According to hadith narrated by Abu Saeed Khudri (R.A.) Rasulullah
(Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said:"...(regarding the rule of Imaam
Mahdi) the skies will rain down in abundance and the earth will yield
forth its crop in abundance, and those alive will desire that thosewho
have already passed away should have been alive to enjoy this
prosperity..."
Hadhrat Buraidah (R.A.) says that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi
Wasallam) said: "There will be many armies after me. You must join
that army which will come from Khurasaan." (Ibn Adi)
Abu Hurairah (R.A.) says that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)
said:"(Armies carrying) black flags will come from Khurasaan. No power
will be able to stop them and they will finally reach Eela(Baitul
Maqdas) where they will erect their flags."
from: "Signs of Qiyamah"
by Mohammed Ali Ibn Zubair Ali
More Hadeeth (with references) (contributed by Bradley Bilal).
1) The Prophet (PBUH andHF) said: "Even if the entire duration of the
world's existence has already been exhausted and only one day is left
(before the day of judgment), Allah will expand that day to such
alength of time, as to accommodate the kingdom of a person frommy
Ahlul-Bayt who will be called by my name. He will fill out the earth
with peace and justice as it willhave been full of injustice and
tyranny (by then)."
References:
Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v2, p86,v9, pp 74-75
Sunan Abu Dawud, v2, p7
Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v1, pp 84,376; V3, p63
2) The Prophet (PBUH andHF) said: "al-Mahdi is one of us, the members
of the household (Ahlul-Bayt)."
Reference: Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition#4085
3) The Prophet (PBUH andHF) said: The Mahdi will be of my family, of
the descendants of Fatimah (the daughter of the Prophet (PBUH)).
References:
Sunan Abu Dawud, Englishversion, Ch. 36, Tradition#4271 (narrated by
Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet)
Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition #4086
4) The Prophet (PBUH andHF) said: "We (I and my family) are members of
a household that Allah (SWT) has chosen for them the life of the
Hereafter over the life of this world; and the members of my household
(Ahlul-Bayt) shall suffer a great affliction and they shall
beforcefully expelled from their homes after my death; then there will
come people from the East carrying black flags, and they will ask for
somegood to be given to them,but they shall be refused service; as
such, they will wage war and emerge victorious, and will be offered
that which they desired in the first place, but they will refuse to
accept it till they pass it toa man from my family (Ahlul-Bayt)
appears to fillthe Earth with justice as ithas been filled with
corruption. So whoever reaches that (time) ought to come to them even
if crawling on the ice/snow since among them is the Vice-regent of
Allah (Khalifatullah) al-Mahdi."
References:
Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition #4082,
The History Tabari
al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, byIbn Hajar, Ch. 11, section 1, pp 250-251
5) Abu Nadra reported: We were with the company of Jabir Ibn
Abdillah... Jabir Ibn Abdillah kept quite for a while and then
reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having said: "There
wouldbe a Caliph in the last (period) of my Ummah who would freely
give handfuls of wealth to the people without counting it." I said to
Abu Nadra and Abu al-Ala: Do you mean Umar Ibn Abd al-Aziz? They said:
NO, (hewould be Imam Mahdi).
References:
Sahih Muslim, English version, v4, chapter MCCV, p1508, Tradition #6961
Sahih Muslim, Arabic version, Kitab al-Fitan, v4, p2234, Tradition #67
6) "al-Mahdi is from our Ahlul-Bayt, no doubt Allahwill enforce his
appearance within a night(i.e., his coming is very unpredictable and
is very sudden)."
References: Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, p269/
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