Khalifatullah Mehdi (AHS)

Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire. It is naught save an inspiration that is inspired [53:3-4]

The reports related to the Promised Savior of the Ummah, the Mahdi^AS from authentic traditions of the Prophet^SAS

1. Quoted from Hakim, who says that Umm-e-Salmah^RZ narrates that she had heard the Prophet of Allah^PBUH saying that the Mehdi^AS would belong to Bani Fatima^RZ (Holy Family). This is reported by Abu Da'ud also. More

2. It is narrated by U'mar^RZ that from the progeny of Imam Hussain^RZ, a person would appear from the east. Even if mountains stand in his way he would destroy them and carve his way. Hafiz AbuI Qasim, Hafiz Abu Nayeem Asfahani and Hafiz Abdullah Nayeem Bin Hamed have narrated this tradition in their books. More

3. It is narrated by Abu Da'ud that Razeen Abdullah^RZ had reported that the Prophet^PBUH said that even if one day was left for the end of this world, Allah would prolong that day, so that a person from my family (Ahl-e-Bait) would be deputed, whose name would be my name and whose father's name would be my father's name. More

4. Ibne Maja, Haakim and Abu Nayeem on the authority of Thouban^RZ narrates that the Prophet of Allah^PBUH stated that 'at your treasure (caliphate) three persons would quarrel, all of them would be sons of the Khalifa. But none of them would succeed in acquiring it. Afterwards black flags would appear and they would kill you so that no other race would have been killed in that manner. After that the Khalifa of Allah, Mehdi^AS, would appear. When you hear about him go to him, make covenant (Ba'ith) with him, even if you had to go crawling over the snow.' - Mishkaat & Sunan ibn Maajaa with slight variance of wordings More

5. There is a narration from lbn U'mar^RZ which has been reported by Ibn-Shiba that the Prophet of Allah^PBUH stated that the Mehdi^AS would appear in a manner that an angel would be announcing over his head that "this is the Caliph of Allah, Mehdi"

6. Ibn Asakar has narrated that the Prophet of Allah^PBUH said "How my Umma (adherents) would be ruined, when I am at the beginning and Isa (Jesus^AS) the son of Mariam (Mary^AS) is at the end and Mehdi^AS who is from my progeny (Ahl-e-Bait) is in the middle". There are several traditions of like contents and meaning which are reported by Hakim, Abu Na'im, Imam Jafar, Yahya Bin Abdullah and others More

7. Hafiz Abu Nayeem Asfahani narrated through Ali Bin Hazili^RZ that the Prophet of Allah^PBUH addressed Fatima^RZ thus: "By Allah, who has deputed me with the truth (Haq), from these two i.e., Hussain^RZ (Hasan^RZ, Hussain^RZ ), Mehdi^AS, my adherent would be born, in the later period. In the later period he would establish the religion (Deen) as I have done in the early period". More

8. Abu Hurayra^RZ says: "People will pay allegiance to the Mahdi between rukn and maqam. Ibn Tawus, Kitab al-malahim wa al-fitan, p. 64 More

9. Abu Sa'id al-Khudari^RZ says, the Prophet said, "Our Mahdi will have a broad forehead and a pointed nose. He will fill the earth with justice as it is filled with injustice and tyranny. He will rule for seven years." Abu Dawud, Sahih, Vol. 2, p. 208. More

10. Abu Nayeem said and Abu Bakr bin al Mukhri has recorded in his book "Mujeem" that, "Ibne Umar^RZ said that Prophet^SLM said that "Mahdi's advent will occur at such a city or village which will be known as Krimiah". Book number 319, Vol. "Al Arful Wardi Fi Akhbar il Mahdi", by Jalaluddin Suyuti at Asafiya Library's manuscript (Hyderabad, India)

11."It is reported from Abu Saeed Khudri^RZ, who says that Nabi^SLM said, 'I give you the glad tidings of Mahdi, who will be sent at the time when there will be great differences amongst the people, and earthquakes. The earth will then be filled with justice just as it was filled with oppression and rebellion. The inhabitants of the heavens and earth will be pleased with him. He will distribute wealth with 'Sihaah'. A Sahaabi asked, 'What is meant by 'Sihaah'? Nabi^SLM replied, 'With Equality and justice. Allah Ta'ala will fill the hearts of the Ummat of Muhammad with peace and contentment, and their justice will permeate and become widespreadÖ.'" [Narrated by Ahmad]
Haafizul Hadith, Allamah Nooruddeen Abul Hasan Bin Ali Bin Abi Bakr Ibn Sulaimaan Al-Haythami has mentioned in Majmu'us Zawaahid, that Imaam Ahmad Ibn Hambal has narrated this Hadith through various chains. Imaam Abu Ya'la has reported it with brevity. The narrators of both are reliable. More

