"Wikipedia ": Mehdi is the prophesied rescuer of Islam who fortitude pop in on Mud for seven, nine or nineteen existence (ACCORDING TO Copious INTERPRETATIONS) at the forefront the Day of Preference (YAWM AL-QIYAMAH / Without favoritism, THE DAY OF Resurrection) and, smooth as glass Jesus, fortitude rid the world of resentment, perverseness and tyranny.
In Shia Islam, the belief in the Mahdi is a "Powerful AND Crucial Holier-than-thou Way of life" and at once amalgamated to the Twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, whose return from occultation is deemed similarity with the coming of the Mahdi.
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