the Awaited Mahdi” (1).

8—Al-Shawkānī authored “Clarification of the Mass Transmission of Reports Concerning the Awaited Mahdi, the Antichrist, and the Messiah” (2).

9—Siddīq Hasan said: “The Sayyid and erudite scholar, the radiant full moon of the faith, Muhammad ibn Ismā'īl al-Amīr al-Yamanī (3), compiled the hadiths affirming that the Mahdi will emerge from the Household of Muhammad ﷺ and that he will appear at the end of time” (4).

• Those Who Deny the Hadiths Concerning the Mahdi and the Response to Them:

In the foregoing, I cited a selection of authentic hadiths that conclusively establish the appearance of the Mahdi at the end of time as a just ruler and an equitable imam. I also quoted a selection of statements by scholars who expressly affirmed that the hadiths concerning the Mahdi are mass-transmitted, and mentioned some of the works scholars have authored on the subject.

Regrettably, a group of writers (5) has emerged in this age that denies