Is it true that the Mahdi, according to the Shia, is the Antichrist (Dajjal)?
The awaited Mahdi according to the Shia is not the Antichrist (Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal). The awaited Mahdi according to the Shia is Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan Al-Askari, from the lineage of Al-Husayn, born in the year 256 AH, and he disappeared in the cellar. The Antichrist differs from him in the characteristics mentioned in the Sunnah; he is not from the lineage of Al-Hasan or Al-Husayn, and he is known to be an infidel who causes great tribulation.
There are similarities between the "awaited Mahdi" according to the Shia and the "awaited Messiah" according to the Jews, including: 1. The Jewish Messiah gathers the scattered Jews in Jerusalem, and the Shia Mahdi gathers the Shia in Kufa. 2. The Jewish Messiah resurrects the dead Jews to join his army, and similarly, the Shia Mahdi resurrects the dead Shia. 3. The Jewish Messiah tortures the corpses of the disobedient, and the Shia Mahdi tortures the companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. 4. The Jewish Messiah judges those who wronged the Jews, and the Shia Mahdi judges those who wronged the Shia. 5. The Jewish Messiah kills two-thirds of the world, and the Shia Mahdi kills two-thirds of the world. 6. The bodies of Jews change during the era of their Messiah (their height becomes two hundred cubits), and the bodies of the Shia change during the era of their Mahdi (a man's strength becomes the strength of forty men). 7. Goodness abounds during the era of the Jewish Messiah (milk and honey from the mountains), and goodness abounds during the era of the Shia Mahdi (two rivers of water and milk from Kufa). 8. Both are non-existent.
What confirms the connection of the Shia Mahdi to the Jews: his supplication with the Hebrew name of God, his conquest of cities with the Jewish Ark, and his rule according to the judgment of the family of David.
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