Al-Mahdi (a.s.)

abu dawoud, in the fourth volume of his «sahih» on page 17 has brought a tradition which has been narrated by ali (a.s.) from the holy prophet (s.a.w.a.) as such:

«if there remains not more than a day from the life of the earth, indeed god will make a man from my family to appear.(31)

tirmidhi, in the second volume of his «sahih» on page 270 has brought a tradition which has been narrated by abu huraira from the holy prophet (s.a.w.a.) as follows:-

«if there remains not more than a day from the life of the earth, god will set the day so long until a person from my family shall appear.»

thereafter he says: 'this is a good and authentic tradition.;

moreover, a similar tradition from the holy prophet with a slight variation has been narrated by ibn hajar (on page 97 of his sawa'eq) and shaikh saban (on page 148 of esaaf ur-rhagebeen) from abu dawoud and tirmidhi.(32)

the magazine «hudal-islam» no. 2, in the third of its weekly publication no. 25 mentions:

ibn maaja has brought a tradition narrated by ali (a.s.) from the holy prophet (s.a.w.a.) as such:

Mahdi is from my family.(33)

shaikh saban on page 148 of «es'aaf ur-rhagebeen» and ibn-hajar on page 99 of «sawa'eq» have written that ahmad, abu dawoud, tirmidhi and ibn-maaja have brought a tradition from the holy prophet (s.a.w.a.) as such: