Imam Mahdi -- Reality of Imam Mahdi

There are different philosophies behind Imam mahdi and general beliefs about imam mahdi are actually myths and far from reality

CONCEPT OF IMAMS IN ISLAM AND BASIC PRINCIPLE OF IMAMAT::

First know some basic things or remind some basic and fundamental things

IMAMS CONCEPT IN Ahle Sunnah wal jamat:

In ahle sunah wal jamat there is no concept of divine, masoom and guided imams.We believe in khalafat not in imamat. Abu bakr(r.a) , Umar(r.a) ,Usman(r.a) , Ali(r.a) they were all imams and were elected/selected by people. No one was divine.

Others Imams like Imam ahmad , Imam abu hanifa , Imam shafai ,Imam ibn taymiya .They were all imams for us and were just scholars and "mujtahids" who strive hard in this world for gaining knwoldge and for spreading it. No one was divine.For us imams are just a scholar. A great scholar.

There is a hadith that in every century such people will born who will keep on reviving religion.
means such scholars will remain alive who will give the true picture of islam and will keep on reviving religion but we don't know who exactly was mujtahid we can only guess that such scholar was mujtahid of this century same would be the case of mahdi as well like many scholars guess that Umar bin Abdul aziz was mahdi.

IMAMS IN SHIASM:

On the contrary in shiasm Imam Ali was the first divine imam selected by God and list of others divine imams all were from progeny(offspring) of Ali(r.a) and last of that divinely guided imam is mahdi who too will be from progeny of Ali(r.a).

This is the basic and huge difference between us and shias as we know shia doctrine is totally different. Their definition of "Ahle bayt" too is different they revile Umhaat ul momineen they believe Nabi(s.a.w) had only daughter . Their whole religion is revolving around Ali (r.a) his wife and his offspring as they have rejected the offspring of Nabi(s.a.w) his daughters his wives.

So the first thing should be clear that there is nothing like guided imams in ahle sunah wal jamat but when it comes to mahdi you can notice the same imamat concept in Sunnies which is opposite to their basic beliefs.

So this concept of imamat come into sunnies from shias if you are accepting that Allah will send divine imam imam mahdi they why you were rejecting divine imams before?
Why other khulafas were elected? it means you are approving that they were right before and last divine is the sign of their truth.

General concept of mahdi among public something like this that a man whose status is higher than Khulafas,Tabaen,Taba tabaeen coming with godly qualities and he will be divinely guided imam. People would recognize him through signs.
like mahdi would be some man with feather jisay dekh k saaray kahen k mahdi ah mahdi ah gaya.uss ki MOHAR E MAHDIYAT check kar k verify kareen gay aur kaheen gay tum he hamaray maseeha ko .Phir woh phoonkeen mar mar k khalafat qaim kar day ga its other thing that even nabi(s.a.w) has took 23 years. If such imaginary MAHDI is truth than shiasm is truth and vast majority of muslim is on wrong path.


Many things come into Ahle sunnah from shiasm like so much exaggeration in status of Ali(r.a) and his descendants, Hassan Hussein(r.a) would be the leader of youth, mahdi is hidden in cave, mahdi will come out from the cave,
Asmaan sy awaz ahay gi mahdi ki amad ki, etc etc. Such clear signs are even not about coming of Essa(a.s).
These all things u can found in Saha e siita and are very famous among people because of shias.
No one knows the name of son/daughters of Usman(r.a) whose two wives were daughter of Nabi(s.a.w) and names of other children of other daughter of nabi(s.a.w) . Even very few people know the name of daughters of nabi(s.a.w) but every one know who was the wife of Ali(r.a) who was his children and their status

Quran:33.Al-Ahzab: 40
Muhammad is not the father of [any] one of your men, but [he is] the Messenger of Allah and last of the prophets. And ever is Allah, of all things, Knowing.

Muhammad(s.a.w) has no heirs and no bloodline and Allah didn’t gave him bloodline rather Allah gave him “KAUSAR” and his whole Ummat send blessing upon Nabi(s.a.w) and pray to Allah that May Allah Muhammad(s.a.w) reach“ “Muqaam e mehmood”(highest place of paradise).So the best relation with nabi(s.a.w) with anyone can be of his ummati and that can only save him.

So this concept of divine imam is opposite to the basic and fundamentals of Ahle sunnah and fortunately you wont found any such things in most authentic books like Bukhari Muslim and Mauta imam malik and obviously in Quran.

TRUE CONCEPT OF IMAM MAHDI::

Khuda ny Ajj tak uss kaum ki halat nahi badli
Na ho jis ko khud khiyal apni halat k badalnay ka


Quran 8 53
That is because Allah would not change a favor which He had bestowed upon a people until they change what is within themselves. And indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing


We are not waiting for any maseeha our last and forever savior was Muhammad(s.a.w).
Only savior for us is the teaching of Nabi(s.a.w) sitting idle and waiting for awaited mahdi this is non sense and Islam is a practical deen and don’t believe in this. Any single Human or nation who wants to save themselves then that great saviour(Muhammad(s.a.w) had given manifesto. We just have to follow it

Khabar nhy kia hy nam es ka Khuda frabi k khud frebi
Amal se farig hua Musimman bana kay Imam Mahdi ka bahana

So another thing to know is that the only savior is Quran and sahih hadith

The best of the people are my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them
Sahih Muslim

Best generation was Sahabas then Tabaeen then Taba tabaeen and so on who will born later cannot be greater in status than them means status is higher than them.

Mahdi is basically a symbol and good news of establishment of Khalafa before end of time like Nabi(s.a.w) had given us the good news of mujadadeen who will revive religion and mahdi will be complete mujadad.

Mahdi would be just a normal human being, Great leader born in normal family with any name who will strive for khalafa and will establish it and obviously will lead through Quran o Sunnah and of course wont be divine imam and nabi(s.a.w) had given us Good news of such leadership in authentic report

Sahih muslim 293
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) say: A section of my people will not cease fighting for the Truth and will prevail till the Day of Resurrection. He said: Jesus son of Mary would then descend and their (Muslims') commander would invite him to come and lead them in prayer, but he would say: No, some amongst you are commanders over some (amongst you). This is the honour from Allah for this Ummah.

People will be striving for Global khalafat under Mahdi's leadership when Jesus would descend.

Nabi(s.a.w) has given good news of such leadership as well.

Sahih muslim 6961
Abu Nadra reported: "We were in the company of Jabir b. 'Abdulldh that he said it may happen that the people of Iraq may not send their qafiz and dirhams (their measures of food stuff and their money). We said: Who would be responsible for it? He said: The non-Arabs would prevent them. He again said: There is the possibility that the people of Syria may not send their dinar and mudd. We said: Who would be responsible for it? He said This prevention would be made by the Romans. He (Jabir b. Abdullab) kept quiet for a while and then reported Allah's Messenger (may peas be upon him) having said There would be a caliph in the last(period) of my Ummah who would freely give handfuls of wealth to the people without counting it. I said to Abu Nadra and Abu al-'Ala: DO you mean 'Umarb. 'Abd al-Aziz? They said: No (he would be that khalefa which is know as mahdi).


Its a good news for all don't become hopeless and strive hard inshallah such leadership and Islam system will surely be establish how much it seems difficult but it will happen for sure but the thing is what your role would be in it. What your role will be in helping mahdi

Sitting idle and waiting for divine mahdi(maseeha) u want to play this role?