Thawbaan narrates that Rasulullah Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, 'Three men will be killed at the place where your treasure is. Each of them will be the son of a Khalifah and none of them will get hold of the treasure. Then the black banners will come out of the east, and they will slaughter you in a way which has never been seen before.' Then he said something which I do not remember, 'then if you see him, go and give him your allegiance, even if you have to crawl over ice because he is the Khalifah of Allah, the Mahdi.' (Ibn Majah) The treasure referred to in this text is the treasure of the Ka'bah. Towards the end of time, three of the sons of the Khalifahs will fight to get hold of it, until the Mahdi appears.

Black Flags and banners ? Read this...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/we...5slackman.html

Asallama Alaikum brother,
Are you saying Mahdi is present right now?Just because of the term, "black banners"?Well I personally would love it,if that really happened,but before that happens,they're many different events which will occur,but hasn't happened yet.Iran having Black banners is just a symbol of theirs or the Islamic Khalifah.I also heard that it was the flag which Ali(R) carried around during war.

Salam
I ask Allah to be part of any support to the Mahdi.
May Allah make me a benifit to him, and the Ummah

Wouldn't it be so cool if they actually would let female fighters in the army doing combat.We could be like the next Nusaybah

Salam Alaikam

Alot of people are saying hes alive, the mujahadin say hes fighting in afghanistan right now so we dont really know

Ahh, the never-ending predictions. A man also said in 1960 or so that Imam Mahdi was just born. If that is so he should have appeared around 2000. We do nott know if he is alive! He will only emerge at 40 yrs old in Makkah!

He'll come when we least expect, so lets not dwell over matters that do not help us. Well they do help, help waste time that we can use to read Quran or do some dhikr.

Yes mashAllah it is the unfortunate state of the muslim ummah that we sit around waiting for mahdi, we all know he'll come but at the same time we should take the advice of mm_ca04

Salam Alaikam, the 40 years old hadith i dont know bout that i read that some hadiths are authentic some are not. Some say that hadith pertaining to the 40 years old is because muhammad sws recieved his revalation at 40. So lik ya know confusing.

Assalam Alaikum.

3. Please post in the appropriate forum.

If it is true, then Allah's help has come at the right time, but why in Afghanistan?

And May Iran be successful in reuniting the Middle East.

As for the Mahdi, sister mm_ca04 said it perfectly

Salam Alaikam

Because Afghanistan was mentioned in hadith as Khurasan which was the ancient name for Afghanistan. That is the army everyone has to flock to. Some say iran some say afghanistan its somewhere there In between iran and afghanistan.

brothers and sisters,
Unfortunately there is a lot of confusion and misconceptions over this issue so I would strongly recommend everyone to listen to the series Imam Mehdi - Between Fact and Fiction by Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi. He explains in detail the hadith, including the one of the black flags. In addition, one may refer to Shaykh Salman Al-Awdah's book, Awaiting the Mahdî.

Originally Posted by Ansar Al-'Adl

listen to the series

Imam Mehdi - Between Fact and Fiction by Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi.

u wna upload that? insha Allaah..

bro,
I think that would be damaging to the company. I think its better to respect the copyright and give the money which goes towards Muslim companies anyway.