WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:08.480 The Core Concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:10.480 The Savior of Humanity 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:22.920 The vast majority of sects or creeds believe that humanity has a savior who will come at the end of time to deliver it from the widespread injustice and evil on Earth. 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:29.949 Each sect or creed claims this savior for itself according to its beliefs. 00:00:29.949 --> 00:00:35.979 The Jews call him the Messiah, or the Anointed One, or Christ. 00:00:35.979 --> 00:00:42.979 They claim he is the one prophesied in the Torah of Moses and that he has not yet come. 00:00:42.979 --> 00:00:50.049 Therefore, they deny the Prophet of Allah, Jesus son of Mary, peace be upon him, and do not believe in him. 00:00:50.049 --> 00:01:02.049 And this awaited Messiah of theirs is, in reality, the Antichrist (Dajjal) whom the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, informed us would be among the signs of the Hour. 00:01:02.049 --> 00:01:06.049 And that seventy thousand Jews from Isfahan will follow him. 00:01:06.049 --> 00:01:12.180 The Christians believe that the savior of humanity is Jesus son of Mary, peace be upon him. 00:01:12.180 --> 00:01:19.180 And that he will descend again at the end of time to rule the Earth and kill the idolaters. 00:01:19.180 --> 00:01:27.180 By "idolaters," they mean the Muslims who do not believe in his divinity, and that he will ascend the Christians to the clouds. 00:01:27.180 --> 00:01:37.209 The Rafidah (Shi'a) claim that the savior is their awaited Mahdi, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Askari, whom they claim was born. 00:01:37.209 --> 00:01:42.209 And that he entered a cellar in Samarra as a child. 00:01:42.209 --> 00:01:49.209 And that he will emerge at the end of time and, they claim, resurrect Abu Bakr and Umar, may Allah be pleased with them. 00:01:49.209 --> 00:01:57.209 And he will put them and all the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, on trial and take revenge on all of them for the sake of the Shi'a and the Household of the Prophet. 00:01:57.209 --> 00:02:01.209 And so on with their delusions and fabrications. 00:02:01.209 --> 00:02:07.239 The Magians have a savior named Saoshyant or Astavya. 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:12.400 They claim he will restore the Persian Empire. 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:17.400 Even secularists believe in the idea of humanity's salvation. 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:23.400 You find Americans see the salvation of the world in following their capitalist values. 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:27.400 Absolute freedom and so-called democracy. 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:34.400 And the atheist Communists see the salvation of humanity in the abolition of private property. 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:37.400 And the elimination of class disparity. 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:40.400 And the shedding of religious illusions, as they claim. 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:44.590 As for Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah (the Sunnis and the Community) among Muslims. 00:02:44.590 --> 00:02:50.590 They know from the mutawatir Sunnah (hadiths transmitted by numerous chains) in meaning that at the end of time will emerge. 00:02:50.590 --> 00:02:54.590 A man from the Household of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:02:54.590 --> 00:02:57.590 From the descendants of Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:02:57.590 --> 00:03:01.590 His name will match the name of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:03:01.590 --> 00:03:06.590 And his father's name will match the name of the Prophet's father, peace be upon him. 00:03:06.590 --> 00:03:09.590 Allah will set him right in a single day and night. 00:03:09.590 --> 00:03:11.590 And through him, the religion will be supported. 00:03:11.590 --> 00:03:13.590 He will rule the Earth for seven years. 00:03:13.590 --> 00:03:17.590 He will fill it with justice, just as it was filled with injustice and oppression. 00:03:17.590 --> 00:03:22.590 And the Ummah will enjoy a bounty in his era that it has never enjoyed before. 00:03:22.590 --> 00:03:25.719 And in his era, Jesus, peace be upon him, will descend. 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:31.719 And he will pray behind him as an honor to the Ummah of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:35.719 And Jesus, peace be upon him, will then kill the Antichrist (Dajjal). 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:39.719 At the gate of Lod in present-day Palestine. 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:43.849 Among the authentic and explicit hadiths concerning the Mahdi. 00:03:43.849 --> 00:03:47.849 The hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:03:47.849 --> 00:03:51.849 That the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:03:51.849 --> 00:03:54.849 "The Mahdi will emerge at the end of my Ummah." 00:03:54.849 --> 00:03:56.849 Allah will give him rain. 00:03:56.849 --> 00:03:58.849 And the Earth will bring forth its vegetation. 00:03:58.849 --> 00:04:00.849 And he will distribute wealth abundantly. 00:04:00.849 --> 00:04:02.849 And livestock will increase. 00:04:02.849 --> 00:04:04.849 And the Ummah will be great. 00:04:04.849 --> 00:04:07.849 He will live for seven or eight years. 00:04:07.849 --> 00:04:09.849 Meaning, years. 00:04:09.849 --> 00:04:11.849 Narrated by Abu Dawud. 00:04:11.849 --> 00:04:13.849 And authenticated by Al-Albani. 00:04:13.849 --> 00:04:19.300 And among what is mentioned in the two Sahih collections concerning the Mahdi. 00:04:19.300 --> 00:04:21.300 Without mentioning his name or title. 00:04:21.300 --> 00:04:22.300 The hadith: 00:04:22.300 --> 00:04:27.300 "What will be your state when the son of Mary descends among you, and your Imam is from among you?" 00:04:27.300 --> 00:04:29.420 Agreed upon. 00:04:29.420 --> 00:04:31.420 And the hadith: 00:04:31.420 --> 00:04:37.420 "A group from my Ummah will continue to fight for the truth, victorious, until the Day of Resurrection." 00:04:37.420 --> 00:04:39.420 He said: 00:04:39.420 --> 00:04:42.420 "Then Jesus son of Mary, peace be upon him, will descend." 00:04:42.420 --> 00:04:44.420 And their leader will say: 00:04:44.420 --> 00:04:46.420 "Come and lead us in prayer." 00:04:46.420 --> 00:04:48.420 He will say: "No." 00:04:48.420 --> 00:04:51.420 "Indeed, some of you are princes over others." 00:04:51.420 --> 00:04:54.420 This is an honor from Allah to this Ummah. 00:04:54.420 --> 00:04:56.420 Narrated by Muslim. 00:04:56.420 --> 00:05:01.129 The Core Concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah