Hazrat Mahdi (as) will Have Strikingly Beautiful Hair

Hazrat Mahdi (as) will Have Black Hair

According to accounts narrated by Abu Abdullah Nuaim Ibn Hammad from Abu Jaffar ibn Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir, Hazrat Ali (as) was asked of the characteristics of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and he answered as follows:

The light of his [Hazrat Mahdi's (as)] face rises to his head and the blackness of his hair. (Ibrahim Suleymanoglu, Mehdilik ve Imamiye [Mahdism and Imamate], p. 153; Iqdud Durar)

... His [Hazrat Mahdi's (as)] hair hangs over his shoulders. The light of his face gives him grandeur. He has black hair. He has a black beard. (Mari' bin Yusuf Karami Hanbali, Fawaid Fawaid al-Fikr fil Mahdi al-Montazar)

The light of his [Hazrat Mahdi's (as)] 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)

Hazrat Mahdi (as) will Have Strikingly Beautiful Hair

We are told in the hadith that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will have “a beautiful face and beautiful hair.” In addition, we are told that Hazrat Mahdi (as), described above as having “a wide face” and in other hadiths as having “a broad forehead,” will also have a largish head, like the holy head of the Prophet Muhammad (saas). 

Al-Qirmani al-Dimashqi (1019), a famous Sunni scholar, writes in his Akhbar al-Duwal:

"… He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] WILL BE OF MEDIUM HEIGHT WITH A BEAUTIFUL FACE AND HAIR..." (Al-Qirmani al-Dimashqi, Akhbar al-Duwal, p. 117 - printed in 1382 AH)

Abd al-Malik al-'Isami (1111) is a well-known historian residing in Mecca. In his four-volume work of history known as Simt al-Nujum al'awali he says: "... He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] IS A TEMPERATE YOUNG MAN WITH A BEAUTIFUL FACE AND HAIR, A FINE NOSE AND BROAD FACE." (Abd al-Malik al-Shafi'i al-Makki al-'Isami, Simt al-Nujum al'awali, Vol 4, p. 138; Abdullah Turan, Hz. Mehdi Aleyhisselam [Hazrat Mahdi (as)], Al-i Taha Press, p. 157)