Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Mahdi (alaihimus-salam)

The Era of Imam al-Mahdi Alhusaini alaihis salam has begun, already started from 1380H/ 1960.

The greatest Imam after Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib. The spiritual equal of Imam Hasan and Imam Husain, alaihim Assalam. The Imam who will revive perfect Islam and defeat most evil devils. The holy preparation is already underway, it is coming to climax. 

Although some Sunni scholars believe that he was not born yet, some other Sunni scholars, as many as 40 well-known Sunni scholars including Al-Zahabi, Ibn-Hajar, Abu al-Falah al Hanbali and al-Qunduzi, agree with the Shia Twelver scholars that Imam Mahdi was the son of al Hasan al Askari. In 648 H, the Shafi'i scholar Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Gandji al-Qurashi wrote al-Bayan fi akhbar sahib al-zaman in proving the Mahdiship of the Twelfth Imam, Mahdi son of al Askari, using Sunni traditions. In 650 H, Kamaud-Din Muhammad ibn Talha al-ʿAdawi al-Nisbini, a Shafi'i scholar, composed his Matalib al-suʾul fi manaqib aal al-rasul answering Sunni objections to the belief that the Twelfth Imam was the Mahdi. The Sibt ibn al-Jawzi wrote Tazkirat khawass al-umma bi-zikri khasaʾis al-aʾimma, collecting hadiths from Sunni sources about the virtues of Imam ʿAli and his descendants, and at the end of the book affirmed that the Twelfth Imam was the Expected Qaʾim Al Mahdi. Among Sufi circles, Abu Bakr al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 H) noted that some Sufi gnostics (min ahl al-kashf) agreed with the Twelver doctrine about the identity of the Mahdi and his ghaybah (occultation). The Sufi saint and scholar, Sadr al-Din Ibrahim al-Hammuyi (7th century), supported Twelver doctrine on the Mahdi in his Faraʾid al-simtayn. The Egyptian Sufi scholar, Abdul Wahab al-Shaʿrani, while generally showing no sympathy for Shia sect, affirmed in his al-Yawaqit wal-jawahir (958 H) that the Mahdi was a son of Imam al-Hasan al-Askari, born in the year 255 H, and would remain alive until his meeting with Jesus.

Regardless of when Imam Mahdi is born, we pray Allah Almighty grant us the glory of his company. 

May Allah Almighty grant the blessed descendants of Hazrat Rasoolullah salla Allahu alaihi wa alihi wasallam with the greatest rewards and the highest honour, and may He resurrect us in their holy company. Amen.