MORE THAN ONE MAHDI:
EVIDENCE FROM SUNNI HADITHS
BY: ZOLFIGARR
Asalaam alaykum wa rahmatullah wa
barakatu,
This article will simply prove to you the
existence of more than one Mahdi and of
the Caliphates that will rule after Imam Al
Mahdi (as) from the sect of Ahlul Sunna
WalJama'a.
It will also prove to you that the Yamani
(as) came across a concept of 12 Mahdis
that is existent within the realm of Shia
and Sunni Islam altogether. It also makes
us recognize that this concept is not an
innovation or something to mislead the
people, but to have this mystery solved for
the people to remain on the right path.
Alarf AlWardi Syooti p.1/149
hadeeth#250 it was said by Ibn
AlMunada in the Book of Daniel,
"Sufyanis are three, the Mahdis are
three. The first Sufyani will emerge
and if he emerges him being
mentioned becomes popular, the first
Mahdi emerges, and then the second
Sufyani, and then the second Mahdi
emerges, and then the third Sufyani
will emerge, and then the third Mahdi
will emerge, and so Allah swt will
make better everything that was
ruined before, and he will be rescuing
the people of faith, and will make alive
the Sunna, and extinguish the fire of
innovation"
Narrated from Hadab son of Khaled
AlAzdi narrated from Hamad son of
Salma from Samak son of Harb he
said, "I heard Jaber son of Samra he
said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah
(sawas) saying, 'Islam will remain at
glory until 12 caliphates' and then he
said, A word I did not understand. So I
said to my father 'What did he say? He
said, 'All of them are from Quraish.' "
-Saheeh Muslim v.3 p.1453
Uyoon AlAkhbar for Ibn Qutayba p.302
Narrated from from Muhammad son
of Abeed narrated from Abu Usama
from Za'eda from Samak from Sa'eed
son of Jabeer from Ibn Abbas, he used
to hear them say, "There will be 12
caliphates in this nation" He said,
"How foolish are you? After the 12 are
three, from us is the Safah, Mansoor
and the Mahdi" Abu Usama said
"This interpretation with us means
that the son of the Mahdi is after him
until the emergence of the Dajjal"
a man whose beard is dyed in red, the
nation will be relieved by him from all
the depressions, and his justice will
eliminate all the unjustice, and then
after him will be 12 men."
Umdat AlQaree Sharh Saheeh
AlBukhari Author: Bader AlDeen
AlAyni AlHanafi he said "It is possible
in that there will be 12 after the Mahdi
that will emerge in the end times..."
Until he says, "And then after him his
son will rule, and so with that there
will be 12 Kings, each one of them is
an Imam Mahdi a.s." And from Ka'ab
Al Ahbar, "There will be 12 Mahdis
and then the Spirit of Allah will
descend and kill the Dajjal."
Fitan Ibn Hamad who is Sheikh Al
Bukhari (1/395) Hadeeth#1186
narrated from Rashdeen from Ibn
Lahee'a from Abi Qabeel from
Abdullah son of Umro he said, "After
the Mahdi (as) that will take the people
of Yemen to their cities, it is then the
Mansoor, and then after him the
Mahdi (as) that will open the city of
Rome by his hand."
14769-In Tafseer son of Abi Hatem
hadeeth#13730
2628 v.8 Ibn Abi Hatem AlRazi
Tafseer Abi Hatem from Ka'ab
AlAhbar he said, "They are 12, and
when they all pass away, there will be
12 similar to them replacing them,
and that is a promise from Allah (swt)
to this nation" and he read, "Allah
(swt) has promised, to those among
you who believe and work righteous
deeds, that He will, of a surety, grant
them in the land, inheritance (of
power), as He granted it to those before
them" And that is the work of Bani
Isra'el.)
Fateh Al Bari Sharh Saheeh Al Bukhari
v.13 p.18, It was said by Abu Al
Hussein Bani Al Munada, "It is
possible by the meaning of the hadeeth
in that there will be 12 Caliphates after
the Mahdi that will emerge in the end
times, for I found in the book of Daniel
that if the Mahdi dies, five men will
rule from the oldest grandson and five
from the younger grandson and then
he will give successorship to the last
one for the caliphate, a man from the
son of the older grandson, so then he
will rule after him a son and then 12
kings will rule each one of them is an
Imam Mahdi."
Fateh AlBari Sharh Saheeh AlBukhari
for Ibn Hajar 20/266 #6682 From a
long passage he said, "Abu Al Hussein
son of Al Munadi, 'On the part where
he collected about the Mahdi (as), it is
possible in the meaning of the hadeeth
"There will be 12 caliphates" that this
will happen after the Mahdi (as) who
will emerge in the end times, for I
found in the book of Daniel, when the
Mahdi (as) dies, there will be five men
ruling from the son of the oldest
grandson, and then five from the son
of the younger grandson, and then the
last one will pass his leadership from
the son of the oldest grandson, and
then his son will rule, and 12 kings
will reign, each one of them is an
Imam Mahdi (as)' Ibn AlMunadi said
"And in the narration of Abi Saleh
from Ib Abbas, The Mahdi's name is
Muhammad son of Abdullah and he is
Book of Fitan of Ibn Hamad AlMaroozi
and he is the Sheikh of Bukhari: 223
narrated from AlHakam son of Nafe'
from Jarah from Arta'a, "The Sufyani
will kill all of who disobeyed him and
will cut them with saws, and cook
them in pots, for six months, and so
then he will meet up with the two
easts and two wests with the number
of caliphates after the Messenger of
Allah (sawas) for the nation.
(In this case the number of
caliphates which are 12)