The Awaited Imām Mahdī (peace Be Upon Him)

References

30- Hākim graded it sahīh (sound) in al-Mustadrak (4:558 # 8673), while Dhahabī confirmed it.

Hindī transmitted it in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:273 # 38700); and Albānī in Silsilat-ul-ahādīth-is-sahīhah (2:336 # 711).

31- Ahmad bin Hambal related it in al-Musnad (3:37, 52); and Suyūtī in ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’thūr (6:57).

Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:313,314) that Tirmidhī had narrated it briefly, while Ahmad copied it through his chain of transmission, and Abū Ya‘lā also narrated it briefly and the men of Ahmad and Abū Ya‘lā are trustworthy.

32- Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:316) that Bazzār had narrated it, and his men are trustworthy.

33- Hākim graded it sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of Muslim in al-Mustadrak (4:454 # 8400), while Dhahabī kept quiet about it.

Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:316) that Bazzār had related it, and its men are those of (sahīh) sound hadīth.

Ibn Hammād narrated it in al-Fitan (1:362 # 1055); Suyūtī, ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’thūr (6:56); and Bayhaqī in Dalā’il-un-nubuwwah (6:330,331).

Muslim related it with different words in as-Sahīh, b. of fitan wa ashrāt-us-sā‘ah (turmoils and conditions of the Last Hour) 4:2234 (#67/2913); Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (3:317); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:263 # 38659); and Ibn Kathīr in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:599; 10:44).

34- Tabarānī related it in al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (6:193 # 5402).

Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:317) that Tabarānī narrated it in al-Awsat and his men are trustworthy.

35- Ibn Mājah narrated this Hassan (fair) hadīth in as-Sunan, b. of fitan (turmoils) 4:453 (#4083); Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Musannaf (7:512, 513 # 37638); Hākim, al-Mustadrak (4:558 # 8675); Dānī, as-Sunan-ul-wāridah fil-fitan (5:1035, 1036 # 550); and Ibn Kathīr in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (10:37).

36- Tirmidhī related this Hassan (fair) hadīth in al-Jāmi‘-us-sahīh, chapters of fitan (turmoils) 4:86 (#2232); Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (3:21, 22); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:262 # 38654); and Ibn Kathīr in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (10:37).

37- Related by Ibn Abī Shaybah in al-Musannaf (7:514 # 37653).

38- Tabarānī related it in al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (6:193 # 5402).

Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:317) that Tabarānī narrated it in al-Awsat and his men are trustworthy.

39- Suyūtī narrated it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:61); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (1:136 # 157); Ibn Hammād, al-Fitan (1:370, 371 # 1089, 1090); and Haythamī in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:316, 317).

40- Bukhārī related it in as-Sahīh, b. of ambiyā’ (prophets) 3:1272 (#3265); Muslim, as-Sahīh, b. of īmān (faith) 1:136 (#155); Ibn Hibbān, as-Sahīh (15:213#6802); Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (2:336); Abd-ur-Razzāq, al-Musannaf (11:400#20841); Ibn Mundah, al-Īmān (1:516 # 415, 416); Abū ‘Awānah, al-Musnad (1:99#315);

Baghawī, Sharh-us-sunnah (15:82#4277); ‘Asqalānī, Fath-ul-bārī (6:491), al-Isābah fī tamyīz-is-sahābah (4:766), Taghlīq-ut-ta‘līq (4:40); Qurtubī, al-Jāmi‘ li-ahkām-il-Qur’ān (4:101; 16:106); Ibn Kathīr, Tafsīr-ul-Qur’ān al-‘azīm (1:578); and Suyūtī in ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’ thūr (2:242).

‘Asqalānī, Fath-ul-bārī (6:493, 494).

41- Muslim narrated it in as-Sahīh, b. of īmān (faith) 1:137 (#156); Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (3:345,384); Ibn Hibbān, as-Sahīh (15:231,232#6819); Abū Ya‘lā, al-Musnad (4:59#2078); Ibn Mundah, al-Īmān (1:517#418); Ibn Jārūd, al-Muntaqā (1:257 #1031); Abū ‘Awānah, al-Musnad (1:99 # 317); and Bayhaqī in as-Sunan-al-kubrā (9:180).

42- Ahmad bin Hambal related it in al-Musnad (3:367,368); Haythamī, Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:343,344); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:325, 326#38819); and Suyūtī in ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’thūr (2:242,243).

