The Truth Unveiled — Page 56
56 56 Islasm ntals eriosP urPsb an adviser and counsellor, but the Khalifah of the time will be the Mahdi. In short, due to an incorrect understanding of the Hadith 1 ٍ ُمِن ْقُرَیْش ۃ َّ َئِم ْأ اَل which is firmly grounded in their hearts, they believe that: Khilafat would ultimately return to the Quraish, the name of this Khalifah would be Muhammad Mahdi, he would descend from the Children of Fatimah and shed rivers of blood in the cause of religion. If Muhammad Husain is simply asked: ‘According to your belief, the Messiah would not be a Khalifah when he descends from the heavens as he would not be from the Quraish; who, then is the Khalifah who would wage war against the disbeliev - ers? Furthermore, who is the Imam mentioned in the Hadith of Bukhari , ْ اِمَامُکُمْ مِنْکُم. ’ These people will never say that the word Imam applies to the Promised Messiah, rather they will only respond by saying that the reference is to the Mahdi—namely, the one who will be from the Quraish. Thus, this question will expose their hypocrisy. It is worthy of note that Muhammad Husain does not consider the Hadith 2 لَ مَھْدِیَّ اِلَّعِیْسٰی to be valid and interprets the Hadith of Bukhari ْ مِنْکُم ْ اِمَامُکُم to refer to the Khalifah from the Quraish, and not to the Promised Messiah. Thus, it is established that he believes in the Mahdi and awaits his advent. How shame - ful, then, is the perjury of this man who conveys one belief to the British government, but privately holds a contrary belief. If the respected authorities allow me to speak with him about this issue and if, during the course of discussion, his fellow clerics are also brought before us, it will become readily apparent that 1. The Imams will be from among the Quraish. [Publisher] 2. There is no Mahdi except Jesus. [Publisher]