The Holy Qur’an Surah Yaseen Verse
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“Verily, We give life to the dead, and
We record that which they send
before (them), and their traces [their
footsteps and walking on the earth
with their legs to the mosques for
the five compulsory congregational
prayers,Jihad (holy fighting in
Allah's Cause) and all other good
and evil they did, and that which
they leave behind], and all things
We have recorded with numbers (as
a record) in a Clear Imam.”
way that has never before been done
by a nation….. if you see him give
him your allegiance, even if you
have to crawl over ice, because
surely he is the Caliph of Allah, The
Mahdi. If you see the black flags
coming from Khurasan (present day
Afghanistan), join that army, even
if you have to crawl over ice, for
this is the army of the Caliph, the
Mahdi and no one can stop that
army until it reaches Jerusalem.”
And we say that Imam Mahdi (a.s)
is the 12th Imam (a.s) from the
lineage of Muhammad (s.a.w), born
at a time when Islam was pure and
pristine and has seen how the
Muslims deviated away from the
religion brought by the Prophet
(s.a.w) and only to return to the
world to reform it and fill the earth
with justice as it was filled with
injustice, and re-introduce the
norms of the Prophet Muhammad
(s.a.w) tender and fresh.
Hadith 2
The Prophet (s.a.w) did not set a
time. And yes this we believe is
correct as the knowledge of the hour
(of appearance) is known only by
Allah (swt) and all we have are the
narrations of Prophet Muhammad
(s.a.w) pertaining the signs for the
coming of the hour (of appearance).
Al-Huda mentions 2 Hadith in
trying to establish the location and
proximity of where the Mahdi (a.s)
would appear.
(Ibn Majah and Ahmed)
Umm Salamah (r.a) narrates, The
Prophet (sawas) said:
“Disagreement will occur upon the
death of the Caliph and a man of
the people of Medina will flee to
Mecca. Some of the People of Mecca
will come to him, bring him out
against his will and make him
accept their Bay’a (being chosen as
a leader) (at a location) between the
Rukn (Corner of the Ka’ba
containing the Black Stone) and the
Maqam (Place) of Abraham
(Located at the side of the Ka’ba).
An army from the people of
AshSham (Greater Syria) will then
be sent against him, but khusf (land
collapse) will happen to them (they
will die) in the Baidaa (desert)
between Mecca and Medina. When
the people see this, the Abdal (pious
eminent individuals) of Syria and
the Asa’ib (pious individuals) of the
people of Iraq will come to him and
offer Bay’a (accept his leadership)
between the Rukn and the Maqam”
Hadith 2 states that a man will come
from Medina go to Mecca and that
people will come to pledge
allegiance to at the Ka’ba is the
Mahdi (a.s) and that the army of
with the black flags come to Mahdi
(as) and pledges allegiance to him at
the Ka’ba.
So the author summarizes as
follows:
He will be from Medina and on
hearing his appearance the army
from the East with black flags will
come to support him. When this
army emerges then go and give
your allegiance to him even if you
should crawl to him on snow.
We are in total agreement that
allegiance will be given to the
Mahdi (a.s) at the Ka’ba and that is
the location from which Imam
Mahdi (a.s) appears.
However the Hadith states that the
army with black flags are the army
of the Mahdi (a.s) and that the army
comes to the Mahdi (a.s) only once
at the Ka’ba to pay Allegiance.
Does this not imply that the army
with the black flags must exist
before the appearance of Imam
Mahdi (a.s) at the Ka’ba??
And if so, how can the army with
the black flags be the army of the
Mahdi (a.s) if the Mahdi (a.s) is not
with them, and is only with them at
the time when the army comes to
him at the Ka’ba?
Hadith 1
(Abu Dawud)
On the authority of thawban, The
Prophet (sawas) said: “Before your
treasure, 3 will kill each other – all
of them are sons of a different caliph
but none will be the recipient. Then
the Black Banners will appear from
the East and they will Kill you in a
Hadith 1 states black flags from the
East will appear and to crawl over
ice if you have to join that army for
that is the army of the Caliph of
Allah, The Mahdi (a.s).
How will the army of the black flags
be known that they are indeed the
army of the Mahdi (a.s) then?
Al-Huda claims Imam Mahdi (a.s)
will not have any fantastical powers
and that neither did the Prophet
(s.a.w) have fantastical powers and
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