Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) said:
“Lightnings/Thunders will increase when the Hour approaches, so much so that a man would ask, “Who was struck this morning?” So they would answer him saying, “So and so”.
– 250 Signs, Muhammad Ali Tabatabaei, 1st ed., p.162, hadith 185 (online book)
Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Ja'far bin Muhammad bin Malik from Mo’awiya bin Hakeem that Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Abu Nasr had said:
“I heard Imam Ar-Redha (From Him Is Peace) saying: “Before this matter there will be (bayooh).” I did not know the meaning of (bayooh). When I went to offer the hajj, I heard a nomad saying: “This is a (bayooh) day.” I asked him: “What does (bayooh) mean?”
He said: “It means very hot.”
- Qurb al-Isnad, p.170; Bihar Al Anwar, Vol. 52, p. 242; Bisharatul Islam, p.156; Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, Vol. 4, p.164.
Ali bin al-Husayn narrated from Muhammad bin Yahya from Muhammad bin Hassaan ar-Razi from Muhammad bin Ali al-Kufi from Ibraheem bin Abul Bilad from Ali bin Muhammad bin al-A’lam al-Azdi from his father from his grandfather that Amirul Mo'mineen (From Him Is Peace) had said:
“In the hands of the Qa'im, there will be red death, white death and attacks of locusts in time and out of time. Red death is the killing by the sword and white death is by plague.”
- Irshad Al-Mufid p. 359; Al-Ghayba by at-Toossi, Vol. 1, p. 438; I’lam al-Wara, p.427; Al-Khara'ij wal Jara'ih, Vol. 3 p. 1152; Iqdad-Durar, p. 65; Kashful Ghumma, Vol. 3, p. 249; Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, Vol. 3, p. 20
Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa'eed bin Oqda narrated from Muhammad bin al-Mufadhdhal bin Ibraheem bin Qayss, Sa’dan bin Iss’haq bin Sa'eed, Ahmad bin al-Husayn bin Abdul Melik and Muhammad bin Ahmad bin al-Husayn al-Qatawani all from al-Hasan bin Mahboob fromIbraheem bin Ziyad al-Khariqi that Abu Baseer had said: I said to Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (PBUH) that Abu Ja'far al-Baqir (PBUH) often said:
“Al-Qa'im of Mohammed’s progeny will disappear twice; one will be longer than the other.”
He said: “Yes, but that will not be until the army of the tribe of so and so disagrees, life becomes so difficult, as-Sufyani rises, distresses and calamities increase and death and killing spread among people until they resort to the sanctum of Allah (the Kaaba) and the sanctum of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) [the Prophet’s mosque].”
- Dala’il al-Imama, p. 290, 293; Taqreeb al-Ma’arif, p. 187; I’lam al-Wara, p. 416; Kashful Ghumma, Vol. 3, p. 319; Mukhtasar Basa’ir ad-Darajat, p. 195; Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, Vol. 3, p. 234, 443
Imam Ali (From Him Is Peace) said:
“And indeed the atom will burn the world”.
And he (From Him Is Peace) said:
“Indeed there will be fire from the atom.”
– 250 Signs, Muhammad Ali Tabatabaei, p.161, no. 182 (online book)
Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Abdullah bin Ja'far al-Himyari from al-Hasan bin Mahboob from Ali bin Ri’ab that Muhammad bin Muslim had said:
“Abu Abdullah Al-Sadiq (From Him Is Peace) had said: “Before the rising of al-Qa'im there will be some signs, with which Allah tries His faithful people.”
I said: “What are they?”
