is Boundless, All-Knowing. (Surat al-Ma'ida, 54)
Let there be a community among you who call to the good, and enjoin the right, and forbid the wrong. They are the ones who have success. (Surah Al 'Imran, 104)
We appointed leaders from among them, guiding by Our command when they were steadfast and when they had certainty about Our signs. (Surat as-Sajda, 24)
He said, Go down from it, all of you, as enemies to one another! But when guidance comes to you from Me, all those who follow My guidance will not go astray and will not be miserable.
(Surah Ta Ha, 123)
He who brings the truth and he who confirms it - those are the people who respect [and fear Allah].
(Surat az-Zumar, 33)
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Fight them until there is no more strife and the religion is Allah's alone. If they stop, Allah sees what they do. (Surat al-Anfal, 39)
Say to those who are unbelievers: You will be overwhelmed and crowded into Hell. What an evil resting-place! (Sura al-Imran, 12)
As for those who strive in Our way, We will guide them to Our paths. Truly Allah is with the good-doers.
(Surat al-'Ankabut, 69)
Musa said to his people, Seek help in Allah and be steadfast. The Earth belongs to Allah. He bequeathes it to any of His servants He wills. The successful outcome is for those who fear [and respect Allah]. They said, We suffered harm before you came to us and after you came to us. He said, It may well be that your Lord is going to destroy your enemy and make you the successors in the land so that He can see how you behave. (Surat al-A'raf, 128-129)
This was so that He might verify the truth and nullify the false, even though the evildoers hate that.
(Surat al-Anfal, 8)
Rather We hurl the truth against falsehood and it cuts right through it and it vanishes clean away! Woe without end for you for what you portray! (Surat al-Anbiya', 18)
Say: My Lord hurls forth the Truth - the Knower of all unseen things. Say: The Truth has come. Falsehood cannot originate or regenerate.
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kekasih 19.08.10 - 08:57am
THE PORTENTS REVEALED BY OUR PROPHET (SAAS) ARE HAPPENING JUST AS HE DESCRIBED, ONE AFTER THE OTHER AND IN OUR OWN DAY
The words of the hadith uttered by our Prophet (saas) that we are considering here are easy to understand. A method by which we can distinguish between truth and falsehood is also available. The hadith concerning Doomsday refer to events that will take place in the future. Therefore, the fact that the hadith are taking place one by one removes all doubt as to the source of those words.
Several Islamic scholars who conducted research on the subject of the End Times and of the signs of the Last Day have used this criterion. An expert on the subject, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, said that the fact that the hadiths concerning the End Times correspond to events observed in our day shows the truth of the hadith. (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Risale-i Nur Collection, the Rays, Fourteenth Ray)
Some of the signs related in the hadith were observable in some part of the world in any period during the 1400 year history of Islam, but that would not have proven that that period was the the End Times. For a certain period to be called the End Times, all the signs of the Last Day must be observed to be occurrence in that same period. This is expressed in a hadith:
Signs following one another like the pieces of a necklace falling one after the other when its string is cut. Tirmidhi) *
kekasih 19.08.10 - 08:58am
THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT ABOUT THE
COMING OF THE MAHDI
The Hadiths Regarding The Mahdi Are Tawatur
The word 'tawatur' means 'powerful news, an account based on a whole community and which cannot be wrong.' (Great Dictionary -Tr-Dav, 3003). According to hadith an*lysts, if an account has been related by several people, and if it is impossible for these people to have come together and fabricated it, then that account is said to be 'mutawatir' (known by common consensus of reporters). Many Islamic scholars have stated that our Prophet's (saas) hadiths on the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as) are 'mutawatir'.
In Ibn Hajar Al-Askalani Fat-hal-Bari, it has become mutawatir that the Mahdi will be from this nation and the Prophet Jesus (as) will pray behind him. Shawkani also says that the number of hadiths reporting that Jesus (as) will return has reached to 29. He reported all of them and finally said: The hadith we have reported reached the level of mutawatir. With this statement, we can conclude that the hadith about the awaited Mahdi, the hadith about the Dajjal and the return of Jesus (as) are mutawatir. (Sunan Ibn Majah 10/338)
The sahih hadith about the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) has become mutawatir.
