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A Call for Unity

not just since the time of our Prophet (may Allah bless him
and grant him peace), but for many thousands of years. The
hadith of our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him
peace) reveal that the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) is de-
scribed in all the sacred scriptures Allah revealed:
Nuaym has stated: "I find Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) thus in the pages
of the Prophets (in the scriptures revealed to Adam, Seth, Enoch
and Abraham [peace be upon them]): There will be no cruelty and
nothing shameful in the actions of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)." (Al-
Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-
Zaman, p. 21.)

The books of the Prophets reveal that "The work of Hazrat Mahdi
(pbuh) is not cruel and evil." (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl
al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 49.)
Ibn al-Munawi says: "Thus it is written in the book of Daniel
(pbuh)… Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will appear, and Almighty Allah
will save those previously subject to persecution and believers.
The sunnah will be revived with him…" (This hadith is to be

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