12. The hadith related by Abu Hurayrah^RZ: "Allah sends to this nation at the beginning of each century those who renew the religion." [Sunan Abi Dawud (4291)] More

13. Prophet^SAW said "al-Mahdi is from our Ahlul-Bayt, no doubt Allah will enforce his appearance within a night (i.e., his coming is very unpredictable and is very sudden)." Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, p269 More

14. Abu Nadra reported: We were with the company of Jabir Ibn Abdillah... Jabir Ibn Abdillah kept quite for a while and then reported Allah's Messenger^SLM having said: "There would be a Caliph in the last (period) of my Ummah who would freely give handfuls of wealth to the people without counting it." I said to Abu Nadra and Abu al-Ala: Do you mean Umar Ibn Abd al-Aziz? They said: NO, (he would be Imam Mahdi).
Sahih Muslim, English version, v4, chapter MCCV, p1508, Tradition #6961
Sahih Muslim, Arabic version, Kitab al-Fitan, v4, p2234, Tradition #67 More

15. "Whoever denies belief in the Dajjal, has certainly committed disbelief and whoever denies belief in the Mahdi, has certainly committed disbelief"
Reference:
Abu Bakr al-Askafi (263-352 H) narrated it in Fawa'id al-Akhbar
The hadith Master Abu al-Qasim al-Suhayli (d.624 H) in his book Sharh al-Sirah
The hadith Master Ibn Nasir al-Din al-Dimashqi (777-842 H) in his book 'Uqud al-Durar fi 'Ulum al-Athar ("The Pearl Necklaces in the Science of Reports")
The hadith Master Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (849-911 H) in his treatise al-'Arf al-Wardi fi Akhbar al-Mahdi ("The Rose Fragrance Concerning the Reports on al-Mahdi")
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (909-974 H) in his fatwa titled al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi 'Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar ("The Brief Discourse on the Portents of the Awaited Mahdi") said that denial of the Mahdi entails kufr.

Mahdi^AS's advent in India, Ajam (Ahadees)

1. Hazrath Suban^RZ narrates that Hazrath Rasool Allah^SLM said "For your treasures (Caliphate) three persons will fight but none will overcome it, then black flags will rise from the east, they will massacre you {Halaku Khan's Army killed 1.6 million Muslims in Baghdad alone} in such a way that no group has done it ever before. After this Khalifatullah Mehdi will arrive, when you hear about Mehdi reach him and pledge allegiance to him even if you have to crawl over snow because he is Caliph of Allah the Mehdi" (Ibne Maja, Ahmed bin Hanbal, Haakim, Delami, Ruyani, and Nayeem bin Hammad)

{Geographical boundaries of Arabia: [To the west of Arabia is Red Sea and the African continent, ruling out any possibility of snow covered path] [South is Arabian sea and Indian ocean, ruling out the snow path again] [North is Asian plains followed by the Russian provinces and Siberia where the region is covered in snow almost all year round followed by Antarctic ocean without a dry] [South east is surrounded by the Persian gulf, southern Iran and Bulichistan. North east is the mountainous region of Khurasan where snow is enveloped for 4-6 months at a stretch making it treacherous for travel.]}

2. Abd Allah ibn al-Harith ibn Juz al-Zubaydi^RZ said, the Prophet^SLM said: "A people will come out of the East (India) who will pave the way for the Mahdi." (Ibn Majah)

3. Suban^RZ narrates that Hazrat Rasool Allah^SLM said "Two branches of my Ummah are such that Allah has saved them from the fire of Hell. One of them is that who will fight in Hind (India) {group of Hazrat Mahdi^AS}, the other will accompany Isa ibn-e-Maryam^AS. (Sunan Nasai)

