 Shahadah
Declaration of faith. A person must recite the shahadah to
convert to Islam. The shahadah in Islam is: "I testify that there is no
god but Allah and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."
Al-Fatiha
"In the name of God, The Compassionate, The Merciful; Praise be to
God; the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds; The Compassionate, The
Merciful; Master of the Day of Judgment. Thee do we worship, and thine
aid do we seek. Show us the straight way; The way of those on whom Thou
hast bestowed Thy Grace, Those whose portion is not wrath, And who go
not astray."
THE PROMISED
MEHDI (MEHDI-AL-MA'OOD)
 According
to Islamic theology "Mehdi" means 'the divinely guided one' or
'the directed one'. Prophet Mohammed (S.A.S), the last of the
prophets, informed that Allah will send His Caliph in the Ummah
of Mohammed (S.A.S), to invite people towards right path. It was
prophesied by Mohammed (S.A.S) that; an illustrious son from his
progeny would appear after him who would establish the just and
true religion as it was in his own time. Prophet Mohammed
(S.A.S) foretold about the advent of Mehdi (the promised)
through his various traditions. A few traditions (Hadiths) are
given below.
TRADITIONS
1. Ibn Abbas (R) is quoted as saying:
The Prophet (pbuh) said, how would my folks (Ummah) be perished
when I am at its beginning, Jesus, the son of Mary, is at its
end and the Mehdi from my progeny is in the middle. (Musnad
of Imam Ahmed, and Kanz-ul-Ummal)
2. Sauban (R) quoted another tradition as follows:
The Prophet of Allah (S.A.S) said, " For your treasure (throne) of
Khilafat, there would be a fight between aspirants of Khilafat
but none would get it. Then from the east people bearing black
flags would appear, and they would massacre you as none would
have done before. But no one would defeat them. Then the Caliph
of Allah, the Mehdi, would appear. If you hear about him, go to
him and make covenant (Ba'ith) with him even if you would have
to crawl on ice for that purpose, as he be the Caliph of Allah";
(Ibn Maja)
3. The Prophet (S.A.S) once said that even if a
day remained for the end of this world, Allah would prolong the
day unless and until, from the progeny of my house (Ahl-e-Baith)
a person is born whose name would be my name, whose father would
have the name of my father and who would fill the world with
justice as it would be full of atrocities. He would equally
distribute wealth and would enrich the hearts of believers. He
would survive for seven or nine years.
4. Shaik Mohiuddin Ibn-e-Arabi quoted a tradition
in his book "Futuhat-al- Makkiya" that the Prophet (S.A.S) said
;" Mehdi is from me; he will follow my footsteps without err.
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