(Signs of the Judgment Day, s.193)
According to their assumption, Hazrat Mahdi (as) has passed away and gone... However, the hadith concerning this subject are very well known. Moreover, they are at the level of spiritual tawatur and they contradict the words of the others.
(Maktubat, Rabbani, 2/250)
There are many hadith reported by the Messenger of Allah (saas) at the level of mutawatir about the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
(Ab'ul Hasan Muhammad Ibn Hasan al-Uberi Sicistani, Manaqib al-Shafi / Dr .G. Huseyn Tacirinasab, (Mahdism and Imam Mahdi), p.88, p.405)
The existence of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and that he will emerge in the end times, that he is from the family of the Prophet (saas) and the sons of Fatima, are explained by hadith at the level of tawatur and there is no sense in denying these hadith. It has been proved by clear and explicit hadith that exceed the level of tawatur that Hazrat Mahdi (as) is from the predecessors of Fatima, that he will emerge before the end of the world, that he will bring justice and peace to this world which is full of injustice and oppression, that Jesus (as) will descend from the sky in his time and pray in his leadership.
(Muhammad Ibn 'Abd Al-Rasul Al-Barzanji Madani, el-isae, pp.184, 305 / Mahdism and Imam Mahdi, p.328)
One of the biggest signs of the day of resurrection is the emergence of a 'person' about whom there are many hadith that exceed the level of tawatur. Many hadith scholars have accepted that Hazrat Mahdi (as) comes from the Prophet's family, so it would be unbecoming to turn our backs on such a mutewatir subject. According to the belief of the righteous, Hazrat Mahdi (as) is different from Jesus (as). Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear before the Messiah. This subject has become spread among the Sunni scholars to such an extent that it can be regarded as their belief.
(Summary from Shams Ud-Din Muhammad Bin Ahmad As-Safarayni, al-Anwar al-bahiya, V.2, p.74-76-86)
Muhammad ibn Ali al- Sawkani said in his book called at-Tawzih...:...These (The reports about Hazrat Mahdi (as), Dajjal and the Messiah) are undoubtedly mutawatir hadith. They can be seen as the command of the Prophet (saas). In this sense, just as the reports about the Dajjal and the Messiah are mutawatir, so are those about the Mahdi.
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kekasih 19.08.10 - 09:05am
search also topic 'Portent Of The Coming Of Mahdi' in this group.
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kekasih 19.08.10 - 09:08am
OUR PROPHET (SAAS) FORETOLD THE COMING OF THE MAHDI AND THE GOLDEN AGE
As has already been described, the Mahdi will come in the End Times and save the entire world from the terrible confusion, injustices and moral degeneration afflicting it. Many of the Mahdi's attributes are described in the hadith related from our Prophet (saas) and in various accounts from his companions. He will do away with ideologies that deny the existence of Allah, put an end to the continuing injustices, oppression and terror all over the world, ensure that people live by the faith as in the time of our Prophet (saas), establish the rule of Qur'anic moral values, and build peace and security across the world.
This task undertaken by the Mahdi is a very difficult and wide-ranging responsibility and one calling for considerable endeavour. There is a high likelihood that the Mahdi, who will assume and successfully discharge that responsibility, represents a spiritual entity due to reign during the End Times, as various Islamic scholars have suggested. Every spiritual movement has a leader, of course, and the blessed Mahdi is the leader who will appear in the End Times. (Allah knows the truth)
As we shall be seeing throughout this site, the portents of the End Times have one by one been taking place. The Mahdi is a spiritual entity encapsulating the devout soul of the virtuous, heroic and steadfast Turkish nation. As a legacy from the Ottoman Empire that once ruled over three continents, the Turkish nation will grow and become a super-power and, when the time comes, will base itself on Islamic moral values in such a way as to produce a modern, enlightened and peaceful world. That is the system of the Mahdi. But every spiritual movement must still have a leader, and the blessed Mahdi is the true leader who will be coming in the End Times.
