Eternal_Life said:
Is he close to Coming?How will the world recieve him?
h| Eternal_Life,
It is not narrated in either the Qur’aan or the Sunnah precisely when the Mahdi will emerge, but he will emerge at the end of time. As for when this will happen, Allaah knows best about that. The sign of his appearance will be widespread corruption and the earth being filled with wrongdoing and aggression.For a more detailed look at the end times, you can try the following thread on the Islam forum:
http://www.comparative-religion.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1807
In the above thread, Imam Mahdi is mention in post#8 under points# 26,27,32.
Some relevant ahadith for your perusal, which should give you a good idea:
1. Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri reported that the Messenger of Allaah
(Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him) said: "At the end of the time of my ummah, the Mahdi will appear. Allaah will grant him rain, the earth will bring forth its fruits, he will give a lot of money, cattle will increase and the ummah will become great. He will rule for seven or eight years.
[Mustadrak al-Haakim, 4/557-558; he said: this is a hadeeth whose isnaad(chain of narration) is saheeh (authentic), although it was not reported by al-Bukhaari and Muslim. Al-Dhahabi agreed with him, and al-Albaani said: this is a saheeh sanad, and its men are thiqaat (trustworthy), Silsilat al-ahaadeeth al-saheehah, vol. 2, p. 336, hadeeth 771]
2. ‘Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allaah
(Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him) said: ‘The Mahdi is one of us, a member of my family. Allaah will guide him in a single night.’"
[Musnad Ahmad, 2/58, hadeeth 645, edited by Ahmad al-Shaakir, who said: its isnaad is saheeh; Sunan Ibn Maajah, 2/1367. This hadeeth was also classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’ al-Sagheer, 6735]. Ibn Katheer said: "This means that Allaah will forgive him, grant him help, inspire him and guide him, when he was not like this before."
[Al-Nihaayah, al-Fitan wa’l-Malaahim, 1/29; edited by Taha Zayni]
3. Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri said: "The Messenger of Allaah
(Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him) said: ‘The Mahdi is of my lineage, with a high forehead and a long, thin, curved nose. He will fill the earth with fairness and justice as it was filled with oppression and injustice, and he will rule for seven years.’"
[Sunan Abi Dawud, Kitaab al-Mahdi, 11/375, hadeeth 4265; Mustadrak al-Haakim, 4/557; he said: this is a saheeh hadeeth according to the conditions of Muslim. See also Saheeh al-Jaami, 6736].
4. Jaabir (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allaah
(Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him) said: ‘‘Eesaa ibn Maryam (Jesus, Son of Mary) will descend, and their leader the Mahdi will say, "Come and lead us in prayer," but he will say, "No, one of them should lead them as an honour to this ummah from Allaah."’" The version narrated by Muslim says: "… Then ‘Eesaa ibn Maryam (Peace be upon him) will descend and their leader will say, ‘Come and lead us in prayer,’ but he will say, ‘No, some of you are leaders over others as an honour from Allaah to this ummah.’"
[Reported by Muslim, 225]
5. Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allaah
(Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him) said: "He is one of us, behind whom ‘Eesaa ibn Maryam will pray."
[Reported by Abi Na’eem in Akhbaar al-Mahdi. Al-Albaani said it is saheeh; see al-Jaami’ al-Sagheer, 5/219, hadeeth 5796]
6. ‘Abdullaah ibn Mas’ood reported that the Prophet
(Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him) said: "The world will not come to an end until the Arabs are ruled by a man from my family whose name will be the same as mine."
[Musnad Ahmad, 5/199, hadeeth 3573]. Another version says: "… whose name is the same as mine and whose father’s name is the same as my father’s."
[Sunan Abi Dawud, 11/370].
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This will hopefully give you some idea as to what the situation will be when he comes and what he will achieve.
Hope this helped,
And Allaah knows best.
