A fiqh answer published on islamqa.org under its Maliki school section, attributed to Shaykh Abdullah bin Bayyah, responding directly to a specific claimant's assertion of being the Mahdi. Read here directly for its own characterization of such claims in general, not for any single case: "This man is most probably a liar. He is claiming a status that he does not have," and its own summary description of the true Mahdi as a righteous man who will come at the end of time to lead Muslims in prayer when Isa descends, with the classical signs collected in works such as al-Qurtubi's At-Tadhkirah, some of which the answer itself notes are of doubtful authenticity. Mainstream Sunni fiqh's own standing position, not scholarship about the hadith's historical origin.
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Reliability Tier3
Tier three: a fiqh answer published on islamqa.org's Maliki school section, read here directly for mainstream Sunni fiqh's own standing position on a specific Mahdi claimant and on the classical signs of the true Mahdi. Not scholarship about the hadith's historical origin, but the tradition's own account of its own doctrine. NotesA named scholar's fiqh answer, tiered as tradition's own account, the same tier this atlas already gives Family Radio's, the Watch Tower Society's and Catholic Answers' own statements: a body's own documented position on a claim made in its name, not independent historical scholarship on the hadith's origin, which source 16363, Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah, already covers on this row.
Citation
AuthorShaykh Abdullah bin Bayyah
PublisherIslamQA.org
Publication Year2012
URLhttps://islamqa.org/maliki/binbayyah/29789/claiming-to-be-the-mahdi/
Source Typetradition
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This source names Sunni directly: "Mainstream Sunni fiqh's own standing position, not scholarship about the hadith's historical origin."
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Prophecies, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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