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PORTENTS AND FEATURES OF THE MAHDI'S COMING

Anas b. Malik said this about the Prophet's (saas) com -
plex ion: He was white, but a brown ish white.
(Ibn Kathir, Shamail Rasul, p. 28)
Not dark brown and not white, but with a lit tle red. The
Servant of God's color is as white as that of some one
who has just left the baths and grown a lit tle pink, a
color the like of which nobody else will have at that time.
In other words, his com plex ion is a radi ant white mixed
with pink.
(Ibid., p. 28)

HIS GENERAL APPEARANCE
The Mahdi's height is like that of the sons of Israel (Bani
Israel).

(al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, pp. 29-36)
His body is an Israeli body.
(Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi, p.
24)
It is as if the Mahdi were one of the People of Israel. (His
behav ior resem bles theirs, being majes tic and intel li -
gent).
(Ibid., pp. 23-30)
He is ... a majes tic indi vid u al.
( Mahdisim and Imamate)
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