Where allegiance will be sworn to Hazrat Mahdi (as)

They will find him at the Corner in Mecca and say: "If you do not accept our oaths of allegiance, if you do not protect us against the army of the Sufyan, which is seeking us and has one from Haddam at its head, then may our sins be upon you and our blood on your head.” At this, Hazrat Mahdi (as) will sit between the Rock and the Pillar, and he will extend his hand and accept their oaths.” (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 39-40)

Allegiance will be sworn to him between the Rock and the Pillar. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be so compassionate that in his day, nobody will be woken from his sleep, and nobody’s nose will be made to bleed.” (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-MuntadharAl-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 42)

Three or seven days, after you see a fire from the east, expect to see the appearance of line of Muhammad, a herald from the sky will call out the name of Hazrat Mahdi (as), and everyone in East and West will hear that voice. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 32)

When innocent people are killed and his brother is killed in Mecca, a voice will cry out from the skies: “This is your command. This is the Mahdi (as), who will fill the world with justice.” (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 35)

Widespread strife that seems unlikely to ever end will arise and last until the cry “The Mahdi is the leader, that is the truth” is heard three times from the skies. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 55)

It is noted in the hadiths that a voice from the sky will tell the news of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as), in other words, that everyone will hear these glad tidings over the radio and television. We are told this voice will reach everyone in the East and West. It is even revealed that everyone will hear this voice in his own language:

There will be a voice from the sky to the people of the earth, such that everyone will hear it in his own language. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 37)

News reports reach just about everyone in their own countries, translated into the language of that country, via radio, television and the Internet. People will be told of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the same way.

Hazrat Mahdi (as) will free the world from evils and oppressive systems, and will cause love and peace to reign among people

The Commander of the Faithful (ra) gives glad tiding in his sermon that the world shall be purified and reformed from the cursed ones, and the war against the tyrant shall last for eight months after than love and peace shall prevail. (Selected Supplications from al-Sahifah al-Mahdiyah, Sayyid Murtadha Mujtahidi Sistani, p. 69)

As a result of Hazrat Mahdi (as)’s intellectual struggle against Darwinism and materialism, which is one of his three great duties, vices that run contrary to human nature, such as cruelty, ruthlessness and lovelessness, the products of such philosophies, will all come to an end. Movements that prevent countries and people living by religious moral values, loving one another, feeling compassion, getting on with one another and treating one another in compliance with religious moral values will cease. These philosophies and their exponents, that encourage people to lead degenerate lives, with no faith in Allah and that have lost all spiritual values, will be intellectually neutralized by way of Hazrat Mahdi (as). There will be a climate of great peace and love across the world, and a profound spirit of friendship, mutual aid, unity and alliance will prevail among countries and individuals.

Hazrat Mahdi (as) will spiritually conquer Rome, there will be a great earthquake in Vatican

"...Hazrat Mahdi (as) and his followers will...capture Rome with tasbih (praising of Allah) and takbir (declaration of the greatness of Allah)...The walls of that city [THE VATICAN] will collapse... [by an earthquake]..." (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 204)

The walls of the Vatican were damaged as a result of an earthquake in Italy. Many buildings in Rome collapsed.

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With advancing technology and the spread of the internet in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as), information will become easily accessible

In the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as) information will be so pervasive that even a woman in her home will judge according to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet (saas). (Bihar Al-Anwar, Vol. 52, p. 352)

With advancing technology and the spread of the Internet in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as), information will become easily accessible. Housewives sitting at home will have the opportunity to obtain information of all kinds from their own homes, and they will thus be able to scrupulously abide by the moral values of the Qur'an and the Sunnah of our Prophet (saas).

Cars in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as)

Hazrat Mahdi (as) is moderate of virtue and excellent of creation... HIS STEED WILL SHINE LIKE A FULL MOON. HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL GO AT THE HEAD OF THE MOST AUSPICIOUS COMMUNITY. They are enfolded by Allah’s religion; they will seek to approach Allah with him... (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 171)

The hadith suggests that “cars” will be one of the technical vehicles available in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as), and that these will have headlights and interior lighting. It appears from the information provided in the hadith that the headlights of Hazrat Mahdi’s (as) car will also shine brightly.

