Imam Mahdi Described by Ka'b Al-ahbar

The news and description of Imam Mahdi according to the Hebrew man “Ka'b Al-Ahbar” who embraced Islam and left Judaism.

The Mahdi is a descendant of Ali, peace be upon him. He will change the state of the earth, and will argue against the Christians of Rome and China in the company of Masih Isa, son of Maryam, peace be upon them.

The Mahdi is the most similar of people to Masih Isa, son of Maryam, in character, look, and prestige. And Allah Almighty will give him what he gave the prophets and more, and Allah will reverence The Mahdi.

Indeed, the Mahdi will have an occultation like the occultation of the Prophet Yusuf, and a return like that of Masih Isa, son of Maryam.

He will appear after his occultation with the rising of the red star, the destruction of al-Zawra, which is al-Rayy, the sinking of al-Mazora, which is Baghdad, the emergence of al-Sufyani, and the war of the sons of Abbas against Armenian and Azerbaijani men. 

It will be a war in which thousands upon thousands are killed, and each man holding a sword beneath black banners flapping above them, and it will be a war marred by red death, which is blood shedding and killing, and dusty death, which is hunger and drought.