Al-Mahdi (a.s.)

«religion will terminate in Mahdi»

the author of 'eqdud-durar' (chapter one) narrates from a group well-versed in traditions namely abulqasim tabarani, abu na'eem esfahani, abu abdur- rahman-ibn-abu hatim and abu abdullah na'eem-ibn-hemad and others that amir-ul-mumineen abli-ibn-abi talib (a.s.) said: i asked the holy prophet: 'o messenger of Allah! is Mahdi from our progeny or others?
he replied: as a matter of fact, he will be from us. Allah will terminate the religion through Mahdi just as he commenced it through us.

in the seventh chapter of the afore-said book, he narrates from the previous narrators that ali-ibn- abi talib (a.s.) said: i asked the holy prophet:- is Mahdi from us, progeny of muhammad or from others!?
he replied: as a matter of fact, he will be from us. Allah will terminate the religion through Mahdi just as he commenced it through us.

in the same chapter of the same book, its author narrates from hafiz abu bakr baihaqi who narrates from amir-ul-mumineen ali-ibn-abi talib (a.s.) that the messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) said: 'Mahdi is from our progeny. religion will end through him just as it commenced through us.

ibn-hajar in his 'sawa'eq' (page 97) has narrated from abul-qasim tabarani that the messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) has said: Mahdi is from us. religion will end through him just as it commenced through us.

the author of 'esaaf-ur-raghebeen' (page 148) narrates from tabarani that the messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) said: 'Mahdi is from our progeny. 'religion will end through him just as it commenced through us.'

«the jews and the christians»

the author of 'eqdud-durar' (chapter seven) narrates from na'eem-ibn-hemad (from the book 'fatan') that sulaiman-ibn-isa said: 'it has come down to me that the ark of the covenant will be taken out from the late of tabariah. the ark will be carried and placed in front of baitul-muqaddas when a group of jews will witness it, they will surrender.

in the third chapter of the same book, the author says: in some of the traditions it is stated: the reason why Mahdi is called as Mahdi is because he will be directed towards the books of torah and he would take them out from the mountains of syria. he would invite the jews towards the books and a congregation will submit themselves before the books of torah.

the author of 'eqdud-durar' says:- abu amro mada'eni in his 'sunan' has said: 'the reason why Mahdi has been called as Mahdi is because he will be directed towards the mountain of syria and will take out the books of torah from it. he will argue and rationalize with the jews by means of torah and a congregation of jews will surrender to him.