Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. has sent prophet Muhammad with the Qur’an which has already cleared up all the misconceptions of the previous nations including the Jews and Christians. “Who can be more wicked than one who invents a lie against Allah, or says, “I have received inspiration,” when he has received none, or again who says, “I can reveal the like of what Allah has revealed”? He said, and they claimed that the uprising of the Dajjal would be 743 years after the Muhammadan day, and the Muhammadan day begins according to them from the day of the death of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, up until the completion of a thousand years. Are Ibadi Muslims Kharijites? Ibn Harrash said, “In his hadith there is an indefiniteness.” Abu Ja’far al-‘Aqeeli said, “He had nothing (said against him) but (that he had) a bad memory.” Ad-Daraqutni said, “There was something about his memorization.” Yahya al-Qattan said, “I have not found a man whose name was ‘Asim but that I found him to have a weak memory.” He also said, “I heard Shu’bah say, ‘Asim ibn Abu an-Nujud narrated to us, and in people is what is in it/her.’”Adh-Dhahabi said, “(He was) Firm (trustworthy) in recitation and good in hadith (i.e. Along with that, there is no mention of the Mahdi by name in the hadith. Then a man of Quraysh will arise (in rebellion) whose maternal uncles are (the tribe of) Kalb, and an expeditionary force will be sent against them and they will conquer them, and that is the expeditionary force of Kalb, and there is a disappointment for whoever does not attend (the division of) the spoils of Kalb. 4085). The affair will be in the form of the khilafah and justice for forty or seventy, then conditions will change, and it will become a kingdom.” This is the end of what Ibn Abi Wasil said.”- Ibn Khaldun, “He said in another place, “The descent of ‘Isa will be at the time of Salat al-‘Asr of the Muhammadan Day when three-quarters of it has passed.” He said, “Al-Kindi Ya’qoub ibn Ishaq mentioned in the book al-Jafr in which he mentioned astrological conjunctions that when the Qur’an reaches Taurus at the beginning of“da ha” with the two letters, ‘dad’ with the diacritical point and the ‘ha’ without a diacritical point, meaning 698 after the Hijrah, the Messiah will descend and will rule over the earth as long as Allah ta’ala wills.” He said, “And it has been narrated in the hadith that ‘Isa will descend at the white minaret to the east of Damascus.”- Ibn Khaldun. 2 A pre-Islamic Christian Wali accused of having made a young girl pregnant. Ibn ‘Adi said, “He narrated hadith about the excellent qualities about which no-one agrees with him, and which they ascribed to his espousal of Shi’ism.”, “Ibn Majah also published from ‘Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn Jaz’, az-Zabeedi by way of Ibn Luhay’ah from Abu Zar’ah from ‘Umar ibn Jabir al-Hadrami from ‘Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn Jaz’ that he said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘A people will come from the east and they will facilitate things for the Mahdi, meaning for his authority.‘”, Criticism: At-Tabarani said, “It is unique to Ibn Luhay’ah,” and we have previously seen, in respect of the hadith of ‘Ali which at-Tabarani narrated in his al-Mu’jam al-Awsat, that Ibn Luhay’ah is weak, and that his shaykh ‘Umar ibn Jabir is weaker than him.”, “Al-Bazzar narrated in his Musnad and at-Tabarani in his a l-Mu’jam al-Awsat, and the wording is that of at-Tabarani, from Abu Hurairah from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that he said, “The Mahdi will be among my Ummah, if only for a little (time) then seven, and if not then eight, and if not then nine, in which my Ummah will be blessed with a blessing the like of which they will not have been blessed, the sky will be loosed upon them with abundant rain and the earth will not store up (and withhold) anything of its plants, and wealth will be plentiful (piled up in heaps). The fact that the hadiths tell us that, - Hazrat Mahdi (as) will assume the spiritual leadership of all Muslims, - That he will be instrumental in uniting the whole Islamic world, - … He said, “‘Ali ibn Nufayl is not to be followed over it, and it is unknown except him.”. Al-Hakim narrated it in al-Mustadrak and said, “A sahih isnad and the two of them (al-Bukhari and Muslim) did not narrate it.” In his narration of it, there is, “Then later the Hashimi will appear and Allah will return people to their union.” Ibn Luhay’ah is not in this isnad, and it is a sahih isnad as he mentioned.”