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PORTENTS AND FEATURES OF THE MAHDI'S COMING
THE MAHDI WILL ENCOUNTER TROUBLES AND
DIFFICULTIES
All of the pro phets and mes sen gers sent to warn and
call the unbe liev ers to the true path were reject ed by
their peo ple and exposed to var i ous attacks and slan -
ders. The Mahdi will also encoun ter such things. (Allah
knows the truth):
"The Mahdi is from one of us, from the Family of my
House…" The Messenger of Allah (saas) said: ‘We are
such a house hold that Allah has pre ferred the Hereafter
to the world for us. The Family of my House will sure ly
suf fer trib u la tions, be kid napped, and exiled after me.
The Family of my House will encoun ter trials and trib u -
la tions and be exposed to vio lence.'"
(Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi, p. 14)

Our Prophet (saas) refers to this state of affairs in the
fol low ing had ith:

The Mahdi will emerge with the Messenger's (saas) ban -
ner when peo ple suf fer trib u la tions one after the other
and have given up the hope of his emer gence. He will
pray two prayer cycles and then go to them and say:
"O peo ple, con tin u ous trials came to the nation of
Muhammad (saas), espe cial ly to the Family of his
House, and we have been con quered and wronged."

(Ibid., p. 55)
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