By Allah's leave, the 21st century will be a most excellent age, in which people across the world will turn to the faith, and particularly in the nations of the West. *
kekasih 19.08.10 - 09:13am
see also topic 'Various Characteristics Of The Mahdi' in this group. *
kekasih 19.08.10 - 09:19am
see also topic 'The Physical Features Of The Mahdi' in this group. *
kekasih 19.08.10 - 09:20am
HAZRAT MAHDIS (AS) SPIRITUAL FEATURES AND SUPERIOR MORAL VALUES
HIS MORAL VALUES WILL BE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF OUR PROPHET (SAAS)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is extremely sub towards Allah. In moral terms, he is like the Prophet (saas). (Portents of the Last Day, Barzanji, p.163)
A child of mine whose morality is similar to me will emerge. (Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 21)
Allah describes our Prophets (saas) superior moral values:
And, doubtlessly, you are blessed with a great moral character. (Surat al-Qalam, 4)
BELIEVERS ADOPT HIS MORAL VIRTUE AS A ROLE MODEL
He attains divine virtue. He receives knowledge of the faith and exemplary moral virtue from Allah. (Konavi Risalat al-Mahdi, p. 161 B)
The Quran reveals that our Prophet (saas) is the finest possible role model for true believers:
You have an excellent model in the Messenger of Allah, for all who put their hope in Allah and the Last Day and remember Allah much. (Surah al-Ahzab, 21)
HE IS FIGHTER AND VALIANT
The days and nights will not end until a man from the Family of my House [Hazrat Mahdi (as)], who will easily prevent disorder and who will not be dissuaded from doing so even by threatened to be killed, appears. (Al-Suyuti, Portents of the Mahdi, p. 13)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be dedicated to his work. (Portents of the Last Day, Barzanji, p. 175)
He will continue his struggle until people return to the truth. (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, Ahmad ibn Hajar Makki, p. 23)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will perform his duties scrupulously and will not go back on his word. (The Book of Portents of the Mahdi of the End Times, p. 24)
Even if mountains rise up before him he will crush and cross them, and he will find a path for himself in those mountains. (The Book of Portents of the Awaited Mahdi, p. 39)
Allah speaks of His messengers excellent moral values and valiant natures in many verses. They responded to their peoples denial, mockery, snares, and assaults in the finest possible manner and always overcame them, with Allahs help.
Therefore, carry out the orders given to you and disregard the idol worshippers. (Surat Al-Hijr, 94)
Therefore, do not obey the unbelievers and strive mightily against them with this (Quran). (Surat al-Furqan, 52)
Those who respond to Allah and his Messenger, despite the persecution they suffer, and maintain their good works and lead a righteous life will have a great reward. (Surah Al Imran, 172)
HE WILL FEAR ALLAH
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is a person who, as the shaking of a birds wings, has a deep fear for Allah. (The Book of Portents of the Awaited Mahdi of the End Times [Al- Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar], p. 23)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is extremely sub towards Allah. (Portents of the Last Day, Barzanji, p.163)
HE WILL BE VERY COMPASSIONATE
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be so compassionate that no one will be woken up from their sleep or have a bleeding nose. (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 42)
His compassion for the poor is one of the signs of Hazrat Mahdi ( *
kekasih 19.08.10 - 09:21am
WHEN THE MAHDI WILL APPEAR
Anas recounted the words of Malik. He said that the Messenger of Allah (saas) stated:
The life span of the world is seven days in the afterlife days. Almighty Allah said that a day in the sight of the Lord is like a thousand of your years. (Suyuti, Al-Kashf 'an (fi) Mujawazat Hadihi l-umma al-Alf, al-Hawi lil Fatawi, p. 10)
Anas ibn Malik narrates that the Messenger of Allah (saas) said:
Allah will ascribe the equivalent of good deeds of the seven thousand years of the age of this world to the one who meets the need of any of his brothers in the faith on the path of Allah as if he spends his days in fasting and his nights in worship. (Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, 88)
The Messenger of Allah (saas) used comparisons to describe matters referring to the past, the future and the Hereafter.