He said: “It is the saying of Allah, “And We will most certainly try you with somewhat of fear and hunger and loss of property and lives and fruits; and give good news to the patient.” {Qur'an, 2:155} When Allah says (We will try you) He means the believers, when He says (with somewhat of fear), He refers to the fright that is caused at the end of the rule of the family of so-and-so, (hunger) is because of expensive prices, (loss of property) is corruption of trade and littleness of profits, (lives) is quick deaths, (fruits) is little production of plants and little blessing of fruits and (give good news to the patient) when al-Qa'im appears.”Then he said to me: “O Mohammed, this is the interpretation of the verse. Allah says, “But none knows its interpretation except Allah and those who are firmly rooted in knowledge. {Qur'an, 3:7}
- . Kamal ad-Deen p.649, Dala’il al-Imama p.259, Al-Irshad p.361, I’lam al-Wara p.427, al-Khara'ij wel Jara'ih, vol.3 p.1153, Kashul Ghumma, vol.3 p.52, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.5 p.42.
Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa'eed bin Oqda narrated from Ahmad bin Yousuf bin Ya'qoob from Abul Hasan al-Ju’fi from Issma'eel bin Mihran from al-Hasan bin Ali bin Abu Hamza from Abu Baseer that Abu Abdullah Al-Sadiq (From Him Is Peace) had said:
There must be a year before the Qaim in it the people will starve, terrified by killing and they lose their properties and lives. This has been clarified by the Book of Allah.Allah has said, “And We will most certainly try you with somewhat of fear and hunger and loss of property and lives and fruits; and give good news to the patient.”
- . Ithbat al-Hudat, vol.3 p.734, Tafseer al-Burhan, vol.1 p.167, Hilyatul Abrar, vol.2 p.608, al-Mahajja p.47, 48, Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.228, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.5 p.43.
Shaykh Saduq says: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Ishaq that he said: Narrated to us Abdul Aziz bin Yahya Jaludi in Basra: Narrated to us Husain bin Maaz: Narrated to us Qais bin Hafs: Narrated to us Yunus bin Arqam from Abi Yasar Shaibani from Zahhak bin Muzahim from Nazaal bin Sabra that he said:
"… Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him Is Peace) said: "Know that those signs are as follows:
When people would forget the prayers, trusts will be betrayed. Lying would be considered lawful. Usury will become common. Bribes would be rampant. Tall buildings would be constructed. Religion will be sold in exchange for worldly gains. Fools will be in power. Advice will be sought from women. Relationships will be broken off. Carnal desires will be widely followed. Bloodshed will be considered a minor matter.Forbearance will be looked upon as weakness and oppression will be considered a matter of pride. Kings and rulers will be sinners and transgressors. Ministers shall be liars. The general public shall be dishonest. The reciters of Quran will be transgressors. False testimony will be acceptable. Sins would be committed openly. Laying false allegations will be a common thing. Sinfulness and rebellion will be rife. The Quran will be looked down upon. Mosques will be decorated. Minarets will be elevated. Evil people would be accorded honor. Rows, instead of displaying unity would present a scenario of strife.
Hearts of the people will be distant from each other. Oaths and promises will be readily broken. That which has been promised will come near. Greed for wealth will impel people to take women as partners in business. Voices of the singers will rise up high and they shall find much audience.
The lowly people shall become the leaders of the community. Male and female singers shall be procured on payment. The people of this age will curse the people of the past. Women will ride (horses). Women will resemble men and men will resemble women.
Witnesses will testify without being asked to do so and other people without recognizing the truth and in other than religion they will give deep thought and give testimony. World would be given precedence over the hereafter. Apparently they would be like wolves, but their hearts will be more rotten than carrion. They shall be stinking and more bitter than aloe. At that time all would say, 'Hurry up, hurry up. At that time the Baitul Maqdas will be the best place to live in. And a time will come upon the people that everyone will desire to reside in the Baitul Maqdas."
