35. THE BOOK OFTHE MAHDĪ

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4279. It was narrated from Ismā'īl, meaning Ibn Abī Khālid, from his father, from Jābir bin Samurah who said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'This religion will continue to endure until there have been twelve Khalifah ruling over you, all of whom are agreed upon by the Ummah.'" Then I heard the Prophet ﷺ say something that I did not understand, and I said to my father: "What is he saying?" He said: "All of them will be from the Quraish." (Da'if)

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4279 - حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ قَائِمًا حَتَّى يَكُونَ عَلَيْكُمُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً، كُلُّهُمْ تَجْتَمِعُ عَلَيْهِ الْأُمَّةُ»، فَسَمِعْتُ كَلَامًا مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ، قُلْتُ لِأَبِي: مَا يَقُولُ؟ قَالَ: «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»

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4280. It was narrated from Dāwud, from 'Āmir, from Jābir bin Samurah who said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'This religion will remain strong until there have been twelve Khalifah.' The people said the Takbīr and made noise. Then he said something in a low voice, and I said to my father: 'O my father, what did he say?' He said: 'All of them will be from the Quraish.'" (Saḥīh)

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4280 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً»، قَالَ: فَكَبَّرَ النَّاسُ وَضَجُّوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ كَلِمَةً خَفِيفَةً، قُلْتُ لِأَبِي: يَا أَبَتِ، مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ: «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»

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4281. It was narrated from Al- Aswad bin Sa'eed Al-Hamdānī, from Jābir bin Samurah, with this Hadīth. He added: When he went back to his house, the Quraish came to him and said: "Then what will happen?" He said: "Then there will be Harj (killing)." (Hasan)

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4281 - حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُفَيْلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ خَيْثَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ زَادَ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ أَتَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ، فَقَالُوا: ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ: «ثُمَّ يَكُونُ الْهَرْجُ»

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4282. It was narrated from 'Abdullāh that the Prophet ﷺ said: "If there was only one day left of this world" – Zā'idah (one of the narrators) said in his Hadīth: "Allāh would lengthen that day" – "until He sent a man who is of me, or of my family, whose name is the same as my name, and whose father's name is the same as my father's name." In the Hadīth of Fīṭr (one of the narrators) he added: "He will fill the world with fairness and justice as it was filled with wrongdoing and injustice." In the Hadīth of Sufyān it says: "This world will not cease, or will not end, until the Arabs are ruled by a man from my family, whose name is the same as mine." Abū Dāwūd said: The wording of 'Umar and Abū Bakr[1] is the same as that of Sufyān. [But Abū Bakr did not say: "The 'Arabs." Abū Dāwūd spoke of the Hadīth of Abū Bakr and 'Umar bin 'Ubaid.] (Hasan)

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4282 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَهُمْ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَيَّاشٍ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا زَائِدَةُ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ فِطْرٍ، الْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ زِرٍّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَوْ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا يَوْمٌ» - قَالَ زَائِدَةُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ: «لَطَوَّلَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ»، ثُمَّ اتَّفَقُوا - «حَتَّى يَبْعَثَ فِيهِ رَجُلًا مِنِّي» - أَوْ «مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي» - يُوَاطِئُ اسْمُهُ اسْمِي، وَاسْمُ أَبِيهِ اسْمُ أَبِي " زَادَ فِي حَدِيثِ فِطْرٍ: «يَمْلَأُ الْأَرْضَ قِسْطًا، وَعَدْلًا كَمَا مُلِئَتْ ظُلْمًا وَجَوْرًا» وَقَالَ: فِي حَدِيثِ سُفْيَانَ: «لَا تَذْهَبُ، أَوْ لَا تَنْقَضِي، الدُّنْيَا حَتَّى يَمْلِكَ الْعَرَبَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي، يُوَاطِئُ اسْمُهُ اسْمِي». قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «لَفْظُ عُمَرَ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ بِمَعْنَى سُفْيَانَ»

English translation

4283. It was narrated from 'Alī that the Prophet ﷺ said: "If there was only one day left of time, Allāh would send a man from my family who would fill it with justice as it was filled with injustice." (Hasan)