4. Narrated by Hz. Abu Hurairah^RZ that Hazrath Rasool Allah^SLM made a promise to us of the battle of Hind (Ghazwa-e-Hind). If I get this battle I will sacrifice my life and belongings. If I am killed in this battle, I shall be counted among high-ranked martyrs (Afzal Shuhada). If I return as a "Ghazi" (Conqueror), I will be that Abu Hurrairah who has been freed from the fire of hell." (Sunan Nasai) (Battle related to Khalifatullah will be called Gazwa in the religious terminology)

5. Ibne Umar said that Prophet^SLM said "Mahdi's advent will occur at such a village called as Kar'ah" {"The name of city of Jaunpur in ancient India was Karíahî See the Book: Bharat Ka Pracheen Etihaas ñ ref. Braheen-e-Mahdavia by Abdul Hakim Tadbir} ("Al Arful Wardi Fi Akhbar il Mahdi" Jalaluddin Suyuti, Abu Nayeem, Abu Bakr bin Muqri, Ma'jam, Ibn Adi AlKalam, AlKuniji AlBayan, Dr.Taher Ul Quadri "Amad Sayyidina Imam Mehdi^AS")

6. "Pity poor Taliqan (a region in Afghanistan) that at that place are treasures of Allah, but these are not of gold and silver but consist of people who have recognized Allah as they should have. They are the companions of the Mahdi^AS of End of Times." (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi' 'Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman)

7. Abu Huraira^RZ said: When we were sitting with the Prophet^SLM Sura Al Jumu'ah came down. Then when the words "and others of them who have not yet joined them (Al-Jumu'ah 62:3)" came down, the people asked God's Messenger^SLM who they were. Salman Al-Farsi^RZ was among us, and placing his hand on Salman^RZ {Non-Arab, Ajami} the Prophet^SLM said "If faith were in the Pleiades (Ath-Thuraiya, the highest star) some of these men {Non-Arabs, Ajami} would attain it." (Bukhari)

8. Abu Hurayrah^RZ: Allah's Messenger^SLM recited this verse, "If you turn back He will substitute other people for you and they will not be like you" (47:38). The people asked, "Messenger of Allah^SLM, who are these people whom Allah has mentioned will be substituted for us if we turn back and will not be like us?" He struck Salman al-Farisi {Non-Arab, Ajami} on the thigh and said, "This man {Non-Arab, Ajami} and his people {Non-Arabs, Ajami}. This man {Non-Arab, Ajami} and his people {Non-Arabs, Ajami} (said two times) If the religion were in the Pleiades (Ath-Thuraiya, the highest star) men from among the Persians would attain it." (Tirmidhi, Mishkaat)

9. Abu Hurayrah^RZ: When the foreigners {Non-Arabs, Ajami} were mentioned in the presence of Allah's Messenger^SLM He said, 'I have more trust in them (or, in some of them) than I have in you (or, in some of you).' (Tirmidhi, Mishkaat)

10. Umme Salma^RZ narrates The Prophet^SLM said: "... a man [Hazrat Mahdi^AS] of the people of Madina {a large city not Madina Tun-Nabi or Madina Tur-Rasool} {Village Kar'ah became Jaunpur City in 800H} will come forth to Mecca... (Abu Dawud, Ahmed bin Hanbal, Hakim, Ibn Abi Shebah)
Madina in Qur'an: And from the remote part of the city there came a man running, he said: O my people! follow the messengers(36:20)

All the ten aforementioned ahadith under the title "Mahdi^AS's advent in India, Ajam" came true on Hazrat Syed Muhammad Ajami, Hindi, Jaunpuri Mahdi-e-Maud^AS, Aamanna wo Sadaqna

Allah's Messenger^SLM said "whoever denies the Mahdi, has certainly committed disbelief" (al-Salami "Iqd al-Durar", Jalaluddin Suyuti "al-Hawi Fatawi", Abu Bakr Askafi "Fawaed Aqbar", Abul Qasim Saheli "Sharah al-Sirah", Hafiz "Lisan al-Mizan", Shaik Abdullah bin Siddiq Qamari "al-Mehdi al-Muntazar", Shaik Hafiz Zahabi "Faraed Samteen", Jalaluddin Suyuti "al-'Arf al-Wardi fi Akhbar al-Mahdi", Ibn Hajar al-Haytami "al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar", Dr.Taher Ul Qaudri "al-Qawl al-Muatabar")

NOTE: Comments in the {flower brackets} are not from the Ahadees books.