- Bihar Al Anwar Volume 52, Chapter Thirty: Signs of Reappearance, Hadith 26 (English Version)
Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) said,
"There will come a time for people that: they will not respect their scholars except for their good clothing; they will not hearken to the Qur'an except for the pleasant voice; and they will not worship Allah except for during the fasting month; there will be no shyness in their women, no patience in their poor ones; and no prosperity for their rich ones, they will not be contented with a small (portion), and they will not be satiated with abundance. They will strive (only) for their stomach; their religion is their money (wealth); their women are their Qiblah (direction of worship); and their homes are their mosques; they run away from their scholars just as lambs run away from wolves. Then, when they become like that, the Lord will afflict them with three conditions. At first, He takes the prosperity from their properties. The second is that a cruel ruler will dominate them. The third is that they will pass away from this world without having (true) Faith."
- Waqayi'-ul-'Ayyam, p. 439
Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) said,
"There will come a time for my Ummah when their rulers will be cruel, their scholars will be greedy and have little piety, their worshippers (will act) hypocritically, their merchants will commit usury and conceal the defects of their buyings and sellings and their women will be busy with the ornaments of the world. Hence, at this time, the most vicious of them will dominate over them, and their good doers will invocate but they will not be answered."
- Bihar-uI-Anwar, vol. 23, p. 22
Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) said,
"There will come a time for my Ummah when they will love five things while neglecting five others: They will love this world and neglect the next world. They will love wealth and forget (the Day of) Reckoning. They (their men) will love (corruptive) women and forget the houries. They will love buildings and forget the graves. And, they will love (their) selves and forget the Lord. Those (such people) dislike me and I, too, dislike them."
- Al-Ithna 'Ashariyyah, p. 202
Reported on the authority of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH & His Family), he said:
"A time will come for my Ummah during which nothing will remain from the Quran save it's scripting, and nothing will remain from Islam save it's name. They will be called Muslims while they are as far as one can be from Islam. Their mosques will be filled with people but they will be void of right guidance. The jurists of that time will be the most evil ever under the sky; they have sown disorder and disorder they shall reap."
– Al-Bihar, vol. 52, p. 190, h. 21
The Prophet (PBUH & His Family) said to Ibn Masud:
"… O Ibn Masud, there will come a time when the person who is still adhering to his religion will feel as if he were holding an ember in the palm of his hand. Therefore, he should act like a wolf, otherwise he would be eaten by wolves. O Ibn Masud, their scholars and jurists are dissolute traitors. Even worse, they are the evil creations of Allah and so are their followers, visitors, people who deal with them, love them, sit with them and counsel with them. Behold the Evil creations of God, the fires of hell find their way through them and they are deaf, dumb and blind and would not return. We shall assemble them on the Day of Resurrection and squeeze them deaf, dumb and blind because they belong in hell. Whenever the fires start to die out we shall boost the blaze, and whenever their skins ripen we shall substitute them with other skins so they would feel agony. If thrown in the fire, they would hear it's inhalation ripping through, and the fire would flare up almost furious whenever they want to get out of it, anguished, but they would be thrown back in it and doomed to taste the excruciating pain of burning. In it they have an exhalation but in it they do not hear.
O Ibn Masud, they claim that they follow my religion, my Sunnah, my way, my laws but they have nothing to do with me, neither do I have anything to do with them. O Ibn Masud, do not sit with them in public! Do not pledge allegiance to them in the markets! …”– Ilzaam an Naaseb volume 2 pages 131-132
Reported on the authority of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family), who said:
"Allah revealed to some of His prophets: Say unto those who study jurisprudence with aims other than religion, learn with aims other than action, and claim this life with aims other than the Afterlife; and who come forth before people wrapped in scapegoat cloaks while their hearts are similar to hearts of wolves, their words sweeter than honey, their acts bitterer than aloe, deceiving and mocking Me, that I shall inflict upon them an affliction that will throw the wise into confusion."
– Bihar Al-Anwar, vol. 1, p. 224, Iddat Ad-da’I, p. 70.
Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him Is Peace) says:
"When Al-Qa’im comes out to take revenge on the jurists for issuing fatwas in what they do not know, they and their followers will suffer misery. Was the religion incomplete for them to complete it? Was it deviated for them to straighten it? Did people want to oppose Allah so they obeyed Him? Or did He command them to do right and they disobeyed Him? Did the chosen one (the Prophet) misconstrue what was revealed to him so they warned him? Did the religion remain incomplete in his time so they completed it? Or did another prophet come after him, and so they followed him?"
