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People claiming to be the Mahdi have appeared across the Muslim world and throughout history since the birth of Islam (AD 610). A claimant Mahdi can wield great temporal, as well as spiritual, power: claimant Mahdis have founded states (e.g. the late 19th-century Mahdiyah in Sudan), as well as religions and sects (e.g. Bábism, or the Ahmadiyya ...
The term Mahdi is derived from the Arabic root h-d-y (ه-د-ي), commonly used to mean "divine guidance". [2] Although the root appears in the Qur'an at multiple places and in various contexts, the word Mahdi never occurs in the book. [3] The associated verb is hada, which means to guide.
As of 2016 the Community has been established in 209 countries and territories of the world. [1] [2] [3] [n 1] with concentrations in South Asia, West Africa, East Africa and Indonesia. The Community is a minority Muslim group in almost every country of the world. On the other hand, it has spread to most countries of the world.
Yadgar Mosque, the "first" mosque of Rabwah. Rabwah. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community established itself in Rabwah on September 30, 1948. [4] Rabwah was a town founded and created by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the time of its Second Caliph, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad and was named ‘Rabwah’ by the Ahmadiyya Missionary Jalal-ud-Din Shams.
Pages in category "Self-declared mahdi" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of Mahdi ...
The Mahdist State, also known as Mahdist Sudan or the Sudanese Mahdiyya, was a state based on a religious and political movement launched in 1881 by Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah (later Muhammad al-Mahdi) against the Khedivate of Egypt, which had ruled Sudan since 1821.
This list may not reflect recent changes. Mahdism; A. Abd Allah ibn Mu'awiya; Abdallah al-Fadil al-Mahdi; Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Samarri;
The Mahdi is mentioned in Sunni beliefs, but rarely. Many prominent Sunni scholars, such as Al-Ghazali, have avoided discussing this issue. Of course, according to Madelung, this avoidance was less due to disbelief in the Mahdi [33] and more (according to Reza Aslan) due to wanting to avoid disputes and social riots. [32] [33]