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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.
According to some narrations, there are five certain signs that will occur prior to the appearance of the Mahdi.The hadith of Ja'far al-Sadiq mentions these signs: "the appearance of Sufyani and Yamani, the loud cry in the sky, the murder of Nafs-e-Zakiyyah, and the earth swallowing (a group of people) in the land of Bayda which is a desert between Mecca and Medina.
Occultation (Arabic: غَيْبَة, ghayba) in Shia Islam refers to the eschatological belief that the Mahdi, a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, has already been born and he was subsequently concealed, but he will reemerge and he will establish justice and peace on earth at the end of time. [1]
The reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi is the Twelver eschatological belief in the return of their Hidden Imam in the end of time to establish peace and justice on earth. For Twelvers, this would end a period of occultation that began shortly after the death of Hasan al-Askari in 260 AH (873–874 CE), the eleventh Imam.
In Twelver Shia Islam, the Major Occultation (Arabic: ٱلْغَيْبَة ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ, al-Ghaybah al-Kubrā, 329 AH-present, 941 CE-present) is the second occultation of the Hidden Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, which is expected to continue until his rise in the end of time to establish peace and justice on earth.
When you see the black banners emerging from the direction of Khorasan, then go to them, even crawling on the snow, for among them is the caliph of God, the Mahdi. [ 10 ] Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya : A black banner belonging to the Abbasids will emerge, then another will emerge from Khorasan , with their qālansuwas black [a type of turban ...
The Nation of Islam teaches that W. Fard Muhammad was both the "Messiah" of Christianity and the Mahdi of Islam. Muhammad Bayazeed Khan Panni, a Bangladeshi politician, homeopathic medicine practitioner, writer, and social reformer. He was a member of East Pakistan provincial assembly. Claimed to be the Mahdi according to the Hezbut Tawheed.
In Shia Islam, Qāʾim Āl Muḥammad (Arabic: قائم آل محمد, lit. 'the one who shall rise of the family of Muhammad') is an epithet for the Mahdi, [1] [2] the eschatological figure in Islam who is widely believed to restore the religion and justice in the end of time. [2]