. He used to say, ‘Ali is in the clouds’, and he would sit with us and, seeing a cloud, he would say, ‘This is ‘Ali who has passed in the clouds’.”, “At-Tabarani published from ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “There will be a trial at the end of time in which men will be extracted as gold is extracted from the mines, so do not curse the people of Syria, but curse their worst ones, because among them are the Abdal. The Sufyani (a descendant of Abu Sufyan) will emerge before Imam Mahdi from the depths of Damascus. http://www.khalidzaheer.com/qa/347 If you continue to use this site, you agree with it. The earth will give its produce and nothing of it will be stored, and wealth on that day will be in heaps so that a man will stand up and say, ‘Mahdi, give me!’ and he will say, ‘Take’.”, Criticism: (As for) Zayd al-‘Ammi, even if ad–Daraqutni, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Yahya ibn Mu’in said about him that he was right-acting, and Ahmad said moreover that he was above Yazid ar-Rafashi and Fadl ibn ‘Isa yet Abu Hatim said about him, “(He was) Weak. ), There is no hadith about Mahdi in the Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas. Shaikh Ahmad Muhammad Shakir (d. 1377/1958), one of the greatest contemporary scholar of Hadith and Tafsir, whose major work was his commentary on Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (for a biography of Ahmad Shakir, see al-Aalam, v1, p253; Mu’jam al-Mu’allifeen, v13, p368) wrote in his commentary: "Belief in al-Mahdi is not particular to the Shi’a … Some people said that the Golden silsilah was ash-Shafi’i from Malik from Nafi’ from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, because of the honour of each person in the silsilah. He came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and narrated to him (the story of atrocities perpetrated upon him by the people of the tribe). He will appear to spread equality and Justice, eliminate oppression and tyranny. Moreover, al-Hakim narrated it by way of Asad ibn Musa from Hamad ibn Salamah from Matar al-Warraq and Abu Harun al-‘Abdi from Abu as-Sadeeq an-Naji from Abu Sa’id that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The earth will be filled with tyranny and injustice, then a man from my offspring will come out and he will have seven or nine, and the earth will be filled with justice and equity as much as it was filled with tyranny and injustice.”, Criticism: Al-Hakim said about it, “This is a sahih hadith according to the condition of Muslim since it was published from Hamad ibn Salamah and from his shaykh, Matar al-Warraq,” but as for his other shaykh, Abu Harun al-‘Abdi he did not publish anything from him and he is extremely weak and suspected of lying, and there is no need to publish the sayings of the Imams in which they expose his weakness.” “As for the one who narrated to him from Hamad ibn Salamah, Asad ibn Musa who was nicknamed Asad as-Sunnah (The Lion of the Sunnah), even if al-Bukhari said, “His hadith are well-known,” and he used him as evidence in his Sahih, and Abu Dawud and an-Nasa’i sought to use him in proof, yet he said about him another time, “(He is) trustworthy; if only he did not compile (hadith) it would be better for him.” Muhammad ibn Hazm said about him, “(His) hadith are rejected.”, “At-Tabarani narrated it in his al-Mu’jam al-Awsat in the narration of Abu al-Wasil ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid ibn Wasil from Abu as-Sadeeq an-Naji from al-Hasan ibn Yazid as-Sa’di one of Bani Bahdalah from Abu Sa’id al-Khudri that he said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying, ‘A man from my Ummah will come out speaking by my Sunnah. Imam al-Mahdi (a) and the appearance of a savior in the end times are not explicitly mentioned in the Qur'an. The misguided followers of the false Prophet of Qadian, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad al-Kazzab , should follow carefully the discussion on this subject so that they may recognize Insha Allah , the falsehood of Mirza’s claims that he was Imām al-Mahdi … This was a lengthy and well written article brother regarding the ‘Mahdi’. There are some hadith in which we are commanded to follow an army carrying black flags from Khorasan, and therefore we should pledge allegiance to some armed groups carrying black flags we see today. God will make the provisions for his emergence within a single night.”, – Prophet Muhammad (Ibn Majah, Sahih, Vol. More often than not it led to disastrous consequences for their followers. Wakee’ ibn al-Jarrah said about it, “It is not anything,” and Ahmad ibn Hanbal said the same. Whoever among them authenticates that