Quiz Questions

1.The appearance of the Mahdi. At the end of time, a man from the descendents of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) will appear, and Allaah will help him to make His religion prevail. He will take control of the land (or the earth) and fill it with justice just as it had previously been filled with wrongdoing and oppression. Under his rule, the ummah will be blessed as it has never been blessed before. This man's name will be like the name of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and his father's namewill be like the Messenger's father's name. He will be a descendant of Faatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), through the line of al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him). He will appear from the East. A number of saheeh ahaadeeth refer to the appearance of the Mahdi, including the following:

- Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "During the last days of my ummah, the Mahdi will appear. Allaah will send rain for him, and the earth will bring forth its produce. He will give money sihaahan (according to one report, the Prophet was asked, "What is sihaahan?" and he said, "Equally among people." Reported by Ahmad), and livestock will increase… He will live for seven or eight" - meaning years. (Reported by al-Haakim, 4/557; he said it is saheeh according to the conditions of the two shaykhs [al-Bukhaari and Muslim]. Al-Dhahabi agreed with him. Shaykh al-Albaani said: its sanad is saheeh. Al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 711)

2. Al-Maseeh al-Dajjaal (The "Antichrist")
Al-Maseeh al-Dajjaal is a man from the sons of Aadam. He has a number of features which were mentioned in the saheeh ahaadeeth, including the following: he will be a young man with a ruddy complexion and curly hair, and will be one-eyed, with his right eye looking like a floating grape. Between his eyes will be written "ka' fa' ra'" (in unjoined letters) or "kaafir" (disbeliever), which every Muslim, literate or illiterate, will be able to read. Another of his attributes will be that he is sterile, and will have no children. Among the ahaadeeth that describe him are the following:

-Ibn 'Umar (may Allaah be pleased with them both) reported that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whilst I was sleeping, (I dreamt that) I was doing Tawaaf around the House (the Ka'bah)." He mentioned that he saw 'Eesaa ibn Maryam, upon whom be peace, then he saw the Dajjaal, and he described him: "He is a well-built man, with a ruddy complexion and curly hair. He is one-eyed, with his eye looking like a floating grape. (Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar said in al-Fath, 6/485: i.e., it is sticking out. The word yatfaa, with no hamzah, is used to describe something that is on top of something else. It is likened to a grape which is part of the bunch but sticks out from the rest. Al-Nawawi said: the word has been narrated both with the hamzah and without the hamzah. With the hamzah it means that the light has gone out of the eye, and without the hamzah it means that it is sticking out.) They said: "This is the Dajjaal…" (Reported by al-Bukhaari, 13/90, and Muslim, 2/237)

3. The descent of 'Eesaa ibn Maryam, upon whom be peace

After the Dajjaal has appeared and spread corruption throughout the earth, Allaah will send 'Eesaa ibn Maryam, upon whom be peace, who will descend to the earth, coming down to the white minaret in the East of Damascus, Syria, resting his hands on the wings of two angels. When he lowers his head, drops will fall, and when he raises it, drops like large pearls will fall (these are like grains of silver in the shape of big pearls, and it means that drops of water as pure as pearls will fall. The water is described as pearls because of its purity). No kaafir will smell his breath except he will die, and his breath will reach as far as his eyes can see. He will come down to the victorious group that is fighting for the truth and has come together to fight the Dajjaal. He will descend at the time when the iqaamah for prayer is being given, and he will pray behind the leader of that group.

The reports about his descent are many, including the following:

-Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, it is nearly time for the son of Maryam to descend upon you, to judge fairly. He will break the cross, kill the pigs and put an end to war. Wealth will increase so much that no-one will accept it, and one prostration to Allaah will be worth more than the world and all that is in it." Then Abu Hurayrah said: "Recite, if you wish: 'And there is none of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) but must believe in him ('Eesaa - as a human Messenger of Allaah) before his ('Eesaa's) death. And on the Day of Resurrection, he ('Eesaa) will be a witness against them." [Al-Nisaa' 3:159 - interpretation of the meaning].'" (Reported by al-Bukhaari, 6/490, and Muslim, 2/189).

Source: http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=2281&ln=eng&txt=Major%20signs%20of%20judgement%20day

mashallah...
and a new qsn?

