The True Nature of the Mahdi — Page 1
1 Beliefs Concerning the Mahdi It is necessary that I should enlighten the Honour - able British Government about the belief regarding the Promised Mahdi that is held by the Wahabi sect whose followers call themselves the Ahl-e-Hadith , and whose self-proclaimed leader is Maulvi Abu Saeed Muhammad Husain of Batala ; and also my and my community’s be - lief [regarding the Mahdi]. For, the root cause of this entire dispute, and that of their enmity towards me, is that I do not believe in the Mahdi in whom they be - lieve. It is for this reason that they consider me a disbe - liever; and in my view they are in the wrong. Hence, I write below my belief about the Mahdi as against that of theirs. Although, this belief, which is held by the Ahl-e- Hadith —who in fact are called Wahabis—can be found in hundreds of their magazines and books, yet I deem it appropriate to mention some aspects of this belief from the books of Nawwab Siddiq Hasan Khan. For, Maulvi Muhammad Husain—the leader of Wahabis—believes that Siddiq Hasan Khan is the Mujaddid ( مُجَدِّد ) of this century (see Isha’at-us-Sunnah ) and his books constitute the guidance of a Mujaddid. And according to him it is