– Ilzam An-Naseb, vol. 2, p. 200
Imam Al-Baqir (From Him Is Peace) said:
"If the Riser emerges from Karbala intending to go to Najaf while the people are around him, he will kill between Karbala and Najaf 16,000 faqeeh (scholar) and the people around him from hypocrites will say: He is not from the son of Fatima or else he would have been merciful to them, and when he enters Al-Najaf while he stays there one night he will then emerge from the door of Al-Nukhaila intending to go to the grave of Hood and Saleh (PBUH), 70,000 people from Kufa will encounter him because they want to kill him, so then he (Mahdi) will kill them all and no one will survive out of it."
– Noor Al-Anwar p.345 v.3 Bihar Al-Anwar v.52 p.389
In the book of Al-Yanabi’, it was mentioned:
"When Al-Qa’im (From Him Is Peace) appears, he will not have any apparent enemy save for the jurists, in particular. He and the sword will be inseparable, for if the sword were not in his hand, the jurists would issue Fatwas ordering his death. However, Allah will bring him forth endowed with the sword as well as with generosity, so they will obey, fear and accept his rule without faith therein while harboring disobedience."
– Yanabi’ Al-Mawaddat, vol. 3, p. 215
Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) lived nearly fourteen centuries ago. Historical records show that, when the Quran was revealed, society did not have the technology to conduct investigations of the world or the universe. But the Prophet (PBUH & His Family), in the 7th century, revealed several startling truths about the future. These prophecies were puzzling to the people of that period, but today, thanks to the technological advances made within the past two centuries, the words of Ahlulbayt (PBUT) are clear and uncannily accurate.
Imam Ali (From Him Is Peace) said:
“The iron will fly in the air, and iron will walk on iron.”
– 250 Signs, Muhammad Ali Tabatabaei, 1st ed., p.146, no.142 (online book)
In 1804, the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was built in the United Kingdom, moving “iron upon iron”. And on December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made four brief flights in their first powered aircraft, allowing “iron to fly through the air”.
The Messenger of Allah Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) said:
“In the end of this nation there will be men who will ride in vehicles until they reach the doors of their mosques…”
– 250 Signs, Muhammad Ali Tabatabaei, 1st ed., p.140, no.129 (online book)
Ahlulbayt (From Them Is Peace) narrated:
“There will come a time, who is in the east will hear and see who is in the west and vice versa.”
– 250 Signs, Muhammad Ali Tabatabaei, 1st ed., p.147, no.145 (online book)
Imam Aba Abdullah (From Him Is Peace) said:
“Verily, during the age of the Qa’im, the believer in the east will see his brother who is in the west, and the believer in the west will see his brother who is in the east”.
– Bihar Al-Anwar, Muhammad Baqir Al-Majlisi, 3rd ed., v.52, p.391, hadith 213
– Mo’jam Ahadeeth Al-Imam Al-Mahdi, Ali Al-Korani, 1st ed., v.4, p.56, hadith 1130 (Online book: p.55)
Social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube have allowed believers to gather and to see one another from all four corners of the earth, fulfilling yet another prophecy about the End Times that was never understood until our modern age today.
Imam Al-Baqir (From Him Is Peace) said:
“If the Sea of Najaf dries up and a hundred years have passed after that, then wait for a man. It was said, ‘And who is he, O son of the Messenger of Allah?’ He said ‘Meem and Ha and Meem and Dal’ (Arabic letters MHMD)”, meaning Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan Al-Askari (PBUH).
