Introduction It is a prevalent belief amongst the non-Ahmadi Muslims, especially the ‘Sunnis’ that the Mahdi won’t claim to be a Mahdi, rather, people will force him to become Mahdi/Caliph/Khalifa in Mecca. To prove this, they quote the following hadith: عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَكُونُ … Continue reading Will the Mahdi Be Forced to Accept Allegiance (Bay’ah) in Mecca?