The reference to 7,000 years here does not mean that the real age of the world is 7,000 years.
(Allah knows the truth) At that time, accounts regarding these 7,000 years may refer, like the start of a calendar, to the beginning of a very important event in human history, such as human beings establishing a settled life style after the flood and the life of this world restarting in a new form. In other words, the history of mankind may have restarted, people's numbers may have grown and urbanisation may have begun anew after that date. Some of the ulama have referred to the period following the Prophet Nuh (as) as a new beginning in the history of mankind. In the same way that Christians accept as if an important event took place 1987 years ago and divide history into dates before that time and dates after it, this account may well refer to a dating system based on events taking place prior to 7,000 years ago and events after. In other words, if the life of this world is 7,000 years, and if one says that I am in a certain date of that period, then this person is referring to a specific way of calculating dates.
Imam Rabbani related the following in his Letters.
Subsequently, 124,000 prophets came and went. (Letters of Rabbani, 1/354)
124,000 prophets came and went between the time of the Prophet Adam (as) and the Messenger of Allah (saas). In another account Imam Rabbani says:
The period of 1,000 years that passed is the time up to the coming of a Ul'il Azm (great) prophet in past communities.
(Letters of Rabbani, 1/495)
Generally speaking, a prophet came every 100 years and an Ul'il Azm prophet every 1000 years. If we agree that a prophet comes every 100 years, then from the time of the Prophet Adam (as) to the Messenger of Allah (saas):
124,000 x 100= 12,400,000 (years must have passed.) That means that in referring to the age of this world as 7,000 years, our Prophet (saas) is not speaking of its true age but of the date of the beginning of a most significant event. (Allah knows the truth.)
Ahmad Ibn Hanbal says:
Five thousand, six hundred years have passed from this world.
(Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, 89)
Previous hadith have shown that the age of the world is 7,000 years. Reference is made to 5,600 years passing before our Prophet (saas). According to that account, the life of the community of Muhammad extended until the year 1400 (Hegira calendar). (7,000-5,600=1,400)(Allah knows the truth)
Ahmad Ibn Hanbal says:
Five thousand, six hundred years have passed from this world.
(Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, 89)
It has been related from Abdullah (ra) that the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: One of my people whose name is the same as mine will assume leadership... If but one day of life remains to the world, Allah will prolong that day to permit him to assume dominion.
(Tirmidhi)
The blessed Ali narrated that the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: Even if no more than a day remains until Doomsday, Allah will send an individual from my Ahl al-Bayt.
(Abu Dawud)
Ibn al-Majah and Abu Naim relate an account from Abu Huraira, saying that the Prophet ( *
kekasih 19.08.10 - 09:23am
VARIOUS SUBJECTS CONCERNING THE MAHDI
The Mahdi's Spiritual Capture of Istanbul
The Turkish Nation and the Years 700-1400
Recognizing Hazrat Mahdi (as) When He Appears
The Mahdi's Spiritual Capture of Istanbul
Allah will capture Constantinople by the Mahdi's hand.
Naim ibn Hammad reports from Jaffar:
The blessed Mahdi will send his army in all directions. He will destroy oppression and the oppressors. Nations will come under his command. Allah will make him the instrument of the capture of Constantinople.
Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, 56
Allah will capture Constantinople through His beloved friends.
Portents of Doomsday, 181
...Many scholars from various countries will set out, unaware of one another, to seek the Mahdi, and 310 people will accompany each one. Eventually they will all meet in Mecca, and when they ask one another why they have come, they will all reply: We are looking for the Mahdi, who will prevent this corruption and capture Constantinople, because we have learned the names of his father and his mother and his army.
Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, 52
Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, 42
Abu Hussein Ahmad ibn Jaffar al-Munadi reports from Abu Huraira in his Kitab al-Malahim:
Your commander, who distinguishes between truth and falsehood, who neither deceives nor steals, and who is devoted to the faith, will capture Constantinople. (Iqdud Durar Fi Akhbar al-Muntadhar)
The Mahdi will Capture Constantinople and Mount Daylam.
Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, 27
Ibni Majah has quoted Abu Huraira (ra) as saying:
Even if no time is left to the world but a single day, Allah will certainly prolong that day in order for an individual from my family to take Mount Daylam and the city of Constantinople.
(Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 74)
During the capture of Constantinople the Mahdi will plant a flag while performing his ablution for the morning prayer; the sea will party in two and thus the water will be withdrawn, and the Mahdi will cross to the other side through the path that opens up.
Portents of Doomsday, p. 181
Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, p. 57
Allah will capture Constantinople for His beloved friends
Portents of Doomsday, p. 181
It is reported by IbnAmr (ra) that Our Prophet (saas) said: O People! There are six things without which Doomsday will not fall... the sixth is the conquest of the city.
Which city? They asked.
Constantinople, he replied.
(*) This is the capture of Constantinople by the Mahdi.
Portents of Doomsday, p. 204
Ramuz Al-Ahadith, p. 296
Abu Huraira narrated:
After the Greeks [Rum] oppresses a governor from my line whose name matches mine has been appointed, they will wage war against you at a place called Amiq. One-third of Muslims will be killed here. On the third day, the battle will turn against the Greeks. The Muslims will continue fighting and will capture Constantinople and seize all the goods within it. At that exact moment they will hear a voice saying, The Dajjal has entered your home and taken your children captive.
Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 73
(The Mahdi) will battle against the Greeks [Rum] for three days, and on the third day the victory will be his. The battle will continue until Constantinople is captured.
Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, p. 29
The Mahdi will fight a savage battle against the Greeks [Rum] and will conquer Constantinople.
Doomsday will not take place until the Greeks [Rum] descend to the place known as Amiq or Dabiq. Then an army made up of the most auspicious people in the world will oppose the Greeks [Rum]. When the Greeks tell the Muslims 'Vacate a place between us and those who made captives a tribe of ours, the Muslims will respond No, we will not clear a place between you and our brother Muslims. Then the two great armies will come to blows. Eventually, one-third of the army of Islam will lose heart and flee. Allah will never accept their repentance, and one-third of the army will be martyred. They are the most virtuous of martyrs in the sight of Allah. And one-third will defeat the foe and continue with the conquest never fall into corruption. This victorious army will conquer Constantinople.
Death-Doomsday-The Hereafter and the Portents of the End Times, p. 443
In his commentary, Ibn Jarir relates from Sudiy:
Their humiliation in this world is for the Mahdi to depart from Medina and capture Constantinople and defeat the Greeks [Rum].
Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 76
Amr ibn Awf (ra) relates:
You will fight the People of Asfar, and those who come after you will fight them. Elect Muslims who fear no condemnation on the path of Allah will battle against them and will capture Constantinople with prayer beads and the taqbir.
Ibn Majah
Where is Constantinople?
Some people have interpreted the city of Constantinople as referring to Rome, though the hadith contain no unequivocal statement that the name does in fact refer to the modern city of Rome. On the contrary, all the evidence shows that Constantinople refers to the city of Istanbul.
Constantinople: One of the names used in the Islamic world to refer to Istanbul.
Buyuk Lugat (The Great Dictionary), TRDAV
Istanbul has been known by many names over the years. The oldest known of these is Byzantion. In 196 A.D. it took the name Antoninia in honor of Antonius, son of the Emperor Septimus. When the seat of the Empire was moved there from Rome in 330 A.D., the city was given the name of the Second Rome. This was changed to New Rome in the 5th century. Later, however, the name used by the local population, Constantinopolis (Constantine's city), became generally accepted.
Cumhuriyet Encyclopedia
This city (the present-day Istanbul) took the name of Constantinopolis, in honor of the Emperor, from the 4th century on.
Meydan Larousse
In 325 A.D. the city began to be known by the name of the Roman Emperor Constantine.
Encyclopedia Hachette
The Emperor Constantine built the old Byzantium as a new capital, which began to be known by his own name.
