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The '''Mahdi''' ({{lang-ar|ٱلْمَهْدِيّ|al-Mahdī|lit=the Guided}}) is a prominent figure in [[Islamic eschatology]] who is believed to appear at the [[Eschatology|End of Time]] to rid the world of evil and injustice. He is said to be a descendant of [[Muhammad in Islam|Muhammad]], who will appear shortly before
The Mahdi is mentioned in several [[List of hadith Books|canonical compilations of hadith]], but is absent from the [[Quran]] and the two most-revered Sunni hadith collections, ''[[Sahih al-Bukhari]]'' and ''[[Sahih Muslim]].'' Thus, some Sunni theologians however have questioned the orthodoxy of the Mahdi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mahdi {{!}} Definition, Islam, & Eschatology |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/mahdi |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> The doctrine of the Mahdi seems to have gained traction during the confusion and unrest of the religious and political upheavals of the first and second centuries of Islam. Among the first references to the Mahdi appear in the late 7th century, when the revolutionary [[Mukhtar al-Thaqafi|Mukhtar ibn Abi Ubayd]] ({{Circa|622 – 687}}) declared [[Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah|Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya]], a son of [[Caliphate|caliph]] [[Ali]] ({{Reign|656|661}}), to be the Mahdi. Although the concept of a Mahdi is not an essential doctrine in Islam, it is popular among Muslims. Over centuries, there have been a vast number of [[List of Mahdi claimants|Mahdi claimants]].
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