– Bayan Al-A’imma, Muhammad Mahdi Najafi, 2nd ed., v.1, p.203 (referenced from the manuscript ‘Al-Ramz Al-Khafi’ by Al-Helli)
– 250 Signs, Muhammad Ali Tabatabaei, 1st ed., p.169, no. 205 (online book)
The sea of Najaf started to desiccate in the year 1887, and the desiccation was completed in the year 1915. A hundred years after 1915 is 2015, which is the year that Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family) appeared, on January 23rd, fulfilling another prophecy from Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) where he said:
“Hijaz will be ruled by a man whose name is the name of an animal, if you see him from far, you would think he’s crossed-eyed, and if you come close to him, you do not see anything (wrong) in his eyes. He will be succeeded by a brother of his, named Abdullah. Woe to our Shia (followers) from him!” – He repeated it three times – “Give me the glad tidings of his death and I give you the glad tidings of the appearance of the Hujjah (Imam Mahdi).”
– 250 Signs, Muhammad Ali Tabatabaei, p.121, no. 88 (online book)
The man whose name is like that of an animal, is King Fahd of Saudi Arabia (whose name means Leopard), and sure enough, he had this very rare condition in his eyes where if you looked at him from far away he looked like he is cross-eyed, but when you would come closer to him his eyes looked normal. Then, against the regular line of succession in the royal Saudi family, the one who became the king after his death was his brother Abdullah.
On the very same day that king Abdullah, the king of Saudi Arabia, died, on the 23rd of January 2015, twelve men came forth giving the glad tidings of the appearance of Imam Al-Mahdi (PBUH & His Family). Those same 12 men have also been mentioned centuries ago by Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him Is Peace) who said:
“The Qa’im does not rise until 12 men emerge, all of them gather upon the saying that they have seen him, but they are belied.”
– Al-Ghayba, Ibn Abi Zainab Al-No’mani, 1st ed., p.285, hadith 58 (Online book: p.283)
– Bihar Al-Anwar, Muhammad Baqir Al-Majlisi, 3rd ed., v.52, p.244, hadith 121
Also in the narration of Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him Is Peace) to Abu Baseer:
“Whoever guarantees for me the death of Abdullah, I will guarantee for him the Qa’im. When Abdullah dies, the people will not gather/agree on anyone after him, and this matter will not end except by your Companion (The Qaim) God willing, and the kingdom of years will be over, and it will become the kingdom of months and days” So I asked: “Will it be long after that?” He (From Him Is Peace) said: “No”.
– Bihar Al-Anwar, Muhammad Baqir Al-Majlisi, v.52, p.210, hadith 54
So Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him Is Peace) also guarantees to us that the Qa’im appears not long after King Abdullah’s death. And most certainly, on the very same day of his death, the prophesied twelve men came forth giving the glad tidings of the appearance of the Mahdi, proving that they are indeed from Imam Ahmad Al-Hassan (From Him Is Peace) the representative of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) in this age because none but Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) or someone who represents him could give this glad tiding as the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) has attributed it to himself as stated in the aforementioned narration.
The Messenger of Allah Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) said:
“Woe, woe to my nation in the Major and Minor Shura (elections).” So he (PBUH & His Family) was asked about them, so he (PBUH & His Family) said: “As for the major Shura (elections), it will take place in my town, after my death, in order to usurp the Successorship of my brother and the right of my daughter. And as for the minor Shura (elections), it will take place during the greater Ghaybah (absence), in al-Zawraa’ (Baghdad), in order to change my Sunnah and replace my rulings.”
– 250 Signs, Muhammad Ali Tabatabaei, 1st ed., p.129-130, no.107 (online book)
Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (From Him Is Peace) said:
“And the house of rulership shall return to Al-Zawraa’ (Baghdad), and the matters shall be handled through the Shura (elections), whoever dominates over a matter shall do it. It is at that point that Al-Sufyani will emerge and travel the land for nine months during which he will inflict upon them the worst of torment. Woe unto Egypt, woe unto Al-Zawraa’, woe unto Kufa and woe unto Wasit, for it is as if I am looking at Wasit and I see no informer there with any news. It is at that point that Al-Sufyani will emerge, food will become scarce, people will starve, rain will be rare, lands infertile, and not a drop of water will come down from the sky. Then, Al-Mahdi, the rightly guided and guiding, will emerge, and he will be the one who takes the banner from the hand of Jesus the son of Mary.”