which is weak, weakens that which is authentic, establishes the authenticity of that which is rejected, or rejects that which is established-all with evidence, interpretation, or what resembles proof-then he has traversed the path of the scholars in research and investigation. The appearance of the Dajjal and what comes after him of the preconditions of the Hour which are firmly established in the Sahih (literature) will be right after him. Salafi Shaykh Nasiruddin al-Albani admits: Bukhari has weak hadith and mistakes! Imam Mahdi will easily be recognized by the traits the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings upon him) described for us. The Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life, by Ingrid Mattson [Book Review], Animal Welfare is Islamic – Here’s 9 Ways to Show Your Support, 12 Amazing Tips To Help You Wake Up For Fajr, English Football Authorities Accused of Ignoring Blatant Islamophobia, Encouraging New Data Shows That 7 out of 10 Muslims in the UK Have Already Taken or are Willing to Take the Vaccine. With us will Allah conclude, as with us He began. SHAFAQNA- There is a Hadith from Imam Muhammed Baqir (AS) that for three or seven consecutive days, one will see reddish yellow fire raging in the East. There are others who are awaiting the return of authority to the People of the House seeking an indication of that in those hadith on the Mahdi we have mentioned already and others.”– Ibn Khaldun, “Then there also occurred among later Sufis some talk about unveiling and what lies behind the sensory realm. Especially interesting is the work by Dr. Ahmad Shaf’at. As for al-Mundhir,’ I think that he said, ‘He will give away much wealth and will not become exalted in himself, and he will withhold a little which is his own right. Website by TMV Agency. Soon a rain-cloud from the sky will be sent against the people of Syria which will divide up their community, so much so that if foxes were to fight them they would conquer them. I have found it curious time and time again how certain partisans and sectarians among the Muslims will claim time and time again many certain views are only espoused by ‘, ’. in the narration of Abu al-Wasil ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid ibn Wasil from Abu as-Sadeeq an-Naji from al-Hasan ibn Yazid as-Sa’di one of Bani Bahdalah from Abu Sa’id al-Khudri that he said. Jazka’Allahu khayran for the links. In some hadiths which interpret the Qur’an, it is interpreted to be referring to the Infallible Imams (s.a).In some other hadiths, it is considered a title for Imam al-Mahdi (s.a). I have provided it here for the relevance of hadith studies. Is this the madhhab of ‘Abdullah?‘”Al-‘Aqeeli narrated this hadith among the weak, and adh-Dhahabi said, “It is not sahih.”, “Ibn Majah narrated from ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, by the narration of Yasin al-‘Ijli from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Hanafiyyah from his father from his grandfather (‘Ali) that he said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ‘The Mahdi is from us, the people of the house. The Qur’an has no mention of any Imam Mahdi. The Status of Imam al-Mahdi in the Qur'an and Hadiths In the Qur'an. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Ibn Abi Wasil said in his commentary on the book Khal’ an-Na’layn, “The awaited wali who undertakes the command of Allah and who is indicated by Muhammad al-Mahdi and the Seal of the Awliya, and he is not a prophet, but he is only a wali whose ruh and whose beloved dispatched him. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took hold of al-‘Abbas’s hand and ‘Ali’s hand, and said, ‘There will come out of the loins of this one until the earth is filled with tyranny and injustice, and there will come out of the loins of this one until he fills the earth with equity and justice. The Life and Works of Imam Jabir Bin Zayd. 2, P. 207; Ibn Majah, Sahih, Vol. “Abu Dawud also published from Umm Salamah, radiya’llahu ‘anha, that she said, “I heard…” and in Al-Mustadrak by way of ‘Ali ibn Nufayl from Sa’eed ibn al-Musayyab from Umm Salamah that she said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying, ‘The Mahdi is one of the descendants of Fatimah’.” The wording of al-Hakim is, “I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, mentioning the Mahdi and then he said, ‘Yes, he is real, and he is one of the descendants of Fatimah’. Allah will unite around him a wispy people like the wisps of the clouds, and Allah will unite their hearts so that they do not need anyone and do not rejoice in anyone who joins them. It has been said that it is