# Abdullah Hashem

Abdullah Hashem (born 1983), also known as Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq, is an Egyptian-American religious leader and founder of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL).

## Quotes

    Hashem, Abdullah (2022). The Goal of the Wise: The Gospel of the Riser of the family of Mohammed Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq. The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. ISBN 978-1-7392629-0-7.
* I remember 14 years ago, I fell into prostration to God and submitted myself and said:
"O Lord, show me who You are, and what path You wish for me to follow, and I shall follow You no matter where You are, no matter who You are. If You be Krishna, I shall worship and follow You, if You be Buddha, I shall be a Buddhist, if Judaism is the truth, then let me be a Jew, if Jesus is Lord and Savior, then I will worship You. If Mohammed be the truth, then I am a Muslim. If You are Ali, I will worship Ali or whoever You may be. Whoever You may be and wherever You may be, I am there, just show me the way." I traveled then from America to Egypt, and I walked the sands that surrounded the Pyramids looking for God. I sailed the Nile and the Red Sea, and I traveled to Kuwait and the Emirates, I saw the tallest towers and walked into the mosques looking for God. I traveled to Lebanon and climbed its mountains and sat where Jesus (PBUH) sat in its caves.
   * p. 568

## Quotes about Abdullah Hashem

* Hashem and his followers referred to an old prophecy that they applied to the death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. This prophecy, which circulated widely amongst the Shiites, indicated that the Imam al-Mahdi should appear after the death of a King of Hejaz (i.e., Saudi Arabia) called Abdullah, identified by certain signs. According to Shia sources, Prophet Muhammad prophesied that “Hejaz will be ruled by a man whose name is the name of an animal, if you see him from far, you will think he is cross-eyed, and if you come close to him, you do not see anything (wrong) in his eyes. He will be succeeded by a brother of his, named Abdullah… Whoever guarantees for me the death of Abdullah, I guarantee for him the Riser/Qaim.” The AROPL notes that King Fahd of Saudi Arabia had the name of an animal (Fahd meaning “leopard”) and had the eye problem described in the prophecy. He died in 2005 and was succeeded by his brother Abdullah, who died in turn on January 23, 2015. Abdullah Hashem advanced his claims immediately after this event.
** Massimo Introvigne and Karolina Maria Kotkowska, "The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 2. From Ahmed al-Hassan to Abdullah Hashem", Bitter Winter (April 5, 2024)
* Hashem teaches that even prophets made mistakes, as only God is infallible by nature. However, Jesus and Muhammad made only minor occasional mistakes and Muhammad, his daughter Fatimah[, and] the Twelve Imams can be called inherently infallible, and the Twelve Mahdis, including the Qaim/Riser, are in the category of “earned infallibility.” This does not mean that the covenant of Muhammad is still in force, and at any rate we do not know the integrality of his teachings, as the Quran that we have today is incomplete and corrupted.
** Massimo Introvigne and Karolina Maria Kotkowska, "The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 4. The Divine Just State", Bitter Winter (April 8, 2024)

## External links

* Encyclopedic article on Abdullah Hashem on Wikipedia
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