The Ruling on What the Shi'ah Mention Regarding the Awaited Mahdi
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it true what the Shi'ah and the Rafidah mention about there being an awaited Mahdi who will emerge, and that he will have the name of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Answer:
Every people have a Mahdi. The Jews await the Mahdi, and he is the Messiah, the Dajjal. This is the Mahdi of the Jews?
Likewise, the Shi'ah await the emergence of the Mahdi, the Mahdi whom they say will kill Abu Bakr and 'Umar and bring them out of the grave, out of their graves, and kill them, and that he will do such and such. This is the Mahdi of the Shi'ah, the Mahdi, the Qa'im of the time, who is in the underground chamber. The underground chamber. They await him in the underground chamber of Samarra, awaiting him until he emerges. They say, "May Allah ease his emergence," and so on. They say that when he emerges, he will establish Islam, and he will kill the Companions of the Messenger who opposed the People of the House and seized their rights and usurped the rule from them, and so on. This is the Mahdi of the Shi'ah.
As for the Mahdi of the people of the Sunnah and the community, he is the one about whom the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed. A man will emerge when people differ and discord arises from the family of the Messenger, from the descendants of al-Hasan ibn 'Ali, Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah. His name will match the name of the Messenger, and his appearance will resemble the appearance of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). People will pledge allegiance to him because they will have no faith at that time; they will have discord, so they will pledge allegiance to him. He will lead them to the truth and establish justice. He will fill the earth with justice just as it was filled with tyranny. He will lead people in prayer, and he will wage jihad with them, until the Messiah (peace be upon him) descends. The Messiah will descend in the time of the Mahdi.
They will be praying the Fajr prayer, and they will want to bring forward the Messiah, 'Isa ibn Maryam, to pray with them. He will say, "No, your imam is from among you." So they will pray Fajr behind the Mahdi. The Messiah will be with them, praying with them. Then the Dajjal will appear in the time of the Mahdi. The Messiah, 'Isa ibn Maryam, will descend and kill him, killing the Dajjal. He will lead the Muslims, and the earth will be filled with justice by his hand, and his leadership will be true leadership. This is the Mahdi of the people of the Sunnah and the community about whom the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed, and the evidence for him has been mass-transmitted. There are those who deny the emergence of this Mahdi, but the people of the Sunnah and the community have responded to them with many refutations and have mentioned the evidence that has come regarding this. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it true what the Shi'ah and the Rafidah mention about there being an awaited Mahdi who will emerge, and that he will have the name of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Answer:
Every people have a Mahdi. The Jews await the Mahdi, and he is the Messiah, the Dajjal. This is the Mahdi of the Jews?
Likewise, the Shi'ah await the emergence of the Mahdi, the Mahdi whom they say will kill Abu Bakr and 'Umar and bring them out of the grave, out of their graves, and kill them, and that he will do such and such. This is the Mahdi of the Shi'ah, the Mahdi, the Qa'im of the time, who is in the underground chamber. The underground chamber. They await him in the underground chamber of Samarra, awaiting him until he emerges. They say, "May Allah ease his emergence," and so on. They say that when he emerges, he will establish Islam, and he will kill the Companions of the Messenger who opposed the People of the House and seized their rights and usurped the rule from them, and so on. This is the Mahdi of the Shi'ah.
As for the Mahdi of the people of the Sunnah and the community, he is the one about whom the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed. A man will emerge when people differ and discord arises from the family of the Messenger, from the descendants of al-Hasan ibn 'Ali, Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah. His name will match the name of the Messenger, and his appearance will resemble the appearance of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). People will pledge allegiance to him because they will have no faith at that time; they will have discord, so they will pledge allegiance to him. He will lead them to the truth and establish justice. He will fill the earth with justice just as it was filled with tyranny. He will lead people in prayer, and he will wage jihad with them, until the Messiah (peace be upon him) descends. The Messiah will descend in the time of the Mahdi.
They will be praying the Fajr prayer, and they will want to bring forward the Messiah, 'Isa ibn Maryam, to pray with them. He will say, "No, your imam is from among you." So they will pray Fajr behind the Mahdi. The Messiah will be with them, praying with them. Then the Dajjal will appear in the time of the Mahdi. The Messiah, 'Isa ibn Maryam, will descend and kill him, killing the Dajjal. He will lead the Muslims, and the earth will be filled with justice by his hand, and his leadership will be true leadership. This is the Mahdi of the people of the Sunnah and the community about whom the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed, and the evidence for him has been mass-transmitted. There are those who deny the emergence of this Mahdi, but the people of the Sunnah and the community have responded to them with many refutations and have mentioned the evidence that has come regarding this. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن حيله ومكايده : الكلام الباطل والآراء المتهافتة والخيالات — islamhouse.com (44:49)
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