Hākim gradid it sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of Muslim in al-Mustadrak (4:530#8613).

43- Related by Ibn Mājah in as-Sunan, b. of fitan (turmoils) 4:446,447 (#4077).

44- Hākim narrated it in al-Mustadrak (4:478#8473); Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (4:217); and Tabarānī in al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (9:60#8392).

Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:342,343) that Ahmad and Tabarānī had related it and the men of Ahmad were those of sound hadīth.

45- Ibn Hammād narrated it in al-Fitan (1:373#1103); and Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:78).

46- Ibn Qayyim transmitted it in al-Manār-ul-munīf (1:147 # 337); and Suyūtī copied it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:64).

47- Related by Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:81).

48- Ibn Abī Shaybah narrated it in al-Musannaf (7:513#37649); and Ibn Hammād in al-Fitan (1:373#1107).

49- Ibn Hammād related it in al-Fitan (1:226,338#630,980); and Suyūtī copied it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:76).

50- Related by Suyutī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:83).

51- Suyūtī transmitted it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:61); Tabarānī, Musnad ash-shāmiyyīn (2:71#937); and Daylamī in al-Firdaws (5:510#8920).

52- Ibn Hammad transmitted it in al-Fitan (1:360#1050); and Suyūtī copied it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:83).

53- Suyūtī transmitted it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:82); and Ibn Hammād in al-Fitan (1:229#642).

54- Suyūtī transmitted it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:82); and Ibn Hammād in al-Fitan (1:229#642).

55- Suyūtī transmitted it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:68); and Ibn Hammād in al-Fitan (1:334#965).

56- Ibn Abī Shaybah narrated it in al-Musannaf (7:531#37754); and Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:65).

57- Hākim narrated it in al-Mustadrak (4:503,504#8537); Ibn Hammād, al-Fitan (1:227, 341, 342 # 632, 987); Dānī, as-Sunan-ul-wāridah fil-fitan (5:1044, 1045 # 560); and Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:76).

58- Abū Dāwūd narrated it in as-Sunan, b. of Mahdī, 4:86 (#4279); ‘Asqalānī, Fath-ul-bārī (13:212); and Bayhaqī in Dalā’il-un-nubuwwah (6:520).

Ahmad bin Hambal transmitted it with different words in al-Musnad (5:93, 92, 98).

59- Abū Dāwūd narrated it in as-Sunan, b. of Mahdī, 4:86 (#4280, 4281); Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (5:93, 97, 98, 101); and ‘Asqalānī in Fath-ul-bārī (13:211).

Muslim related it with some different words in as-Sahīh, b. of imārah (emritage) 3:1453 (#7/1821).

Suyūtī, al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:85).

Related by Abū Dāwūd in as-Sunan, b. of Mahdī, 4:88 (#4284).

Ibn Hammād transmitted it in as-Sunan-ul-wāridah fil-fitan (5:1057, 1061 # 575, 581).

Dhahabī graded it marfū‘ (traceable) in Mīzān-ul-i‘tidāl fi naqd-ir-rijāl (3:126).

60- Related by Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:63).

61- Related by Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:76).

62- Suyūtī narrated it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:61); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (1:136 # 157); Ibn Hammād, al-Fitan (1:370, 371 # 1089, 1090); and Haythamī in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:316, 317).

63- Ibn Hammād narrated it in al-Fitan (1:402,408#1214,1234); and Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:80).

64- Related by Suyūtī in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:60, 61).

65- Hākim graded it sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of Muslim in al-Mustadrak (4:454 # 8400), while Dhahabī kept quiet about it.

Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (7:316) that Bazzār had related it, and its men are those of (sahīh) sound hadīth.

Ibn Hammād narrated it in al-Fitan (1:362 # 1055); Suyūtī, ad-Durr-ul-manthūr fit-tafsīr bil-ma’thūr (6:56); and Bayhaqī in Dalā’il-un-nubuwwah (6:330,331).

66- Suyūtī narrated it in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:64); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (10:133, 135 # 10216, 10224); Dānī, as-Sunan-ul-wāridah fil-fitan (5:1055 # 572); Haythamī, Mawārid-uz-zam’ān (6:129 # 1877); and Hindī in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (14:269 # 38683).

Haythamī also narrated it through Abū Hurayarah (rta) in Mawārid-uz-zam’ān (6:128 # 1876).

Suyūtī narrated it with a difference of words at another place in al-Hāwī lil-fatāwā (2:58).