Date of source: Thursday, January 26, 2006
There is no obligation on Muslims to watch the advent of the mahdī according to the muftī of Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 31, 2004
A Saudi man called Al-Hussain Bin Abdullah Al-Lehadi claims on his own website that he is the awaited Mahdi sent by God to the whole world. Al-Lehadi propagates his false claim through the Internet and there are people who believe that he is the real, long-awaited Mahdi.
Date of source: Friday, May 2, 2003
The writers give a meticulous analysis to the false ideas revealed in the folk beliefs of some Muslims and Christians. These ideas create a relation between the signs of the Judgment Day and the American-British invasion of Iraq. The article describes how Israelis are exploiting these claims. The...
Date of source: Friday, March 23, 2001
The General Administration of Cairo Investigation Office arrested a tailor who claimed to be the Mahdi [awaited-for prophet in Islam]. He claimed that he knew the time of Doomsday, and the secrets of the Holy Qur’an, and he said he was able to explain its verses. He was accused of exploiting...
Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 1999
A man wrote a letter to the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Dr. Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, claiming that he is the Mahdi who, in Islam, comes at the end of times. The article further explains the concept of this self-acclaimed Mahdi on the end of times and the response of well-known Muslim scholars.
Date of source: Saturday, May 2, 1998
A letter to the editor about a book that claims that Christ will come back in the year 2000 and that the world will end in the year 2010.