Who is imam e zamana
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Muhammad al-Mahdi
Twelfth and last of the Twelve Shia Imams
"Twelfth Imam" redirects here. For the twelfth imam in Isma'ilism, see al-Qa'im (Fatimid caliph).
For the ruler of Córdoba, Andalus, see Muhammad II of Córdoba. For other uses, see Mahdi (disambiguation).
Muhammad al-Mahdi Twelfth Imam of Twelver Shi'ism | |
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Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 874 CE | |
| Preceded by | Hasan al-Askari |
| Title | List of titles
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| Born | c. 255AH (c. 868CE) Samarra, Abbasid Empire |
| Parents | |
| Known for | Being the last of the Twelve Imams |
| Relatives | Ahl al-Bayt (Husaynid) |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Mahdi (Arabic: محمد بن الحسن المه
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Imam Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Mahdi (a)
Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-'Askarī (Arabic: محمد بن الحسن العسکری) (born in 255/869), also known as Imam al-Mahdi (a) (Arabic: إمام المهدی), is the twelfth Imam in Twelver Shi'ism. He is the promised savior, who will rise one day and fill the earth with peace and justice. Imam al-Mahdi (a) has been in occultation from the early years of his life. Shi'as regard him as the Imam of the present age. Among his well-known titles are Imam al-Mahdi (the Imam of the time) and Wali l-'Asr (the guardian of the age).
| 12th Imam of the Shia | |
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Jamkaran Mosque, Qom | |
| Teknonym | Abu l-Qasim |
| Born | Sha'ban 15, 255/July 29, 869 |
| Birthplace | Samarra |
| Imamate | From Rabi' I 8, 260/January 1, 874 till present |
| Father | Al-Hasan b. 'Ali (a) |
| Mother | Narjis |
| 'Ali, al-Hasan, al-Husayn, al-Sajjad, al-Baqir, al-Sadiq, al-Kazim, al-Rida, al-Jawad, al-Hadi, al-'Askari, al-Mahdi | |
Imam al-Mahdi (a) became the Imam after the martyrdom of his father Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari (a) in the year 260/874, when he was five. From that time until the year 329/
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Mahdi
Messianic figure in Islamic eschatology
This article is about the concept of an eschatological messianic savior in Islam. For other uses, see Mahdi (disambiguation).
The Mahdi (Arabic: ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, romanized: al-Mahdī, lit. 'the Guided'; Persian: مهدی) is a figure in Islamic eschatology who is believed to appear at the End of Times to rid the world of evil and injustice. He is said to be a descendant of Muhammad, and will appear shortly before Jesus.
The Mahdi is mentioned in several canonical compilations of hadith, but is absent from the Quran and the two most-revered Sunni hadith collections, Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. Thus, some Sunni theologians have questioned the orthodoxy of the Mahdi.[1] The doctrine of the Mahdi seems to have gained traction during the confusion and unrest of the religious and political upheavals of the first and second centuries of Islam. Some of the first references to the Mahdi appear in the late 7th century, when the revolutionary Mukhtar al-Thaqafi declared Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya,
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