Hazrat Mahdi (as) Is Beautiful and Radiant

He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] is a beautiful young man, with a beautiful face. THE LIGHT OF HIS FACE rises to his head and the blackness of his hair. (Ibrahim Suleymanoglu, Mehdilik ve Imamiye [Mahdism and Imamate], p. 153; Iqdud Durar)

His face is RADIANT LIKE A SHINING STAR.(Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 33; Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 22)

The Prophet (saas) said: "Hazrat Mahdi (as) is a man of 40 from my line. His face is LIKE A STAR SHINING in the heavens."(Ali Ibn Sultan Muhammad al-Qaari al-Harawi al-Hanafi, Risalat Mashrab al Vardi fi Mazhabi 'l Mahdi)

Hazrat Mahdi (as) is one of my children. His face is like a bright star.  (Al-Uqayli, An-Najmu's-saqib fi Bayan Anna'l Mahdi min Awladi Ali b. Abu Talib Ale't-Tamam wa al-Qamal)

HE IS BEAUTIFUL OF FACE. THE LIGHT OF HIS COUNTENANCE BESTOWS GRANDEUR ON HIM. (Mari' bin Yusuf Karami Hanbali, Fawaid Fawaid al-Fikr fil Mahdi al-Montazar)

He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] is a young man of medium stature and A BEAUTIFUL FACE. ... THE LIGHT OF HIS FACE SHINES LIKE DAY over the blackness of his hair, beard and head, and gives him grandeur. (Al-Uqayli, An-Najmu's-saqib fi Bayan Anna'l Mahdi min Awladi Ali b. Abu Talib Ale't-Tamam wa al-Qamal)

It is related from Humran bin A'ayan that Imam Muhammad Baqir (as) was told: "... Hazrat Mahdi (as) will have a mark on his forehead, and HIS FACE WILL BE BEAUTIFUL. (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 253)

Hazrat Mahdi's (as) Face Will Be Pearly White, Radiant and Clean

HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS AN INDIVIDUAL FROM MY LINE. HIS FACE IS LIKE THE PEARL STAR.(Sunan Abu Dawud, Mahdi 1; Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 155)

Hazrat Mahdi (as) Will Be Arab In Complexion, In Other Words, He Will Be Darkish White

The coloring of the Arab race is a reddish-white complexion like that of our Prophet (saas). The Prophet’s (saas) complexion is described as follows in accounts:

Hazrat Mahdi (as) is Arab in coloring… (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 15-75)

Hazrat Mahdi's (as) coloring is Arab. (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 163)

The Arab complexion is a mixture of red and white.

Our Prophet (saas) had a reddish-white complexion. However, the visible parts of his skin were nearer to dark because of the Sun and the wind. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be the same color as the Prophet (saas), whose complexion is described thus:

• Anas ibn Malik (ra)narrates: "Our Prophet (saas) was of medium height; he was not tall and not short; he had a pleasant appearance. His hair was neither curly nor straight. The color of his mubarak [something on which Divine goodness has been bestowed] face was a saintly white.” (At-Tirmidhi, Imam Abu `Isa Muhammed ibn `Isa Tirmidhi, Shamail Sharif, p. 7-8)

• Hazrat Hassan (ra)narrates: "The Messenger of Allah (saas) was innately imposing and majestic. His hair was between curly and straight; if it was parted in two, he hang it down on either side of his head, if not, he did not. If he allowed it to grow, it passed the fleshy part of his ears. Our Prophet’s (saas) coloring was whitish and bright, that is saintly white. His forehead was clear. His eyebrows were crescent-like, thick and close to one another. His neck had a silvery transparency like that of statues made of pure marble. All his limbs were in proportion and very handsome..." (At-Tirmidhi, Imam Abu `Isa Muhammed ibn `Isa Tirmidhi, Shamail Sharif, p. 18-22-23)

• Anas ibn Malik (ra) narrates: "The Messenger of Allah (saas) was neither tall, nor short. His complexion was neither pure white, nor too dark. His hair was neither straight nor curly. ... When he bade farewell to this mortal world, there were not 20 white hairs in his hair and beard." (Sunan at-Tirmidhi, Vol. 4, p. 201)

• “Our Master was a whitish pink in color. His eyes were black and his eyelashes thick and long." (Hazrat Ali (ra), Ahmad Diya ad-Din al-Kamushkhanawi, Ramuz al-Ahadith, Vol. 2, p. 519/4)

• Anas ibn Malik said this about the Prophet’s (saas) complexion: He was white, but a darkish white. (Ibn Kathir, Shamail ar-Rasul, p. 28)

Hazrat Mahdi (as) Will Have A Fair Complexion and Two Marks The Same Color As Those On Our Prophet (saas)

His Eminence, Abu Ja'far, Imam Muhammad Baqir (as) through his forefathers has narrated from the chief of Ahl al-Bayt, His Eminence, Commander of the Belivers (as) that His Eminence proclaimed from the pulpit, "IN THE LAST AGE A MAN FROM MY PROGENY [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WOULD RISE, HAVING A FAIR COMPLEXION THAT HAS SOME REDNESS (HUE) ... AND HE WOULD HAVE TWO BEAUTY SPOTS ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE THE COLOR OF THE PROPHET. HE SHALL RISE UP." (Allama Baqir Sharif al-Qurashi, The Life of Imam al-Mahdi (as), p. 47)

Hazrat Mahdi (as) is one of my grandchildren. ... HIS COMPLEXION RESEMBLES THAT OF THE ARABS AND HIS BODY RESEMBLES THOSE OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL... [Abu Abdillah Muhammad bin Yusuf Ganji Shafei, Al-Bayan Fi Akhbar Sahib az-Zaman)