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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (185) | Savior of humanity
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The Core Concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah
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The Savior of Humanity
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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.
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Each sect or creed claims this savior for itself according to its beliefs.
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The Jews call him the Messiah, or the Anointed One, or Christ.
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They claim he is the one prophesied in the Torah of Moses and that he has not yet come.
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Therefore, they deny the Prophet of Allah, Jesus son of Mary, peace be upon him, and do not believe in him.
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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.
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And that seventy thousand Jews from Isfahan will follow him.
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The Christians believe that the savior of humanity is Jesus son of Mary, peace be upon him.
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And that he will descend again at the end of time to rule the Earth and kill the idolaters.
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By "idolaters," they mean the Muslims who do not believe in his divinity, and that he will ascend the Christians to the clouds.
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The Rafidah (Shi'a) claim that the savior is their awaited Mahdi, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Askari, whom they claim was born.
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And that he entered a cellar in Samarra as a child.
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And that he will emerge at the end of time and, they claim, resurrect Abu Bakr and Umar, may Allah be pleased with them.
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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.
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And so on with their delusions and fabrications.
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The Magians have a savior named Saoshyant or Astavya.
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They claim he will restore the Persian Empire.
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Even secularists believe in the idea of humanity's salvation.
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You find Americans see the salvation of the world in following their capitalist values.
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Absolute freedom and so-called democracy.
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And the atheist Communists see the salvation of humanity in the abolition of private property.
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And the elimination of class disparity.
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And the shedding of religious illusions, as they claim.
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As for Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah (the Sunnis and the Community) among Muslims.
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They know from the mutawatir Sunnah (hadiths transmitted by numerous chains) in meaning that at the end of time will emerge.
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A man from the Household of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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From the descendants of Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her.
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His name will match the name of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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And his father's name will match the name of the Prophet's father, peace be upon him.
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Allah will set him right in a single day and night.
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And through him, the religion will be supported.
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He will rule the Earth for seven years.
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He will fill it with justice, just as it was filled with injustice and oppression.
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And the Ummah will enjoy a bounty in his era that it has never enjoyed before.
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And in his era, Jesus, peace be upon him, will descend.
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And he will pray behind him as an honor to the Ummah of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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And Jesus, peace be upon him, will then kill the Antichrist (Dajjal).
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At the gate of Lod in present-day Palestine.
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Among the authentic and explicit hadiths concerning the Mahdi.
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The hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him.
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That the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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"The Mahdi will emerge at the end of my Ummah."
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Allah will give him rain.
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And the Earth will bring forth its vegetation.
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And he will distribute wealth abundantly.
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And livestock will increase.
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And the Ummah will be great.
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He will live for seven or eight years.
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Meaning, years.
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Narrated by Abu Dawud.
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And authenticated by Al-Albani.
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And among what is mentioned in the two Sahih collections concerning the Mahdi.
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Without mentioning his name or title.
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The hadith:
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"What will be your state when the son of Mary descends among you, and your Imam is from among you?"
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Agreed upon.
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And the hadith:
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"A group from my Ummah will continue to fight for the truth, victorious, until the Day of Resurrection."
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He said:
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"Then Jesus son of Mary, peace be upon him, will descend."
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And their leader will say:
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"Come and lead us in prayer."
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He will say: "No."
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"Indeed, some of you are princes over others."
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This is an honor from Allah to this Ummah.
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Narrated by Muslim.
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The Core Concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah