The True Nature of the Mahdi — Page 48
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 48 hadith that have been transmitted regarding a bloody, warmongering Mahdi from the progeny of Fatimah az- Zahra’ are all weak and discredited; in fact, the major - ity of them are fabricated and forged. Their narrators were not deemed trustworthy, and the scholars of hadith found it difficult to establish the authenticity of these narrations. For this reason, Imam Bukhari, Imam Muslim, and the great Imam, the compiler of The Muwatta [i. e. Imam Malik] have disregarded them, and many scholars of hadith have criticised them. Whoever alleges that the Promised Mahdi and the Promised Messiah are two men who will appear as war - riors and will draw the sword against the Christians and idolaters has calumniated against Allah and His Messenger, the Seal of the Prophets. Such a one has uttered a statement that has no basis in the Holy Quran or hadith or in the views held by the scholars. Rather, the established fact is that the Mahdi is none other than Jesus 6 and neither shall there be war, nor shall the sword or spear be wielded. This is what has been affirmed by our Chosen Prophet. This is not a false statement—both Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih al- Muslim compiled in the first centuries of Islam testify to its truth by excluding the aforementioned hadith 6 A hadith of the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw found in the hadith compilation entitled Sunan Ibni Majah. [Publisher]