In alFuyudat alMakkiyah, Imam Ahmad Rida quotes Shaykh Muhiyuddin radiyAllahu anhu as saying the Mahdi will appear in 1426ah. This has been ascribed to Imam Badr alDin alHasani also. In alMalfuz, Ala Hazrat mentions his own opinion as being in the 1800's. You can have both these opinions checked.
In the hashiya of al-Dawlah al-Makkiyyah of A'lahazrat himself, al-Fuyudat al-Makkiyyah li-Muhibb al-Dawlah al-Makkiyyah, he does mention the appearance of Imam al-Mahdi radiyALLAHu 'anh in the 1800's from the couplet of SUltan al-Mukashifin Sayyiduna al-Shaykh Muhyiddin ibn 'Arabi radiyALLAHu 'anh: idha dar az-zamanu 'ala huruf.... Is there any reference to where you mention that Sayyidi A'lahazrat predicted the end of the Ottomans in the same year, and as clear, it happened much before this? jazakALLAH
Zawraa' is also Baghdad. This name is used in hadith predicting the making and destruction of Baghdad (see Barzanji's and Khatib's points on this). Sufyani is his laqab but not his real name. The hadith states that his maternal relatives will be from the tribe of 'Kalb' (akhwaaluhu min kalb). Bashar alAssad and the Nusayri Alawites are also from the Kalb tribe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assad_family If Syria sacks Baghdad that would say something! Saddam was a claimant to being a Sayyid. Did this hadith refer to him? Allah knows best: But he (rahimahuAllah) also said the demise of the Ottoman empire will be in the same period. But the Ottomans finished within his own century!! So anything can happen. When you see this, expect the appearance of the Dajjal from one day to the next!!
Bump. Anyone have any further info on this? I have read/heard that Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti once estimated that Imam Mehdi will appear somewhere in the 1400's. Ala Hazrat's guesstimate by his ilme jafar was 1800's. Whatever it is, I think we're headed for some tough times ahead worldwide, seeing with how much impunity, Muslims and Muslim nations are being eaten away by the colonial powers and their puppets in our midst.
As-Salaam Walikum-This is So TRUE...Mashallah May Allah Protect All Of Us From The Hell Fire. Aameen.
Yeah-the last day is surley coming...i just hope me,me family,friends and all the muslims are safe from hell fire...oh,what a terrible place to rest!!!
thanks for the useful information. it is very difficult to keep track of where is what and what was called what else earlier. moreover, your information has more credibility since you are a persian yourself. thanks once more. wa's salam.
4. Deylam in Khuzestan province borders Turkey; in February 2005, there were explosions reported here. There is another Daylam, in Daghestan which could also be possible, considering that it will be destroyed by Armenia. Sidi, the present day Khuzestan province does not include Daylam. Khuzestan is different from Daylam. Daylam is basically North Western Iran and is bordered by present day Khuzestan to the south and the south east. Khuzestan is basically 'Iraq (Arab) swallowed up by Iran due to the British. Khuzestan is far away from Turkey and the province was never that big to include Daylam. Daylam has famous regions in it such as Gilan, Hamadan. The Daylam in Daghestan is the same Daylam. This whole region near the Caspain Sea was referred collectively in many places as Daylam, even Tabaristan. It is basically today land of the Azeris (mostly Ja'fari rawafiDs, who are Turks, the majority in Iran) 5. Khazar is in Iraq and close to Turkey. Given the conditions, Turkey can overrun Khazar anytime. To talk to you about another well known but most likely Khazar, it is the one not in 'Iraq. Khazar is the region beyond Daylam. Its capital is Atilla (present day Astrakhan). It was the Jewish State and most of them migrated to Europe I believe but was known to Arabs. Parts of Sind have already been destroyed by India (regions like Jammu, Indian Punjab, Himachal, Gujarati lands, Rajasthani lands all the way up to Delhi)
