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[39] [40] The Meccans will kill two successive deputies of al-Mahdi, according to a hadith ascribed to Ja'far al-Sadiq, the sixth Imam. [41] Soon, however, the Hejaz, Iraq, the east, Egypt, Syria, and then Constantinople would fall to the army of al-Mahdi before the complete extermination of the forces of evil, after which the rule of justice ...
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.
The Mahdi features in both Shia and Sunni branches of Islam, though they differ extensively on his attributes and status. Among Twelver Shias, the Mahdi is believed to be Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi, twelfth Imam, son of the eleventh Imam, Hasan al-Askari (d. 874), who is said to be in occultation (ghayba) by divine will. This is rejected by Sunnis ...
The coming of Imam Mahdi. [Hadith 59] [45] The Antichrist (Masih Ad-Dajjal) will appear and travel to Jerusalem. [Hadith 60] [45] The descent (or Second Coming) of Jesus Christ (Al-Maseeh 'Isa ibn Maryam); [Hadith 52] [45] and all the people of the book will convert to Islam after his second coming. [Quran 3] The killing of the Antichrist ...
As a child Imam, al-Mahdi is also often compared to Jesus, since both are viewed as the proof of God (hujja) and both spoke with the authority of an adult while still a child. [45] Al-Mahdi is said to have been born to Narjis, a slave-girl whose name is given by various sources as Sawsan, Rayhana, Sayqal, [46] [37] [47] and Maryam.
According to a narration from Muhammad al-Baqir this voice will be heard in Ramadan before reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi. In compliance with Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid , as well as others, there is a Hadith which state a synchronicity between reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi and the voice from sky.
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. —
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.