Hello Ismailis are a Shia sect who follow the Imam, who is the descendant of the prophet (pbuh) and Hazrat Ali (as). Ismailis do not follow books of hadith as they have a present, living Imam who gives them guidance and interprets the Quran according to the time they are living in. Ismailis do not believe in the concept of Mahdi as Mahdi was AWahhabi mentioned that al-Kafi is an authentic book of Hadith for the Shi'a, and as such Shi'a believe that Qur'an is not complete. The above conclusion is based on two wrong hypotesis. First what was mentioned in the book of al-Kafi does not necessarily indicate that Qur'an is incomplete (see the above explanation). Theshias know him by the titles, Montazar, Qaem and Mahdi"4. The great scholar Mohaddith al-Noori has collected 182 titles of Imam Mahdi (aj) from the Islamic texts. Imam Mahdi (aj) himself appointed his deputies from among the righteous shias. Four of them succeeded each other and continued to fulfill the duty of intermediaries. MostMuslims believe that the Mahdi (a.s) will establish justice b y means of his physical prowess and military strength, whereas Ibn a l-Arabi believes that the power of the Mahdi lies in a TheSunnis believe that the Mahdi has not come yet and will come in the future. In addition to this, there are many notable differences some of which are given below. a) Mahdavis believe in doing all the religious acts only to earn the pleasure of Allah and not for good things of this world or the rewards of paradise. Thereal question will be: will there still remain true Shias in the west at the time of the reappearance of Imam Mahdi (as)? Mostly because of two things: For one, just before his reappearance, the earth will be filled with injustice and oppression, so much so that people will not be able to remain "on the fence", aka living the high life in TheMahdi Army is an armed group loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, a Shia leader from a family line of revered clerics persecuted under Saddam Hussein - Iraq's former president. AGqjbM.

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