Al-Mahdi, Muhammad ibn Abdullah, and a Caliphate
One of the unfortunate characteristics of the believers these days is losing patience with Allah 
(subhana wa ta’ala)’s plan for the universe. If one studies the proper narrations, one will come to realize that many of the tribulations we are facing today were anticipated by the Prophet (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) and the only way to deal with them will be through adhering to his sunnah as it contains the key to getting through these tribulations as well as the ones in the akhirah. The following is a summary of the Islamic view of history with a specific focus on the coming of the Mahdi.
Al-Mahdi, Muhammad ibn Abdullah and A Caliphate That Follows the Guidance of the Prophet sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
But, Some of Its Signs Have Already Come!
A. Hijazi © 1995
Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman reported that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam said,
“Prophethood (meaning himself) will remain with you for as long as Allah wills it to remain, then Allah will raise it up wherever he wills to raise it up. Afterwards, there will be a Caliphate that follows the guidance of Prophethood remaining with you for as long as Allah wills it to remain. Then, He will raise it up whenever He wills to raise it up. Afterwards, there will be a reign of violently oppressive [The reign of Muslim kings who are partially unjust] rule and it will remain with you for as long as Allah wills it to remain. Then, there will be a reign of tyrannical rule and it will remain for as long as Allah wills it to remain. Then, Allah will raise it up whenever He wills to raise it up. Then, there will be a Caliphate that follows the guidance of Prophethood.”
Then Hudhaifah said, “The Prophet stopped speaking.” [As-Silsilah As-Sahihah, vol. 1, no. 5]
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Iyyaka na’budu wa iyyaka nasta’ain.
August 6, 2007 @ 8:35 pm
Assalamu alaikum,
Bro I was wondering if belief in Mahdi is an issue of ‘covenant’ or is it a ‘creedal’ issue? Like, for instance, if some one denies the coming of Mahdi, what is the ruling on him?
August 7, 2007 @ 3:11 am
Brother, you are right in emphasizing the coming of the Mahdi and the domination of correctly practiced Islam in the future of the world. But I think that more than that worldly success we should emphasize the judgement day and the real full triumph of the Divine order of human society on that day, along with the magnificent triumph of the Truth.
Something else that I wrongly lose my patience with is the clever arguments, objections and responses of people when they argue against the truth of Islam or the existence of God. In fact, people can deceive themselves and some others besides them with clever argumentation, but they never suppress the truth in any way. In the judgement day all the untruths will be proven untrue and their proponents will be ashamed of advocating them.
Allah
allows people in this world to speak whatever falsehood they like and hold the real truth in contempt. Allah 
permits this for a purpose. We must be aware of this purposefulness and not be unhappy with the fact that people often seem to overwhelm the truth through argumentation.
This purpose seems to be that Allah
wants us to know the value of His Truth by showing us what a bad thing it would be if there existed falsehood, what an unjust, dirty and ruthless universe it would create. This world and its impurities and ruthlessness are here for us to appreciate the complete perfection of the universe and society after the judgement day and for us to appreciate Allah 
Himself.
Don’t take me wrong, any friends who read this post! I do not mean that we do not need to strive for a just and God-fearing world order in this life because we will have it in the second creation of the universe anyway. We must strive for the just and Islamic world order here, too, only in order to prove ourselves to God and not to prove the Truth to anyone! For our own spiritual progress, we must show God that we do appreciate Him and His justice and His truth even before we meet Him in the judgement day, by trying to institute as much justice and true belief in this world as we can. However, we must be content with whatever God gives us as a result of our actions.
I have spent quite some time writing this post, so I think I will post it on my own blog as well. :D
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sorry…had to do it…
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