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PORTENTS AND FEATURES OF THE MAHDI'S COMING

67)
He will also take an inter est in ani mals, and they will
love him:

When the Mahdi points to a fly ing bird, it will imme di -
ate ly fall to the ground by his com mand. When he plants
a dry tree, it will imme di ate ly flour ish and put forth
leaves.
(Al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, p. 43)
The peo ple of Earth and sky, all wild ani mals, birds, and
even the fish in the sea will approve of his rule.
(Ibid., p. 31)

SIGNS IN HADITHS POINTING TO THE YEARS
1997 AND 1999
One had ith deal ing with the signs of the Mahdi's
com ing draws our atten tion to the years 1997 and 1999:
Until the 95th year, peo ple will have pos ses sions, in
other words, things will go well. Their goods will decline
in the 97th and 99th years…
(Ibid., p. 54)

It is like ly that the expres sion "the 95th year" refers
to 1995. Up until then, peo ple enjoyed lives of rel a tive
well-being and con di tions had not yet become that dif -
fi cult. After that, how e ver, a num ber of prob lems began

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