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HADITH REGARDING IMAM MAHDI “The promised Mahdi will be among my family. God will make the provisions for his emergence within a single night.” – Prophet Muhammad (Ibn Majah, Sahih, Vol. 2, P. 519) “The promised Mahdi will be among my progeny, among the descendants of Fatima.” – Prophet Muhammad, narrated by Umm Salmah, the Prophet’s wife (Abu Dawud, Sahih, Vol. 2, P. 207; Ibn Majah, Sahih, Vol. 2, P. 519) “After the death of a Ruler there will be some dispute between the people. At that time a citizen of Madina will flee (from Madina) and go to Makkah. While in Makkah, certain people will approach him between Hajrul Aswad and Maqaame Ibraheem, and forcefully pledge their allegiance to him. Thereafter a huge army will proceed from Syria to attack him but when they will be at Baida, which is between Makkah and Madina, they will be swallowed into the ground.” – Prophet Muhammad, narrated by Umm Salmah, the Prophet’s wife (Abu Dawood) “A group of my Ummah will

Muhammad The Prophet By Prof. K. S. Ramakrishna Rao Head of the Department of Philosophy Government College for Women University of Mysore Mandya-571401 (Karnatika). In the desert of Arabia was Mohammad born according to Muslim historians on April 20 571. The name means highly praised. He is to me the greatest mind among all the sons of Arabia. He means so much more than all the poets and kings that preceded him in that impenetrable desert of red sand. When he appeared Arabia was a desert -- a nothing. Out of nothing a new world was fashioned by the mighty spirit of Mohammad -- a new life a new culture a new civilization a new kingdom which extended from Morocco to Indies and influenced the thought and life of three continents -- Asia Africa and Europe. When I thought of writing on Mohammad the prophet I was a bit hesitant because it was to write about a religion I do not profess and it is a delicate matter to do so for there are many persons professing various religions a