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  2. Reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi - Wikipedia

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    The reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi is the Twelver eschatological belief in the return of their Hidden Imam in the end of time to establish peace and justice on earth. For Twelvers, this would end a period of occultation that began shortly after the death of Hasan al-Askari in 260 AH (873–874 CE), the eleventh Imam.

  3. Signs of the appearance of the Mahdi - Wikipedia

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    According to some narrations, there are five certain signs that will occur prior to the appearance of the Mahdi.The hadith of Ja'far al-Sadiq mentions these signs: "the appearance of Sufyani and Yamani, the loud cry in the sky, the murder of Nafs-e-Zakiyyah, and the earth swallowing (a group of people) in the land of Bayda which is a desert between Mecca and Medina.

  4. Khasf al-Bayda - Wikipedia

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    According to hadiths, there are five (or more) certain signs which will happen prior to the reappearance of the twelfth (last) Imam of Shia Islam, al-Mahdi. [12] [13] Al-Shaykh al-Saduq has narrated --from Ja'far al-Sadiq-- that: five signs are decisive before the rising of Qa'im (قائم): Yamani, Sufyani, Heavenly cry (calling) from the sky, The murder of Nafs-e-Zakiyyah and Khasf al-Bayda.

  5. Occultation (Islam) - Wikipedia

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    Occultation (Arabic: غَيْبَة, ghayba) in Shia Islam refers to the eschatological belief that the Mahdi, a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, has already been born and he was subsequently concealed, but he will reemerge and he will establish justice and peace on earth at the end of time. [1] The signs of his (re)appearance are ...

  6. Al-Arba'in fi Ahwal-al-Mahdiyin - Wikipedia

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    The idea of appending these verses of the Great Sufi poet and Mystic of the 14th Century, Nimatullah, appears to be that he thought these verses closely described the same theme which the collection of those 40 Ahadith tend to do, i.e. the appearance of the Mahdi and Messiah. Here are some of these verses, (pages 48–51 of the PDF Copy):

  7. Mahdi - Wikipedia

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    There he assumed the regnal name al-Mahdi Billah; [84] [85] as the historian Heinz Halm comments, the singular, semi-divine figure of the Mahdi was thus reduced to an adjective in a caliphal title, 'the Imam rightly guided by God' (al-imam al-mahdi bi'llah): instead of the promised messiah, al-Mahdi presented himself merely as one in a long ...

  8. Seyed Khorasani - Wikipedia

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    The rising of al-Khorasani, [14] or the movement of the Black Standard from the side of Khorasan, [15] [16] is considered to be among the signs of the appearance of the Mahdi. [17] [18] [19] Imam as-Sadiq was reported saying: [20] Coming out of three groups "Sufyani, Khorasani and Yamani" will be in: a year, a month, and a day. —

  9. Final letter of Muhammad al-Mahdi to al-Samarri - Wikipedia

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    The final letter of Muhammad al-Mahdi, known as the Hidden Imam in Twelver Shi'ism, to his agent, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Samarri, predicted the latter's imminent death and announced the beginning of the Major Occultation (941–present). In Twelver belief, the Major Occultation concludes with the rise of al-Mahdi in the end of time to ...