Mahdi is from the progeny of Ali and Fatima (a.s)

“I am the first of this Ummah, Mahdi is the middle of it, and Isa is the last of it. And in between there are calamities and tyrant rulers.”

I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “Mahdi is from my progeny, from the descendants of Fatima.”

“No, by Allah, he is not from my progeny. He is from the progeny of Ali (a.s). Bliss be for the one who reaches his time. Through him, Allah will relieve the Ummah’s stress, until he makes the earth full of equity and…

“Mahdi is a man from the progeny of Fatima. He is of wheaten complexion.”

I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: The Mahdi is from my progeny from the children of Fatima.

I heard Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s) say: “Allah will bring forth in this Ummah, a man who belongs to me and I belong to him. Allah will send the blessings of the heavens and the earth through him. The heavens will rain down…