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Wikipedia list article The signs of the appearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi are the collection of events that will occur before the coming back of Muhammad al-Mahdi , an ultimate savior of humankind and the final Imam of the Twelve Imams in Shia Islam . The signs are classified as uncertain or certain signs. The Certain Signs: According to some Shia narrations, there are five certain signs that will occur prior of the appearance of the twelfth Imam. The hadith of Ja'far al-Sadiq mentions these signs: "there are five signs for our Dhuhur (the reappearance of the twelfth Imam), the appearance of Sufyani and Yamani , the loud cry in the sky, the murder of a pure soul ( Nafs-e-Zakiyyah ), and the earth swallowing (a group of people) in the land of Bayda (a desert between Mecca and Medina).[1][2]1
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Islamic eschatological event sequence The signs of the appearance of the Mahdi are the collection of events, according to Islamic eschatology , that will occur before the arrival of the Mahdi , The signs differ based on Sunni and Shia branches of Islam .
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Islamic eschatological event sequence The signs of the appearance of the Mahdi are the collection of events, according to Islamic eschatology , that will occur before the arrival of the Mahdi , The signs differ based on Sunni and Shia branches of Islam .
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collection of events that will occur before the coming back of muhammad al-mahdi
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collection of events
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