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A CALL FOR A TURKISH-ISLAMIC UNION

Allah will capture Constantinople [Istanbul]
through His beloved friends [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)].
(Signs of the Last Day, p. 181)

Nations will come under his [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] com-
mand. Allah will make him the instrument of the [spiri-
tual] capture of Constantinople [Istanbul]. (Al-Burhan fi Ala-
mat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 56)

HAZRAT MAHDI (PBUH) WILL SERVE
HAZRAT MAHDI (PBUH) WILL SERVE
AMONG THE TURKS
AMONG THE TURKS
Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will never leave Rum, the Turks [be-
cause Turkey used to be known as the region of Rum]. (Nar-
rated from Ish'afu'r-Ragibin, Tilsimlar, p. 212)
A Tirmidhi hadith says that "the Hour will not come until
Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) rules the Arabs" (Tirmidhi, Fitan: 43).
This means he will not appear from among the Arabs because
in order to rule over the Arabs he will have not to be one of
them. (Signs of the Last Day, p. 170)

Some people will appear from the East and prepare the way for
Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will be the ruler
among them. (Ibn Majah, Kitabul Fitan: 35 (4088) This
hadith shows that he will come from among a people ex-
isting in or coming from the east. This refers to the Turks,
who were then living in the east and who subse-
quently settled in Anatolia, and Allah knows the
truth. (Signs of the Last Day, p. 171)
Ibn Khaldun and al-Qurtubi

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