Easy q: In which Surah is the name 'Allah; mentioned in every verse?

The appearance of Imam al-Mahdi(ajal allahu farajah) will happen, like the sister said,some time in the near future inshallah. He is currently in the major occultation, so he is still alive, but will only appear under the order of Allah.his name is the same name as the holy prophet(sallallahhu alayhi wa aalihy wassalam).His father is the 11th imam Hassan Al-Askari(a.s) and his mother is Narjis, the Roman princess. He is a descendant of Lady Fatima(a.s) and Imam Ali (a.s), through Imam Hussein(a.s) ibn Ali not Imam Hassan.

surah Al-Mujadilah.

Who was Ibn Kathir?

The appearance of Imam al-Mahdi(ajal allahu farajah) will happen, like the sister said,some time in the near future inshallah. He is currently in the major occultation, so he is still alive, but will only appear under the order of Allah.his name is the same name as the holy prophet(sallallahhu alayhi wa aalihy wassalam).His father is the 11th imam Hassan Al-Askari(a.s) and his mother is Narjis, the Roman princess. He is a descendant of Lady Fatima(a.s) and Imam Ali (a.s), through Imam Hussein(a.s) ibn Ali not Imam Hassan.

We follow the Quran and the Sunnah. If you have Ahadeeth from authentic sources then post them. Please keep in mind, the vast majority of people on this forum are from Ahl Sunnah and will reject any evidence given by other sources because we consider them as false.

We dont believe that the Mahdi is a 5 year old boy who walked into a tunnel in Sammarah and that he will come out at the end of time. We also dont believe that he will be well over 1200 years old when he comes out of the cave. We also reject any notion that he will bring the proper quran back when he returns.

On another note, presuming he is hiding..what is the purpose of him hiding in a cave?

Abu Jihad wrote:surah Al-Mujadilah.

Sah.

Abu Jihad wrote:

The appearance of Imam al-Mahdi(ajal allahu farajah) will happen, like the sister said,some time in the near future inshallah. He is currently in the major occultation, so he is still alive, but will only appear under the order of Allah.his name is the same name as the holy prophet(sallallahhu alayhi wa aalihy wassalam).His father is the 11th imam Hassan Al-Askari(a.s) and his mother is Narjis, the Roman princess. He is a descendant of Lady Fatima(a.s) and Imam Ali (a.s), through Imam Hussein(a.s) ibn Ali not Imam Hassan.

We follow the Quran and the Sunnah. If you have Ahadeeth from authentic sources then post them. Please keep in mind, the vast majority of people on this forum are from Ahl Sunnah and will reject any evidence given by other sources because we consider them as false.

We dont believe that the Mahdi is a 5 year old boy who walked into a tunnel in Sammarah and that he will come out at the end of time. We also dont believe that he will be well over 1200 years old when he comes out of the cave. We also reject any notion that he will bring the proper quran back when he returns.

On another note, presuming he is hiding..what is the purpose of him hiding in a cave?

Oooh, i don't think the brother mentioned that. Al-humdulillaah the haqq is clear. This thread is not about the return of the mahdi...but you can start a thread for it. Khayr insha-Allah.

Wa assalamu alaykum

Abu Jihad wrote:

The appearance of Imam al-Mahdi(ajal allahu farajah) will happen, like the sister said,some time in the near future inshallah. He is currently in the major occultation, so he is still alive, but will only appear under the order of Allah.his name is the same name as the holy prophet(sallallahhu alayhi wa aalihy wassalam).His father is the 11th imam Hassan Al-Askari(a.s) and his mother is Narjis, the Roman princess. He is a descendant of Lady Fatima(a.s) and Imam Ali (a.s), through Imam Hussein(a.s) ibn Ali not Imam Hassan.

We follow the Quran and the Sunnah. If you have Ahadeeth from authentic sources then post them. Please keep in mind, the vast majority of people on this forum are from Ahl Sunnah and will reject any evidence given by other sources because we consider them as false.

We dont believe that the Mahdi is a 5 year old boy who walked into a tunnel in Sammarah and that he will come out at the end of time. We also dont believe that he will be well over 1200 years old when he comes out of the cave. We also reject any notion that he will bring the proper quran back when he returns.

