The following are the collection
of Sahih (authentic) hadith regarding Mahdi.
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mas'ood (RA) reports from the Prophet (SAW),
who said:
The world will not come to pass
until a man from among my family, whose name will be my name, rules over the
Arabs. (Tirmidhi Sahih, Vol. 9, P. 74; Abu Dawud, Sahih, Vol. 5, P. 207;
The Prophet(SAW) said:
Allah will bring out from
concealment al-Mahdi from my family and just before the day of Judgment; even
if only one day were to remain in the life of the world, and he will spread on
this earth justice and equity and will eradicate tyranny and oppression.
(Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, Vol. 1, P. 99)
Hadhrat Ali(RA) narrates that
Rasulullah(SAW) said:
Even if only a day remains for
Qiyamah to come, yet Allah will surely send a man from my family who will fill
this world with such justice and fairness, just as it initially was filled with
oppression. (Abu Dawood)
Ali b. Abi Talib(RA) has related a tradition from the
Prophet(SAW) who informed him:
The promised Mahdi will be among my
family. God will make the provisions for his emergence within a single night.
(Ibn Majah, Sahih, Vol. 2, P. 519)
Hazrat Umme Salmah(RA), Prophet's wife, narrates that she
heard the Prophet(SAW) say:
The promised Mahdi will be among my
progeny, among the descendants of Fatima. (Abu Dawud, Sahih, Vol. 2, P.
207; Ibn Majah, Sahih, Vol. 2, P. 519)
Rasulullah(SAW) announced:
The Mahdi will be of my family, of the descendants of Fatima
(the Prophet's daughter). (Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 2, Tradition No. 4086
The Prophet(SAW) taught:
Al-Mahdi is one of us, the members
of the household (Ahlul-Bayt). (Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 2, Tradition No.
4085)