Encyclopaedia of World History and Ancient Civilisations
Some accounts correctly consider Rome and Constantinople (Istanbul) to be separate cities.
The Mahdi and the forces under his command will set out to capture Rome, Constantinople and the Golden Church.
Death-Doomsday-The Hereafter and the Portents of Doomsday, p. 441
We can also see from other accounts that Constantinople refers to Istanbul. This city was founded on the coast and on an estuary.
This army will be sent and progress along the coast in the area known as Masine in the Maghreb mountains.
Death-Doomsday-The Hereafter and the Portents of Doomsday, p. 439
The work known as the Iqdud Durar reads:
Constantinople has seven ramparts. It is built on an estuary opening onto the Greek Sea. The sea stretches as far as the provinces of Rum and Andalusia.
Portents of Doomsday, p. 181
Where Is Rumiyya?
The place that the blessed Mahdi and his people will conquer is referred to as Constantinople in some accounts and as Rumiyya in others.
Hudhaifa ibn Yemani describes the Messenger of Allah (saas) as saying this about the Mahdi and the conquest of Rumiyya:
The walls of Rumiyya will fall when the Mahdi's troops recite the taqbir four times...
Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, p. 74
The blessed Mahdi will conquer Rumiyya with four taqbir...
(The Mahdi) will capture the bastions of Rum and Rumiyya with the taqbir.
...The Mahdi and his army will come to the land of Rumiyya, which contains the Captain's market, and every bazaar of which holds a hundred thousand traders.
Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, pp. 35-46-36
Ibn Hajar Makki describes where this city known as Rumiyya stands:
Historians ascribe various characteristics to this land known as Rumiyya which no other city possesses. The city most closely matching these is Constantinople.
Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, p. 31
As we have seen, Rumiyya and Constantinople are names given to the same city, and both refer to Istanbul.
The Qur'an refers to messengers being sent to holy lands and their main centers, in other words, their capitals.
Your Lord would never destroy any cities without first sending to the chief of them a Messenger to recite Our signs to them. We would never destroy any cities unless their inhabitants were wrongdoers. (Surat al-Qasas, 59)
Declaration of the Coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as)
Division and disputes will continue until a hand appears from the sky and a voice cries, Your commander is Hazrat Mahdi (as).
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 55)
The sign of that day is; a hand will be extended from the sky and people will look upon it and see.
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, p. 55)
Asma bint Umays is reported as saying:
The sign of that day is a hand extended from the sky and people stopping to look upon it.
(Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 69)
The hand in the hadith refers to an unknown power. Allah refers to hands in the Qur'an, and we know that this is not a hand of the kind we are familiar with.
Those who pledge you their allegiance pledge allegiance to Allah. Allah's hand is over their hands. He who breaks his pledge only breaks it against himself. But as for him who fulfils the contract he has made with Allah, We will pay him an immense reward.
(Surat al-Fath, 10)
The hand in this verse (Allah's hand);
It is He Who sent down the Book to you from Him: verses containing clear judgments - they are the core of the Book - and others which are open to interpretation. Those with deviation in their hearts follow what is open to interpretation in it, desiring conflict, seeking its inner meaning. No one knows its inner meaning but Allah. Those firmly rooted in knowledge say, We believe in it. All of it is from our Lord. But only people of intelligence pay heed. (Surah Al Imran, 7)
This is one of the verses, which is open to interpretation. It refers to Allah's Might. In the same way, the hand referred to in the above hadith is a term open to interpretation.
The waves of television broadcasts emitted from the sky form a power like a sort of hand (Allah knows the truth). This hand reaches just about all homes and can be seen by everyone. The words, ...People will look upon it and see also refer to this. Other accounts on the subject read:
A voice from the sky will call him by name, and even people asleep in the east and west will hear that voice and wake.
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 56)
There will be a voice calling his name from the sky, and nobody will be able to deny that he is Hazrat Mahdi (as).
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 49)
A man will be called by name from the sky, and the evidence will not deny him, nor lack thereof hinder him.
(Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 52)
The first hadith speaks of ...People looking upon and seeing it, a reference to television broadcasting, while the words a voice from the sky will call him by name refers to sounds capable of transmission by radio. ( *
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Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the Risale-i Nur collection
The Sending of a Mujaddid (Reviver) at the Beginning of Every Century
Mujaddid : An innovator or reviver. An individual spoken of in trustworthy hadith, a great scholar and a successor to our Prophet (saas) sent at the beginning of every century to reveal the truths of the faith according to the needs of the time.
Imam al-Haqim among the Ashab of al-Kutub as-Sittah (Six Books), in the Mustadrakh, and Abu Dawud in the Kitab al-Sunan and Bayhaqi in the Suab alIman narrate: Almighty Allah sends a mujaddid of the faith every hundred years.
(Barla Addendum, 119)
The Messenger of Allah (saas) imparts the tidings that a mujaddid (one who resuscitates or renews the faith) will be sent at the beginning of every century. A mujaddid must have been sent, as the hadith describes, in the year 1400 (Hijra calendar) (1979-1980), in other words at the beginning of the 14th century, when denial, prostitution, perversion and diversion from faith were all at a peak. According to the hadith and expositions by scholars, it is the Hazrat Mahdi (as) whom the Islamic world is expecting for 1400 years.
According to Abu Huraira's account, the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: Certainly Almighty and All-Powerful Allah will send an individual at the beginning of every century who will renew the faith and free it from subsequent accretions.
(Sunan Abu Dawud, 5/100)
At the beginning of every century a mujaddid will come from among the ulama of this community and will restore faith. Especially, after a thousand years have passed Because when a thousand years have passed that is the time of the coming of a prophet of the highest rank in the communities of the past [ulul'azm].
(Letters of Rabbani, 1/520)
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi Was the Mujaddid of the 13th Century
(Hijri calendar) In a treatise, Hafis Tevfik of Damascus compared the lives of Mawlana Khalid al-Baghdadi and Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and said he had encountered the following four major areas of similarity:
First: Mawlana was born in 1193. Said Nursi, on the other hand, was born in 1293 (Arabic calendar). He came into the world exactly 100 years after Mawlana Khalid.
Second: Mawlana's struggle for the renewal of the faith began in 1224 in the Indian capital. Said Nursi, on the other hand, entered the capital of the Ottoman Empire in 1324, again a hundred years later, and began his spiritual renovation.
Third: The political establishment was alarmed at Mawlanas popularity, and he was transferred to Damascus in 1238. Said Nursi, on the other hand, went to Ankara, 100 years later, in 1338. Unable to get on with the establishment there, he rejected them and went back to Van, seeking solitude on a mountain. The political establishment was concerned over him because of the Sheikh Said affair. Alarmed by this, he spent nine years in the provinces of Burdur and Isparta.
Fourth: Before he was 20 years old, Mawlana was regarded as superior to the ulama in learning and taught classes. Those who have seen and know the course of his life know that Said Nursi received his diploma at the age of 14 and entered into disputation with the ulama of the time, and taught students close to graduation.
To summarize: In agreement with the tidings in the hadith that Allah sends someone to revive the faith at the beginning of every century, Mawlana is the mujaddid (reviver) of the year 1200, in other words, of the 12th century. The Risale-i Nur served the same function 100 years later. In my opinion, the Risale-i Nur is one of the mujaddids of the faith.
(Barla Addendum 119-121)
It appears from the above accounts that Mawlana Khalid is the mujaddid of the 12th century and Bediuzzaman Said Nursi that of the 13th. Hazrat Mahdi (as) can be expected to appear around 1400 (Hijri calendar) as the mujaddid of the 14th century.
Bediuzzaman discussed Hazrat Mahdi (as) in detail and full clarity, as the mujaddid due to follow him and as a source of joy and excitement for the community of the faithful for 1400 years.