Qurtubi in his At-Tadhkirah reports from a ĥadith narrated by Hudhayfah ibn al-Yamān from the Prophet şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam that he said: Destruction shall happen around the world so much that even Egypt will be destroyed though Egypt should be safe from ruination; Basrah will be ruined, and it will be ruined by flood. Egypt will be ruined because the Nile will run dry. Makkah and Madinah will be ravaged by hunger [1]. Yemen will be ruined by [swarms of] locusts. Uballah [2] will be destroyed by a seige. Persia will be destroyed by poverty [3] Turkey will be ruined by Deylam [4]. Deylam will be ruined by Armenia. Armenia will be destroyed by Khazar[5] and Khazar will be destroyed by Turkey. Turkey will also be ruined by thunderbolts [6] and Sind [7] will be destroyed by India and India will be destroyed by China;[8] and China will be ruined by Rumul [9]; Ethiopia will be ruined by quakes; Az-Zawrā’a [10] will be ruined by Sufyāni [11] and Ar-Rawĥā’a [12] will be ruined by land collapses [13] and Iraq will be destroyed by killings[14] And then he said: This is narrated by Abu’l Faraj ibn al-Jawzi and he said: ‘Andalus will be destroyed by a barren wind.’ This ĥadīth is captioned: ‘Signs attributed to RasūlAllāh şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam regarding the destruction of certain cities and the causes of such destruction; [description] of such signs in the ĥadīth indicate forgery’ [An-Nihāyah fi’l Fitani wa’l Malāĥim, Ibn Kathīr, vol.1, pg.64] ---------- Footnotes: 1. Though the word Kharāb is used, I dare not translate ‘ruination’ for Madinah or Makkah; they may be ravaged but never shall they be ruined. May Allāh preserve them forever. 2. Uballah must be in Yemen since it is mentioned right away. http://tinyurl.com/awcrg However, the footnote in the book puts it near Basrah, and I searched for it in Iraq and I could only find Ubaylah – which incidentally is found in Saudi Arabia and Oman as well! 3. şálūk; şáālīk: means dirt poor, those who have absolutely nothing. Hence the contextual translation. 4. Deylam in Khuzestan province borders Turkey; in February 2005, there were explosions reported here. There is another Daylam, in Daghestan which could also be possible, considering that it will be destroyed by Armenia. 5. Khazar is in Iraq and close to Turkey. Given the conditions, Turkey can overrun Khazar anytime. 6. As-Şawāyiq or ‘Thunderbolts’; another meaning is ‘blitzkreig’ which in turn means ‘heavy aerial bombardment’. 7. Sind is what is today’s Pakistan and given the conditions it is a quite obvious and possible scenario. Notice that this is said when Pakistan did not exist and consequently the current acrimony between the two nations! Sub’ĥānAllāh, if this is really true, then this is among the many proofs of Prophethood. [dalāyil an-nubuwwah] 8. Again, in today’s political environment it is highly possible that China can destroy India – neither are they close allies; infact, the two states have already gone to war in the past and are suspicious and uneasy neighbors today. 9. Rumul is a tricky one. Is it a place or something else? Frankly, I don’t know. When I searched for this in the Atlas, the closest matches are mostly in United States! (and one in Israel) Romulus, in Michigan, United States Rummel, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States Rumley, Shelbey, Ohio, United States Rumley, Lampasas, Texas, United States Rumley, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States Rimel, Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States Rumely, Alger, Michigan, United States Ramla in Israel Rumlu in Turkey Rumely in Turkey To be fair, there is one in Netherlands too: Ruimel, Noord-Brabandt. Rummel RJ is a political-theorist who has written a book ‘death by government’ and is supposedly a chronicler of China’s mass murders: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.J._Rummel It could have been Ramal in Arabic meaning sand; sandstorms, maybe? Raml also means a widow; will the widows revolt? I will spare the reader further agony and would be thankful if anybody can point out a simple explanation which seems to elude me, perhaps because of my misplaced enthusiasm. 10. Az-Zawrā’a is a place in Madinah close to the Grand Mosque. 11. Sufyāni is a ruler named in the ĥadīth, a descendant of Abū Sufyān who will oppress Muslims. Some said this points to Saddam, but it now seems obvious that it is incorrect. 12. Ar-Rawĥā’a is a place between Makkah and Madinah, approximately 30 miles from Madinah. 13. Khasf is the word used in the ĥadīth: meaning ‘the land caves in’. 14. Qatl is the word used in ĥadīth: meaning ‘killing’. Allāh táālā knows best.
