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Therefore, those who consider the Sahabah of the Prophet pure from their errors only deceive themselves and do not change the reality; as those who insult them because of their errors do not harm them at all and only earn a sin on themselves; because insulting, even if it is to one who is worshiped other than God, is forbidden in Islam; as He has said: ﴿وَلَا تَسُبُّوا الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ فَيَسُبُّوا اللَّهَ عَدْوًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ[1]; “And do not insult those whom they call upon other than God, lest they insult God without knowledge,” and therefore, those who insult the Sahabah of the Prophet because of their errors are sinners and oppressors if they insist on it, like those who insult other Muslims; as God Almighty has said: ﴿وَلَا تَلْمِزُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ ۖ بِئْسَ الِاسْمُ الْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ الْإِيمَانِ ۚ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَتُبْ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ[2]; “And do not find fault with one another, nor call one another by offensive nicknames. What a bad name is sin after faith, and whoever does not repent, they are indeed the oppressors,” although according to the rule, they are not considered disbelievers because of this great sin.

[Mahdi, the last Caliph of the Prophet]

In any case, regardless of who were the twelve Caliphs of the Prophet from his Ahl al-Bayt, there is no disagreement among Muslims about the last one of them, and he is a man with the same name as the Prophet from the sons of Fatimah and Husain, who is called “Mahdi”[3], and He will rise after the earth has been filled with oppression and injustice, then he will fill it with justice and equity; because more than forty of the Sahabah of the Prophet ,

↑[1] . Al-An‘am/ 108
↑[2] . Al-Hujurat/ 11
↑[3] . Of course, in a narration in Sunan of Abi Dawud (vol. 4, p. 108), “Hasan” has been mentioned instead of “Husain”, which is most likely wrong or misrepresentation, and the evidence for it is the difference that exists in its various versions; as al-Qunduzi (d. 1294 AH) has narrated it from Abu Dawud with the word “Husain” (See: Yanabi‘ al-Mawaddah by al-Qunduzi, vol. 3, p. 259), and it appears that the version in his possession was like this. Furthermore, this narration is weak; because its chain of narrators is interrupted (See: Al-Mawsu‘ah Fi Ahadith al-Mahdi al-Da‘ifah Wa al-Mawdu‘ah by al-Bastawi, p. 347), and its text is against the rule of the Quran, which indicates the priority of one’s children over one’s nephews, as it was made clear (Refer to the page 272), and it conflicts with other narrations that say Mahdi is a descendant of “Husain”; as it has been narrated from Ali that he mentioned Mahdi and that he is a descendant of Husain and has a high forehead, a long nose, and big thighs, and there is a gap between his front teeth. This is a well-known narration from him that scholars of the Arabic language have cited for explaining the meaning of «الزَّيَل»; “al-Zail” (See: Tahdhib al-Lughah by al-Azhari, vol. 13, p. 174; al-Gharibain Fi al-Quran Wa al-Hadith by Abu Ubayd al-Harawi, vol. 3, p. 844; al-Muhkam Wa al-Muhit al-A‘zam by ibn Sidah, vol. 9, p. 90; Lisan al-Arab by ibn Manzur, vol. 11, p. 317), and it has been narrated from Husain that he said: «سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ مِنِّي يَعْنِي الْمَهْدِيَّ»; “I heard the Messenger of God say that He is from me, i.e. Mahdi” (Al-Kamil by ibn Adi, vol. 7, p. 398), and it has been narrated from Hudhaifah that the Messenger of God mentioned Mahdi, then Salman said: “O Messenger of God! Which of your children is he from?” So he said: «مِنْ وَلَدِي هَذَا»; “From this son of mine,” and stroke Husain with his hand (See: Al-Arba‘un al-Hadithan Fi al-Mahdi by Abu Nu‘aym al-Asbahani, p. 57), and it has been narrated from Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari that the Messenger of God promised him the seeing of Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Husain and said to him: «اعْلَمْ أَنَّ الْمَهْدِيَّ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ»; “Know that Mahdi is from his descendants” (See: History of Damascus, vol. 54, p. 276). Yes, if Mahdi’s lineage reaches “Husain” through Abu Ja‘far, it is correct to say that he is considered a descendant of “Hasan” as well; because the mother of Abu Ja‘far was Fatimah the daughter of Hasan (See: Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra by ibn Sa‘d, vol. 7, p. 315; Ansab al-Ashraf by al-Baladhuri, vol. 3, p. 147), and based on this, it is possible to consider Mahdi from the descendants of Husain on the father’s side and from the descendants of Hasan on the mother’s side, and thus to combine the narrations and the sayings.