HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL POSSESS A HITHERTO UNSEEN CONCEPTION OF JUSTICE
According to the hadiths of our Prophet (saas), the main distinguishing features of this period will be abundance of products and goods of all kinds, the establishment of security and justice, peace and happiness, all material resources being used for people’s ease, comfort, joy and happiness, nobody being left in need, and those who ask being given many times more than they require.
This climate of justice and peace that will emerge by virtue of the Mahdi will be wide-ranging and incomparable. Some of the hadiths on the subject transmitted from our Prophet (saas) are as follows:
If there were only one day left for the world, that day would be lengthened until a man from among the people of my household, was sent; just as the Earth is filled with cruelty, HE WILL FILL THE EARTH WITH JUSTICE.
(Sunen-i Abu Dawud, 5/92)
The Mahdi is one of my people, and HE WILL FILL THE EARTH WITH TRUTH AND JUSTICE, just as it is now filled with cruelty and torture.
(Sunan Abu Dawud, 5/93)
This (Amr) (Mahdi) WILL FILL EARTH WITH JUSTICE, just as people previously filled it with cruelty.
(Sunan Ibn Majah, 10/348)
THE WORLD filled with oppression and tyranny WILL OVERFLOW WITH JUSTICE AFTER HE (THE MAHDI) COMES.
(Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, p. 20.)
THERE WILL BE SUCH AN ABUNDANCE OF JUSTICE IN THE MAHDI’S TIMEthat just as all the goods taken away by force will be returned to their owners.
(Al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, p. 23)
HIS (THE MAHDI’S) JUSTICE WILL COVER ALL PLACESand he will rule among people with the Sunna of the Prophet (saas). He will even also call for one who is in need to be brought forward, and when that command is obeyed only one person will come.
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 20)
314 people, including women, will swear allegiance to the Mahdi, and all tyrants will be overthrown before him. HIS TIME WILL BE SO JUST THAT THE DEAD IN THE TOMB WILL ENVY THE LIVING…
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 22)
People will seek refuge in the Mahdi as honey bees cluster around their sovereign. HE WILL FILL THE WORLD THAT WAS ONCE FULL OF CRUELTY, WITH JUSTICE. HIS JUSTICE WILL BE AS SUCH THAT HE WILL NOT WAKE A SLEEPING PERSON OR EVEN SHED ONE DROP OF BLOOD. THE EARTH WILL RETURN TO THE AGE OF HAPPINESS.
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p.29)
If just one day of the life of this world remains, Almighty Allah will prolong it and SOMEONE FROM MY AHL AL-BAYT WILL COME. His name will be like mine. His father’s name will be like my father’s name. HE WILL FILL THE WORLD THAT IS FULL OF OPPRESSION AND EVILS WITH JUSTICE AND MERCY.
(Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi, Great Hadith Collection, Rudani, Vol. 5, p. 365)
Hear the glad tidings of the Mahdi. He is one from the Quraysh and from my Ahl al-Bayt. He will appear at a time when people are in disputes and social upheaval. HE (THE MAHDI) WILL FILL THE WORLD WITH JUSTICE AND COMPASSION, WHEN BEFORE HIM IT WAS FILLED WITH CRUELTY AND OPPRESSION.
(Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 13)
... HE (THE MAHDI) WILL POSSESS THE EARTH AND FILL EARTH WITH JUSTICE, JUST AS IT HAS BEEN FILLED WITH OPPRESSION AND CORRUPTION. So whoever reaches him ought to come and join him, even if crawling on the snow, since he is the Mahdi.
(Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 14)
Once the earth is full of cruelty and enmity, one (the Mahdi) from my Ahl al-Bayt will emerge. HE WILL FILL THE EARTH WITH JUSTICE, JUST AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY FILLED WITH OPPRESSION AND ENMITY.
(Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 11)
After me…WILL COME ONE (THE MAHDI) FROM MY AHL AL-BAYT, AND HE WILL FILL THE WORLD WITH JUSTICE.
(Abdurrahman Ibn Qays (ra) / Ramuz al-Ahadith, Vol. 2. P. 518, No. 4)
Doomsday will not take place until the world is filled with cruelty and enmity. THEN ONE FROM MY AHL AL-BAYT AND MY LINE WILL COME AND FILL THE WORLD WITH JUSTICE AND HONESTY.
(Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ibn Hibban, Hakim.)