References in the hadiths to the years 1997 and 1999

In one of the hadiths speaking of the portents of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) the years 1997 and 1999 are indicated:

People will prosper until the ninety-fifth year, that is, their business will prosper. In the ninety-seventh and the ninety-ninth year, their possessions will go to waste... (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 54)

The term “the ninety-fifth year” in the hadith in all probability refers to the year 1995. Until 1995, people led relatively easy lives, and conditions were not that hard. But after that, various difficulties began arising. Various political problems arose in 1997. The earthquakes in the Marmara region and across Turkey in 1999 led to the worst loss of life and property of recent years.

Electronic communications in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as)

A herald will cry out from the sky saying, “Truth lies with the line of Muhammed", and a herald will emerge from the earth, and he will say, “Truth lies with the line of Jesus.”

Abbas said, “The voice from the earth comes from satan, and that from the sky comes from Allah.” (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 53)

All kinds of sounds and images will reach the earth through television, radio the internet and through radio waves in the form of electronic waves from the sky. In this way, information will reach people that “Truth lies with the line of Muhammed,” in other words, Hazrat Mahdi (as) is from the lineage of our Prophet (saas). Everyone on earth will hear and see these sounds and images.

False and misleading information will be spread by atheist masons working underground and by the atheist secret state, in other words, the committee of the antichrist. They will spread the idea that “Truth lies with the lineage of Jesus.” They will maintain that the Prophet Jesus (as) married, had children, and continued his line and that his descendants are living today. The claim of the “Holy Grail” made by atheist masons in the present day is a reflection of this subject. The appearance of this matter in the End Times is another miracle of our Prophet’s (saas).

A PERSON’S VOICE SPEAKING TO HIM

I swear to Allah, in whose power my life is, that the Day of Judgment will not take place until savage animals talk to human beings, until a person’s voice and shoes speak to him, and until people tell him what they are doing.” (Ash-Sharani, Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 471)

With the cassette and CD players widely used today it is possible to record a person’s voice and listen to it later. The reference to “a person’s voice speaking to him” is suggestive of these devices. The expression “until a person’s shoes speak to him” puts one in mind of the listening devices that intelligence officers conceal in their footwear. Listening devices installed inside shoe heels and developed by Romanian intelligence during the Cold War were used by Western diplomats.

The reference to “people telling him what they are doing” may indicate how families and friends a long way away establish communications using Internet cameras and video telephones.”

A SOUND RECEIVER INSERTED INTO A SHOE HEEL

“The Day of Judgment will not take place until the handle of a whip, his shoe lace speak to a person, until there is such abundance that a person will find nobody to give alms to, until rivers and streams flow through Arab lands.” (Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Musnad, II, p. 498)

The reference to “a person’s shoe lace speaking” in the above account indicates the shoe lace serving as an antenna in surveillance systems installed in footwear.

The term “until the handle of a whip speaks to a person” may again be a reference to modern technology’s wireless and mobile phones resembling whips. The use of wireless and mobile phones whose antenna are not unlike the tips of whips bears a close similarity to the term “until the handle of a whip speaks to a person.”

Signs to technology in the End Times from the hadiths about the antichrist

It is reported from Ibn al-Munadi (ra) that:
"He will hold the clouds in his right hand, extend to where the Sun sets, walk on the ocean, and yet the water will come only up to his heels… There will be smoke in front of him and a green mountain behind… He will issue such a cry that all those between the earth and the skies will hear it... He will command the soil and it will grow crops..." (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 219)

He will hold the clouds in his right hand...TM

This hadith reported from the Prophet (saas) refers to the antichrist holding “the clouds in his right hand.” This may be a reference to airplanes capable of reaching the uppermost levels of the atmosphere. Planes ascend to the level of the clouds and make it possible for human beings to reach them. This technology seems to be connected to the words of the hadith regarding the antichrist “holding the clouds in his right hand.” And Allah knows the truth.

He will extend to where the Sun sets...

The reference in the hadith to extending “to where the Sun sets,” may well be significant in terms of modern technology. Sunset can be observed all over the world using technological devices such as telescopes and satellites. Satellite systems can provide images of all countries, and these can then be watched all over the planet on the Internet. The reference in the hadith to “the antichrist extending to where the Sun sets” may be pointing to the satellite system in question. (Allah knows the truth).

He will walk on the ocean, and yet the water will come only up to his heels...

Our Prophet (saas) tells us that the antichrist “will walk on the ocean, yet the water will come only up to his heels.” This description may well be a reference to present-day sports such as surfing, water-skiing, kite surfing, or barefoot water-skiing. People who engage in these sports move over the surface of the water, touching it only with their feet. The reference in the hadith to the antichrist walking on the water, and the water coming only up to his heels, may well be an indication of these sports. And Allah knows the truth.