one of the narrations of Qatadah from Abu’l-Khaleel, and Qatadah was a mudallis (who neglected to mention an intermediary in the isnad between him and the first man in the isnad). The beginning of the End of Time, including the emergence of the Imam Mahdi (Mehdi), is most likely in 2021, while Jesus Christ (p)'s return [or second (2 nd) coming] will most likely be around 2025, in-sha-Allah (if God is willing).. The permission of temporary shirk to prove a point. “As for the Sufis, the early generations did not plunge into anything of this. As for Abu al-Wasil who narrated it from Abu as-Sadeeq none of the six narrated from him, but Ibn Hibban mentioned him among the trustworthy of the second rank, and said about him, “He narrated from Anas and Shu’bah and ‘Itab ibn Bushr narrated from him.”, “Ibn Majah published in the book as-Sunan from ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ud by way of Yazid ibn Abi Ziyad from Ibrahim ibn* from ‘Alqamah from ‘Abdullah that he said, “While we were with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, some men of Banu Hashim came up. Jazaak Allahu Khayran. (May Allah have mercy on him. He has suppositions.” As for Abu Ishaq the shi’ah, even if he has been narrated from in the two Sahih books it is established that he mixed things up towards the end of his life, and his narration from ‘Ali is interrupted, and similarly the narration of Abu Dawud from Harun ibn al-Mughirah. (Hadith 4282 of the promised deliverer by Sunan Abu Dawood) 2, P. 519), “Al-Mahdi is one of us, the members of the household (Ahlul-Bayt).”, – Prophet Muhammad (Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. Makkah. Of deriving a proof from the traditions of ‘Asim since he is one of the Imams of the Muslims.” (What these Imams have said is) finished (here). Prophet Mohammad (SM) said of him the following: “The world will not come to an end until the Arabs are ruled by a man from my family whose name is the same as mine and whose fathers name is the same as my father’s name.”. TMV is a grassroots media platform with an aim to inspire, inform and empower Western Muslims; through powerful and engaging Islamic content. Sufiani will emerge in Palestine, where he will start a revolt in the month of Rajab. Please consider supporting The Muslim Vibe, from as little as £1 – it will only take a minute. They make the brick of gold an allusion to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the brick of silver an allusion to this awaited Fatimi wali.” – Ibn Khaldun, “That one is the Seal of the Prophets, and this one is the Seal of the Awliya. In fact, there is no authentic chain of narration going back to the Blessed Messenger (saw) on the subject of ‘Mahdi‘ that is not disputed or challenged. As for forty, it is the extent of he himself (his rule) and of the four khulafa remaining from his family who undertake his affair after him, peace be upon all of them. Ibn Abi Wasil said in his commentary on the book Khal’ an-Na’layn, “The awaited wali who undertakes the command of Allah and who is indicated by Muhammad al-Mahdi and the Seal of the Awliya, and he is not a prophet, but he is only a wali whose ruh and whose beloved dispatched him. Identification of the Prophesied Imam Mahdi. Yahya al-Qattan would not narrate from him and Yahya ibn Mu’in said, “He is not strong,” and he said one time, “He is not anything.” Ahmad ibn Hanbal said, “I would hope that he would be (a) good (source) of hadith.” Yazid ibn Zurai’ said, “He was a Haruri, and he held the view that the sword could be used against the people of the Qiblah.” An-Nasa’i said, “Weak.” Abu ‘Ubaidah al-Ajiri said, “I asked Abu Dawud about him and he said, ‘(He was) One of the companions of al-Hasan (al-Basri) and I have not heard anything but good about him.’ Another time I heard him mention him and he said, ‘Weak. Whoever of you reaches that let him come to them even if it were crawling on the snow.”, Criticism: This hadith is known among the scholars of hadith as the “hadith of the banners”. In summation then the hadith is weak and disquieting.”. Amin! Muhammad ibn al-Fadeel said, “One of the great Imams of the Shi’ah.” Ahmad ibn Hanbal said, “He was not a hafidh (memoriser of the hadith),” and he said one time, “His hadith is not that.” Yahya ibn Mu’in said, “Weak.” Al-‘Ijli said, “His hadith are permissible, and he used at his end to yulaqqinu* *.”Abu Zar’ah said, “Soft; he writes his hadith, and a proof cannot be made by him.” Abu Hatim said, “He is not strong.” Al-Jurjani said, “I heard them declaring his hadith to be weak.” Abu Dawud said, “I don’t know of anybody who abandoned his hadith, and (anyone) other than him is preferable to me.” Ibn ‘Adi said, “He is one of the Shi’a of the people of Kufah, and along with his weakness he writes his hadith.” Muslim did narrate from him except coupled with others (not as an independent source). “After the death of a Ruler there will be some dispute between the people. May Allah (swt) continue to bless us all. Opinion: Is Netflix’s Al-Masih Religion A Source Of Fear Or Hope? When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw them his eyes flowed and his complexion changed colour.” He said, “I said, ‘We still see something in your face which we dislike.’ Then he said. Thereafter a huge army will proceed from Syria to attack him but when they will be at Baida, which is between Makkah and Madina, they will be swallowed into the ground.”, – Prophet Muhammad, narrated by Umm Salmah, the Prophet’s wife (Abu Dawood), “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.”. While in Makkah, certain people will approach him between Hajrul Aswad and Maqaame Ibraheem, and forcefully pledge their allegiance to him. Their speech was only about struggling with the nafs (mujahadah) in actions and what results from that of ecstasies and states.” – Ibn Khaldun. Atheist Argument Against the Veracity of the Qur’an. He was born on July 29 869 in the city of Samarra, Iraq and his mother Nargis was of Roman descent. This is not known of ‘Ali in any sound and authentic manner, nor was this path something particularly to do with ‘Ali, may Allah ennoble his face, rather all of the Companions are models on the path of guidance, and to single out Ali apart from them reeks of Shi’ism, from which it is known, and from other things which come from the people, their entrance into Shi’ism and their entrance into its community. The following are a good read regarding the so-called returning of Jesus: Yet, when we delve into the history and works of scholars we find that they hold many of the claims that ‘, Hopefully, this will be an eye-opener for many in regards to one of the great scholars of the past who raised questions on the various well-known and widely reported oral traditions as they relate to the ‘, One particular interesting figure is Ibn Khaldun(, Interestingly the above quote is under the section of the book entitled: “, The two great Imams of Hadith, Bukhari, and Muslim (, In fact, there is no authentic chain of narration going back to the Blessed Messenger (saw) on the subject of ‘, We say a group of the Imams narrated the hadith about the Mahdi, of whom are at-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, al-Bazzar, Ibn Majah, al-Hakim, at-Tabarani, and Abu Ya’ala al-Mawsili, and they ascribed them to a group of the companions, for example, ‘Ali, Ibn ‘Abbas, Ibn ‘Umar, Talhah, Ibn Mas’ud, Abu Hurairah, Anas, Abu Sa’id al-Khudri, Umm Habibah, Umm Salamah, Thawban, Qurrah ibn Iyas, ‘Ali al-Hilali and ‘Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn Jaz’. When he hears about the Mahdi, he will send an ar… The credit should really be given to Ibn Khaldun and to Abdus Samad Clarke who has given the translation. Your support can help us in the fight against Islamophobia, by building a powerful platform for young Muslims who can share their ideas, experiences and opinions for a better future. As for the second isnad, Abu’l-Hasan and Hilal ibn ‘Umar in it are unknown and Abu’l-Hasan is not known except in Mutarrif ibn Tarif’s narration from him.”. He gave a severe fatwa about Ibrahim ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Hasan (who contended for the Khalifate and took up arms against the Abbasids and was killed), in which there was the spilling of blood’.”, “At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and al-Hakim all published from Abu Sa’id al-Khudri by way of Zayd al-‘Ammi from Abu Sadeeq an-Naji from Abu Sa’id al-Khudri that he said, “We were afraid that things might happen, so we asked the Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,‘In my Ummah there will be the Mahdi; he will come out and live five, seven or nine,’” Zayd was the one who was not sure. The subject of Islamic Eschatology is vast; especially as it relates to the sacred sublime oral traditions. When you see that, you must take yourselves to the Tamimi youth, because he will come from the direction of the east, and he is the owner of the Mahdi’s banner.’”, At-Tabarani published in his al-Mu’jam al-Awsat from Talhah ibn ‘Abdullah (perhaps Talhah ibn ‘Ubaidillah) from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that he said, “, It has been said, “There is no Mahdi but ‘Isa ibn Maryam,” i.e. Al-Bukhari’s golden silsilah, i.e.