The Emergence of al-Mahdi in the End Times
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The questioner:
This questioner, may Allah reward you, says: Is there a man who will come in the end times named Muhammad al-Mahdi to reform this society that is filled with open sinfulness and hypocrisy? Because a friend told me that, and I did not believe him. Is this true, Honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
Yes, you are free.
The presenter:
Here is the truth.
The Shaykh:
In that time, a person from the descendants of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) will come, called al-Mahdi, whose name is Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah, from the People of the House. He will call to the religion of Allah, rule by the Shari'ah, and the people will unite around him. 'Isa ibn Maryam will descend, and he will be present when 'Isa (peace be upon him) descends. This is not the Mahdi of the Rafidah. The Mahdi of the Rafidah has no fixed time. The one who claims he has a fixed time is lying; he has no fixed time. The Mahdiyyah say to him, "If you are a Rafidi, it is false, it is a lie." This is another Mahdi, a Mahdi from the people of the Sunnah, who will rule by the Shari'ah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) in the end times. Yes.
This questioner, may Allah reward you, says: Is there a man who will come in the end times named Muhammad al-Mahdi to reform this society that is filled with open sinfulness and hypocrisy? Because a friend told me that, and I did not believe him. Is this true, Honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
Yes, you are free.
The presenter:
Here is the truth.
The Shaykh:
In that time, a person from the descendants of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) will come, called al-Mahdi, whose name is Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah, from the People of the House. He will call to the religion of Allah, rule by the Shari'ah, and the people will unite around him. 'Isa ibn Maryam will descend, and he will be present when 'Isa (peace be upon him) descends. This is not the Mahdi of the Rafidah. The Mahdi of the Rafidah has no fixed time. The one who claims he has a fixed time is lying; he has no fixed time. The Mahdiyyah say to him, "If you are a Rafidi, it is false, it is a lie." This is another Mahdi, a Mahdi from the people of the Sunnah, who will rule by the Shari'ah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) in the end times. Yes.
Source
فتاوى المسجد الحرام (شعبان ١٤١٧ هـ) - ٧ — archive.org (50:22)
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