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PORTENTS AND FEATURES OF THE MAHDI'S COMING
THE MAHDI WILL DISAPPEAR TWICE

Abu Abdullah Hussain ibn Ali reports that the Prophet
(saas) said: He (the Mahdi) will dis ap pear twice. The first
will be so long that some peo ple will say that he is dead.
Others will say that he has gone. Neither those who love
him nor any one else will know where he is, only a very
close ser vant will know.
(Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi, )

THE MAHDI WILL KNOW WHAT IS LAWFUL AND
WHAT IS UNLAWFUL

Hussain was asked: "By what signs will the Mahdi be
known?" He replied: "By his ease of heart and dig ni ty,
by his know ing what is law ful and what is unlaw ful."
(Fera Idu Fevaidi'l Fiqr Fi'l Imam al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar)

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