Al-Mahdi (a.s.)

the author of 'al-bayan-fi-akhbar-saheb-uz -zaman' says: 'abul-abbass-ibn-abul-karam khas'amee (i.e. omar-ibn-me'mar baghdadi) has narrated from abul-fath-ibn-abul-qasim-ibn-abu sahil karukhi and he from abu aamer-ibn-qasim and others and they from abu muhammad maruzi and he from abul-abbass-ibn-marzabani and he from hafez abu isa and he from abdul-jabbar-ibn-e'la atthar and he from sufyan-ibn-aiyana and he from aasim and he from zurra and he from abdullah and he from the holy prophet (s.a.w.a.) as such:- 'a person from my progeny who carries the same name as mine, shall become the master (of this earth).

athim has narrated from abu saleh who in turn has narrated from abu huraira as such: 'if there remains not more than a day from the life of the earth, god will set the day so long until a person becomes the owner of this earth.'

author of 'al-bayan-fi-akhbar-saheb-uz- zaman' says: 'this tradition is an authentic tradition and hafez muhammad-ibn-isa tirmidhi has narrated this in a similar manner in his 'sahih'.

he continues: 'allama hassan-ibn-hassan laghwi sent a letter for me in damascus and after i met him in baghdad he said: nasr-ibn-abul-faraj hasari has narrated from abu talib muhammad-ibn-muhammad-ibn-abu zaid alavi and he from abu ali shustari and he from abu omar hashimi and he from abu ali muhammad-ibn-omar lu'lui basri and he from hafez abu dawoud sulaiman-ibn-ash'as sajestani and he from musaddad and he from yahya-ibn-sa'eed and he from sufyan and he from aasim and he from zurra and he from abdullah and he from the holy prophet (s.a.w.a.) as such: 'the world shall not cease to exist until a person from my progeny who shall carry the same name as mine becomes the master amongst the arabs.'

the author of 'al-bayan-fi-akhbar-saheb-uz-zaman' adds: 'this tradition is an acceptable and correct tradition and abu dawoud has narrated it in his 'sunan' in the same manner which we have narrated.

abu dawoud says: uthman-ibn-abu shuiba has narrated from fazl-ibn-dakeen and he from qatar and he from qasim-ibn-abu marra and he from abu tafeel and he from ali and he from the holy prophet (s.a.w.a.) who said: 'if there remains not more than a day from the life of the earth, god will appoint a person from my progeny to fill the earth with justice just as it had been filled with oppression.

the author says: abu dawoud has mentioned this tradition in the same manner in his 'sunan'.

the author of the book «manaqib as-shafa'ee» has mentioned the afore-said tradition and then said:

the narrator has added the following sentence to this tradition and said: 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 progeny who carries the same name as mine and whose father carries the same name as my father's name, appears and fills the earth with equity and justice just as it had been filled with cruelty and oppression.

the author says: tirmidhi has narrated the afore-said tradition but not the sentence of the holy prophet (s.a.w.a.) saying: the name of Mahdi's father is the same as my father's name.