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A Call for Unity

"People will gather around Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) in the year
1400." (Risalat al-Huruj al-Mahdi, p. 108)
The religious moral values of Islam will rule the whole
world, as the result of a specific process, in this century, while
the system of the dajjal (the antichrist) that opposes those val-
ues will entirely disappear. But following this period of pro-
gression, that will last for approximately 100 years, the world
will again find itself in a phase of degeneration, around the

1500s according to the Islamic calendar. In one hadith narrat-
ed by many scholars, including Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, a
great Ahl al-Sunnah hadith and Islamic jurisprudence schol-
ar, our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)
says that 5600 years had passed up until his own day:
Ahmad Ibn Hanbal transmitted in his 'Ilal:

FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED YEARS HAVE PASSED
FROM THIS WORLD. (Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir
az-zaman, p. 89)
Many other hadith contain explicit references to the life
span of the world being 7000 years:
Anas Ibn Malik narrates that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah
bless him and grant him peace) said: THE LIFE SPAN OF THE
WORLD IS SEVEN DAYS IN THE DAYS OF THE HERE-
AFTER. Almighty Allah has said: ONE DAY IN THE SIGHT
OF YOUR LORD IS LIKE A THOUSAND OF YOUR
YEARS. Allah will ASCRIBE THE EQUIVALENT OF
GOOD DEEDS OF THE SEVEN THOUSAND YEARS OF
THE AGE OF THIS WORLD to the one who meets the need of

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