Hereunder
we
will
present
a
few
views
of
the
Aimmah
with
regard
to
the
Ahaadith
narrated
about
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam),
wherefrom
we
can
clearly
understand
the
necessity
for
believing
in
his
coming.
Haafiz
Abu
Ja`far
Aqeeli
and
the
Ahaadith
of
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam)
Haafiz-e-Hadith,
Hadhrat
Abu
Ja`far
Aqeeli
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
[passed
away
323
A.H.]
has
certified
the
Ahaadith
regarding
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam)
as
being
reliable
and
authentic.
Haafiz
Ibn
Ha-
jar
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
states
in
Tahzeebut
Tahzeeb,
“There
are
many
other
reliable
Ahaadith
regarding
Mahdi
besides
this
one
(cited
by
Abu
Ja`far
Aqeeli
in
his
Kitaab)”
Haafiz
Ibn
Hibbaan
Al
Busti’s
respected
view
Haafiz
Ibn
Hibbaan
Al
Busti
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
[passed
away
304
A.
H]
says
that
the
Hadith,
“An
era
will
not
dawn
over
you
except
that
the
previous
one
was
worse
than
it”,
refers
specifically
to
the
era
of
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam)
and
it
does
not
refer
to
any
general
era.
Haafiz
Ibn
Hajar
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
states
in
Fathul
Baari,
which
is
the
commentary
of
Bukhari,
commenting
on
the
narration
of
Hadhrat
Anas
(radhiyallahu
anhu),
“An
era
will
not
dawn….”
--
“The
Hadith
of
Anas
(radhiyallahu
anhu)
cannot
be
construed
as
a
general
one,
owing
to
the
Ahaadith
narrated
regarding
Mahdi,
that
he
will
fill
the
earth
with
justice
and
equality
just
as
it
was
filled
with
oppression
and
injustice.”
Allamah
Khattaabi
and
the
Ahaadith
of
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
sa-
laam)
Allamah
Khattaabi
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
states
in
commenting
on
the
Hadith,
“Rasulullah
(sallallahu
alayhi
wasallam)
said,
‘Qiyaamah
will
not
dawn
upon
you
until
time
becomes
restricted,
and
a
year
will
be-
come
like
a
month
and
a
month
like
a
day”,
that
this
Hadith
refers
ei-
ther
to
the
era
of
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam)
or
Hadhrat
Isa
(alaihis
salaam),
or
it
could
refer
to
both
their
eras.
Hadhrat
Mullah
Ali
Qaari
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
states
in
Mirqaat,
which
is
the
commentary
of
Mishkaat,
that
the
era
where
both,
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam)
and
Hadhrat
Isa
(alaihis
salaam),
will
be
in,
will
be
the
one
which
will
pass
very
quickly
as
stated
in
the
Hadith.
The
author
of
Tuhfatul
Ahwazi
has
also
inclined
towards
this
view.
Imaam
Baihaqi
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
and
the
Ahaadith
of
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam)
Imaam
Baihaqi
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
[passed
away
in
458
A.H.]
stated
regarding
the
Hadith,
“There
is
no
Mahdi
except
Isaa
Bin
Maryam
(alaihi
salaam)”,
that
the
Ahaadith
regarding
the
coming
of
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam)
are
more
authentic
and
reliable.
Haafiz
Ibn
Ha-
jar
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
had
quoted
this
statement
of
Imaam
Baihaqi
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
in
Tahzeebut
Tahzeeb.
The
narrators
of
the
above-
mentioned
Hadith
are
criticised.
Qaadhi
Ayaaz
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
and
the
belief
on
the
advent
of
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam)
The
famous
Hanafi
Qaadhi,
Hadhrat
Ayaaz
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
[passed
away
544
A.H.]
compiled
a
separate
chapter
in
his
Kitaab,
As-
Shifa,
under
the
caption
regarding
Mu`jizaat,
which
is
subdivided
into
three
parts.
At
the
end
of
this
chapter,
he
stated
regarding
the
prophe-
cies
of
Nabi
(sallallahu
alayhi
wasallam)
and
regarding
his
being
in-
formed
about
the
unseen.
This
is
listed
under
the
caption,
“He
does
not
speak
from
his
own
desire”.
Qaadhi
Ayaaz
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
also
lists
a
number
of
Ahaadith
regarding
the
coming
of
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam).
Imaam
Qurtubi
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
and
the
belief
regarding
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam)
The
famous
Mufassir
of
the
Qur`aan
Majeed,
Hadhrat
Imaam
Muham-
mad
Ibn
Ahmad
Ibn
Abi
Bakr
Al
Qurtubi
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
[passed
away
671
A.H.]
states
regarding
the
narration,
“There
is
no
Mahdi
ex-
cept
Isaa
Bin
Maryam
(alaihi
salaam)”
that
its
chain
of
narrators
are
weak.
