Mahdism

thumb|An image from a Falnama|Falname made in India around 1610–1630, depicts [[Jesus fighting the Dajjal (right). Behind, the Mahdi with a veiled face.]]

Religious leader in the Sudan, self-proclaimed as the Mahdi (1844-1885)

Islamic eschatological figure

twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam

'''Mid-Sha'ban' ( or laylat niṣf min šaʿbān'' "night on the half of Sha'ban") is a Muslim holiday observed by Shia and Sunni Muslim communities on the eve of 15th of Sha'ban (i.e., the night following the sunset on the 14th day) — the same night as Shab-e-barat or Laylat al-Bara’ah ().

Wadi-us-Salaam is an Islamic cemetery, located in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq. It is the largest cemetery in the world. The cemetery covers and contains more than 6 million bodies. It also attracts millions of pilgrims annually.

Amazigh religious scholar, teacher and politician

islamists' terrorist action, 1979

Messianism is the belief in the advent of a messiah who acts as the savior of a group of people. Some religions also have messianism-related concepts. Religions with a messiah concept include Christianity (Jesus), Hinduism (Kalki), Judaism (Mashiach), Islam (Mahdi and Isa), Druze faith (Hamza ibn Ali), Zoroastrianism (Saoshyant), Buddhism (Maitreya), Taoism (Li Hong), and Bábism (He whom God shall make manifest).

Iraqi Shia former armed group led by Muqtada al-Sadr

Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)

in Shia Islam, the doctrine that a messianic figure (Mahdi) was born, has disappeared, and will one day return; according to Twelvers, this is the 12th Imam, going into Occultation in c. 874

Narjis () is believed by the Twelvers to have been the mother of their Hidden Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi. His birth is said to have been providentially concealed by his father, Hasan al-Askari, out of fear of Abbasid persecution as they sought to eliminate an expected child of the eleventh Imam, whom persistent rumors described as a savior. After the death of his father in 260 AH (873-874 CE), al-Mahdi is believed by the Twelvers to have entered a state of occultation which continues until his rise in the end of time to establish peace and justice on earth. The origin of Narjis is recorded as the

violent radical Islamist extremist group

874–941 CE time period in the theology of Shia Islam

941 CE to present, time period in the theology of Shia Islam

Imam of the Ansar and Sudanese politician (1885–1959)

Alid leader of a rebellion against the Umayyads (died c.747)

Messiah-like figure

'''''' (), also known as (), is a doctrine in Shia Islam positing that some of the dead will return to life before the Resurrection to avenge their oppression.

messengers of the 12th Imam in Twelver Shia Islam

islamic supplication

Shab-e-Barat () or Nisfu Syaaban (Southeastern Asian Muslims) is a Mid-Sha'ban related religious celebration celebrated in many South Asian, Central Asian, South East Asian and Middle Eastern Muslim countries, on the 15th night (the night on 15th only) of the month of Sha'ban, the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.

first ambassador of Imam Mahdi

Shia Islam-derived religious movement

Sufi order

Charitable organization in Iran

the third of the four Deputies of the Hiden Imam in Twelver Shi’ism

2015 film

List of Muslims who have claimed to be the Islamic Mahdi

persian false Mahdi (died 931)

imam mahdi follower

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Mahdism () is a kind of messianism. In the Twelver branch of Shia Islam, it is derived from the belief in the reappearance of the Twelfth Shiite Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, as the savior of the apocalypse for the salvation of human beings and the establishment of peace and justice. From this perspective, it is believed that Jesus and Khidr are still alive and will emerge with Muhammad al-Mahdi in order to fulfil their mission of bringing peace and justice to the world.

The Sufyani () is a figure in Islamic eschatology who is usually portrayed in hadiths as a tyrant who will spread corruption and mischief. According to Shia Hadith, the Sufyani will rise in the month of Rajab.

fourth of the Four Deputies

pre-messianic figure in Shia Islamic eschatology

Iraqi Shi'a militant group (c.2003 - c.2008)

prophesied battle of the end times in Islamic eschatology

second of the Four Deputies (died 917/918)

Zikrism (also Zikriyya) is a Mahdist minority Muslim group or sect found primarily in the Balochistan region of western Pakistan. The name Zikri comes from the Arabic word Dhikr meaning 'pronouncement' or 'remembrance'.

twelver Shia belief of Mahdi

Egyptian-American religious leader

First Mahdi

Destructive event in Islamic eschatology

Character of Shia Islam