– Al-Malahim Wal Fitan, Ibn Tawoos, v.1, p.263
The major elections refer to the events that occurred after the death of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) in which Umar ibn Al-Khattab and Abu Bakr usurped the right of successorship of Imam Ali (From Him Is Peace) and the right of his wife the daughter of the Prophet, Lady Fatima Al-Zahraa (From Her Is Peace). The minor elections refer to the elections that took place in Iraq in 2005, the land where Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family) and Imam Ahmad Al-Hassan (From Him Is Peace) were born. These elections defied the sunnah of Muhammad (PBUH & His Family), which is the Supremacy of God. This means only God chooses the ruler. Under the Iraqi constitution of 1925, Iraq was a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral legislature consisting of an elected House of Representatives and an appointed Senate. The first parliament met in 1925 and 10 general elections were held before the monarchy was overthrown in 1958. However, this supposed system of elections was deeply corrupt. The King and his advisors, who were Sunni Muslims, manipulated the elections to ensure that the Shia majority were blocked from taking power.
Persecution of the Shia only worsened under the series of military governments, which dominated Iraq from 1958 to 2003. But none was worse than the regime of Saddam Hussein, of the Ba’ath Party, who came to power in 1979. All elections held during this period were purely for show. The reign of Saddam came to a crashing halt in 2003 when a multinational force overthrew his government and installed an interim administration. The pretext of the invasion was to oust Saddam Hussein and install a “true democracy” for the first time in Iraq’s history. On January 30, 2005, the government held elections to begin the process of writing a new constitution. International groups praised the January 2005 elections as the first free elections in Iraq’s history, which was during the greater absence of Imam Al-Mahdi (PBUH & His Family) as prophesied by Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family). Ahlulbayt (From Them Is Peace) have always left signs for those who are willing to see them. And they have delivered a grave warning about what is to come.
Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him Is Peace) was asked about when is the relief of the Shia, meaning the appearance of the Mahdi (PBUH), to which he (From Him Is Peace) responded:
“…and when the Arabs take off their leaders, and when everyone with a demand raises it, and when the Sufyani and Yamani appear…Then the companion of this matter will emerge…)
– Al-Kafi, Muhammad ibn Yaqub Al-Kulaini, v.8, p.224-225, hadith 285
The Yamani is a key character prophesied to appear in the End Times calling toward Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family). Imam Al-Baqir (From Him Is Peace) said:
Imam Mohammed Al-Baqir (From Him Is Peace) said:
“There is no banner more guided than the banner of the Yamani, it is a banner of guidance because he calls to your Companion. If the Yamani emerges then selling weapons becomes impermissible upon the people and every Muslim, and if the Yamani emerges then rise and go to him for verily his banner is a banner of guidance, and it is not permissible for any Muslim to turn away from him, whoever does so is from the people of hellfire, because he calls to the truth and to the straight path”.
– Bihar Al-Anwar, Muhammad Baqir Al-Majlisi, 3rd ed., v.52, p.232, hadith 96
– Al-Ghayba, Ibn Abi Zainab Al-No’mani, 1st ed., p.264, hadith 13
Imam Ahmad Al-Hassan (From Him Is Peace) is the Yamani of the Family of Muhammed (PBUH & His Family) whose call started in 1999. His appearance coincided with another prophesied event: The Arab Spring. In 2011, a series of anti-government uprisings spread across the Arab countries, starting in Tunisia, which resulted in the ousting of long time president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The effects of the Tunisian revolution spread strongly across the Arab countries such as Libya, Egypt, and Yemen, resulting also in the ousting of their long-time dictators, and fulfilling the prophecy of Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him Is Peace) where he said “and when the Arabs take off their leaders”.
