Page 232 - The Importance of the Ahl Al-Sunnah

HARUN YAHYA

ment, theaters and paintings, as well as conversations. All of
these will become even more beautiful.
People will be so pleased with their lives that, according to
one hadith, they will not realize how the time passes and will
pray to Allah (swt) to prolong their lives in order to receive
more benefits from these graces. Another hadith states that all
people will want to live during the Mahdi’s time:
“The younger ones wish they were grown-ups, while the
adults wish they were younger…” (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi,
Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 17)
Nu`aym ibn Hammad heard from Tawuj:
“I wish I would not die until the Mahdi were to appear.”
(Ibid., p. 17)
Nu`aym ibn Hammad heard from Ibn Abbas:
“The Mahdi is a young man from the Ahl al-Bayt. Our old
members will not live to see him, while our young people
hope for him.” (Ibid., p. 23)
As a matter of fact, the Prophet (saas) pointed to all of these
blessings, saying that the blessed Mahdi, who will be a means
for humanity’s salvation in both worlds, should be adhered to
even if one needs to crawl on the snow to reach him:
“A man from my family appears to fill Earth with justice,
just as it has been filled with corruption. So whoever
reaches that [time] ought to come to them, even if crawl-
ing on the ice/snow, since among them is the caliph of
Allah al-Mahdi.” (Ibn Majah)
All of the beauties that Allah (swt) mentions in the Qur’an
will be experienced during this era. Allah (swt) has told
Muslims that He will let them live a beautiful life in this world:

What is with you runs out, but what is with Allah goes

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