Yes, since the hadith says:
"Upon the death of a Khalifah, people will differ among themselves. Then a man from the people of Madinah will flee to Mecca. Some people from Mecca will approach him and give him the Bay’ah while he dislikes it. The Bay’ah will be given to him between the Rukn and Maqam [near the Kabah. He will divide the wealth among the Muslims justly] and implement upon the people the Sunah of their Prophet. Islam will spread on earth. He will be for seven years and then he will die. Muslims will pray on him [in his funeral]. " Al-Haythmi said that At-Tabarani reported it in AI-Awsat and the narrators are on the level of the Sahih Hadith.
El Imam El Mahdi University was created in 1994.
There is no direct mention of Imam Mahdi in the Hindu book Veda. The concept of an awaited savior figure like Imam Mahdi is more common in Islamic beliefs, particularly in Shia Islam.
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Caliph Imam Muhammad Al Mahdi of Allah has not been born yet. Even if after he was born, nobody can know him as Al Mahdi of Allah until he will be adult. He won't claim himself as Al Mahdi of Allah. People will know him he is Imam Mahdi of Allah after they see his miracle event.
banu hashim
The identification of Imam Mahdi would be challenging. People distinguish him differently and depict him in their own manner, to establish what he would look like or appear to be would be troublesome.
Shi'a Muslims believe that the Mahdi is the Twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, the Twelfth and last Imam, who was born in 868 AD and was hidden by God at the age of five. He is still alive but has been in occultation "awaiting the time that God has decreed for his return."
He is the 9th decendant of Imam al-Husayn (peace be upon him). He will reappear in Makkah at Baytullah on a Friday.
Actually the answer is YES he is related to Al Sadiq Al-Mahdi of Sudan. Imam Isa Al Haadi Al Mahdi is the the Grandson of the Mahdi of Sudan through his father Al Haadi Al Mahdi. He was born exactly 100 years after the Mahdi of Sudan was born and is a direct decendent of The Prophet Muhammad through his Daughter Fatimah. My family and I are followers of Imam Isa and he only used the Name Dr. York for the outside people who were not in our community. So the incarceration of his body has nothing to do with his genetic relation to the Mahdi, it is a mere distraction to throw people off course of Imam Isa being related and associated to such a Noble Champion of The Islamic faith. I don't know who wrote the first response, but everything they stated IS COMPLETELY FALSE
usually Kings killed any one was named as next Imam in the will. so Imams had two will one pubic and one secret.
Imam Mahdi a.s. but he is not at occultation. and in the occultation times the Wali Faqih should lead the people. the current Wali Faqih is Imam Khamenei.
Imam Khomeini.