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4283 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ، حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ أَبِي بَزَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَوْ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ إِلَّا يَوْمٌ، لَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي، يَمْلَؤُهَا عَدْلًا كَمَا مُلِئَتْ جَوْرًا»

English translation

4284. It was narrated from 'Abdullāh bin Ja'far Ar-Raqqī (he said): "Abū Al-Maliḥ Al-Ḥasan bin 'Umar narrated to us, from Ziyād bin Bayān, from 'Alī bin Nufail, from Sa'eed bin Al-Musayyab, from Umm Salamah, who said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'The Mahdī is of my offspring, one of the descendants of Fātimah.''" (Hasan) 'Abdullāh bin Ja'far said: "I heard Abū Al-Maliḥ praising 'Alī bin Nufail, and mentioning his righteousness."

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4284 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّقِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمَلِيحِ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ بَيَانٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «الْمَهْدِيُّ مِنْ عِتْرَتِي، مِنْ وَلَدِ فَاطِمَةَ» قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ: وَسَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْمَلِيحِ، «يُثْنِي عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ، وَيَذْكُرُ مِنْهُ صَلَاحًا»

English translation

4285. It was narrated that Abū Sa'eed Al-Khurdi said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'The Mahdī is of me. He has a high forehead and a prominent nose. He will fill the world with fairness and justice as it was filled with wrongdoing and injustice, and he will rule for seven years.''" (Da'if)

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4285 - حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ تَمَّامِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ الْقَطَّانُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْمَهْدِيُّ مِنِّي، أَجْلَى الْجَبْهَةِ، أَقْنَى الْأَنْفِ، يَمْلَأُ الْأَرْضَ قِسْطًا وَعَدْلًا، كَمَا مُلِئَتْ جَوْرًا وَظُلْمًا، يَمْلِكُ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ»

English translation

4286. It was narrated from Mu'ādī bin Hishām (he said): "My father narrated to me, from Qatādah, from Ṣāliḥ Abī Al-Khalīl, from a companion of his, from Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, that the Prophet ﷺ said: 'There will be a dispute following the death of a Khalifah, and a man from Al-Madinah will go out, fleeing to Makkah. Some of the people of Makkah will come to him and will bring him out against his will, and they will pledge allegiance to him between the Corner (Black Stone) and the Maqām. An army will be sent against him from Ash-Shām, which will be swallowed up by the earth in Al-Baidā', between Makkah and Al-Madinah. When the people see that, the devoted worshipers from Ash-Shām and the best people from Al-'Irāq will come to him and pledge allegiance to him. Then there will arise a man from the Quraish whose maternal uncles are from Kalb, who will send an army against him and he will prevail over them. That (defeated army) will be the force of Kalb. The real loser will be the one who is not present when the wealth of Kalb is divided. He (the Mahdī) will divide the wealth and rule the people in accordance with the Sunnah of their Prophet ﷺ. Islam will become established on earth and he will remain for seven years, then he will die and the Muslims will offer the funeral prayer for him.” (Da'if) Abū Dāwud said: Some of them narrated from Hishām: “Nine years.” And some said: “Seven years.”

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4286 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ صَالِحٍ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ، عَنْ صَاحِبٍ لَهُ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «يَكُونُ اخْتِلَافٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِ خَلِيفَةٍ، فَيَخْرُجُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ هَارِبًا إِلَى مَكَّةَ، فَيَأْتِيهِ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ فَيُخْرِجُونَهُ وَهُوَ كَارِهٌ، فَيُبَايِعُونَهُ بَيْنَ الرُّكْنِ وَالْمَقَامِ، وَيُبْعَثُ إِلَيْهِ بَعْثٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ، فَيُخْسَفُ بِهِمْ بِالْبَيْدَاءِ بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ، فَإِذَا رَأَى النَّاسُ ذَلِكَ أَتَاهُ أَبْدَالُ الشَّامِ، وَعَصَائِبُ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ، فَيُبَايِعُونَهُ بَيْنَ الرُّكْنِ وَالْمَقَامِ، ثُمَّ يَنْشَأُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ أَخْوَالُهُ كَلْبٌ، فَيَبْعَثُ إِلَيْهِمْ بَعْثًا، فَيَظْهَرُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَذَلِكَ بَعْثُ كَلْبٍ، وَالْخَيْبَةُ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَشْهَدْ غَنِيمَةَ كَلْبٍ، فَيَقْسِمُ الْمَالَ، وَيَعْمَلُ فِي النَّاسِ بِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِمْ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَيُلْقِي الْإِسْلَامُ بِجِرَانِهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ، فَيَلْبَثُ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ، ثُمَّ يُتَوَفَّى وَيُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ هِشَامٍ: «تِسْعَ سِنِينَ»، وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: «سَبْعَ سِنِينَ»

