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2021 - Volume 5 - Number 2

The Emergence of the Islamic Messiah Al Mahdi and his “Ideal” State

Vladimir Stefanov Chukov * vladimir_chukov@abv.bg * ORCID: 0000-0002-4544-3708
University of Ruse “Angel Kanchev”, Faculty of Business and Management, Department of Economics, Ruse, BULGARIA

Open Journal for Studies in Philosophy, 2021, 5(2), 41-50 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojsp.0502.01041c
Received: 1 November 2021 ▪ Accepted: 25 December 2021 ▪ Published Online: 27 December 2021

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ABSTRACT:
This study aims to present the emergence of the Islamic Messiah Al Mahdi and his “ideal” state. Many modern preachers, clerics and thinkers are trying to find the signs of the appearance of the expected messiah given by Sharia tests and their interpretations by Islamic legal authorities. Thus, they create their own geopolitical versions, explaining modern political dynamics, based on their aspirations to build the ideal state formed under the light of the crescent. The dispositions of the Sharia norms are explained in a way that forms a logical-looking version of the emergence of a universal just state, led by the expected savior – Imam Mahdi. Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Mahdi (Arabic: مُحَمَّد ابْن ٱلْحَسَن ٱلْمَهْدِي, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Mahdi) is believed by Twelver Shia to be the Mahdi, who has two other eschatologists with Jesus (Jesus) to fulfill their mission to bring peace and justice to the world. The Shivers of Twelver believe that al-Mahdi was born on the 15th of Sha'ban in 870 AD / 256 AH and adopted the Imam at the age of almost four after the assassination of his father, Hassan al-Askari. In the early years of his Imam, he is believed to have had contact with his followers only through the Four Deputies. This period was known as the Small Occult (ٱلْغَيْبَة ٱلصُّغْرَىٰ) and lasted from 873 to 941. A few days before the death of his fourth deputy Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Mohammed al-Samari in 941, he is believed to have sent a letter. to his followers. In this letter from Al-Samari, he announced the beginning of the main occult (ٱلْغَيْبَة ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ), during which the Mahdi was not to have direct contact with his followers, but had instructed them to follow the pious high clergy he had mentioned. some distinctive merits.

KEY WORDS: emergence, the Islamic Messiah Al Mahdi, Israel, Evangelism, Jaafarism (Shiism).

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Vladimir Stefanov Chukov, University of Ruse “Angel Kanchev”, Faculty of Business and Management, Department of Economics, Ruse, BULGARIA. E-mail: vladimir_chukov@abv.bg.

REFERENCES:

Chukov, V. (2019). The clash between Christian and Islamic religion – The State of Israel. https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.e-conf.04.07083c. In T. V. Petkova & V. S. Chukov (Eds.) (2019). 4th International e-Conference on Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences: Conference Proceedings. Belgrade: Center for Open Access in Science. https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.e-conf.04

Chukov, V. (2021). Israel between Evangelism and Jaafarism (Shiism). [Чуков, В. Израел между евангелизма и джаaфаризма. Издателство „Изток-Запад“. София. България.]. ISBN 978-619-01-0856-6. Publishing House “East-West”. Sofia. Bulgaria.