For thousands of years, the so-called Shia have believed that the Qa'im will be Imam Mohmmed Ibn Al-Hassan Al-Askari (PBUH & His Family), the Savior of Mankind who establishes a divine just state and spreads the 27 letters of knowledge to mankind. However, what they do not understand is that Imam Al Mahdi and the Qa'im are two separate individuals.
We must first clarify that the word Qa'im means Riser. Therefore, the Qa'im is the one who rises with the truth.
Just as Imam Al Sadiq (From Him is Peace) stated,
“If the Riser rises he shall call the people to a new Islam, and he shall guide them to a matter that was lost and that the people strayed from, and verily the Riser was called a Mahdi [a Guide] because he guides to a matter which is lost, and he was called a Riser because he rises with the truth.” - Bihar Al-Anwar , Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 51, p. 30
However, the Muslims are confused in regards to the description of the Qa'im. For example, some narrations describe that the Qa'im will rule for 7 years, while other narrations that the Qa'im will rule for 19 and yet others list other numbers of years.
If we look at the narrations describing his physical features, we also find them contradictory. Some describe him as tall and dark-skinned resembling Moses (PBUH), while other narrations describe him as fair-skinned.
Some narrations describe him appearing at the age of 32 and others have him appearing in his 40’s.
Some narrations also describe a Qa'im or the Mahdi as a warrior and who engages in many military battles and while traditions describe that the Mahdi rises to the throne without having spilt a drop of blood.
So how can we reconcile with these narrations that seem to contract one another?
The truth is that the differences in the narrations describing the Qa'im, or the Mahdi, are due to the fact that the narrations are describing different people. And in this article, we will provide you with narrations to prove how Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) fits the description of the Qaim/Riser from the Family of Mohammed (From Them is Peace).
Let us first look at this narration -
Abu Abdullah Ja'far bin Mohammed Al-Sadiq (From Him Is Peace) had said:
“Al-Qa'im is one of my descendants. His old is like Abraham’s old; one hundred and twenty years. He is recognized and then he disappears for a period of time and then he reappears as a young man of thirty-two years old. Some groups of people deviate from him. He fills the world with justice after it has been filled with injustice and oppression.”- Dala’il al-Imama p.258, al-Ghayba by at-Toossi p.420, Ithbat al-Hudat, vol.3 p.511, Hilyatul Abrar, vol.2 p.584, Bihar ul Anwar, vol.52 p.287
Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq (from him is peace) was appointed by Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (from him is Peace) when he was 32 years old and this was in 2015.
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In this statement, Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) stated,
‘My children, a while ago I have appointed to you your servant and your brother Abdullah Hashem as the general responsible over the world. And I have delegated to him a number of duties. And he is in direct contact with me with no medium at all.
Any decision comes through him and any command comes through him in what pleases God, for he is true and he is from me in this stage until Allah commands the immediate fast relief of the Family of Mohammed inshAllah.’
On numerous occasions, Aba Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) claimed to be Abdullah in the Will of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) publicly.
I, as your vicegerent, find that me being your successor means that one day you will leave for me your great shoes to fill, so how can the little feet of Abdullah the infant fill the shoes of Al-Hussein (PBUH)? - Sermon of the Righteous Servant on November 16, 2016
It is narrated from Fazl from Uthman bin Isa from Darast from Ammar bin Marwan from Abu Basir that he said: I heard Imam Ja’far Sadiq (From Him Is Peace) say:
“I am prepared to guarantee Imam Qaim to one who guarantees the death of Abdullah; because after the death of Abdullah, the Muslims will not have consensus on any one person and this matter will not end except with your Imam. If Allah wills, the kingdom running into years will end and the kingdom running into days and months will begin.”
I (the narrator) asked: “Would this matter be prolonged?” He replied: “Definitely not.”