Hazrat Mahdi (as) Will Come in the 14th Century (Hijri calendar)
In the End Times, the true lords in the broad sphere of life, in other words Hazrat Mahdi (as) and his disciples, will come by Allahs permission and will broaden that sphere and those seeds will bloom. And I shall watch from my tomb and give thanks to Allah.
(Confirmation Seal of the Unseen Universe, 138, Kastamonu Addendum, 72)
A long time ago I heard from a holy man that that individual had learned the mysteries of the holy ones of old and had deduced that: A light will appear from the East and will eliminate the oppression of novelties that have subsequently entered the faith. I awaited the appearance of that light, and am still waiting. But flowers come in Spring. The ground has to be made ready for such holy blooms. And I understood that I am preparing the ground for that personage with my work.
(Confirmation Seal of the Unseen Universe, 189 Letters, 345)
I believe I am a servant of this wondrous person who will appear in the future, a rear-guard to set a background for him, and a pioneering soldier of that great commander.
(Barla Addendum, 162)
In the above extracts Bediuzzaman states that with his work he has prepared a proper climate for Hazrat Mahdi (as), and that when Hazrat Mahdi (as) comes he will already be dead and that he will watch the services performed by Hazrat Mahdi (as) from his grave.
Numerological information provided in the Risale-i Nur collection about the stages of Hazrat Mahdis ( *
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On the subject of the coming of the Prophet 'Isa (as) and the blessed Mahdi, there will be those who say, Allah and His Messenger have promised us nothing more than an empty deception.
When the hypocrites and people with sickness in their hearts said, 'What Allah and His Messenger promised us was mere delusion'. (Surat al-Ahzab, 12)
In the Qur'an, Allah tells us that there will be people who say, What Allah and His Messenger promised us was mere delusion. In the indicated meaning, this verse refers to the situation of those people who have lost hope of the coming of the Prophet 'Isa (as) and the blessed Mahdi. These people deny the coming of the Prophet 'Isa (as) and the blessed Mahdi, which the Prophet (saas) reveals in the hadith, and they claim that the Prophet's (saas) words on this subject are supposedly unfounded. Many writings appear in many places today, saying that the Prophet 'Isa (as) and the Mahdi will not be coming and, even more important, even people known as Islamic scholars issue statements along those same lines.
The truth of the matter is, however, that the fact that these people believe that the coming of the Prophet 'Isa (as) and the Mahdi is untrue and a supposedly empty promise is one of the things that our Prophet (saas) has promised us will happen. Because one of the portents of the End Times in the hadiths of our Prophet (saas) that the coming of the Prophet 'Isa (as) and the Mahdi is close at hand is the widespread nature of words to the effect that The Mahdi will not come and there is no such person as the Mahdi. Some of the hadith on the subject read:
Allah will send the Mahdi when people have despaired and say 'THERE IS NO SUCH PERSON AS THE MAHDI'. 1
... THE MAHDI WILL COME, with the standard of the Messenger of Allah, WHEN HOPE OF HIS APPEARANCE HAS BEEN ABANDONED, and when scourges rain down on people's heads... 2
... His (the Mahdi's) coming will be at a time of hopelessness and despair. 3
He (the Mahdi) will appear when people have lost all hope of his coming! How fortunate those who live in his time and help him will be! Woe to those who harbor enmity toward him, to those who oppose him and his commands, and to his enemies! 4
Dawud ibn Kathir Riqqi says: I asked Imam Abu Abdullah: ... This coming (of the Mahdi) is taking so long that our hearts have shrunk and we are dying from profound sorrow. And he said, That appearance will take place when people are even more despairing and when sorrow is even greater. 5
This period, in which the portents of the End Times are taking place one after the other, shows that the return of the Prophet 'Isa (as) and the appearance of the Mahdi are close at hand. By Allah's leave, these two holy personages will appear just as described in the hadiths of our Prophet (saas) and will cause Islamic moral values to prevail across the world.
1 Ali ibn Husamaddin al-Muttaqi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 55
2 Ali ibn Husamaddin al-Muttaqi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 55
3 Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani, p. 274
4 Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani, p. 301
5 Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani, p. 208 *
