The Coming of the Mahdi

[faqir]

Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem

Put aside your fear, the spin and the hype.
Know the facts and understand the signs of our times.
The Mahdi (Alayhis-Salaam) will come...will you be ready?

Don't miss this talk...

The Coming of the Mahdi (Alayhis-Salaam) : Before the End of Time
Delivered by Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

Saturday 25 December 2004
4pm Start

Central Jamia Ghamkol Sharif
Golden Hillock Road, Birmingham B10

Info: 0786 671 6122 or email bham@light.uk.net.

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Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi (Syria)

Shaykh Muhammad descends from a scholarly family whose lineage goes back to
the Prophet, salla Allahu 'alayhi sallam, through his grandson Sayyiduna
al-Hasan, radiya Allahu 'anhu. His lineage goes back to Mawlay Idris
al-Anwar who built the city of Fes. Mawlay Idris' lineage is as follows: he
is the son of Mawlay Idris the Great; who is the son of Sayyiduna Abdullah
al-Kamil; who is the son of Sayyiduna al-Hasan, the Second; who is the son
of Sayyiduna al-Hasan, radiya Allah 'anhu; who is the grandson of the
Prophet, salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam.

[Muawiyah]

I thought you were going to announce the coming of the Mahdi

[haqq]

I thought you were going to announce the coming of the Mahdi

lol...me too.

[VeiledOne]

lol...me too.

lol with todays technology you never know...

[Abu Usama]

Salam,

the shaykh will also have a gathering the night before at 6pm in Hunslow Jamia mosque.

[Shaykhs-Pir Sahib]

as salamu alaykum

i went to this talk in birmingham.

absolutely awesome is all i can say really....

so much light, so much benefit, so much wisdom from one of the greatest living scholars on the face of the earth today..... May Allah reward Shaykh al-Yaqoubi abundantly!!

he truly is a mountain of knowledge, a combination of shari'a and haqiqa in action, a master of the inward and outward sciences of the deen....

looking forward to Bradford insha Allah..

[ilm_seeker]

as salamu alaykum

i went to this talk in birmingham.

absolutely awesome is all i can say really....

so much light, so much benefit, so much wisdom from one of the greatest living scholars on the face of the earth today..... May Allah reward Shaykh al-Yaqoubi abundantly!!

he truly is a mountain of knowledge, a combination of shari'a and haqiqa in action, a master of the inward and outward sciences of the deen....

looking forward to Bradford insha Allah..

As sallamu alaikum

akhi, please tell us some of the things he said. Share the knowledge.

Wa alaikum as sallam

[Shaykhs-Pir Sahib]

as salamu alaykum

the things he said (relevant and irrelevant, but stuck in my mind) include:

1. it is obligatory to follow one of the four sunni schools

2. imam mahdi will be of ahl al-bayt

3. imam mahdi will be a mujtahid, and all the muslims will follow his ijtihad, even Isa (as) - he indicated this.

4. Imam Mahdi is imminent - although he was clear that no-one knows when exactly.

5. the signs of the end are divided into 3: minor, middle and major. all the minor signs have gone, we are in the middle, and awating the major which is heralded by the advent of Imam Mahdi

6. if you think the Muslims are in a bad state now, you are mistaken. expect worse. the time of Mahdi will be a time of great injustice and tyranny, the worst the ummah has seen. we haven't seen the worst yet,. and he made a point that the ummah suffered a great deal more at the hands of the Mongols.

7. having said that, we should not despair, and should have high spirits. do not waste your time pondering over the suffering when there is little you can do - hold on to your deen - and correct those around you, those you can have an influence upon, before commenting on the wider issues...

8. it is haram to sell weapons to non-muslims (and he includes oil as a weapon)

9. the rulers of the islamic world are among the worst people (something along those lines)

10. sunni's and shi'as should not fight - we have a common enemy.

other interesting points:

Shaykh Yaqoubi has the shortest isnad for a hadith on the face of the earth, a total of 23 people all the way back to our prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam).... and he is the 34th grandson of the prophet (s)....

....there were loads more interesting points, i will post as i remember insha Allah.

[ilm_seeker]

as salamu alaykum

the things he said (relevant and irrelevant, but stuck in my mind) include:

1. it is obligatory to follow one of the four sunni schools

2. imam mahdi will be of ahl al-bayt

3. imam mahdi will be a mujtahid, and all the muslims will follow his ijtihad, even Isa (as) - he indicated this.

4. Imam Mahdi is imminent - although he was clear that no-one knows when exactly.

5. the signs of the end are divided into 3: minor, middle and major. all the minor signs have gone, we are in the middle, and awating the major which is heralded by the advent of Imam Mahdi

6. if you think the Muslims are in a bad state now, you are mistaken. expect worse. the time of Mahdi will be a time of great injustice and tyranny, the worst the ummah has seen. we haven't seen the worst yet,. and he made a point that the ummah suffered a great deal more at the hands of the Mongols.

7. having said that, we should not despair, and should have high spirits. do not waste your time pondering over the suffering when there is little you can do - hold on to your deen - and correct those around you, those you can have an influence upon, before commenting on the wider issues...

8. it is haram to sell weapons to non-muslims (and he includes oil as a weapon)

9. the rulers of the islamic world are among the worst people (something along those lines)

10. sunni's and shi'as should not fight - we have a common enemy.

other interesting points:

Shaykh Yaqoubi has the shortest isnad for a hadith on the face of the earth, a total of 23 people all the way back to our prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam).... and he is the 34th grandson of the prophet (s)....

....there were loads more interesting points, i will post as i remember insha Allah.

As sallamu alaikum

Bro, plz let us know if theres an audio of this talk available.

And he's the 34th grandson of Rasulullah (sal-Allahu Alahe Wa Sallam)????!!!!

Wa alaikum as sallam

[Shaykhs-Pir Sahib]

as salamu alaykum

actually, a topic which came up earlier in this forum is whether there will be a khilafah before Mahdi, and the hadith stated that 'there will be a death of a khalifah....'

the Shaykh did not explicitly there will or will not be, however he did say that khilafah could simply mean ruler or sultan, not necessarily a true khalifah like that of the khulafah rashidun.....

secondly, my own inference from the talk was that Imam Mahdi will come at a time of the greatest tribulation, injustice - and hence how could it be a just khalifah or even a true 'islamic state'??