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Imam Al-Mahdi (AS) is in occultation according to Allah's order, waiting for suitable time to come to the public life to establish the world government of peace and justice.

Allah (SWT) only knows when He will permit Imam Al-Mahdi (AS) to come to the public life to establish that great aim which is in fact the aim of all the Prophets and Infallible Imams.

Imam Al-Mahdi (AS) is living on this earth and he guides the scholars and helps people in the way that Allah (SWT) guides him. He is away from publicity and even those whom he helps do not know him. They will recognize him after his re appearance.

Wassalam.

The evidence of the birth of any one is either witness from two trusted persons, or witness of trusted persons who saw him alive.

We have thousands of witnesses of trusted persons who witnessed his birth or / and saw Imam Al-Mahdi (AS).

Many Sunni scholars have also recorded his birth in their books like

1. Al-Dhahabi in Siyar A'lam al-Nubala 13: 119.

2. Mohammad Ibn Talha al-Shafi'ee in Matabilb al-Sa'ool .

3. Ibn al-Sabbagh al-Maliki in al-Fosool al-Muhimmah 237.

4. Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi in Tathkirat al-Khawaas.

5. Ibn Hajar al-Haythami in Al-Sawaa'eq.

6. Al-Shabraawi al-Shafi'ee in al-Et'haaf.

7. Al-Qundoozi al-Hanafi in Yanabee' al-Mawaddah .

8. Al-Shiblianji al-Shafi'ee in Noor al-Absaar.

9. Ibn Khallakaan in Wafayaat al-A'yaan .

10. Ibn Toloon and many others.

Wassalam.

Imam Al-Mahdi (AS) is alive on this earth and he meets , guides and helps people. He knows them but they do not recognize him during the major occultation.

Few of the very sincere believers can recognize him after the meeting is over. The most sincere servants of Allah who are very rare, can recognize him during seeing him. Such sincere and humble servants never speak in public that they saw the Imam (AS).

Wassalam.

This is a good question and one that doesn't have a clear answer.

One would assume that it would happen using modern weaponry (whatever that happens to be at the time), and there are some narrations suggesting the Dajjal might have some sort of modern machinery, and some of the signs of end times seem (God forbid) similar to the results of modern warfare. From this angle, the word "swords" in narrations could be taken as a figure of speech to represent weaponry.

However, it is also entirely possible that, at that time, something will have happened to make modern technology unworkable. (Some people have suggested a magnetic pole shift; one could also consider a massive solar flare, or really anything that would result in the destruction of the means of production or use of such items such as an environmental crisis.) This would also be concordant with the general description of chaos preceding the arrival of the Mahdi (A).

So, basically, there is no clear evidence either way; it is one of those things which we will have to wait and see. Of course the important thing is to be on the side of the Imam (A), regardless of what kind of technology is available.