And the matter continued thus until the time of the supported, the victorious, the one who upholds the truth, the one who is victorious in the religion of God, who is the Imam who appears in the time of estrangement, the Mahdi in whom God has placed the meanings of guidance. And his promise is to overturn affairs from their usual course, to demolish them by demolishing their foundations, and to transfer them to the truth by God's permission. This arrangement, at its beginning, was clear in its clarity. It is an arrangement that aligns with the arrangement of the People of the Sunnah, naming Abu Bakr and Umar, and alluding to Uthman and Ali, may God be pleased with them. The Mahdi bestowed upon them the reverence and veneration that they used to bestow. However, he leaps after the Rightly Guided Caliphate across the centuries to consider that the true Imamate is the Imamate of the awaited Mahdi, who will restore the truth to its former state, and establish the pillar of the Imamate which was broken after the Rightly Guided Caliphate, alluding through this to himself by considering that he is this Mahdi, the supporter, the one who is guided by the truth. Thus, he has diverged from all other sects, each of which has its own opinion on the correct Imamate. This divergence occurred on different levels. He diverged from the Shiites from the first Caliph, whom he considered Abu Bakr, and they consider Ali. He diverged from the Kharijites in the third Caliph. He diverged from the People of the Sunnah and the Mu'tazilah after the Rightly Guided Caliphate to hold his own opinion in considering himself the true Mahdi Imam.

Al-Mahdiyyah: Al-Mahdiyyah is considered a fundamental pillar in the Imamate according to Ibn Tumart. However, the statements we found in his works related to it did not include a theory for this idea that clarifies its features, explains its elements, and reveals its doctrinal and legal origins. Rather, it was addressed in its aspect and presented within the context of political events represented in the struggle with the Al-Murabitun, in its military, intellectual, and psychological aspects. It was also presented in conjunction with his person, without separation from him. However, there were references to the one who will undertake the matter of religion when injustice prevails and religion is estranged, and he is nothing but a preparation for the way and a readiness for souls so that they may be bound. And after that. Book of the Imamate: Ibn Tumart (50) See: Borouhie - Ibn Tumart (51). 2359