The Shining Lamp — Page 18
18 THE SHINING LAMP Prophet's ahādīth regarding the Mahdi of the Latter Days that he would initially be deemed irreligious and a kāfir [disbeliever]. The people would harbour great malice towards him, hold him in con- tempt, and call him by the names dajjal [deceiver], faithless, and kadhdhāb [great liar]; all these [people] would be maulawīs,' and at that day, there would be none on earth worse in this Ummah than these maulawīs. ² This would persist for a while. Then God would support him with celestial Signs, and a voice would call out from heaven declaring him to be Khalifatullāh, al-Mahdi [the Vicegerent of Allah, the Guided One]. 3 But would heaven speak as a man speaks? No, but what is meant is that frightful Signs would appear which would shake the hearts and minds of people. Then, God would guide hearts 1. See Sunan at-Tirmidhi, Abwābul-Imān, bab Ma Jāa Fīman Yamūtu wa-Huwa Yashhadu an La ilaha illallah, Hadith 2641; See also Atharul- Qiyāmah fi Hujajul-Karāmah, p. 363; al-Futūḥātul-Makkīyah, fi Ma'rifah al-Asrārul-Malakiyyah wal-Mulkīyah, Muhy-ud-Din al-Ma'rūf bab Ibn 'Arabī, vol. 33, p. 327, Dārul-Ahya' al-Turāth, Beirut; and al-Şirāțul-Sawi fi Ahwālul-Mahdi, by Sayyid Muhammad Sabtain al-Sarsowi, Chapter 6, p. 507, published by al-Burhan Book Depot 35, Yaddushtar Road, Krishan Nagar, Lahore, Imamia Kutub Khāna Lahore. [Publisher] 2. See Mishkātul-Maṣābīh, Kitābul-'Ilm, Chapter 3, Hadith 276, Juzw Awwal, p. 71, Dārul-Kutubul-'Ilmiyyah Beirut, Lebanon. [Publisher] 3. In al-Hawi lil-Fatāwā, by 'Allāmah Jalāl-ud-Din as-Suyūtī, al-Āthār al-Waridah fil-Mahdī, vol. 2, p. 61, Dārul-Kutubul-'Ilmiyyah Beirut, Lebanon, this hadith is as follows : عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُوْلَ اللَّهِ ﷺ : يَخْرُجُ الْمَهْدِيُّ وَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ عَمَامَةٌ فِيْهَا مُنَادٍ يُنَادِى هَذَا الْمَهْدِيُّ خَلِيفَةُ اللَّهِ فَاتَّبِعُوهُ. عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ : يَخْرُجُ الْمَهْدِيُّ وَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ مَلَكُ يُنَادِي إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَهْدِيُّ فَاتَّبِعُوْهُ عن عبد الله بن عمر قال : قَالَ رَسُولَ اللهِ الله : يَخْرُجُ الْمَهْدِيُّ وَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ غَمَامَةٌ فِيْهَا مُنَادٍ See also يُنَادِي هَذَا الْمَهْدِيُّ خَلِيْفَةُ اللَّهِ فَاتَّبِعُوْهُ in Biharul-Anwār, al-Juzw, 51, p. 50, Matbaʻul- Amirah lit-Tibāʻah wan-Nashr wal-Tawzī. [Publisher]