There will be smoke in front of him and a green mountain behind...

The reference in the hadith to “smoke in front of him, and a green mountain behind,” bears a close resemblance to the picture established by modern-day airplanes in the sky. As the illustration makes clear, as they fly an image forms of a cloud of smoke in front of them, and one of a mountain covered in greenery behind.

He will issue such a cry that all those between the earth and the skies will hear it...

The hadith also refers to the antichrist issuing such a cry that all those between the earth and the skies will hear it. Modern advances such as radio, television and the Internet can broadcast across the world by means of satellites and radio waves, and everyone in all countries can now listen to the same broadcast at exactly the same time. This technological system, representing a single broadcast or voice, may well correspond to the hadith’s description of everyone in heaven and earth hearing the same thing. And Allah knows the truth.

He will command the soil and it will grow crops...

The hadith also refers to the antichrist “commanding the soil to grow crops.” The different kinds of agricultural machinery and the various sizes of tractor available today make harvesting a simple matter. Similarly, fertilizer and irrigation technologies mean that crops grow very quickly. Using these technologies the land can be sown and made highly productive, and this agrees with the description in the hadith. And Allah knows the truth.

(Antichrist) will come to a river and he will command it to flow, thus it will flow, then he will turn upwards and command it to flow and it will flow, then he will command it to dry and it will dry. (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 213)

The hadith refers to building of dams at the time of antichrist. As a matter of fact, when the dam shutters are locked, the river dries sraightaway and when the dam shutters are opened, the river continiues to flow.

A REFERENCE TO RAILROAD TRANSPORT

With the antichrist there will be two mountains. One mountain will have trees, fruits and water, the other mountain will have smoke and fire. (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 213)

This account describes the position of trains and railroad wagons in the End Times. Railroad wagons are made out of wood and used to carry fruit. As the account says, there is “smoke and fire” on railroads. “With the antichrist there will be two mountains” refers to the use of railroads and to these wagons loaded with fruit.

Fire forms in the engine sections of trains that run on coal or diesel, and smoke in their chimney stacks. The “two mountains” in the account refer to two large masses consisting of the railroad and the wagons. The reference to “with the antichrist” indicates that the person driving the train moves along with it. (Allah knows the truth.)

A REFERENCE TO NARCOSIS USE

He (antichrist) will also have Paradise and Hell with him. ... Then he will appear to kill someone and bring him back to life.” (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 213)

People’s hearts are removed and replaced under narcosis in the End Times. In this way, people are put in a form of death and then resuscitated. In the same way, people whose hearts stop can be brought back to life by the use of electroshock. This is being referred to in the account. (Allah knows the truth.)

A REFERENCE TO MASS DINING SYSTEMS

Antichrist will have a mountain of bread and meat, and a river of water... (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 213)

"He will also have a mountain of meat, a mountain of bread". (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 214)

"He will have with him a mountain of broth, cooked meat that never cools, a flowing river... behold food and drink, he will say" (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 215)

The account notes the provision of food en masse to people forced to live under communist oppression in the 20th century. Vast quantities of food and drink, compared to rivers in the account, would be brought in to factories where 10-20,000 people were forced to work en masse.

A REFERENCE TO RAPID TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY

"The antichrist will travel the world in 40 days." (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 216)

The account refers to the speed obtained in moving from one place to another in the End Times.

Hazrat Mahdi (as) will make use of technology in obtaining information about events in the world

Hazrat Mahdi (as) will make use of technology in obtaining information about events in the world

The universe will be as visible as the palm of his hand for Hazrat Mahdi (as). (Bihar al-anwar, vol. 52, p. 328)

The hadith indicates that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will make use of technology in the End Times. Wide-ranging information about the universe will be obtained in the End Times. By the will of Allah, many things that were hitherto unknown will be learned through advances made in the End Times. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will use hand-held computer technology to obtain any information he wants or to establish communication with anywhere in the world.

