How do people know that the one who will appear in the end times is the Mahdi
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The questioner:
And this questioner asks how people will know that this al-Mahdi when he appears in the end times?
The Shaykh:
What is the matter?
The questioner:
How will people know that this one who emerges is al-Mahdi?
The Shaykh:
They applied the hadiths to him; they applied the hadiths that are reported to fit him. Does it mean an angel must come from the sky to say, "This is al-Mahdi"?
And this questioner asks how people will know that this al-Mahdi when he appears in the end times?
The Shaykh:
What is the matter?
The questioner:
How will people know that this one who emerges is al-Mahdi?
The Shaykh:
They applied the hadiths to him; they applied the hadiths that are reported to fit him. Does it mean an angel must come from the sky to say, "This is al-Mahdi"?
Source
شرح أحاديث في الفتن والحوادث، تابع باب الدجال وصفته وما معه — islamhouse.com (40:47)
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