Various Approaches to the Notion of the Mahdism in Recent Century in the Qom Seminary

"The concept of Mahdism” is a subject of consensus among the Islamic community, especially among Shiite scholars. However, there are noticeable differences in the perspectives on this issue among scholars, such that Islamic scholars can be categorized and classified from this perspective throughout different eras. In recent century, thinkers and scholars in the Islamic world, including those in the seminaries of Qom, despite the consensus on the principal belief in Mahdism, have different views and perspectives on the subject. These different perspectives can be categorized into several general approaches: traditional, rational, mystical, historical, social-political, and so on. This article aims to delve into the various approaches to the topic of Mahdism, as well as to introduce prominent figures within each approach, tracing these lines in the fourteenth century AH within the Seminay of Qom. The method employed in this research is analytical-descriptive, conducted through examining the written works on Mahdism of the recent century within the seminaries of Qom.