Clarification The aforementioned Qahtani is not the one who drives people with his stick, nor the Qahtani who paves the way for the Mahdi, nor the Qahtani who is appointed after the Mahdi. Rather, they are different personalities.

The Qahtani is the third of three personalities, and each personality differs from the other: The First Qahtani: From Tabi' he said: (A refuge will seek sanctuary in Mecca and be killed, then people will remain for a period of their time, then another refuge will seek sanctuary. If you catch him, do not fight him, for he is the army of the landslide.) And from Arta'ah: (A man from Qahtan with pierced ears will emerge, following the path of the Mahdi, living for twenty years, then dying in combat with weapons. Then a man from the household of the Prophet, peace be upon him and his family, a Mahdi of good character, will emerge. He will conquer the city of Caesar and will be the last emir of the nation of Muhammad, peace be upon him and his family. Then the Antichrist will emerge in his time, and Jesus son of Mary will descend in his time.)

I say: The incident of Juhayman in the year 1400 AH, he entered the Haram with a group who pledged allegiance to Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Qahtani between the Rukn and the Maqam. According to the news of the Saudi regime, Muhammad Al-Qahtani was killed in the Haram, and the rest of the group were apprehended, and most of them were killed. A period of their time has passed, and by "their time" it means the people of that period. More than three decades have passed since these events, and the Messenger, peace be upon him and his family, said: (The lifespan of my Ummah is between sixty and seventy years. So whoever lives to see the first refuge as a child or a young man may live to see the second refuge. And the time of the second refuge has dawned upon us, and he is the Mahdi who will cause the landslide upon those who...) - 59 -