The Shining Lamp — Page 18
18 Prophet’s a ha d i th regarding the Mahdi of the Latter Days that he would initially be deemed irreligious and a k a fir [disbeliever]. The people would harbour great malice towards him, hold him in con- tempt, and call him by the names dajj a l [deceiver], faithless, and kadhdh a b [great liar]; all these [people] would be maulaw i s , 1 and at that day, there would be none on earth worse in this Ummah than these maulaw i s. 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 Khal i fatull a h, al-Mahd i [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-Tirmidh i , Abw a bul- I m a n, b a b Ma J a ’a F i man Yam u tu wa-Huwa Yashhadu an L a il a ha illall a h, Hadith 2641; See also Ath a rul- Qiy a mah f i H ujajul-Kar a mah, p. 363; al-Fut uha tul-Makk i yah, f i Ma‘rifah al-Asr a rul-Malakiyyah wal-Mulk i yah, Mu h y - ud-D i n al-Ma‘r u f b a b Ibn ‘Arab i , vol. 33, p. 327, D a rul-A h y a ’ al-Tur a th, Beirut; and al- S ir at ul-Saw i f i A h w a lul-Mahd i, by Sayyid Muhammad Sabtain al-Sarsowi, Chapter 6, p. 507, published by al-Burh a n Book Depot 35, Yaddushtar Road, Krishan Nagar, Lahore, Imamia Kutub Kh a na Lahore. [Publisher] 2. See Mishk a tul-Ma sa b ih , Kit a bul-‘Ilm, Chapter 3, Hadith 276, Juzw Awwal, p. 71, D a rul-Kutubul-‘Ilmiyyah Beirut, Lebanon. [Publisher] 3. In al- Ha w i lil-Fat a w a, by ‘All a mah Jal a l-ud-D i n as-Suy uti , al- A th a r al-W a ridah f i l-Mahd i , vol. 2, p. 61, D a rul-Kutubul-‘Ilmiyyah Beirut, Lebanon, this hadith is as follows: ُّ َخْرُج ُ الْمَھْدِی ي ِ ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص: هللا َ عَن ِ ابْن ِ عُمَر َ قَالَ: قَال َ رَسُوْل ِ ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص: هللا ُ ِ فَاتَّبِعُوْہُ. عَن ِ ابْن ِ عُمَر َ قَالَ: قَال َ رَسُوْل هللا ُ ْفَۃ ي َذَا الْمَھْدِی ُّ خَلِ ه ُنَادِی ي ٍ ْهَا مُنَاد ي ُ و َ عَلٰی رَأسِہ ٖ عَمَامَۃ ٌ فِ َذَا الْمَھْدِی ُّ فَاتَّبِعُوْہ ه َّ ُنَادِی اِن ي ٌ َخْرُج ُ الْمَهْدِی ُّ و َ عَلٰی رَأسِہ ٖ مَلَك ي See also, ٍ ْهَا مُنَاد ي ِ َخْرُج ُ الْمَھْدِی ُّ و َ عَلٰی رَأسِہ ٖ غَمَامَۃ ٌ ف ي ِ ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص: هللا َ بن عمر قال: قَال َ رَسُوْل هللا ُ عن عبد ِ فَاتَّبِعُوْہ هللا ُ ْفَۃ ي َذَا الْمَھْدِی ُّ خَلِ ه ُنَادِی ي in Bi ha rul-Anw a r, al-Juzw, 51, p. 50, Ma t ba‘ul- Am i rah lit- T ib a ‘ah wan-Nashr wal-Tawz i ‘. [Publisher]