Sunan Abi Dawud · Book 38
كِتَاب الْمَهْدِيِّ
The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi)
12 hadith · 1 chapters
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Abu Dawud · 4279لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ قَائِمًا حَتَّى يَكُونَ عَلَيْكُمُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً كُلُّهُمْ تَجْتَمِعُ عَلَيْهِ الْأُمَّةُ ، فَسَمِعْتُ كَلَامًا مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ ، قُلNarrated Jabir ibn Samurah: The Prophet ﷺ said: The religion will continue to be established till there are twelve caliphs over you, and the whole community will agree on each of them. I then heard from the Prophet ﷺ som5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4280لَا 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 قُرَيْشٍNarrated Jabir bin Samurah: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: This religion will continue to be strong till the time of twelve caliphs. The people then uttered: Allah is more great and uproared. He then silently a wo5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4281حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُفَيْلٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ خَيْثَمَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ زَادَ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ إThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Jabir bin Samurah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: When he came back to his home. the Quraish came to him and said: Then what will happ5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4282لَوْ 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 اسْNarrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The Prophet ﷺ said: If only one day of this world remained. Allah would lengthen that day (according to the version of Zaidah), till He raised up in it a man who belongs to me or to my family16 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 4283لَوْ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ إِلَّا يَوْمٌ لَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي يَمْلَؤُهَا عَدْلًا كَمَا مُلِئَتْ جَوْرًاNarrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: The Prophet ﷺ said: If only one day of this time (world) remained, Allah would raise up a man from my family who would fill this earth with justice as it has been filled with oppression.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4284الْمَهْدِيُّ مِنْ عِتْرَتِي مِنْ وَلَدِ فَاطِمَةَNarrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Muminin: The Prophet ﷺ said: The Mahdi will be of my family, of the descendants of Fatimah. Abdullah ibn Jafar said: I heard Abul Malih praising Ali ibn Nufayl and describing his good qualitie7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4285الْمَهْدِيُّ مِنِّي أَجْلَى الْجَبْهَةِ أَقْنَى الْأَنْفِ يَمْلَأُ الْأَرْضَ قِسْطًا وَعَدْلًا كَمَا مُلِئَتْ جَوْرًا وَظُلْمًا يَمْلِكُ سَبْعَ سِنِينَNarrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: The Prophet ﷺ said: The Mahdi will be of my stock, and will have a broad forehead a prominent nose. He will fill the earth will equity and justice as it was filled with oppression and tyrann5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4286يَكُونُ اخْتِلَافٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِ خَلِيفَةٍ فَيَخْرُجُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ هَارِبًا إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَيَأْتِيهِ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ فَيُخْرِجُونَهُ وَهُوَ كَارِهٌ ، فَيُبَايِعُونَهُ بَيْنَ الرُّكْنِ وَالْمNarrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Muminin: The Prophet ﷺ said: Disagreement will occur at the death of a caliph and a man of the people of Madina will come flying forth to Makkah. Some of the people of Makkah will come to him,7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4287حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ، وَقَالَ تِسْعَ سِنِينَ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : وَقَالَ غَيْرُ مُعَاذٍ ، عَنِ هِشَامٍ تِThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Qatadah through a different chain of narrators. This version has "nine years". Abu Dawud said: The other narrators mentioned "nine years" from Hisham except Muad5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4288حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَوَّامِ ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Umm Salamah from the Prophet ﷺ through a different chain of narrators. The tradition of Muadh is more perfect.7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4289يُخْسَفُ بِهِمْ وَلَكِنْ يُبْعَثُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى نِيَّتِهِUmm salamah reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying about the swallowing up an army by the earth. I asked: How will a man who comes against his will (be swallowed up by the earth), Messenger of Allah ? He replied: All will be s5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4290قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : حُدِّثْتُ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي قَيْسٍ ، عَنْ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ :Abu Dawud said: Abu Ishaq told that Ali looked at his son al-Hasan and said: This son of mine is a sayyid (chief) as named by the Prophet ﷺ, and from his loins will come forth a man who will be called by the name of your6 narrators