On another note, presuming he is hiding..what is the purpose of him hiding in a cave?

Brother Abu Jihad,
I will give you a few examples from Quran:
1. Prophet Noah who lived more than 1000 years.
2. Al-Khidr who Prophet Musa (a.s) has accompanied to learn from and he's still alive up till now.
3. Uzayr - he died for more than 100 years and then Allah (S.W.T) brough him back to life and his food and drink which have not rotted and his donkey and how Allah assemble its bones and clothe with flesh, rendering it to its former condition after its bones have rotted away (verse 259 Surat Al Baqara)
and more and more examples you can find in Quran....these are all miracles that proves that Allah (SWT) is able to do all things and if He wants something he would say be and it is done (Surat Yasin).
All this proves that if Allah wants to prolong the life of a creature, He orders and it's done for a reason that He only knows Himself. Allah (SWT) doesn't need to explain himself to us it's us that need to explain ourselves to Him and this is true when Allah has forbidden us from eating pigs and no reason was given in Quran and Hadith.

Every muslim has faith in all these things, never wondering or finding their occurence to be strange, so why should they consider the existence of al-mahdi unseen for sometime-for a wisdom ordainded by Allah the glorious-to be strange?

The information you have about Imam Mahdi (as) hiding in a cave is false. He is not hiding in a cave for all these years!!!

You find so many people interpret Quran even if they are not "Ulama'a" and that's why we are divided to too many sectors. But Imam Mahdi will bring the one and the right interpretation of Quran from his grandfather Prophet Muhamed (sallallahhu alayhi wa aalihy wassalam). Allah (SWT) said in Quran "I am placing on this earth a Caliphe" (verse 30 Surat Al Baqara) and this is an open statement through out time. He did not say 'I placed' or 'have placed' but rather 'I am placing'. This is an indication that there should be some 'Caliphe' from Allah on earth all the time so people won't say to Allah on the day of Judgment "But, oh God, you never sent anyone to us and left us without any Imam. Al hamdu le Allah I know who's my existing Imam.

Dear brother Abu Jihad I will not continue this discussion any more and I will leave it to you to explore this further by reading more books from different sources.

May Allah guide us all to His right path wa alsalamu alykum wa rahmatu Allah wa barakatuh.

I will give you a few examples from Quran:
1. Prophet Noah who lived more than 1000 years.

I said: We also dont believe that he will be well over 1200 years old when he comes out of the cave.

I did not say it was impossible, I simply said we do not believe in that.

This is an indication that there should be some 'Caliphe' from Allah on earth all the time so people won't say to Allah on the day of Judgment "But, oh God, you never sent anyone to us and left us without any Imam. Al hamdu le Allah I know who's my existing Imam.

History proves this argument incorrect, there were times when prophets were not on earth, and times when people did not have relgious leaders. You simply need to look back one generation before the prophet (saw).

You see brother, we believe prophethood stopped at Muhammad (saw). There is not prophet after him. He has brought all we need in the form of the Quraan. And he has explained it as it needs to be explained. He has taught us all we need to know. We dont need leaders after him to bring us more information or to guide us. The shia concept of the Imamate is something not established in the religion. We understand that many people love Ahl Bayt, but this shouldnt be a reason to exaggerate about them and claim for them what they did not even claim for themselves. Do you think Ali (ra) would have sat down quietly under the leadership of Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthmaan if he knew he was meant to be the leader after the prophet (saw). Of course not! we know from history that he was not scared to fight, as he fought against Muawiyyah and other companions. If it was his right he would have taken it. If Ali (ra) did not fight for leadership, it is an indication he did not claim it, so by what right do men after him come and say that they are our leaders (if they said this at all), when he did not claim this and he is better then all of them put together.

Wa salam wr wb

It's quite strange for me to be "condemned" to discuss issues such as this and now we are here, discussing it. Subhana-Allah. Personally, it doesn't matter to me if individuals discuss such issues, but this is definetly not the thread for it. Start a new thread, insha-Allah....if the moderator allows for it to exist, i'll be the first to join the discussion

Abu Jihad wrote:

Who was Ibn Kathir?

