To put it in brief or simplify it, we can say that the narrations
that were talking about the Yamani a.s and the First Mahdi a.s
were talking about the same person but using different
nicknames.
Why is the Yamani a.s the First
Mahdi? By Embasedor
Why is the Yamani a.s the First Mahdi?
Moreover, we know that the Imams and the Mahdi’s are
successors of Allah s.w.t and the First Mahdi a.s is from them,
we also know that we are obliged to follow them and obey them,
if we say that the Yamani a.s is not the First Mahdi then he must
be obeying the First Mahdi and in the end the Yamani a.s is
going to be a helper and a secondary to the commander (First
Mahdi). But this is clearly not what the narrations state. The
narrations state, that the Yamani a.s is the one who
accommodates for the emergence of Imam Mohammed Bin AlHassan Al-Askari a.s and he is the one who leads the armies of
Imam Mohammed Bin Al-Hassan Al-Askari a.s. The narrations
about the Yamani a.s and the First Mahdi a.s gave the same
meaning and talked about the same person but in a different way.
Plus we cannot say that the Yamani a.s is not the First Mahdi
otherwise there would be two people calling to our Imam
Mohammed Bin Al-Hassan Al-Askari a.s which is clearly not
right or acceptable.
In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful
All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. The
Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of Judgment.
Peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon
his family.
from imam Al-Baqir (A.S):(There is no banner better than that of
the banner of Yamani, it is the banner of faith and dedication,
because he calls to your possessor, so if the Yamani comes out,
selling weapons to people or any Muslim becomes prohibited,
and if the Yamani appears, stand up to him, because he’s banner
is the banner of faith, and its prohibited for any Muslim to turn
away from him, and who ever turns away from him, then he’s
from the people of hell, because he calls to the truth and to the
right path).
We also cannot forget that the narrations talking about the
Yamani a.s and the First Mahdi a.s would contradict each other
unless we say that the Yamani a.s himself is the first Mahdi.
When we read about the Yamani a.s and the First Mahdi a.s we
seem to think that they are two different people who play a
different role in the emergence of Imam Mohammed Bin AlHassan Al-Askari a.s. However, with God’s help, Imam Ahmad
Al-Hassan a.s clarified for us that the Yamani a.s a