1,899 narrations from the six books and the Muwatta, 1,364 more from al-Mustadrak, Musnad Ahmad and ad-Darimi, and 1,988 reports from Kitab al-Fitan. Sahih and hasan show by default; weak and ungraded reports appear only when you ask, and are marked.
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1,988 narrations
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
Traced to Ka'b al-Ahbar (automatic guess): a report of earlier scriptures, not a hadith of the Prophet ﷺ.
مهدي الخير يخرج بعد السفياني
Mahdi Al-Khair comes out after Al-Sufyani
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
إذا كان المهدي زيد المحسن في إحسانه، وتيب على المسيء من إساءته، وهو يبذل المال ويشد على العمال، ويرحم المساكين
If Al-Mahdi Zaid is the benefactor in his benevolence, and he repents to the wrongdoer for his wrongdoing, and he gives money and is generous to the workers, and has mercy on the poor.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
وددت أني لا أموت حتى أدرك زمان المهدي، يزاد المحسن في إحسانه، ويتاب على المسيء
I wished that I would not die until I reached the time of the Mahdi, so that the doer of good would be increased in his goodness, and the wrongdoer would be repented.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
يتمنى في زمن المهدي الصغير أن يكون كبيرا، والكبير أن يكون صغيرا
In the time of the young Mahdi, he hopes to be great, and the old one hopes to be young
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
تنعم أمتي في زمن المهدي نعمة لم ينعموا مثلها قط، ترسل السماء عليهم مدرارا، ولا تزرع الأرض شيئا من النبات إلا أخرجته، والمال كدوس، يقوم الرجل فيقول: يا مهدي أعطني، فيقول: خذ
In the time of the Mahdi, my nation will be blessed with a blessing the likes of which they have never been blessed with. The sky will send rain upon them, and the earth will not plant any plants without bringing them out, and the money is trampled upon. A man gets up and says: O Mahdi, give me. Then he says: Take it.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
نحوه، إلا أنه لم يذكر المال
Abu Muawiyah told us, on the authority of Musa, on the authority of Zaid, on the authority of Abu al-Siddiq, on the authority of Abu Sa`id, on the authority of the Prophet ﷺ and the same, except that he did not mention money.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
قد بلغني أنه على يدي المهدي يظهر تابوت السكينة من بحيرة طبرية، حتى يحمل فيوضع بين يديه ببيت المقدس، فإذا نظرت إليه اليهود أسلمت إلا قليلا منهم، ثم يموت المهدي قال نعيم:
It has reached me that at the hands of the Mahdi, the Ark of Tranquility will appear from the Lake of Tiberias, until it is carried and placed in front of him in Jerusalem. When the Jews look at it, they will convert to Islam except for a few of them, and then the Mahdi will die.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
إذا خرج المهدي ألقى الله تعالى الغنى في قلوب العباد، حتى يقول المهدي: من يريد المال؟ فلا يأتيه أحد إلا واحد، يقول: أنا، فيقول: احث، فيحثي، فيحمل على ظهره، حتى إذا أتى أقصى الناس قال: ألا أراني شر من هاهنا، فيرجع فيرده إليه، فيقول: خذ مالك، لا حاجة لي فيه
When the Mahdi comes out, Allah Almighty will throw wealth into the hearts of the servants, until the Mahdi says: Who wants money? No one would come to him except one, and he would say: Me. Then he would say: Urge, and he would urge, and he would be carried on his back, until when he came to the furthest of people, he would say: Do I not see the evil of whoever is here? Then he would return and return it to him, and he would say: Take your money, I have no need of it.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
يظهر المهدي وقد تفرق الفيء، فيواسي بين الناس فيما وصل إليه، لا يؤثر فيه أحدا على أحد، ويعمل بالحق حتى يموت، ثم تصير الدنيا بعده هرجا
Al-Mahdi will appear while the spoils have been dispersed, and he will console the people regarding what he has achieved, not preferring anyone over anyone else, and he will work with the truth until he dies, then the world will become chaos after him.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
المهدي يصلحه الله تعالى في ليلة واحدة
Al-Mahdi will be restored by Allah Almighty in one night
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
امض يا أمير المؤمنين فلست بصاحبه، إنما صاحبه منا شاب من قريش يقسمه في سبيل الله في آخر الزمان
Go ahead, Commander of the Faithful. You are not his companion. Rather, his companion is a young man from among us who will swear by him in the cause of Allah at the end of time.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
يكون في أمتي خليفة يحثي المال حثيا، ولا يعده عدا
There will be a caliph in my nation who will earn money and will not count it as anything other than it
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
يخرج رجل من أهل بيتي عند انقطاع من الزمان، وظهور من الفتن، يكون عطاؤه حثيا، يقال له السفاح
A man from my family will come out at the end of time and the emergence of temptations, and his giving will be urgent. He is called the killer.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
تنزل الخلافة بيت المقدس، تكون بيعة هدى، يحل لمن بايعه بها نساؤهم، يقول: لا يأخذ عليهم بطلاق ولا عتق
The Caliphate will descend in Jerusalem. It will be a guided pledge of allegiance. It will be permissible for those whose women pledge allegiance to him. He says: He will not hold them accountable for divorce or emancipation.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
Traced to Ka'b al-Ahbar (automatic guess): a report of earlier scriptures, not a hadith of the Prophet ﷺ.
إذا رأيت خليفة ببيت المقدس، وآخر دونه، يعني بدمشق، فلا تتبع الذي دونه، فإنه أضل من حمار أهله
If you see a caliph in Bayt al-Maqdis, and another without him, meaning in Damascus, do not follow the one without him, for he is more misguided than his people’s donkey.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
فيقتل الخليفة الذي ببيت المقدس الذي دونه
The caliph in Jerusalem, next to him, will be killed
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
أول لواء يعقده المهدي يبعثه إلى الترك فيهزمهم، ويأخذ ما معهم من السبي والأموال، ثم يسير إلى الشام فيفتحها، ثم يعتق كل مملوك معه، ويعطي أصحابه قيمتهم
The first brigade that the Mahdi will convene is that he will send it to the Turks and defeat them, and take their captives and wealth, then he will go to the Sham (Greater Syria) and conquer it, then he will free every slave with him and give their companions their value.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
Traced to Ka'b al-Ahbar (automatic guess): a report of earlier scriptures, not a hadith of the Prophet ﷺ.
المهدي خاشع لله كخشوع النسر ينشر جناحيه
The Mahdi is humble to Allah like the humility of an eagle spreading its wings
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
المهدي أقنى أجلى
Al-Mahdi has fulfilled my life
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
المهدي أجلى الجبين، أقنى الأنف
Al-Mahdi has elongated the forehead and narrowed the nose
Bukhari and Muslim are sahih by inclusion. For the others the bar follows al-Albani's verdict where he graded, then Zubair Ali Zai. Every verdict is on each card.