Imam Mahdi Appearance

Shia and Sunni hadith about Imam Mehdi

There is no confusion or difference of opinion among the Muslim scholars about the arrival of Imam Mehdi (as) before the Doomsday. In a hadith, unanimously accepted by all Muslims as an authentic one, the Holy Prophet (sws) stressed that Imam Mehdi (as) will certainly come before the commencement of the Doomsday, as the holy prophet says

There are more than 3000 ahadith of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and Holy Imams about Imam Mahdi (as) recorded by Shia scholars. Also, there are more than 70 books written by renowned Sunni scholars about Imam Mahdi (as).

Difference of opinion between Shia and Sunni about the appearance of Imam Mehdi (as)

Both Shia and Sunni are united in their basic belief that Imam Mahdi(as) will certainly rule the whole world before the occurrence of the Doomsday. But, there is a strong controversy among Muslims on the issue of occultation (Ghaibat).

Sunni scholars believe that Imam Mehdi (as) will be born anytime before the day of Qiyamat and will rule the world. Whereas, all Shia scholars have a strong belief based on Quran and hadith that Imam Mehdi (as) was born in 255 AH, and is still living in concealment as the Imam of his time, and will reappear by the order of Allah the almighty at His appointed time.

He has a title Imam ul-Asr, meaning the Imam of the period.

No one, except Allah the almighty, knows the mahdi. Even the Imam himself does not know about the time when his occultation will be over. However, there are some reliable narration and reasonably trustworthy clues to form a hypothetical opinion about his station.

Allah Know The Best

Whether The Muslims Need The Mahdi

According to the Prophet, Muslims need the coming of a Mahdi at the end of time to win Islam over all religions. There are many hadith, hadith where the Prophet preach about it, and the Prophet ordered us to follow if the Imam Mahdi Mahdi comes. Cases of people willing to obey or not is another matter. However, too hasty to reject more than 60 Hadith that preach about the coming of the Mahdi only by argument, but there are many messages in the Quran which according to the proclamation of the existence the arrivals of Imam Mahdi

Experience in past periods as where described in the Quran shown in sunnatullah, that every messenger of God who came then people would make fun of him and oppose it vigorously. So whenever the coming of Imam Mahdi or the messenger of Allah, the treatment must also like that,  ridiculed, fun and loudly opposed by his arrival. So once again the question a rises :

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