Page 100 - The End Times and the Mahdi

Conflict and disputes will persist until a hand appears from the
sky and a voice cries "Hazrat Mahdi (as) is your amir." The
sign of that day: A hand will extend from the sky and people will
look at and see it. (Ahmad Ibn Hajar al-Makki (Haytami),
Portents of the Anticipated Mahdi, Al-Qawl Al-Mukhtasar Fi
alamat Al-Mahdi Al-Muntazar, p. 53)
These hadiths transmitted from our Prophet (saas)
speak of a "hand" being seen in the sky, and say that this is
a portent of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as). It appears
that disputes will continue until that time and that Hazrat

Mahdi (as) will constantly be a matter of discussion, i.e.
through means of communication such as radio, television
and the Internet. A picture of space taken by NASA's
Chandra X-Ray Observatory shows a mass of neutron stars
shaped like a hand appearing to close round another star
mass. The reference to a hand in the hadith may be sug-
gestive of this image in the indicated meaning, described
by NASA as the "hand of God," giving rise to a celestial
phenomenon. (Allah knows the truth.)
The shape of a hand formed by the stellar mass is in
complete agreement with the description of its extension as
given in the hadith. The photograph taken by NASA shows
a hand stretching out somewhere. In addition, the way that
people were able to see and observe this celestial phenom-
enon by means of telescopes by means of the advanced

space and astronomical technology in the time of Hazrat
Mahdi (as) is also in complete agreement with the expres-
sions employed in the hadith.

• Life spans will grow longer.(Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl
al-Mukhtasar fi 'Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 43)

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