The Mahdi Times May 2012 | Page 16

T H Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and his pure family, said, "When my Lord the Great and Almighty ascended me, a call came past to me: 'Oh Muhammad', I said, 'here I am! At your service.' ........ until he said, 'and the emergence of a man from the family of Al-Hussein Bin Ali Bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him, and the emergence of the antichrist, he gets out from the east from Sajestan (Sistan) and the emergence of the Suffyani.' The sources are Bihar AlAnwar, page 70, chapter 51, chapter 52 page 276, Al-Akhbar, dryer 388 inferred from a ship of the Sea 4, page 494, very ALemrarm Part 2, page 73chapter 7, page 122, the Mahdi, Part 2, page 259, The Lights Bright Side, page 48. The meaning of this narration is that when God, the Great and Almighty, ascended him, May God Bless him and his pure family, a call came to him and this call was from God. So Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his family said: "Here I am at your service"... until God which is the voice said to Muhammad, peace be upon him and his family, and the emergence of a man from the family of Al-Hussain Bin Ali Bin Abi Talib (a.s), this man is referring to Ahmed 16 E S T R A I G H T P Abdullah Al-Mahdi, and the emergence of the antichrist, the antichrist will also get out from the Eastern part of the world, which is the same part as the Messenger of the Al-Mahdi (a.s). Suffyani in this narration is referring to the group against the Al-Mahdi and his army. When God sent the Prophets and Messengers, peace be upon them all, to their people there was always someone against them, like Pharaoh, the curse of God upon him, was against Moses, peace be upon him. The Jews and Christians were against Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and his family. Even at the beginning of time when Qabeel declared his intention to kill Habeel. Now that we have the son of Mohammed Al-Mahdi, May God Hasten his reappearance, there will be the group of Suffyani against the Ansar Allah which means the helpers of Prophet Muhammad and his pure family, May God Bless him and his family too much. Hudhayfah Ibn Al-Yaman said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny, speaking and he mentioned Al-Mahdi (a.s) and said, 'he is pledged between the corner A T H (The grave of Imam Ali Bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him) and the place (City of Koofah). He is named Ahmed, Abdullah and the Mahdi. These are his three names.' " This narration is in The book of Occulation for Al-Tusi, page 305. This narration is completely clear as it is explained by Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his family, because this shows by the will of Allah that he had knowledge of the first Mahdi (a.s), and this is the second narration from Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his family, that he mentions Ahmed Abdullah Al-Mahdi (a.s). Her sons include Ahmed Abdullah Al-Mahdi (a.s). Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and his pure family much, said "I am leaving behind two things the book of God and my Family." So we must hold firm to the two things that are left behind by Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) and look into this Call as much as possible and obey the ones from Muhammad and his Progeny. ***