If only one day of this world remains, Allah will lengthen that day, till A PERSON FROM MY AHL AL-BAYT COMES. His name matches mine and his father's name matches my father's. HE WILL FILL THE EARTH WITH JUSTICE AND HONESTY AS IT HAD BEEN FILLED WITH OPPRESSION AND TYRANNY.
(Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 36, Number 4269)
There is no doubt that the Earth will be filled with injustice and oppression. When it is filled with oppression and cruelty, ALLAH WILL SEND ONE FROM MY AHL AL-BAYT WHOSE NAME IS MINE AND WHOSE FATHER’S NAME IS MY FATHER’S, AND HE WILL FILL THE WORLD WITH JUSTICE AND EQUITY in the same way that it was previously filled with injustice and sorrow.
(Ramuz al-Ahadith, Vol. 2, p. 346, No. 6)
Even if only one day were left to the world, Almighty Allah WOULD PROLONG THAT DAY IN ORDER TO SEND ONE FROM MY AHL AL-BAYT WHOSE NAME MATCHES MY FATHER’S NAME TO FILL THE EARTH WITH TRUTH AND JUSTICE where it was previously filled with oppression and injustice.
(Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi)
It is narrated from Ali ibn Abi Talib that the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: “Even if nothing but a day were left to the world, ALLAH WOULD DEFINITELY SEND SOMEONE FROM MY AHL AL-BAYT TO FILL IT WITH JUSTICE where it was previously filled with tyranny.”
(Abu Dawud)
O Abbas, Allah began this matter with me. He will end it with one of your line. THAT YOUNG MAN (THE MAHDI) WILL AGAIN FILL THE WORLD WITH JUSTICE THAT WAS FORMERLY FILLED WITH TYRANNY…
(Ammar Ibn Yathir, Great Portents of Doomsday, 498/1)
THE WORLD WITH BE FILLED WITH JUSTICE INSTEAD OF OPPRESSION AND TORTURE. HE (THE MAHDI) WILL DISTRIBUTE ALL THINGS WITH EQUAL MEASURES OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE. Thus in the same way that the inhabitants of the Earth and sky be pleased with him, so the birds in the air, savage animals in the forests and even fish in the sea will be delighted with him.
(Jalaluddin as-Suyuti, Portents of Doomsday, Death and Resurrection, p. 1699, p. 175)
From Abu Hamza Somali: One day I sat beside Imam Muhammad Baqr. After those around him had dispersed, he turned to me and said: “O Abu Hamza! One of the laws that will never change is the coming of the Mahdi…THE MAHDI WHO WILL FILL THE WORLD WITH JUSTICE AND EQUALITY AFTER IT WAS FILLED WITH OPPRESSION AND CRUELTY…
(Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani , pp. 90-91)
From Abd-I Hayr:
I heard Ali ibn Abi Talib say: “The Messenger of Allah (saas) told me: “His (THE MAHDI’S) name is my name. HE WILL APPEAR WHEN THE WORLD IS FILLED WITH CRUELTY AND OPPRESSION AND FILL IT WITH JUSTICE AND EQUALITY.”
(Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani, pp. 97-98)
Ali ibn Omar, grandson of Imam Zayn ul-Abidin, says: Imam Abu Abdullah, Jaffer as-Sadiq says: “THE QAIM (THE MAHDI), WHO IS ONE OF MY CHILDREN…WILL FILL THE WORLD WITH JUSTICE AND EQUALITY THAT IS NOW FILLED WITH OPPRESSION AND CRUELTY.”
(Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani, p. 217)
From Ishaq ibn Galib: Imam Jaffer as-Sadiq said this in his sermon about the nature and qualities of the Mahdi: “HE WILL APPLY JUSTICE WITH BROAD RADIANCE AND WIDE RESTORATION, WITH A CLEAR, TRUE AND APPARENT DECLARATION.”
(Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani, p. 267)
Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari says: “AND IN THE SAME WAY THE WORLD IS FILLED WITH OPPRESSION, INJUSTICE AND EVIL, THE MAHDI WILL FILL IT WITH JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND LIGHT.”
(Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani, p. 278)
From Ibn Abu Hamza: “HE (THE MAHDI) HAS BEEN GIFTED WITH THE QUALITIES OF JUSTICE, COMPASSION AND GOODNESS.”
(Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani, p. 287)
Hisham ibn Salih said: Imam Jaffer as-Sadiq said:
“All classes of people will rule the people until the coming of the Mahdi. So that nobody will be able to say, ‘If we ruled we would implement justice’. THEN THE QAIM (THE MAHDI) WILL APPEAR WITH TRUTH AND JUSTICE.”
(Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani, p. 322)
Fazl ibn Yessar states; I heard Imam Jafferi as-Sadiq say: “I SWEAR TO ALLAH THAT IN THE SAME WAY HEAT AND COLD FILL THEIR HOMES, SO THE JUSTICE OF THE MAHDI WILL FILL THEIR HOMES.”
(Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani, p. 351)
THE Mahdi will be from my Ahl al-Bayt and will be from my line. HE (THE MAHDI) WILL FILL THE WORLD WITH JUSTICE.
(Death, Doomsday, The Hereafter and the Portents of the End Times, Imam Sha’rani, Bedir Publishing, p. 438, (816))
THE MAHDI WILL COME AS A JUST JUDGE…
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 31)
THE BLESSED MAHDI WILL DISTRIBUTE GOODS AND BLESSINGS IN A JUST MANNER; THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE FILLED WITH PLENTY AND ABUNDANCE
The blessed Mahdi will distribute goods so plentifully and the needs of people will be met in such a good manner that no one will be in a state of spending his money for another purpose. Imam Hussein relates:
“Ask after one another’s health and provide for one another benevolently. I swear to Allah Who splits the seed and greens it, and creates living beings, that SUCH A TIME WILL COME UPON WHEN NO ONE WILL FIND ANY PLACE TO SPEND A DINAR OR A DIRHAM.” (That is to say, upon Mahdi’s appearance, due to Allah’s and His companion’s (Mahdi) abundant blessings, no one will find any place to spend his money.)
(Iqdud Durar, p. 236)
Our Prophet (saas) says: Abu Said relates: THE MAHDI WILL BE SUCH A GENEROUS PERSON THAT HE WILL GRANT THOSE WHO BEG, “BESTOW ME THIS, BESTOW ME THAT” ENOUGH TO FILL THEIR SKIRTS.
(Tirmidhi, as-Suyuti, Portents of Doomsday, Death and Resurrection, p. 1699, p. 171)
The Mahdi will emerge from my ummah. ALMIGHTY ALLAH WILL SEND HIM (THE MAHDI) TO MAKE PEOPLE RICH. My ummah will be blessed in that time, animals will live in plenty and the Earth will give forth many goods, THE BLESSED MAHDI WILL JUSTLY DISTRIBUTE MANY, MANY GOODS AMONG PEOPLE.
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 23)
A CALIPH (a spiritual leader of Muslims) FROM MY UMMAH WILL APPEAR IN THE END TIMES, AND HE WILL GENEROUSLY DISTRIBUTE GOODS AMONG PEOPLE WITHOUT WEIGHING OR COUNTING THEM.
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 23)
DURING THE TIME OF MAHDI, JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT EVERY POSSESSION TAKEN BY FORCE WILL BE RETURNED TO HIS OWNER; FURTHERMORE, SOME OTHER PERSON’S THING, EVEN IF IT RESTS WITHIN ONE’S TEETH, WILL BE GIVEN BACK TO ITS OWNER…
(Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar p.54)
IN DISTRIBUTING GOODS TO PEOPLE, HE WILL DISTRIBUTE THEM GENEROUSLY, WITHOUT COUNTING THEM.
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar p. 21)
THE MAHDI WILL APPEAR AS A JUST JUDGE… HE WILL DISTRIBUTE GOODS AND PROPERTY, BUT DUE TO THE PREVAILING ABUNDANCE NONE WILL ACCEPT THEM.
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar p. 31)
HE WILL DISTRIBUTE GOODS TO THE PEOPLE EQUALLY.
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar p. 20)
THERE WILL BE A KHALIFA (SUCCESSOR) WHO WILL DISTRIBUTE GOODS WITHOUT COUNTING IT.
(Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 15)
A COMMANDER (THE MAHDI) FROM YOUR COMMANDERS WILL APPEAR AND WILL GIVE FORTH GOODS WITHOUT COUNTING THEM. WHEN SOMEONE ASKS FOR GOODS HE WILL GRANT THEM BY SAYING, “TAKE THEM” AND THAT PERSON WILL SPREAD HIS GARMENT OUT AND FILL IT.
(Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 15)
WHEN THE MAHDI COMES HE WILL DISTRIBUTE MANY GOODS…
(Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 15)
THE MAHDI WILL APPEAR from among my ummah, ALLAH WILL SEND HIM TO ENRICH PEOPLE. The community will be blessed, animals will eat and drink in plenty, the earth will give forth many fruits, AND GOOD WILL BE GIVEN OUT EQUALLY (ACCORDING TO SOCIAL JUSTICE).
(Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 15)
HE (THE MAHDI) will come at a time when corruption appears AND HIS BENEFICIENCE WILL BE COMPLIMENTARY.
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar p. 23)
THE HEARTS OF THE UMMAH OF MUHAMMAD WILL BE FILLED WITH WEALTH.
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 20)
Both the Ummah's good and wicked members WILL BE BLESSED WITH A BLESSING, THE LIKE OF WHICH NOONE HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE. Despite the abundance of rain, not a drop will go to waste. The earth will grow fruitful and fertile, without demanding a single seed...
(Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 21)
Abd al-Khayr: I heard Amr al-mumimun Ali ibn Abi Talib say:
The Messenger of Allah (saas) said to me:
… (THE MAHDI) will appear when the Earth is filled with cruelty and oppression and will fill it with justice and equality. MOST OF THE TIME ONE WILL COME NEAR HIM (THE MAHDI) AND THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF GOODS WITH HIM AND THAT PERSON WILL SAY: O MAHDI! BESTOW ME THIS GOOD. HE WILL SAY: I WILL GIVE YOU BLESSING AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE.
(Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani , pp. 97-98)
The people of the Earth and skies will be pleased with him (The Mahdi). AND HE (THE MAHDI) WILL SHARE OUT THE GOOD…AND HE WILL FILL THE HEARTS OF THE UMMAH OF MUHAMMAD (SAAS) WITH WEALTH AND HIS JUSTICE WILL COMPLETELY ENFOLD THEM.
(Abu Said Al Khudri (ra) / Ramuz al Ahadith, Vol. 1, p. 7, No. 77) (Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman. p. 13)
Abu Said al-Khudri narrates that the Prophet (saas) said from the pulpit: “The promised Hazrat MAHDI (as) from the Ahl al-Bayt WILL APPEAR IN THE END TIMES. The sky will pour its rain on him and the earth will give up its plants. AFTER PEOPLE HAVE FILLED THE WORLD WITH OPPRESSION, HE WILL FILL IT WITH JUSTICE.”
(Bihar Al-Anwar, Vol. 51, p. 74, Isbat al-Hudat, Vol. 7, p. 9)
THE MAHDI’S (AS) JUSTICE WILL BE SO GREAT THAT NO INJUSTICE WILL BE DONE TO ANYONE, IN ANY MATTER, IN ANY WAY.
(Al-Khafi, Vol. 4, p. 427)
In Hazrat Mahdi’s (as) legal judgments and pronouncements, in Hazrat Mahdi’s (as) government, NOT THE SLIGHTEST OPPRESSION OR INJUSTICE WILL BE INFLICTED ON ANYONE, AND NOBODY WILL BE WRONGED.
(Al Mahdi Al-Mawud, Vol. 1, pp. 280, 283, 284)
THE MAHDI (AS) WILL LEAVE THE SCALES AND BALANCES OF JUSTICE AMONG THE PEOPLE AND THUS NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO OPRESS ANYONE ELSE.
(Al Mahdi Al-Mawud, Vol. 1, pp. 280, 283, 284)
When Hazrat Mahdi (as) appears – after various troubles and wars –HE WILL ERADICATE OPPRESSION AND INJUSTICE AND FILL THE WHOLE WORLD WITH JUSTICE.
(Bihar Al-Anwar, Vol. 51, p. 146)
HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL HOLD NOBODY SUPERIOR TO ANYBODY ELSE.
(Al Mahdi Al-Mawud, Vol. 1, pp. 264, 275, 277, 285, 287, 288, 311, 318, Vol. 2, p. 11)
HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS THE SUN WHO WILL DO AWAY WITH ALL TROUBLES AND OPPRESSION. When he bestows goodness he is fertile rain.
(Muhammad Ibn Rasul Al Hussein Al Barzanji, Portents of Doomsday, p. 188)