Assalam-o-alekum br Shakir,
JazakAllah for the compliments. About the return of Imam Mehdi, there are some narrations but “nobody knows the exact day, time or year”. Imam Mehdi (a.s) himself said before his occultation: “Whoever gives a specific time of my arrival or whoever claims a place to be my living land (place where he is hidden) is a liar”. Nobody knows about his reappearance except Allah. Even Imam Mehdi (a.s) himself DOES NOT know about his reappearance. He is just waiting for Allah’s hukm (order).
Regarding the time, when he will reappear, there are some signs and chain of events that should happen before his reappearance. These events I have mentioned above in my previous posts.
The belief in Mahdi (the guided one) was widespread during the time of the Prophet. The Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) on more than one occasion had announced the future coming of the Mahdi. From time to time he would inform the people about the government of the Mahdi and the signs of his emergence, giving his name and patronymic (kunya). Here are some of the ahadith about characteristics and reappearance of Imam Mehdi (a.s) as mentioned by Prophet (s.a.w.w):
1)It is the hadith reported from 'Abd Allah b. Mas’ud, who heard the Prophet say:
“The world will not come to an end until a man from my family (ahl al-bayt), who will be called al-Mahdi, emerges to rule upon my community.”[1]
2)Another tradition reported by Abu al-Hujaf quotes the Prophet saying three times:
“Listen to the good news about the Mahdi! He will rise at the time when people will be faced with severe conflict and the earth will be hit by a violent quake. He will fill the earth with justice and equity as it is filled with injustice and tyranny. He will fill the hearts of his followers with devotion and will spread justice everywhere.”[2].
3)In still another hadith the Prophet assured his community by stating:
“The world will not come to an end until a man from the descendants of Husayn takes charge of the affairs of the world and fills it with justice and equity as it is filled with injustice and tyranny.”[3]
4)Abu Sa’id al-Khudari, a close associate of the Prophet says:
I heard the Prophet declare from the pulpit: “The Mahdi from among my descendants, from my family, will rise at the End of Time, while the heavens will pour rain and the earth will bring forth green grass for him. He will fill the earth with justice and equity as it is filled with tyranny and injustice.”[4]
- Its also mentioned in ahadith that Imam Mehdi will have the same name and kunya like prophet Mohammed (s.a.w.w.) had. Prophet (s.a.w.w)'. Imam Mehdi’s name will be Mohammed and his kunya will be “abul-qasim” as was the kunya of Prophet Mohammed (s.a.w.w). Mehdi will be his laqab (title meaning the guided one).
For more details and interesting events that happend in Samarra (Iraq) and How Imam Mehdi (a.s) disappeared, please check the link below:
http://al-islam.org/masoom/index.html
It was the time of Abbasids government and the king sent a bunch of armymen to capture, Imam Mehdi (a.s), the son of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) . Imam Mehdi (a.s) was praying in the sardab (basement) of his house. When the soldiers came close and tried to capture him, they saw him disappearing and a big light going up towards the sky by cracking the roof of sardab (basement top). This narration is mentioned at several places and that “Sardab” (basement) where Imam was praying at that time is still in Samarra , Iraq (though some of those places were partially damaged during the recent gulf war).
here is the info summarized:
The Twelfth Imam
Hazrat Muhammad al-Mahdi (AS)
Name - Muhammad
Title - Al-Mahdi, Sahib-ul-Asr, Al-Hujjat, Al-Qa’im
Kunyat - Abul Qasim
Born - Friday 15th of Shaban 255 A.H., at Samarra
Father’s Name - Imam Hasan-al-Askari
Mother’s Name - Nargis Khatoon
Died - Still living but in hiding and will appear before the Day of Judgement to establish justice on earth.
Feel free to ask me any further questions because I appreciate it when anybody ask questions.
your brother,
Humble.