Hazrat Mahdi (as) will restore and beautify the world

NOWHERE IN THE WORLD WILL REMAIN DEVASTATED, AND HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL REPAIR AND RESTORE ALL PLACES. (Al-Mahdi Al-Mawud, Vol. 1, p. 264)

Hazrat Mahdi (as) who will appear is from the line of Hazrat Ali (ra). HE WILL BEAUTIFY THE WORLD AS NEVER BEFORE... (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani p. 169)

It will rain in abundance in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as)

He will fill Earth with justice and well-being. The earth gives forth its fruits, and the sky rains. My community will be blessed in a hitherto unseen way. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 35)

[In Hazrat Mahdi (as)’s time] the sky will begrudge none of its rain and will cause rain to fall generously. The earth will hold back none of its plants and will give them forth to perfection… (Al-Sharani, Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 437)

During his [Hazrat Mahdi’s (as)] time, both the community’s good and wicked people will be blessed with a blessing, the like of which they have never seen before. Despite the abundance of rain, not a drop will go to waste. The land will grow fruitful and fertile, without demanding a single seed... (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 20-21)

Lives will be longer in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as)

As reported in the hadith, one of the portents of the End Times and the appearance of the blessed Mahdi is “increased life expectancy” during this holy period. Some of the hadith and accounts regarding this are as follows: Life expectancy will increase in his [Hazrat Mahdi’s (as)] time. This increased life expectancy also means that he [Mahdi) will be long-lived. (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 184) In his time ... lives will be longer and things entrusted for safekeeping will not be lost... (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 43) Lives will be longer, and things entrusted will be returned to their place. (Jalaluddin as-Suyuti, Kıyamet alametleri, Olum ve Dirilis [Portents of the Judgment Day, Death and Resurrection], p. 179) There has been a relative increase in life expectancy in recent times, but none to match the increase observed in the 21st century. Research has revealed that human life expectancy will rise by 50% this century and that there will be many more people living to see their 100th birthdays in the years to come. Increases in life expectancy according to centuries 1800s: average life expectancy 24 years 1900s: average life expectancy 48 years 2000s: average life expectancy 63 years The results of research into genetics and gene technology at the end of the 20th and early 21st centuries show that “life expectancies will be prolonged.” For example, a report in National Geographic magazine stated that the formula needed for a longer and healthier life would soon be available in pharmacies. Scientists who say they have identified the gene for long life state that the average life may soon be around 100 years. Another study reports that children born around now will live to be approximately 125 or 150. Many researchers state that “there will be nothing out of the ordinary in people aged 150” and that in the 21st century life expectancies will increased beyond all comparison with the past. This information imparted by our Prophet (saas) 1400 years or so ago, coming about so clearly and manifestly without doubt represents a very valuable glad tiding for believers. Just like this prediction, the other reports imparted by our Prophet (saas) will also all come true, and mankind will witness many holy phenomena during the 21st century. By the will of Allah, the Prophet Jesus (as) will return to earth, Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear, and by means of these holy personages the moral values of Islam will prevail across the entire world. This is something promised in the pages of the Qur’an. In verse 55 of Surat an-Nur, our Lord tells us: Allah has promised those of you who believe and do right actions that He will make them successors in the land as He made those before them successors, and will firmly establish for them their religion with which He is pleased and give them, in place of their fear, security. (Surat an-Nur, 55) Is There A Limit to Human Life Expectancy? Turkish daily Hurriyet, 18 March 2004 According to some scientists, children born today will be able live up the age of 150, and some are of the opinion that there is no limit to human life expectancy. Human life expectancy regularly increases by 2 years every decade. This means that in 2150 the average life expectancy will be 122.5, and people aged 150 will be regarded as quite normal. There are currently some 40,000 people aged over 100 in the USA, although the number was only around 2,300 in the 1950s. James Vaupel, from the Max Planck Demographic Research Institute in Rostock in Germany, suggests that the number of centenarians will double in developed countries every 10 years. (http://webarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/2004/03/18/429832.aspTurkish magazine Tempo, 25 June 2004) Human life expectancy has almost doubled since the end of the 19th century. It is estimated that human life expectancy will increase still further thanks to advances in genetic medicine. A study by the medical journal Anti-Aging asked 60 experts in the field to estimate the life expectancy of a child born in 2100. The majority of the experts responded “at least 100 year,” while some said that life expectancy could reach 150 or even 200 years. Is It Possible to Live Longer? Turkish daily Radikal, 21 April 2002 … The ‘Industrial revolution’ in the late 19th century and scientific advances led to extraordinary progress in the field of medicine in the last century. This has prolonged human life expectancy by 50% … The frontiers of middle age have been put back from 40-50 to 60-70. As we enter the new millennium it has emerged that certain diseases are caused by defects in genes, themselves the secret of life. Biotechnological progress is now at the point of being able to rectify gene defects.(http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno=35461)