Prophet Muhammad (PBUH & H) stated to his daughter Fāṭimah (PBUH):
God has granted us [the Prophet and Ahl al Bayt (pbu th)] seven characteristics, which he didn’t grant and will not to no one before us!
I am the last of the prophets (pbu th) and the most honorable of them to God. And I am the most beloved creature to God, I am your father, and my successor is the best of successors. And [also] he is the most beloved successor to God. He is your husband. Moreover, our martyr is the best of martyrs, and the most beloved of them to God; and he “Hamzah” is the uncle [on the father side] of your father and your husband. Also, he is one of us; the one whom God has given him two wings to fly with angels in heaven. And he[Jaʿfar ibn Abī Ṭālib] is your father’s and your cousine, and your husband’s brother.
And these two grandsons of the Ummah belong to us. And they are your two sons; Ḥasan (pbuh) and Ḥusayn (pbuh). They are the best youths of heaven. By God who has sent me rightfully, their father [Imām Alī (pbuh)] is better than them.
O’ Fāṭimah (pbuh)! By God who has sent me rightfully, Mahdī (The Guider (mgehr)] of this Ummah, will come from [the descends] of Ḥasan (pbuh) and Ḥusayn (pbuh). He will emerge in a time, when the world is full of chaos, and the nuisances will be appeared, the roads will be closed and people will plunder one another.
There, neither an old will have mercy on a child, nor a child will respect an old. At that time, God will raise someone from their [the Imāms (pbu th)] descends who will collapse the fortresses of misguidance, and will conquer the hearts which are unaware of the right. There, he will rise for God’s religion in The Last Era, like what I did. He will fill the earth with justice when I will have been full of oppression and cruelty.
O’ Fāṭimah (pbuh)! Do not grieve and do not cry; since the Almighty God is more merciful and kinder to you than me. It is because of the dignity you have to me, and your affection in my heart. God has married you to the one who has the greatest lineage and the most honorable position. And he is the most merciful people to the peasants, the most just people to divide equally, and the most perspicacious in the divine tasks. I asked God, that you will be first one among my Ahl Bayt, to join me [to pass away after me, and join me in heaven].
And His Majesty Alī (pbuh) stated that, “Fāṭimah (pbuh) lived just 75 days after His Majesty the Messenger of God (pbuh&h)’s death, then she joined her father’.
The Author [‘Allama Majlisi] said, “The Messenger of God (pbuh&h) attributed the Excellency Mahdī (mgehr) to both Imām Ḥasan (pbuh) and Imām Ḥusayn (pbuh). It is because on the maternal side, he is of His Majesty Imām Ḥasan (pbuh)’s descents.
That is because, the mother of His Majesty Imām Muḥammad Baqīr (pbuh) was Imām Ḥasan (pbuh)’s daughter. And it has been narrated in several other Aḥādīth that he, one of Imām Ḥusayn (pbuh)’s descendents [on the father’s side].
Also, Dāraquṭnī who was of famous none- Shia Muḥaddithūn, narrated that long Ḥadīth from Saʽid al- -Khudrī. And at the end, he added that His Majesty [The Messenger of God (pbuh&h)] stated, “Mahdī [(The Guider (mgehr)] is of this Ummah is one of us, and Isa [Jesus The Christ (pbuh)] will pray behind him”
Then he laid his hand on Imām Ḥusayn (pbuh)’s shoulder and stated, “Mahdī of this Ummah, will come from him [descendant]”.”
Moreover, Abu Nu`aym has narrated from Huzaifah and Abū Imāmeh Bāhelī that Mahdī (mgehr)’s face is like a shinning star. There is a “Balck face spot” on his right cheek.
And ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf narrated narrated that, there is a gap between his teeth.
According to ʿAbdullāh ibn ‘Umar’s narration , a cloud will cast its shadow over his head. And an angel will call out over his head, “He is Mahdī (mgehr) and the caliph of God! So follow him”. And based on a narration from Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ansārī and Abū Saʿīd, Isa [(pbuh)] will pray behind The Excellency Mahdī (mgehr).
To be continued …