According to what is revealed in the hadiths of our Prophet (saas),
the Mahdi will appear in the End Times and cause Islamic moral values
to prevail on Earth. With the coming of the Mahdi,all oppression and
injustice in the world will come to an end and be replaced by justice,
peace, love and security.
In the Qur'an, Almighty Allah (God) has revealed that He will cause
Islamicmoral values to prevail on Earth. In the hadiths our Prophet
(saas), too, has stated that the Mahdi will be a means whereby this
great and holy event duly takes place in the End Times. As a
requirement of Qur'anic moral values, and as reported by our Prophet
(saas), the rule of Islamic moral values will be brought about with
love. When Islamic moral values come to prevail, the world will attain
peace and security, and all forms of disorder, conflict, anarchy and
terror will come to an end. Distressed by the disorder and oppression
of the End Times, people will be delighted with the justice,
compassion, generosity, love and interest of the Mahdi, who will cause
Islamic virtues to prevail on Earth.
The glad tidings of the inevitable appearance ofthe Mahdi in the End
Times is revealed as follows in the hadiths of our Prophet (saas):
If there were only one day left for the world, that day would be
lengthened until a man from among my descendants or from among the
people of myhousehold, was sent; . . . He will fill the earth
withjustice and fairness, just as it will have been filledwith
injustice and oppression. 1
According to the information in the hadiths, the Mahdi will appear in
the End Times and cause Islamic moral values to prevail on Earth. With
the coming of the Mahdi all the oppression and injustice in the world
will come toan end, and the Earth will be filled with justice,peace,
love and security. These holy events are reported in these terms in
various hadiths:
A man from my family appears to fill Earth withjustice, just as it has
been filled with corruption. So whoever reaches that [time] ought to
come to them, even if crawling on the ice/snow. 2
He [the Mahdi] will practice the religion justas in the time of Our Prophet… 3
However, as our Prophet(saas) also tells us, want and difficulties
will increase in severity priorto the appearance of theMahdi, there
will be no peace or security on Earth and all humanity will experience
enormous suffering because of a succession of disasters. Indeed, it is
reported in the Qur'an that our Lord has tested people by way of
various troubles before the period of envoys andprophets:
We have never sent a Prophet to any city without seizing its people
with hardship and distress so that hopefully they would behumble.
(Surat al-A'raf, 94)
As revealed in the verse, troubles and difficulties before the coming
of theMahdi, a holy personage who will cause people all over the world
to live by Islamic moral values, who will bring peace and justice to
humanity and who will be a meanswhereby they experience the period
known as the Golden Age, are a requirement of the law of Allah. Our
Prophet (saas) has revealed in great detail what form these troubles
will take.
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