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The Siege of Mecca - a question about the Mahdi

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The Siege of Mecca - a question about the Mahdi
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The Siege of Mecca - a question about the Mahdi
March 15, 2016 at 3:18 pm (This post was last modified: March 15, 2016 at 3:23 pm by FebruaryOfReason.)
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RE: The Siege of Mecca - a question about the Mahdi
March 15, 2016 at 5:54 pm (This post was last modified: March 15, 2016 at 6:07 pm by ReptilianPeon.)

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RE: The Siege of Mecca - a question about the Mahdi
March 15, 2016 at 6:36 pm
General Gordon defended Khartoum from another mahdi in the 1880's.  Mahdis are like camel shit in the Middle East.  They're everywhere.
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RE: The Siege of Mecca - a question about the Mahdi
March 16, 2016 at 10:52 am
The "Mahdi" -means the guided one- is a concept that is the newborn of Sunni & Shia faith; some Islamic sects are built upon it -like the Shia twelver sect-; but that doesn't make it something more than an eschatology Hadith; with so many tribal dejavus.

The mahdi's own sign of recognition is very tribal; he is supposed to be a decendent from the family of the prophet, he must have a specific name too: Mohammed, the son of Abdullah; and a family tree that goes up until Ali & Fatima's 2 kids: Hassan and Hussain. Sunnies say he must belong to Hassan, Shia say Hussain is the right pick..

Wahabbies in Saudi Arabia kept the people drunk in end of times Hadiths; along with the bigotry of the ruling clan, invading the holy mosque was so convincing to these fanatics.

Until this day, ISIS and so many Jihadists carry this idea. Shia too, more extremly since their faith is literally evolved about this upcoming even where Madi comes to earth and spill rivers of blood.
Too many copy cats showed up through history too, claiming to be the one..

But his stories are found in nowhere, but the Hadiths.
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RE: The Siege of Mecca - a question about the Mahdi
March 16, 2016 at 6:53 pm
AtlasS33 is right; I've yet to find anything obviously related to the Mahdi in the Quran myself (although I can't say that I've looked that hard). Some Christians have claimed the Anti-Christ is the Mahdi, or something to that effect. But they rely heavily on Hadith to make their case, which is not the best idea.

It's just too ridiculous that somebody is going to come along an kill all of the Kuffar - what ever happened to free will? It makes it seems as though Allah doesn't really care for us. It's actually rather sad to think that Nelson Mandela could be in the hellfire right now simply for not believing. Allah one mixed up deity.

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March 17, 2016 at 8:23 am
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RE: The Siege of Mecca - a question about the Mahdi
March 17, 2016 at 9:48 am
Seems kinda cheeky to even attempt to stop a possible mahdi since it MIGHT be the 'real' one.

And then what happens to you for pissing it off ??

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RE: The Siege of Mecca - a question about the Mahdi
March 17, 2016 at 6:51 pm (This post was last modified: March 17, 2016 at 7:16 pm by ReptilianPeon.)

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RE: The Siege of Mecca - a question about the Mahdi
March 18, 2016 at 2:29 pm
(March 17, 2016 at 6:51 pm)MrNoMorePropaganda Wrote: ...
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RE: The Siege of Mecca - a question about the Mahdi
March 18, 2016 at 2:31 pm (This post was last modified: March 18, 2016 at 2:35 pm by FebruaryOfReason.)
(March 17, 2016 at 9:48 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Seems kinda cheeky to even attempt to stop a possible mahdi since it MIGHT be the 'real' one.

And then what happens to you for pissing it off ??

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Precisely. The guy fitted the physical description of the Mahdi to a T. He was of the right tribe and everything.
Saying he wasn't the Mahdi because he died is on the same level as looking at a 100million year old fossil and claiming that Allah put it there.
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