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| The Mahdi is not to be confused with the Messiah Isa son of Mary (Jesus). They are two differnt persons, who will both appear in the Last Days. | |||
| the expected Messiah in Islam | |||
| al-Mahdi is a title meaning "the guided one". He will come from Makkah (Mecca). | |||
| Khalif Ali, the fourth ] in Islam, reported that the Prophet ] said, "Even if only a day remains for Qiyamah to come, yet Allah will surely send a man from my family who will fill this world with such justice and fairness, just as it initally was filled with oppression." | |||
| According to other reported sayings by the Prophet ] some of the features of al-Mahdi are: | |||
| - He will be tall | |||
| - He will be fair complexioned | |||
| - His facial features will be similar to thos of the Prophet Muhammad | |||
| - His character will be like that of the Prophet Muhammad | |||
| - His father's name will be Abdullah | |||
| - His mother's name will be Aamina | |||
| - He will speak with a slight stutter | |||
| - He will occasionally hit his hand upon his thigh when he stutters | |||
| - His age at the time of his emergence will be forty years | |||
| - He will receive Knowledge from Allah | |||
| One of the signs which will indicate the emergence of al-Mahdi will be that in the Ramadhan prior to his emergence an eclipse of the sun and moon will occur. This has never happened before in history . | |||
| The title has been claimed by various individuals in history, including ] who founded a short-lived ] in ] in the late ]. | The title has been claimed by various individuals in history, including ] who founded a short-lived ] in ] in the late ]. | ||
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The Mahdi is not to be confused with the Messiah Isa son of Mary (Jesus). They are two differnt persons, who will both appear in the Last Days.
al-Mahdi is a title meaning "the guided one". He will come from Makkah (Mecca).
Khalif Ali, the fourth Khalif in Islam, reported that the Prophet Muhammad said, "Even if only a day remains for Qiyamah to come, yet Allah will surely send a man from my family who will fill this world with such justice and fairness, just as it initally was filled with oppression."
According to other reported sayings by the Prophet Muhammad some of the features of al-Mahdi are:
- He will be tall - He will be fair complexioned - His facial features will be similar to thos of the Prophet Muhammad - His character will be like that of the Prophet Muhammad - His father's name will be Abdullah - His mother's name will be Aamina - He will speak with a slight stutter - He will occasionally hit his hand upon his thigh when he stutters - His age at the time of his emergence will be forty years - He will receive Knowledge from Allah
One of the signs which will indicate the emergence of al-Mahdi will be that in the Ramadhan prior to his emergence an eclipse of the sun and moon will occur. This has never happened before in history .
The title has been claimed by various individuals in history, including Muhammad Ahmad who founded a short-lived empire in Sudan in the late 19th century.