Mahdism

Hasn’t Mahdi Appeared? In the history of Islam, approximately from the beginning, we see the names of those who had called themselves “promised Mahdi”, or others had called them so, and had big claims, or others had considered for them; although, none of this claimant were not successful in correcting …

Does he Rise with Sword We know the important condition of victory over the enemy is predominance of the forces; these forces don’t include only military forces; but predominance of spiritual power and faith, firmness of economical and social bases are entirely included in this predominance and have essential roles.And …

First, it is necessary here to mention the evidences of Shiites about these triple beliefs.Then we can see that how is it possible to answer the above triple questions.At the beginning, it should be considered that rational reason can never point a specific person about this matter, but the results …

Mahdi the Twelfth Successor of the Prophet (S) What has been analyzed until now in this book about “great universal peacemaker” and “revolutionary programs of Mahdi” was in two parts, one part in a general rational form and another part in a general Islamic form; but belief of Shiites

Appearance of Sufyani, one of the events of End of Days The appearance of “Sufyani” has been also mentioned in many resources of hadith of Shiites and Sunnis like the appearance of “Dajjal” as a sign of the advent of great universal peacemaker, or as one of the events of …

Signs of the Advent of of Imam al-Mahdi Is there any sign available that this universal revolution is coming?Is it possible to predict that such revolution is coming now or not?Is it possible to advance the time of this revolution?

Mahdi in Shiites’ Hadith Resources Believing the existence of a universal peacemaker called “Mahdi” is more common and expanded among Imamiyyah Shiites; because if Sunnis accept that as a certain side issue, Shiites consider it as one of the main principles, because the dynasty of twelve Imams ends to him …

Logic of Oppositions of Ahadith of Mahdi In the previous discussion, we understood that only few Sunnis didn’t have accepted ahadith of Mahdi that Ibn Khaldun, famous historian, and Ahmad Amin, Egyptian scholar is among them, although certain majority of Islamic scholars has denied their opinion.But, it is necessary to …

Who is the Mahdi? We saw in the discussion of the effects of waiting that all Islamic sects, without any exception, are waiting for the rise of a great revolutionary man from the dynasty of prophet, called “Mahdi” (a leader who is guided to his expanded revolutionary goal and program …

Initially, it is necessary to notice to two matters: 1) Some ask that what is the necessary of ahadith and narratives, when Qur’an is available. And by considering that expression of anything is available in Qur’an (فیه تبیان کل شیء), what prevents us to follow those who said: “حسبنا کتاب …