Dedication

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. The Awaited Mahdi

2. The Amir Over ‘Isa B. Maryam

3. Is The Mahdi Superior To The Masih?

4. He Is The Khalifah Of Allah

5. The Black Flags From Khurasan

6. His Holy Companions

7. Birth Of A Little Paradise

8. The Mahdi Claimants

9. Finding The True Mahdi: He Is A Sinless Fatimid Imam

10. Finding The True Mahdi: He Is The Twelfth Of A Sinless Dynasty (Part 1)

11. Finding The True Mahdi: He Is The Twelfth Of A Sinless Dynasty (Part 2)

12. The Sunni Chase Of Shadows: Is There Really A Man In The Cellar?

13. The Sunni Chase Of Shadows: Is The Mahdi Really From Imam Hasan?

14. The Sunni Chase Of Shadows: The Name Of His Father Is ‘Abd Allah?

15. The Sunni Chase Of Shadows: The Mahdi And The Shi’i Communities

16.  Issues Of The Ghaybah:  Reason For The Disappearance

17. Issues Of The Ghaybah: The Two Roles Of The Imam

18. Issues Of The Ghaybah: Regency Of The Shi’i ‘Ahadith And ‘Ulama

19. The Mahdi’s Conquests: Ordinary Events Or Mammoth Miracles?

20. Some Commonly Misused Shi’i Ahadith On The Mahdi

21. Will The Mahdi Burn Or Crucify Abu Bakr And ‘Umar?

Bibliography

Who is the Mahdi of Islam? According to both Sunni and Shi'i Muslims,
the "guided one" will rise during the end times to conquer all nations.
With Jesus Christ, he will bring an end to aggression and injustice, and
will establish the Kingdom of God on earth. However, Sunnis and Shi'is
disagree about the identity of the Mahdi. According to Shi'is, the
Mahdi - an extraordinary human being who will perform extraordinary
miracles - is Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Husayni. He was born over a
thousand years ago, and is still alive on this earth, but living in
occultation, and will reappear during the end times. For Sunnis,
however, the Mahdi will be an ordinary and mediocre man by the name of
Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah al-Hasani. In "Imam al-Mahdi: The Twelfth
Khalifah in the Sahih Sunni Ahadith", author Toyib Olawuyi argues that
the identification of the awaited Mahdi with Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah
al-Hasani is not established in any reliable Sunni or Shi'i hadith, but
is based on only a few unreliable Sunni reports. By contrast, Olawuyi
demonstrates, Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Husayni is confirmed as the Mahdi
in both authentic and authoritative Shi'i and Sunni sources. "Imam
al-Mahdi" is a carefully balanced work of scholarship that will both
inform and challenge the views of many Muslims and non-Muslims alike.


Imam Al Mahdi, The Twelfth Khalifah In The Sahih Sunni Ahadith

Acknowledgments
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Special thanks to Tural Islam, Ali Baker, and Ja’far Mer for their
support and encouragement. May Allah bless them all and all our loving
brothers and sisters from the Shi’ah Imamiyyah and the Ahl al-Sunnah wa
al-Jama’ah.


