๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐ (๐๐๐๐’๐๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐)!
The Messenger of Allaฬh ๏ทบ said: โThree people will fight over your treasure, all three will be sons of Khulafaฬโ (kings). This will not come into the hands of any of them. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ (๐๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฬ๐ฌ๐ฬ๐ง; ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง, ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐งโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐ & ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง) and they will fight with you in a way that nobody has fought with you before.โ Then the Prophet ๏ทบ said: โWhen you see them then give the pledge of allegiance to them even if you have to crawl over snow to reach them, because [among them] will be Allaฬhโs Khaliฬfa Mahdiฬ.โ
[Declared Sahฬฃiฬhฬฃ by al-Bazzaฬr, al-Hฬฃaฬkim on conditions of Bukhaฬriฬ and Muslim, Ibn Kathiฬr, al-Qurtubiฬ etc]
Hฬฃaฬfidh Ibn Kathiฬr expounds on this narration: โThe people in the east will support Imaฬm al-Mahdiฬ. They will establish his rule and strengthen it. Their flags will be blackโฆ Because the Prophetโs ๏ทบ flag was also black which was called โAl-Iqฤbโ. In summary, Imaฬm al-Mahdiฬ Mamdลซh, the Awaited of the End Times, will appear and emerge first in the east and his pledge will (later) be taken in the House of Allaฬh (Kaโbah). The text of the hฬฃadiฬth proves this.โ
[Al-Nihaฬya fiฬ l-Fitn wa l-Malaฬhฬฃim]
The narration reveals that Imaฬm al-Mahdiฬ’s army will hail from Khoraฬsaฬn, ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฬ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซฤซ๐ฤซ ๐๐ฎฬ๐ฤซ๐ฌ. This reinforces the notion that Imaฬm al-Mahdiฬ will have the direct support of Ahl al-Sunnah. Additionally, the narrations inform us that there will be a bay’ah given to Imaฬm Mahdiฬ at Allaฬh’s house. This begs the question of who precisely will give the bay’ah to Imaฬm al-Mahdiฬ? Let us take a look at it.
The Messenger of Allaฬh ๏ทบ said: โDisagreement will occur at the death of a caliph and a man of the people of Madiฬna will come flying forth to Makkah. Some of the people of Makkah will come to him, bring him out against his will and swear allegiance to him between the Corner and the Maqaฬm. An expeditionary force will then be sent against him from Syria but will be swallowed up in the desert between Makkah and Madiฬna. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ (๐๐๐๐ฬ๐ฅ) ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ช ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ช๐ฬ๐ฆโฆโ
[Recorded by Abลซ Dฤwลซd and others; declared Sahฬฃiฬhฬฃ by Ibn Hฬฃajar al-Haythamiฬ, al-Dhahabiฬ and others]
Once again, we see that the individuals who will recognize Imaฬm al-Mahdiฬ during Tawaฬf and pledge their allegiance to him will be the Abdaฬl, who are high-ranking Awliyaฬโ from Syria, as well as the most elevated people from Iraq. This is corroborated by ahฬฃaฬdiฬth which state that specially ranked Awliyaฬโ also exist in Iraq. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ฬ’๐ข๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ (๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ช’๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง). This has been the case since the Salaf us-Saฬlihฬฃ and has persisted to this day, with no evidence of any kind of innovations being infiltrated in the society, al-hฬฃamdu li Llaฬh! The virtues of the Abdaฬl from Syria are mentioned in ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, such as the following:
Sayyidunaฬ โAliฬ ibn Abiฬ Taฬlib stated that he heard Rasuฬlullaฬh ๏ทบ say: โThe Abdฤl are in Syria, and they are 40 men. Whenever one of them dies, Allaฬh substitutes another in his place. By means of them, Allaฬh brings down the rain, gives victory over enemies, and diverts punishment from the people of Syria.โ [Musnad Ahฬฃmad and others]
Interestingly enough, in Suฬfiฬ epistemology, one of the greatest Awliyaฬโ who needs no introduction is Imaฬm Rabbaฬniฬ Mujaddid Alf al-Thฤniฬ Shaykh Ahฬฃmad al-Faฬruฬqiฬ al-Sirhindiฬ, who was foretold by the Prophet ๏ทบ as being the Sillah (connection between Shariฬโah and Tasawwuf) and even praised by Ghawth al-Aโdham Shaykh โAbd al-Qaฬdir al-Jiฬlaฬniฬ hundreds of years before his birth. He stated through his Kashf and magnificent Ilhaฬm that:
“The Promised Hฬฃadrat Imaฬm al-Mahdiฬ will be appointed for the perfection of Wilaฬyah (Sainthood).
๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐iฬ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ โ๐ฬ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฒ๐ฒ๐.
This is because all other paths are below this path as other paths have received a relatively lesser share from the perfections of Nabuwwah (prophethood).
This path, due to being connected to Hฬฃadrat Abuฬ Bakr as-Siddiฬq, has a greater share of these perfections as has been explained previously.”
[Maktubaฬt Imaฬm Rabbaฬniฬ, Vol. 1, Letter 251]
In light of the aforementioned evidence, it should now be clear to everyone who the people will be to assist Imaฬm al-Mahdiฬ both militarily and spiritually. And this should also serve as a reminder to all that it should not escape our notice if he, in addition to being considered an enemy by the Western world, also becomes excommunicated and degraded by various sects (Ahl al-Bid’ah) due to his affiliation with Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l Jamaฬ’ah. This message should be conveyed to future generations so that they know which camp to stand with, where they will be in a time of confusion and great turmoil (fitnah).
