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[37] [38] He was named Abu al-Qasim Muhammad, the same name and kunya as the Islamic prophet, [37] [39] though he is more commonly known as Muhammad al-Mahdi (lit. ' the rightly guided '). [40] His birthdate is given differently, [27] but most sources seem to agree on 15 Sha'ban, [36] which is celebrated by the Shia for this occasion. [41]
In response, in April/May 912, al-Mahdi officially proclaimed Abu'l-Qasim Muhammad as heir-apparent (wali al-ahd), gave him the regnal name al-qa'im bi-amr Allah ('He who executes God's command'), and placed him in charge of the army sent to quell the revolt. [38] On 21 June 912, the loyalist army decisively defeated the rebels near Mila.
After the death of al-Askari in 260 (874), [18] Uthman performed the funeral rites of the eleventh Imam, an honor for which he must have received the permission of al-Askari beforehand. [34] It was during the funeral than Muhammad al-Mahdi is said to have made his only public appearance.
Al-Mahdi Muhammad bin Ahmed (October 27, 1637 – August 2, 1718), also known as Ṣāḥib al-Mawāhib, [1] was an Imam of Yemen who ruled in 1689–1718. [2] He belonged to the Qasimid family that was descended from the Islamic prophet Muhammad and dominated the Zaidi imamate in 1597–1962.
al-Qāʾim Āl Muḥammad, a messiah-like figure in Shi'a Islam, similar to the Mahdi; People with full name or honorific al-Qāʾim bi-amr Allāh ("the one raised by [or 'who carries out'] God's order"): Muhammad al-Mahdi (869–?), 12th Shia imam, also called Muhammad al-Qa'im
Ahmed al-Hasan, an engineer from Basra and leader of the Shia Iraqi movement Ansar al-Imam al-Mahdi [40] declared in 1999 that the hidden Imam had designated him as his representative (wassi). He has denounced the errancy of religious seminaries in Najaf, and established a militia dubbed the Supporters of the Iman Mahdi (Ansar al-Imam al-Mahdi ...
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 ...
The way that al-Mahdi tried to manage expectations can be seen in the choice of his regnal name: 'Abdallah Abu Muhammad' was the exact reverse of the name of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and also ensured that his son, now known as Abu'l-Qasim Muhammad rather than Abd al-Rahman, would bear the same name as the Islamic prophet, as had long been ...