Hazrat Mahdi's (AS) Advent In Tenth Century Hijri (Ahadees)

Narrated Zahaak bin Zamal^RZ: The Life of the World is Seven Thousand (7000) Years, I am in the last Thousand. (Kitab Al Qiyamah, Bab Awwal Fi Umoor) (Tibraani, Hakim, Baihaqi, Tafseer Ibn Kaseer, Roohul Maani, Tafseer Tabari, Kanzul Ummal, Jamia Imam Suyuti - Jamia)

Five Thousand Six Hundred (5600) years have passed from this world. (Ahmad Ibn Hanbal , Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman)

Narrated Ibn Umar^RZ: Allah's Apostle (SAS) said, "Your period (i.e. the Muslims' period) in comparison to the periods of the previous nations, is like the period between the 'Asr prayer and sunset. (Bukhari) {7000 years/5 Prayers = 1400 Solar 14x3=42=1442 Lunar Years. And they stayed in their Cave three hundred (solar) years, and add nine (for lunar years) (18:25). 5600+1400=7000}

Prophet (SAS) said: The life of my community will not extend much past 1500 Years. (Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, Jalal Uddin Suyuti - Al-Kashf - Al-Hawi)

Narrated Abu Hurayrah^RZ: The Prophet (SAS) said: Allah will raise for this community at the end of every hundred years the one who will renovate its religion for it. (Sunan Abu-Dawud)

Narrated Abu Hurayrah^RZ: From Prophet (SAS) the things, which I know that is that The Prophet (SAS) said: Allah will raise for this community at the end of every hundred years the one who will renovate its religion for it and the tenth {901-910} century renovator will be Mahdi. (Jalal Uddin Suyuti - Mirqat Al Saud)

Narrated Abu Tha'labah al-Khushani^RZ: The Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) said: Allah will not fail to detain this community for less than half a day (500 Years). {Rasool Allah's SAS expectation} (Abu Dawud)

Narrated Sa'd ibn Abu Waqqas^RZ: The Prophet (SAS) said: I hope {Dua} my community will not fail to maintain their position in the sight of their Lord if He delays them half a day. Sa'd was asked: How long is half a day? He said: It is five hundred years (500 Years). {Rasool Allah's SAS Dua} (Abu Dawud)

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud^RZ: The Prophet (SAS) said: If only one day {1000 Years} of this world remained. Allah would lengthen that day, till He raised up in it a man (Al Mahdi) who belongs to me or to my family, whose father's name is the same as my father's and whose name will be the same as mine. (Abu Dawud)

Narrated Abu Saeed Khudri^RZ: The Prophet (SAS) said: Behold! My Ahl al-Bayt {Al Mahdi} are like the Ark of Noah. Whoever embarked on it was saved, and whoever turned away from it perished. (Hakim, Tibrani, Qazayi, Ibn Bushraan, Abu Nayeem, AlBazaar, Suyuti, Ibn Hajar al-Makki)

Narrated Jafar As Sadiq^RZ: How can my Ummah die (expire, perish) of which I am the first, the Mahdi the middle and the Messiah the last (Razin, Hakim, Abu Nayeem, Mishkaat, Kanzul Aamal, Kunuji- Al Bayaan, Irbali, Ibn Asakar - Tareeq Damishq, Ibn Maghajali - Munaqib Ali, Jamia Al Suyuti, Javeni - Faraed Samteen Fi Fazael Sabteen, Al Alayi - Al Tahseel, Jalaluddin Suyuti - Tareeq Qulafa)

For sure Prophet (SAS) does not stay in his grave for One Thousand (1000) Years. (Jalal Uddin Suyuti - AlKashf)

Narrated by Mohammed bin Hanafiyya^RZ: We were sitting with Hazrat Ali ^RZ, One person questioned him about Mahdi, he said it is far and he made nine {900} with his hand and said he will appear at the end of times. (Nayeem bin Hammad, Al Salami - Iqdud Durar Fi Alamat Al Mahdi Al Muntazar)

All the above ahadith under the heading "Hazrat Mahdi's (AS) Advent In Tenth Century Hijri" comes true on Hazrat Syed Muhammad Jaunpuri Mahdi-e-Maud^AS (847-910H), Aamanna we Sadaqna

Numerology:

847 - Wa Ashhadu Anna Muhammad Abduhu Wa Rasooluhu.

910 - Summa Inna Alaina Bayanahu (19:75)

NOTE: Comments in the {flower brackets} are not from the Hadees book.