
This book is a collection of a series of traditions, which have been narrated from the Holy Prophet (S), his progeny and companions - all taken from the sources of our Sunni brethren. It also contains sayings and writings of Sunni scholars about the Awaited Mahdi who is from the progeny of Muhammad (S).
- Al-Mahdi
- Dedication
- Presentation
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- The Mahdi is from the Arabs
- The Mahdi is from this Ummah (Nation)
- The Mahdi is From Kinana
- The Mahdi is from the Quraysh
- The Mahdi is from the Banu Hashim
- The Mahdi is from the progeny of ‘Abd al-Muttalib
- The Mahdi is from the progeny of Abu Talib
- The Mahdi is from the descendant (Āl) of Muhammad
- The Mahdi is from the progeny (‘itrah) of the Holy Prophet
- The Mahdi is from the Ahl al-Bayt (family of the Holy Prophet)
- The Mahdi is from the kinsfolk (dhawi al-qurba)
- The Mahdi is from the offspring of the Holy Prophet (al-dhurriyah)
- The Mahdi is from the progeny of ‘Ali
- The Mahdi is from the progeny of Fatimah
- The Mahdi is from the progeny of al-Sibtayn (i.e. al-Hasan and al-Husayn)
- The Mahdi is from the offspring of al-Husayn
- The Mahdi is from the ninth descendant of al-Husayn
- The Mahdi is from the offspring of al-Sadiq
- The Mahdi is from the offspring of al-Ridha
- The Mahdi is from the offspring of al-Hasan al-Askari
- Chapter 3
- The Mahdi and his attributes
- The Mahdi and His Character
- The Mahdi resembles the Messenger of Allah
- The Mahdi and His Conduct
- The Mahdi and his Knowledge
- The Mahdi and his Judgments
- The Mahdi and his Generosity
- The Mahdi and his Rule
- The Mahdi and his Reforms
- The Mahdi and Allegiance
- The Awaited Mahdi is One
- Chapter 4
- The Mahdi and his Distinction
- The Mahdi and his lofty position
- The Mahdi and ‘Isa
- The Mahdi and the Ummah
- The Mahdi and Paradise
- The Mahdi and Obedience
- The Mahdi and the Truth
- The Mahdi and the Caliphate
- The Mahdi and Allegiance
- The Mahdi and the Angels
- Mahdi and People of the Cave
- The Mahdi is the Proof (Hujjah) of Allah
- The Mahdi and the completion of religion
- The Mahdi is the Twelfth Caliph
- Mahdi is the Twelfth Wasi (Legatee)
- Mahdi is the Twelfth Imam
- Mahdi is the Imam of the Age
- Messengership in Childhood and His Imamate
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Traditions on the Occultation (Ghaybah)
- Mahdi and the manner of his occultation
- Mahdi and his place of occultation
- The cellar (sardab) and its pilgrimage
- Philosophy and reason behind the occultation
- The minor and the major occultation
- How people benefit from the hidden Imam
- The Mahdi’s deputies during the period of his occultation
- Chapter 7
- Preface
- Introduction
- The call from the heavens
- Heavenly signs
- Eclipse of the sun and moon
- Discord and hypocrisy among the people
- Cruelty and oppression
- Anarchy
- Killing and Death
- Calamity and Tribulation
- A Sayyid from Khurasan
- The killing of al-Nafs al-Zakkiyah
- The uprising of al-Dajjal
- The uprising of al-Sufyani
- Traditions about the Mahdi in the al-Fusul al-Muhimma
- Chapter 8
- Merits of awaiting for the Mahdi’s appearance
- Refraining from fixing the time of the emergence
- The Mahdi’s emergence at the end of time
- The Mahdi’s qualities on the day of his emergence
- Place of the Mahdi’s emergence
- The place of the Mahdi’s allegiance
- Preparation for the Mahdi’s Triumph
- Events that will occur in the near future
- The Mahdi’s helpers
- The angels will assist the Mahdi
- Descent of ‘Isa ibn Maryam (a.s.)
- The blessings of the Mahdi’s emergence
- The Mahdi’s actions and invitation
- The Mahdi’s Virtuous Way
- The Mahdi’s noble moral traits
- Religion will be completed with the Mahdi
- The Jews and the Christians
- Manifestation of the religion of Islam
- The Mahdi’s reforms
- His conquests and the extent of his rule
- Duration of the Mahdi’s caliphate and rule
- Conclusion