Some people have confused the positions of Imam Mahdi (as) and Hazrat Isa (as) by saying that they mean the same person. This is the primary belief of Qadianis. However this belief is incorrect. Hazrat Isa (as) is a prophet and messenger of Allah, whereas Imam Mahdi (as) is an Imam. Also both of them are two different individuals as is very evident from the traditions below. It is narrated in...
Ibn Majah in his Sunan quotes Mohammed Ibn Hanafiyyah and Imam Ali saying that the Holy Prophet (sawa) said, Mahdi is from our Ahle Bayt, no doubt Allah will enforce his appearance within a night (i.e., his coming is very unpredictable and is very sudden). References: Sunan Ibn Majah volume 2 page 269 Ahmad Ibn Hanbal as quoted in al-Sawa’iq al-Muhriqah by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami chapter 11...
In Sahih Muslim, in the Chapter of al-Fitan, there are some interesting traditions on what will happen in the last days of the world. Two of them are quoted here. Abu Nadra reported that we were with the company of Jabir Ibn Abdullah Ansari. He kept quiet for a while and then reported Allah’s Messenger (sawa) said, There would be a Caliph in the last (period) of my Ummah who would freely give...
Holy Prophet (sawa) said, “Mahdi is from me. He has a broad forehead and protracted nose. He will fill the earth with equity and justice as it would be filled with injustice and tyranny. He will rule for 7 years.” (Matalebul So-aal Fi Manaqeb Ale Rasool volume 2) Holy Prophet (sawa) said “How it would be when Isa Ibne Maryam will descend and your Imam would be from among you” (Matalebul So-aal...
The Prophet (sawa) said, Even if the entire duration of the world’s existence has already been exhausted and only one day is left (before the day of judgment), Allah will expand that day to such a length of time, as to accommodate the kingdom of a person from my Ahle Bayt who will be called by my name. He will fill out the earth with peace and justice as it will have been full of injustice and...