Prophetic Attributes of Imam al-Mahdi


Al-Mahdi in Granada caligraphySa‘íd ibn Jubayr reported, “I heard the saying of ‘Alí ibn al-Husayn, ‘There are many attributes (sunnah) of six prophets in our al-Qàim: Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Job and Muhammad [peace be upon them]. As for the attribute from Noah, it is long life, from Abraham, it is having a hidden birth and being separated from the people, from Moses, it is fear and absence, from Jesus, it is the disagreement of people about him, from Job, it is release after suffering and from Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), it is going out with the sword.

(Al-Siràt al-Mustaqím, 2, 238)

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