The Ruling on Rejecting Doctrinal Reports Concerning the Unseen on the Ground That They Are Ahad Reports
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Some scholars reject certain doctrinal matters,For example: such as the matter of the Mahdi and others, by rejecting ahad reports. What is the ruling on these people?
The ruling on these people is that they are excused as long as their rejection is based on independent legal reasoning and figurative interpretation; however, their rejection of the hadiths of the Mahdi is not like their rejection of the descent of 'Isa ibn Maryam; for the descent of 'Isa ibn Maryam is established by the apparent meaning of the Qur'an and the explicit wording of authentic Sunnah, whereas the hadiths of the Mahdi have been divided by scholars into four categories: 1- Authentic.
2- Good.
3- Weak.
4- Fabricated.
The stronger position among the opinions of the scholars: It is stated that he will come when the necessity of the earth calls for his arrival, such as when it is filled with oppression and injustice; however, this Mahdi, who is part of the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community, is not the Mahdi of the Rafidah whom they await, for the Mahdi of the Rafidah whom they await is nothing but an illusion in their minds, with no reality to it. They believe that this Mahdi is in the underground chamber in Iraq, and they await his emergence every day. This has no basis, nor any reality, neither from a historical perspective nor from a rational perspective.
The ruling on these people is that they are excused as long as their rejection is based on independent legal reasoning and figurative interpretation; however, their rejection of the hadiths of the Mahdi is not like their rejection of the descent of 'Isa ibn Maryam; for the descent of 'Isa ibn Maryam is established by the apparent meaning of the Qur'an and the explicit wording of authentic Sunnah, whereas the hadiths of the Mahdi have been divided by scholars into four categories: 1- Authentic.
2- Good.
3- Weak.
4- Fabricated.
The stronger position among the opinions of the scholars: It is stated that he will come when the necessity of the earth calls for his arrival, such as when it is filled with oppression and injustice; however, this Mahdi, who is part of the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community, is not the Mahdi of the Rafidah whom they await, for the Mahdi of the Rafidah whom they await is nothing but an illusion in their minds, with no reality to it. They believe that this Mahdi is in the underground chamber in Iraq, and they await his emergence every day. This has no basis, nor any reality, neither from a historical perspective nor from a rational perspective.