REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA- Many stories indicate the emergence of Imam Mahdi, later in the end times, a harbinger of the Day of Judgment. Who is the Mahdi Imam?

Ibn Katsir in the book 'An-Nihayah fii al-Fitani wa al-Malahim' explains in the hadith narrated by Ali ibn Abi Thalib RA, it mentions the Imam Mahdi.

It is narrated from Ali ibn Abi Thalib RA, that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The Mahdi is from our tribe, the Ahlul of the Temple. God fixed it in one night.” (H.R. Ahmad, and Ibn Majah. Dishahihkan Ahmad Syakir)

As Ibn Katsir explained, Allah forgives and guides the Mahdi. This shows that the Mahdi is an ordinary human being but given primacy to spread justice on the face of the earth. the hadith is: “That is, Allah will forgive him, guide him, and inspire him, and direct him, after he is not like that.”