- Ghaybat Al-Tusi , Al-Shaikh Al-Tusi, Vol. 1, p. 467
Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq appeared publicly in 2015 after the death of king Abdullah just as Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family) did and the traditions state that the Qaim will appear after the death of King Abdullah.
“The likes of he who you asked of is like a pillar which fell from the heavens, its head is from the West and its origin is from the East, so from where do you see the pillar stand if it is raised up?” The man said: “From its head.” Imam Al-Kathim (PBUH) said: “That is enough, from the West he shall rise and his origin is from the East and it is over there that his Rise is established and his matter completed. And as such is the Mahdi (From Him Is Peace) and his upbringing in the East and then he migrates to the West, and he rises from there and in the East his matter is completed. ”
- Sharḥ al-akhbār , Qadi Nu’man al-Maghribi, Vol. 3, p. 365
There are many indications that the Qa'im/Riser comes from the West and there are narrations that mention that most of his companions are non-Arabs: “With the Qa'im (PBUH) from the Arabs are few.”
Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa'eed narrated from Ahmad bin Yousuf al-Ju’fi Abul Hasan from Issma'eel bin Mihran from al-Hasan bin Ali bin Abu Hamza from his father and Wuhayb bin Hafs from Abu Baseer that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said:
“There will be a very few Arabs with al-Qa'im (From Him Is Peace).”
It is said to him: “But those, who talk about this matter among the Arabs, are so much many.”
He said: “People must be tried, sifted and purified. Much many people will be thrown away from the sieve.”
- Al-Kafi, vol.1 p.370, Dala’il al-Imama p.242, al-Idad al-Qawiyya p.74, Ithbat al-Hudat, vol.3 p.537, Biharul Anwar, vol.5 p.219, vol.52 p.114, 348, Bisharatul Islam, vol.2 p.197, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.4 p.46.
And just as the narration states, many of the companions that have been with Aba Al-Sadiq Abdullah Hashem (From His is Peace) come from a non-Arab background.
Imam Al-Kathim (From Him is Peace) was asked about the Mahdi, where is his Rise from and where does he reside, to which he responded:
“The likes of he who you asked of is like a pillar which fell from the heavens, its head is from the West and its origin is from the East, so from where do you see the pillar stand if it is raised up?” The man said: “From its head.” Imam Al-Kathim (From Him Is Peace) said: “That is enough, from the West he shall rise and his origin is from the East and it is over there that his Rise is established and his matter completed. And as such is the Mahdi (From Him Is Peace) and his upbringing in the East and then he migrates to the West, and he rises from there and in the East his matter is completed. ”
- Sharḥ al-akhbār , Qadi Nu’man al-Maghribi, Vol. 3, p. 365
Indeed, Aba Al-Sadiq Abdullah Hashem (From Him is Peace) was raised in Egypt and then migrated to the West, Europe, and his Call begins from the West and he was in Egypt when he raised the Black Banners.
After Aba Al-Sadiq (Peace is From Him) raised the Black Banners, it was not long until he travelled Europe and many believers from all over the world made hijra to Europe to support the Call of Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family).
From Thawban that the Prophet of Allah Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) said:
“Three will fight at your treasure, all of them are the sons of a caliph, then it will not be to anyone of them, then the black banners will rise from the east, and they will fight a fight that no nation has fought before”. Then he mentioned something and said: “If you see him, pledge allegiance to him even if crawling on ice, verily he is the Caliph of Allah the Mahdi”.
– Al-Mostadrak A’ala Al-Saheehayn, Abi Abdillah Muhammad Al-Hakim Al-Naysabory, v.4, p.510, hadith 8432 (Online book: p. 464)– Kanz Al-Ummal, Al-Muttaqi Al-Hindi, v.14, p.263, hadith 38658.
– Sunan Ibn Maja, Muhammad ibn Yazeed Al-Qozweeny, v.2, p.1367, hadith 4084
It is interesting that the hadith mentions the word ice, and ice is known to exist in Europe and America and not in the Middle East.