He
states
further
that
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam)
will
be
from
the
progeny
of
Hadhrat
Faatimah
(radhiyallahu
anha)
and
that
the
Ahaadith
regarding
the
coming
of
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam)
in
the
last
era
are
authentic
and
reliable.
Therefore,
the
above-mentioned
nar-
ration
is
not
to
be
relied
upon
and
cannot
be
used
as
a
guide,
since
there
are
other
authentic
and
Mutawaatir
Ahaadith
which
abrogate
it.
He
also
states
an
interpretation
for
this
narration
that
the
possible
rea-
son
for
Nabi
(sallallahu
alayhi
wasallam)
having
mentioned
that
“There
is
no
Mahdi
except
Isaa
Bin
Maryam
(alaihi
salaam)”
was
that
there
will
be
no
complete
and
sinless
Mahdi
(Guide)
except
Hadhrat
Isa
(alaihis
salaam).
Imaam
Qurtubi
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
states
that
this
interpretation
to
the
narration
offers
a
suitable
reconciliation
be-
tween
the
various
narrations,
which
appear
to
be
contradictory.
Allamah
Suyuti
(rahmatulla1hi
alayh)
has
also
quoted
this
statement
and
commentary
of
Allamah
Qurtubi
(rahmatullahi
alayh).
Sheikhul
Islam,
Ibn
Taymia
and
the
belief
of
the
coming
of
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam)
Sheikhul
Islam
Ibn
Taymia
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
[passed
away
768
A.
H.]
states
in
his
Kitaab,
Minhaajus
Sunnah…on
page
211,
vol.1,
“Chapter:
However,
that
which
he
(here
he
is
referring
to
some
Shiah
scholar)
narrates
via
Ibn
Umar
(radhiyallahu
anhu)
about
Nabi
(sallallahu
alayhi
wasallam)
that
he
said,
‘A
man
will
emerge
in
the
final
era
from
my
progeny.
His
name
will
be
like
mine
and
his
title
will
be
like
mine.
He
will
fill
the
earth
with
justice
just
as
it
was
filled
with
oppression.
He
will
be
Al-Mahdi.”
The
answer
to
this
is
that
the
Ahaadith
which
refer
to
the
coming
of
Imaam
Mahdi
are
authentic
and
reliable.
Imaam
Abu
Dawood,
Imaam
Tirmidhi
and
Imaam
Ahmad
Ibn
Hambal
(rahmatullahi
alayhim)
have
all
narrated
such
Ahaadith.
For
example,
the
Hadith
of
Hadhrat
Ibn
Mas`ood
(radhiyallahu
anhu)
wherein
he
reports
from
Nabi
(sallallahu
alayhi
wasallam),
‘If
there
does
not
remain
of
this
earth
except
one
day,
then
Allah
will
lengthen
that
day
until
a
man
emerges
who
will
be
from
me,
or
from
my
house-
hold.
His
name
will
correspond
to
mine
and
his
father’s
name
to
my
father’s.
He
will
fill
the
earth
with
justice
and
equality
just
as
it
was
filled
with
oppression
and
rebellion.”
[Tirmidhi]
It
is
reported
from
Umme
Salmah
(radhiyallahu
anha)
that
Nabi
(sallallahu
alayhi
wasallam)
said,
‘Al-Mahdi
is
from
my
progeny,
from
the
offspring
of
Faatimah.”
[Abu
Dawood].
There
is
also
the
narration
of
Hadhrat
Ali
(radhiyallahu
anhu)
who
looked
towards
his
son,
Hasan
and
said,
‘Indeed
this
son
of
mine,
as
Rasulullah
(sallallahu
alayhi
wasallam)
mentioned,
soon
a
man
will
be
borne
of
him,
whose
name
will
be
the
name
as
that
of
your
Nabi.
His
character
and
habits
will
be
like
his
(i.e.
Nabi
-
sallallahu
alayhi
wasallam),
but
not
his
features.
He
will
fill
the
earth
with
justice.”
Allamah
Haafiz
Ibn
Qayyim
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
and
the
belief
regarding
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam)
Hadhrat
Allamah
Haafiz
Ibn
Qayyim
(rahmatullahi
alayh)
states
re-
garding
the
Hadith,
“There
is
no
Mahdi
except
Isaa
Bin
Maryam
(alaihi
salaam)”
that
the
narrators
thereof
are
unreliable
and
he
also
states
that
there
are
numerous
Ahaadith
regarding
the
coming
of
Imaam
Mahdi
(alaihis
salaam)
that
he
will
be
from
the
progeny
of
Nabi
(sallallahu
alayhi
wasallam)
and
that
he
will
fill
the
earth
with
justice
and
reign
for
about
seven
years.
Also
that
he
will
be
reigning
at
the
time
of
the
descension
of
Hadhrat
Isa
(alaihis
salaam).
He
will
also
be
of
some
assistance
in
the
slaying
of
Dajjaal.
He
will
also
lead
the
Salaat
for
the
Ummat,
such
that
even
Hadhrat
Isa
(alaihis
salaam)
will
follow
him
in
Salaat.
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