A note.

(His mother and her adornment: Muhammad Issa Daoud mentioned that (name)

his mother is Amina, and she is safe from all evil, and her father and mother die

(while she is young, so God raises and nurtures her). He is Al-Fatimi because he comes from the progeny of Fatimah Al-Zahra,

daughter of the Messenger of God, peace be upon him and his family:

(The Mahdi is from my progeny, from the children of Fatimah).

His birth in Mecca or Medina. His birth is in Mecca or in Medina. Ali, may God be pleased with him, said: (The Mahdi's birth is in Medina). The Messenger of God, peace be upon him, said: (A man from my household will emerge in

(the sanctuary). He is Qurashi Hashemi, but he has roots and lineage in

Yemen, meaning his original homeland. The Messenger of God, peace be upon him, said: (The Mahdi is only from Quraysh, and the Caliphate is only among them,

(but he has roots and lineage in Yemen).

His emergence from the village of Kara'a or Qara'a in

Tihamah, Yemen. He emerges from Yemen, from Tihamah. The Messenger of God, peace be upon him, said: (He emerges from Tihamah, from a village called

Kara'a. The Messenger of God, peace be upon him, said: (The Mahdi emerges from a village in Yemen called Kara'a. In some narrations, it is (Qara'a), which is a village located in the far west of

Yemen, south of the city of Hodeidah, east of Beit Al-Faqih, the easternmost borders of Tihamah, and the beginning of the borders of Rima from the west. It is located in a valley between two mountains, Jabal Bani Al-Qahwi and Jabal Jahzan. Kara'a or Qara'a is a village consisting of several small villages: (Al-Dhahra, Makra', Al-Jarwa,

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