EMERGENCE OF THE MAHDI
By: Imam Fakhruddin Owaisi al-Madani
Question:
As-Salam Alaykum,
Sidi, where will the Imam Mahdi (A.S.) appear
from?
Answer:
Wa Alaykum as-Salam,
The Moroccan Tijani Master, Sidi Muhammad bin
Abd-al-Wahid al-Nazifi (RA) answers your question in his renowned poem on the
Tariqah entitled al-Yaqutah al-Faridah, where he says:
يقول
سيدي محمد بن عبد الواحد النظيفي في قصيدته المشهورة الياقوتة الفريدة :
ويأخذها
المهدي عند ظهوره *** لدى من له الإذن
الصحيح بطيبة
And the Mahdi will take this Tariqah when he
appears
From the one who will have the Ijazah in it,
in Taybah (Medina)
It is also for this reason that our Master
Shaykh Sidi Ahmad Tijani (RA) sent his Muqaddam Sidi Muhammad al-Ghali Bu-Talib
(RA) to settle in the Hijaz (Makkah-Medina). So that he can receive the Mahdi
when he appears from there and give him the Wird.
However, the Mahdi did not appear during the
time of Sidi al-Ghali (RA), and he died in Makkah in the year 1244/1829 and was
buried in the Jannat al-Ma’la.
Nevertheless, in the Hijaz, Sidi al-Ghali
(RA) met and trained a forerunner of the Mahdi (RA), and that is none other
than Amir al-Mu’imin al-Haj Umar al-Futi (RA).
Al-Haj Umar Tal (RA) was already a Tijani
when he went to the Hijaz, but he received his Tarbiyah from Sidi al-Ghali
(RA).
Shaykh Umar (RA) had also held the Maqam of
the Mahdi. When asked, during his Jihad if he was “the awaited Mahdi?”, he
replied:
“I am the Mahdi of
my time”
This is also what was meant by those past
Awliya who claimed to the Mahdi. Some of them were not as strong as al-Haj Umar
(RA) and actually thought that they were the Final Mahdi (AS).
Numerous authentic Hadith of the Prophet
(SAW) are clear that the Mahdi will from the Ahl al-Bayt and that he will
appear from the Hijaz. His birth will be in Medina (and he will be initiated in
the Tariqah there), his Bay’ah of Imamah will be Makkah and his Capital will be
in al-Quds (Jerusalem).
This is also one of the reasons that Shaykh
Ahmad Tijani (RA) wanted to migrate from Morocco and settle in Syro-Palestine, but the Prophet (SAW) stopped him due to the
ardent plea of all the Awliya of the Maghreb.
There are a couple of reports that indicate
that the Mahdi will appear from elsewhere (i.e. Morocco...etc), but these are
considered extremely weak and even fabricated, as the Ulama of Hadith state.
One should think a hundred times before
believing in questionable reports coming from questionable individuals.
Safety lies in believing in what is
authentically reported from the Prophet (SAW) and Shaykh Ahmad Tijani (RA).
Note also that Mawlana Shaykh Ibrahim (RA)
stated that the Mahdi (RA) will be from his followers and will be guided by
him!
Al-Humduli’Llah!!!
Was-Salam,
Fakhruddin Owaisi al-Tijani al-Ibrahimi
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