37- Kashf al-Ghumma: Forty Traditions Compiled by al-Hāfidh Abu Na'īm Ahmad Ibn 'Abdillah, God have mercy on him: The author of Kashf al-Ghumma says, These forty traditions have reached me, all with respect to the affair of the Mahdi (a.s). I will bring them in the same continuous manner in which he has narrated them. However, I only suffice on mentioning the name of the narrator.I. On the authority of Abu Sa'īd al-Khidri from the Messenger of Allah (a.s) that he said, "
From my Ummah will be the Mahdi. If his life is short, [his reign] will be seven years, otherwise eight, or otherwise nine. My Ummah will enjoy blessings in his time, the like of which no virtuous or vice person has ever enjoyed. The heaven will be showering over them abundantly and the earth will not withhold any of its plants."
II.
The Mahdi and that he is from the family of the Messenger of Allah (a.s): On the authority of Abu Sa'īd al-Khidri from the Messenger of Allah (a.s) that he said, "
The earth will be full of oppression and tyranny. Then a man from my household will rise and make it full of equity and justice. He will rule for seven or nine [years]."
III. The same narrator says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
The Hour shall not come until a man from my Ahl al-Bait rules over the earth, filling it with justice and equity as it shall be full of oppression. He will rule for seven years."
IV.
His Statement to Fātimah, (a.s) that the Mahdi is from her: On the authority of al-Zahri, from 'Ali Ibn al-Husain, from his father (a.s) that the Messenger of Allah (a.s) said to Fātimah, "
The Mahdi is from your progeny."
V.
The Mahdi is from the Progeny of Hasan and Husain (a.s): Ali Ibn Hilāl narrates from his father: I entered upon the Messenger of Allah (a.s) as he was in the malady in which he passed away. Fātimah was at his overhead and she was crying so profusely until her whimpers rose. The Messenger of Allah (a.s) raised his head to her and said, "
My darling, what is making you cry?" She said, "
I fear the loss after you." He said, "
My darling, don't you know that Allah, the Exalted, looked down on earth and selected your father. He sent him with His message. Then he looked down and selected your husband and sent me revelation to marry you to him. Yā Fātimah, Allah, the Exalted, has given us, Ahl al-Bait, seven characteristics, which He has not given to anyone before us nor will He give to anyone after us. I am the Seal of the Messengers and the most dignified of the apostles before Allah, the Exalted, and the most cherished of the creation to Allah, the Exalted, and I am your father. My successor is the best of the successors, and the most cherished of them to Allah, the Exalted, and he is your husband. Our martyr is the best of the martyrs and the most cherished of them to Allah, the Exalted, and he is Hamzah Ibn 'Abd al-Mutallib, your father's and your husband's uncle.
Ours is the one who has two wings and flies in the Paradise with angels wherever he wishes, and he is the cousin of your father and the brother of your husband. Ours are the two princes of this Ummah, and they are your sons, al-Hasan and al-Husain, and they are the lieges of the youths of Paradise-dwellers, and their father, by the One Who sent me with the Truth, is better than them. "Yā Fātimah, by the One Who sent me with the Truth, from their offspring is the Mahdi of this Ummah. When the world is in anarchy and chaos, when mischief manifest and roadways are blocked, when people loot each other, with no elder pitying any youngster, nor any youngster respecting an elder, at that time, Allah will send from the progeny of these two the one who will conquer the fortresses of misguidance and open sealed hearts. He will establish the religion in the latter days as I established it. He will fill the earth with equity as it will be full of oppression. Yā Fātimah, grieve not and cry not, for Allah, the Exalted, is more compassionate and more benevolent to you than I am to you; and that is due to your position from me and your station in my heart. Allah married you to your husband, who is the greatest of all people in stature, the most dignified of them in position, the most compassionate of them to the public, the fairest of them in equity, and the most sapient of them in judgment. I beseeched my Lord, the Exalted, that you be the first one to join me from my family." The Prince of the Believers (a.s) says, "
Fātimah did not live after that but for seventy five days until Allah united her with her father."
VI.
The Mahdi is from the Progeny of Husain (a.s): Hudhaifa says, The Messenger of Allah (a.s) addressed us and recounted things that will happen in the future. Then he said, "
If there should not remain from the world but a single day, Allah, the Exalted, will prolong that day until He sends a man from my progeny, whose name is my name." Salmān (a.s) stood and said, "
O' Messenger of Allah, from which of your sons?" "From this son of mine," said he,
stroking with his hand on Husain (a.s).VII.
The Village from which the Mahdi Will Rise: 'Abdullah Ibn 'Omar says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
The Mahdi will rise from a village called Kar'a."
VIII.
The Description of the Mahdi's Visage: Hudhaifa says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
The Mahdi is from my offspring. His face is like a glittering star. [Al-Noor: 35.]
IX.
His Color and his Physique: Hudhaifa says, The Messenger of Allah (a.s) said, "
The Mahdi is a man from my progeny. His color is an Arabic color and his body is an Israelite body. There is a mole on his right cheek, like a glittering star. He will fill the earth with equity and justice as it will be full of oppression. The dwellers of the heavens and the earth and birds of the sky will be happy in his rule."
