Adnan Oktar A9 TV; October 20th, 2013

God does not only send Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), but He also sends Hazrat Mahdi's students as well. People might assume that it is only Hazrat Mahdi that is being sent but that is not the case. His 313 students are sent specifically as well.

Love is the main characteristic of the community of the Mahdi; God loves them and they love God.

The bigots and the radicals of the End Times would have a great egocentricity, they would put on airs and would get wild and act like Pharaohs; some of them will. But the students of the Mahdi will be humble and loving. Towards whom? Towards Muslims.

The students of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) are very loyal to their Master. They are very much committed to eachother. The students of the Mahdi are geniune Muslims.

People will approach the community of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) with suspicion as well. The whole Islamic world will have suspicions about them, and because of those suspicions they will only be 313 people.

The students of the Mahdi(pbuh) are under the protection of God.

313 people that will accompany Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will be people who have complete faith in Allah.

Bediuzzaman calls the students of Mahdi "sacred flowers."

The Surat Al-Kafh refers to the system of the Mahdi from the beginning till the end. Our Prophet (saas) informed us in the hadiths that the People of the Cave will be the helpers of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh).

While Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) intellectually demolishes Darwinism, his students will help him.

Our Prophet (saas) declared that the Muslims in the End Times will gather fifty times more merits than the Companions.

For the Muslims in the End Times Our Prophet (saas) says that; "they are like lions by day and devout believers by night."

The real Mahdi (pbuh) has small power. I mean he has a small community, a small group of friends. Almighty God loves creating big things from scratch, He loves making tiny things great. For instance, God creates a big, 25 or 30 meter high fig tree from a small, tiny fig seed within 15 to 20 years and lets us eat hundreds of thousands of figs from that tree.

The time of the Mahdi and the reign of Islam will be very brief in the whole history of this world. People who are born now will witness a time of contraction.

Very rare, elect people, those who are specifically been inspired by God, those who are taken into a deep sleep approach the Mahdi (pbuh). Just like the People of the Cave. Such a person would not be able to go anywhere even if he wants to, because it is in his destiny. The will of a genuine student of the Mahdi would not be able to leave him. But the other ones cannot become his students even if they want to.

Adhesions to the system of the Mahdi in a calm, covert environment are much more eligible. For instance, there had been groups adhering to our Prophet (saas) but the good deeds they will attain for doing so is much less. The first ones to pledge allegiance are very eligible. The first 313 people, like the number of the companions who fought in the Battle of Badr, they are very important.

The community of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) continues until Hijri 1506 (2082-2083 ). After Hijri 1506, the form of preaching the message of religion, their system changes completely. I mean after that date, Muslims would only be able to communicate with each other with very secret, hidden symbols, because they will kill all Muslims. The Qur'an will be burned and there will be nothing left pertaining to acts of worship. They will burn down the mosques, they will demolish the Kaba'a and only the plain field of the Kaba'a will remain. They will not leave behind anything pertaining to what is holy.

If you are looking for the Mahdi's group, God presents evidence in the Qur’an. He says, “Follow those who do not ask you for any wage” When we look at religious scholars and teachers, we see that almost all of them are getting paid: Ninety nine percent of them are getting paid. If you want to find the Mahdi group, you will recognize them when they don’t ask for a wage.

In the time of our Prophet, the families of the Companions did not want them to see our Prophet (saas); they made incredible pressure. In the time of the People of the Cave, the families of young people, their relatives and the majority of people were against religion and they put pressure on their children. Likewise, in the time of the Mahdi (pbuh) young people will follow the Mahdi despite their families’ and society’s pressure.

Our Prophet (saas) explained that at the time of the Mahdi (pbuh), a selfish, hateful character would be prevalent and people would stay away from the Mahdi. In fact, some people have no qualms about befriending immoral people, but choose to stay away from the students of the Mahdi, who are among the greatest.

In the Qur'an, God talks about the torments in Hell to scare those who are rebellious against Him.

Patience and determination are two characteristics of the students of the Mahdi (pbuh).

Turkey would not take sides. We can only be in a position that embraces everyone.

We are in a state of sleep right now. Life is a sort of sleep and we are dreaming. When we die, we will be awakening from this dream.

Both the People of Ar-Raqim [Inscription] and the People of the Cave consist of young people. The People of Ar-Raqim are the students of the Prophet Jesus Messiah (pbuh) and the People of the Cave are the students of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh).