Imam Mahdi in other Imams' verses (Revayat)

And we made them leaders, guiding (men) by our command, and we sent them inspiration to do good deeds, also to establish regular prayers, and to pay charity; and they constantly served us (and only us). [1]

We have lots of verses from Prophet Mohammad peace be upon him and all other Imams that promise believers about manifest of Imam Mahdi. Aside Imam Ali we don't have this large of verses about any other Imams. This amount had been large enough that a number of books were written by some of Imam Kazem's and Imam Reza's companions about Imam Mahdi, his absence and also his manifest some decades before his birth. Because of this you can't find Verses books without this topic, whether the writer was Shiite or Sunnite.

One of the oldest and valid books of Sunnite is "Mosnad" which was written by Ahmad Bin Hanbal who lived in 241. In this book you can find more than hundred verses about Imam Mahdi. The Sunnite followers have some credible verse books in the name of "Mosnad" which were written by some trustworthy writers such as Abo Davood, Eben Maaje and Termazi. In all of these books you can find a chapter for Imam Mahdi. Beside this they have more than hundred books that were dedicated to Imam Mahdi's Topic. This number grows up to two thousand books which were written by Shiite writers. Just in "Montakhab Al Asar"[2]you can find more than two thousand verses about Imam Mahdi.

Maybe this large amount of verses causes to a spontaneous agreement between Shiite and Sunnite on the bases of Mahdaviat, beside they have different idea about Imamat. They have no clash on manifest of Imam Mahdi as far as you can find some verses from Prophet Mohammad in Sunnite books such as:

Who ever deny Imam Mahdi is pagan [3]

Also they tell this verse form different sources from Prophet Mohammad:

If there is just one day left to resurrection, God will increase that day length until a man who is my grandson and he named same as me revolts and makes the Earth full of trust and justice which was filled with cruelty and oppression before. [4]

This straight belief to Imam Mahdi by Moslems either Shiite or Sunnite caused to misuse by some delusive people and they lied and tried to introduce themselves as Imam Mahdi, it had no reason except misled others. "Mahdi Soodani" who lived in Sudan in North Africa and he was Sunnite, "Mohammad Bin Abdollah Ghahtani" who lived in Hejaz and he was Vahabi and also "Mirza Ali Mohammad Shirazi" who lived in Iran and he was Shiite are some examples of this bitter fact.

O God! By expediting his manifestation make world full of justice and faith, Amen.

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[1] Quran, Anbiaa, 73.[Back]
[2] Written by Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani in the order of Grand Ayatollah Borojerdi.[Back]
[3] "Alborhan Fi Alamaate Mahdi Akhare Alzaman", Motaghi Hendi, Page 170, Verse 2.[Back]
[4] Sonan, Abo Davood, Chapter of Al Mahdi, Verse 4282 – Also Sonan, Termazi, Chapter Ma Ja'a Fi Al Mahdi, Verse 2231.[Back]