HAZRAT MAHDI (PBUH) IS A SCHOLAR AND A LEADER
Abd al-Aziz ibn Muslim narrated:
"Imam Mahdi is a scholar and a leader. He is the source of holiness, cleanliness, worship, asceticism, knowledge and being a servant. The invitation of the Messenger of God (saas) was specifically entrusted to him [Imam Mahdi (pbuh)], and the duty of invitation to religion was assigned to him. He [Mahdi (pbuh)] is from the pure lineage of Fatima Betul. He is from the tribe of Quraysh, the house of Hashemite’s and the pure progeny of the Prophet (saas) and has the approval of God Azza Wa-Jalla.
(Book of Belief and Blasphemy, Usul al-Kafi (Al-Usul min Al-Kafi), Al-Kulayni, Volume 1, page 279)