English translation

4287. This Hadīth was narrated from Hammām, from Qatādah and he said: “Nine years.” (Da'if) Abū Dāwud said: Someone other than Mu'ādh narrated from Hishām: “Nine years.”

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4287 - حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَقَالَ: «تِسْعَ سِنِينَ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: " وَقَالَ غَيْرُ مُعَاذٍ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ: «تِسْعَ سِنِينَ».

English translation

4288. This Hadīth was narrated from Abū Al-'Awwām, he said: “Qatādah narrated to us from Abū Al-Khalil, from 'Abdullāh bin Al-Hārith, from Umm Salamah, from the Prophet ﷺ.” But the Hadīth of Mu'ādh is more complete. (Da'if)

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4288 - حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَوَّامِ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَحَدِيثُ مُعَاذٍ أَتَمُّ

English translation

4289. The story of the army that will be swallowed up by the earth was narrated from 'Ubaidullāh Ibn Al-Qibṭiyah, from Umm Salamah, from the Prophet ﷺ. I said: “O Messenger of Allāh, what about the one who is forced (to join that army)?” He said: “They will all be swallowed up, but on the Day of Resurrection each one will be raised according to his intention.” (Sahīh)

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4289 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ رُفَيْعٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ابْنِ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، بِقِصَّةِ جَيْشِ الْخَسْفِ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ كَانَ كَارِهًا؟ قَالَ: «يُخْسَفُ بِهِمْ، وَلَكِنْ يُبْعَثُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى نِيَّتِهِ»

English translation

4290. It was narrated that Abū Ishāq said: "Ali – may Allāh be pleased with him – said, while looking at his son Al-Hasan: 'This son of mine is a chief, as the Prophet ﷺ called him. From his loins will come a man who will have the same name as your Prophet ﷺ. He will resemble him in character but not in physical appearance.'" Then he mentioned the story: "He will fill the earth with justice." (Da'if) 4290. It was narrated that Hilāl bin 'Amr said: "I heard 'Ali, may Allāh be pleased with him, say: 'The Prophet ﷺ said: "A man will appear from beyond the river, who is called Al-Hārīth Harrāth. His army will be led by a man called Manšūr. They will consolidate things for the family of Muḥammad as the Quraish consolidated things for the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. It is essential for every believer to support him." Or he said; "Respond to him." (Da'if)

Arabic text

4290 - قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: حُدِّثْتُ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي قَيْسٍ، عَنْ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، وَنَظَرَ إِلَى ابْنِهِ الْحَسَنِ، فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ ابْنِي هَذَا سَيِّدٌ كَمَا سَمَّاهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَسَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ صُلْبِهِ رَجُلٌ يُسَمَّى بِاسْمِ نَبِيِّكُمْ، يُشْبِهُهُ فِي الْخُلُقِ، وَلَا يُشْبِهُهُ فِي الْخَلْقِ - ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ قِصَّةً - يَمْلَأُ الْأَرْضَ عَدْلًا» 4290 - وَقَالَ هَارُونُ: حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي قَيْسٍ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " يَخْرُجُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ وَرَاءِ النَّهْرِ يُقَالُ لَهُ : الْحَارِثُ بْنُ حَرَّاثٍ، عَلَى مُقَدِّمَتِهِ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ: مَنْصُورٌ، يُوَطِّئُ - أَوْ يُمَكِّنُ - لِآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا مَكَّنَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَجَبَ عَلَى كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ نَصْرُهُ " أَوْ قَالَ: «إِجَابَتُهُ»