X.
His Forehead: Abu Sa'īd al-Khidri says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
The Mahdi is from us, with an open forehead and a high nose."
XI.
His Nose: Abu Sa'īd al-Khidri narrates from the Messenger of Allah (a.s) that he said, "
The Mahdi is from us the Ahl al-Bait, a man from my Ummah. He has a high nose. He will fill the earth with equity as it will be full of corruption."
XII.
His Mole on the Right Cheek: Abu Amāma al-Bāhili says, The Messenger of Allah (a.s) said, "
There will be four truces between you and the Romans. The fourth one will be on the hands of a man from the house of the Hercules and will last seven years." "O' Messenger of Allah," called a man from the tribe of 'Abd al-Qais, who was called al-Mustawrid Ibn Ghayalān, "
who will be the Imam of the people at that day?" "
The Mahdi from my offspring, a man of forty years and with a face like a glittering star. There will be a black mole on his right cheek. He will be wearing two Qatari cloaks, seeming as he was from the men of the children of Israel. He will extricate treasures and conquer the cities of polytheism."
XIII.
His Teeth are Split: 'Abd al-Rahmān Ibn 'Auf says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
Allah will verily send a man from my household whose teeth will be at distance from one another and whose forehead will be broad. He will fill the earth with equity and will grant wealth bountifully."
XIV.
Mahdi the Virtuous Imam: Abu Amāma says, The Messenger of Allah (a.s) addressed us and mentioned the Dajjāl. He said, "
Medina will expel uncleanliness like mill's melting furnace purges uncleanliness of out of iron. That day will be proclaimed the day of faraj (salvation)." Umm Sharīk asked, "
Where are the believers at that day O' Messenger of Allah?" "They are few at that day," he said. "The majority of them will be at Jerusalem. Their Imam will be the Mahdi, a virtuous man."
XV.
Allah Sends him Openly: Abu Sa'īd al-Khidri says that the Messenger of Allah (a.s) said, "
The Mahdi will rise in my Ummah. Allah will send him openly. The Ummah will enjoy and the cattle will rejoice. The earth will bring forth its plants and he will give wealth equally."
XVI.
Clouds over his Head: 'Abdullah Ibn 'Omar says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
The Mahdi will rise while there will be a cloud over his head from which a caller will be calling, This is the Mahdi, the Vicegerent of Allah; follow him."
XVII.
Angel Over his Head: 'Abdullah Ibn 'Omar says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
The Mahdi will rise while an angel will be over him, calling, This is the Mahdi, follow him."
XVIII.
The Happy Tidings of the Prophet to His Ummah about the Mahdi: Abu Sa'īd al-Khidri says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
I give you the glad tidings of the Mahdi. He will be sent to my Ummah during a time of peoples' dispute and concussions. He will fill the earth with equity and justice as it will be full of oppression and tyranny. The dwellers of the heaven and the earth will be happy from him. He will distribute wealth sahāhā." A man asked him, "
What is sahāhā?" He said, "
Equality between the people."
XIX.
The Mahdi's Name: 'Abdullah Ibn 'Omar says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
The Hour shall not come until a man from my progeny will rule. His name is like my name. He will fill the earth with equity and justice as it will be full of oppression and tyranny."
XX.
His Patronym: Hudhaifa says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
If there should not remain but a single day from the world, Allah will send a man therein whose name is my name, his character my character, and his patronym is Abu 'Abdillah."
XXI. Ibn 'Omar says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
The world will not go away until Allah sends a man from my household. His name will be like my name, and his father's name like my father's. He will fill it with equity and justice as it will be full tyranny and oppression."
XXII.
His Equity: Abu Sa'īd al-Khidri says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
Verily the earth will be beset with oppression and hostility. Then a man will rise from my Ahl al-Bait, who will fill it with equity and justice, as it will be replete with tyranny, hostility, and oppression."
XXIII.
His Character: 'Abdullah says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
A man will rise from Ahl al-Bait; his name will be like mine and his character will be like mine. He will fill the earth with equity and justice."
XXIV.
His Munificence: Abu Sa'īd al-Khidri says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
In latter days when mischief manifest, a man will come who is called the Mahdi. His grants will be so very pleasant."
XXV.
His Knowledge of the Conduct of the Prophet: Abu Sa'īd al-Khidri says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
A man will rise from my Ahl al-Bait and act upon my conduct. Allah will descend for him blessings from the heavens. The earth will bring forth its bliss. Through him the earth will be beset by equity and justice, as it will be replete with oppression and tyranny. He will rule over this Ummah for seven years and will disembark at Jerusalem."
XXVI.
His Coming and His Standards: Thawbān says, The Messenger of Allah (a.s) said "
When you see black standards coming from Khurasān, then come to them even if you have to crawl on snow, for the Vicegerent of God the Mahdi is amidst them."
XXVII.
His Coming from the East: 'Abdullah said, We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (a.s) when a group of youths from the Children of Hāshim came. When the Prophet saw them, his eyes drowned in tears and his color changed. The companions said, "
O' Messenger of Allah, we see in your visage something which we dislike." He said, "
We, the Ahl al-Bait, Allah has chosen the hereafter for us over this world. My Household will see trials, banishment, and ostracism after me, until a nation comes from the east carrying black standards. They will demand the right and will be denied. So they will wage wars and will be victorious and will be given what they asked for. But they do not accept it until they proffer it to a man from my Household. He will fill the earth with equity and justice, as they have beset it by tyranny. Whoever reaches that time from amongst you must come to them even if he has to crawl over ice."
XXVIII.
Islam's Honorability Through Him: Hudhaifa says, I heard the Messenger of Allah (a.s) say, "
Pity for this Ummah from tyrannical rulers! How will they be murdering and frightening the pious until one has to acknowledge obedience to them! The God-fearing believer will put on with them on his tongue and run away from them in his heart. When Allah, the Exalted, desires to render Islam honorable again, He will break every hostile tyrant. And He is All-Powerful over anything He desires and to set this Ummah right after its corruption." He said, "
O' Hudhaifa, even if there should not remain but a single day from the world, Allah will prolong that day until a man from my Household rules. Fights will be waged on his hands and Islam will become manifest. He will not violate His promise and He is Swift in reckoning."
XXIX.
The Leisure of the Ummah During the Reign of the Mahdi: Abu Sa'īd al-Khidri narrates that the Messenger of Allah (a.s) said, "
My Ummah will enjoy a leisure in the time of the Mahdi (a.s) the like of which they have never enjoyed. The heavens will shower over them bountifully and the earth will not leave any vegetation but to bring it forth."
XXX.
He is a Liege of the Paradise: Anas Ibn Mālik says, The Messenger of Allah (a.s) said, "
We the sons of 'Abd al-Mutallib are the lieges of the Paradise: I, my brother 'Ali, my uncle Hamzah, Ja'far, Hasan, Husain, and the Mahdi."
XXXI.
His Kingdom: Abu Huraira says, The Messenger of Allah (a.s) said, "
If there should not remain but one night for the world, a man from my Household will rule therein."
XXXII.
His Rule: Thawbān says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
Three men, all of them sons of a caliph, will be killed before your treasure, which will not go to anyone of them. Then black standards will come and they will massacre them, a massacre never done by any nation. Then the Caliph of God, the Mahdi, will come. When you hear him, come to him and pledge allegiance to him, for he is the Caliph of God, the Mahdi."
XXXIII.
Coming to Him and Pledging Him Allegiance: Thawbān says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
Black standards will come from the direction of the east. It seems as their hearts are blocks of iron. Whoever hears about them must come to them and pledge them allegiance, even if they have to crawl over ice."
XXXIV.
Through Him Allah will Bring Hearts Together: The Prince of the Believers (a.s) says, I said, "
O' Messenger of Allah, is the Mahdi from us the Household of Muhammad or from the others?"
He said, "
Rather, he is ours. Allah will complete the religion through him, as He opened it through us. Through us they are rescued from mischief, as they were rescued from polytheism. Through us Allah will bring their hearts together as brothers after the hostility of mischief, as He brought them together as brothers in their religion after the hostility of polytheism."
XXXV.
No Pleasure in Life after the Mahdi: 'Abdullah Ibn Mas'ūd says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
Even if there should not remain for this world but a single night, Allah will prolong that night until a man from my Household becomes the ruler. His name is my like my name and his father's name is like my father's. He will fill it with equity and justice as it will be beset by oppression and tyranny. He will distribute wealth equally. Allah will cast contentment in the hearts of this Ummah. He will rule for seven or nine years. There is no pleasure in life after the Mahdi."
XXXVI.
His Conquest of Constantinople: Abu Huraira says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
The Hour shall not rise until a man from my Household rules over. He will conquer Constantinople and the Mount of Dailum. Even if there should not remain but one day [from the life of the world], Allah will prolong that day until he conquers it."
XXXVII.
He will come after Tyrants: Qais Ibn Jābir narrates from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (a.s) said, "
After me there will be caliphs, and after the caliphs emirs, and after the emirs tyrant kings. Then a man from my Household will rise who will fill the earth with justice after it will be beset with tyranny."
XXXVIII.
Jesus Prays Behind Him: Abu Sa'īd al-Khidri says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
Ours is the one that Jesus the son of Mary will pray behind him."
IXL.
He Converses with Jesus: Jābir Ibn 'Abdillah says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
Jesus the son of Mary (a.s) will descend. Their leader, the Mahdi will say, 'Come lead our prayers.' He will say, 'Behold, there is a certain leader over us, as a token of dignity from Allah, the Exalted, for this Ummah.'"
XL.
Al-Mahdi: 'Abdullah Ibn al-'Abbās says, Said the Messenger of Allah (a.s), "
Never shall perish an Ummah in the beginning of which I am, in the end of which is Jesus the son of Mary, and at the middle of which is the Mahdi."
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Forty Traditions, Imam Mahdi
Jul 28 2009, 04:52 PM