His full name is Abu Al-Fida, 'Imad Ad-Din Isma'il bin 'Umar bin Kathir Al-Qurashi Al-Busrawi. He was born in 1301 in Busra, Syria (hence Al-Busrawi). He was taught by the great scholar Shaikh ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyya in Damascus, Syria and Abu al-Hajjaj Al-Mizzi, (d. 1373), main teacher of Ibn Kathir. Upon completion of his studies he obtained his first official appointment in 1341, when he joined an inquisitorial commission formed to determine certain questions of heresy. Thereafter he received various semi-official appointments, culminating in June/July 1366 with a professorial position at the Great Mosque of Damascus. Ibn Kathir wrote a famous commentary on the Qur'an named Tafsir ibn Kathir which linked certain Hadith, or sayings of Muhammad, and sayings of the sahaba to verses of the Qur'an, in explanation. Tafsir Ibn Kathir is famous all over the Muslim world and among Muslims in the Western world, and is one of the most widely used explanations of the Qu'ran today.

Ibn Kathir was renowned for his great memory regarding the sayings of Muhammad and the entire Qur'an. Ibn Kathir is known as a qadi, a master scholar of history, and a mufassir (Qur'an commentator). Ibn Kathir saw himself as a Shafi scholar. This is indicated by two of his books, one of which was Tabaqaat ah-Shafai'ah, or The Categories of the Followers of Imam Shafi.

In later life, he became blind. He attributes his blindness to working late at night on the Musnad of Ahmad Ibn Hanbal in an attempt to rearrange it topically rather than by narrator.

Ibn Kathir died in February 1373 in Damascus.

Source: Wiki

Wikipedia is a weak source, unless used for essays that are done the night before the due date.

Whats the question sister?

i dnt mind making a section for the above type of discussions, but im struggling 2 think of a place wer i can put it in the forums. i dnt want it 2 b in the main areas where ppl look because lets face it, ts not the nicest thing 2 b viewing on the forum.

Im sure it will encourage ppl 2 post in the corect places and i amy prove to b a very beneficial discussion

Palo Soldier: General islamic would be a good section.

Abu Jihad: Wiki may be a weak source in some cases.

This may be a hard question: Who is the most noble in terms of lineage among people? Please mention the individual's lineage up to 3 generations (ie: up to the person's great grandfather). And may Allah's peace and blessing be upon this noble person and this person's righteous forefathers

Wow...

i'll give it a go...so im literally guessing but thinking at the same time.

is this person Umar ibn Khattab? as he married the prophet's granddaughter..etc

^ Good try habibtee.

I'll give you a clue: There's a hadeeth in sahih muslim that has the answer * he was the son of a Prophet the son of a Prophet the son of a Prophet

lol...a random guess..Ibraheem was his grathfather?

i know it..and this is without reseacrhing!!


it is Yusuf alayhe Sallam! the son of ya'qoob the son of ishaq the son of Ibrahim!! the noble family


( i knew it when i was reading :"stories of the prophet" i happen to come across it)

Abu Jihad: Yep his grandad is ibraheem [alayhi salaam]

J.E.W.E.L: Masha-Allah ukhtee. well done!

Abu Huraira reported: It was said to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as to who was the most worthy of respect amongst people. He said: The most God-conscious amongst you They said: It is not this that we are asking about, whereupon he said: Then he is Yusuf, the Apostle of Aliah and the son of Allah's Apostle, Ya'qub, who was also the son of Allah's Apostle, the friend of Allah (Ibrahim) They said: This is not what we are asking you. He said: You mean the tribes of Arabia? Those who are good in pre-Islamic days are good in Islam (after embracing Islam) when they get an understanding of it.
(Sahih Muslim)

Kool!!

Next Question..And if it's my turn,someonecan have it for now.

its ur turn, go ahead

Well..hmm..

why did Adam a.s. call huwa, huwa?

Sorry ukhtil kareema, but i don't understand your question. Do you mean, what did Adaam [alayhi salaam] call hawaa [rady'Allah anha]? Or you're reffering to an incident where Adaam called hawaa something?

Sorry sis..

i meant was ..


Why did adam give the name Huwaa to his wife ( huwa) When he first saw her?

hint; the angels asked him..something..