کتاب الفتن · نُعیم بن حماد

In the time of the young Mahdi, he hopes to be great, and the old one hopes to be young

Muhammad ibn Marwan told us, on the authority of Amara ibn Abi Hafsa, on the authority of Zaid al-Ammi, on the authority of Abu al-Siddiq, on the authority of Abu Sa`id al-Khudri, (may Allah be pleased with him), on the authority of the Prophet (may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him) who said: “My nation will be blessed in the time of the Mahdi with a blessing the likes of which they have never enjoyed.

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.

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.

More than one person told me, on the authority of Ibn Ayyash, on the authority of Salem bin Abdullah, on the authority of Abu Muhammad, on the authority of a man from the people of the Maghreb who said: “When the Mahdi comes out, Allah Almighty will throw wealth into the hearts of the servants, until the Mahdi says: Who wants money? So no one comes to him except one. He says: Me, and he says: Urge, and he urges, and he carries on his back, until when he comes to the furthest of people, he says: Do I not see the evil of the one here? Then he returns and returns it to him, and he says: Take your money, there is no need. "I have it in it"

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.

Al-Mahdi will be restored by Allah Almighty in one night

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.

There will be a caliph in my nation who will earn money and will not count it as anything other than it

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.

Al-Walid bin Muslim told us, on the authority of Abu Ubaidah Al-Ashja’i, on the authority of Abu Umayyah Al-Kalbi, on the authority of a sheikh, who spoke to them at the time of Ibn Al-Zubayr, who recognized the pre-Islamic era as a sign. He said: “The caliphate will descend upon Jerusalem. It will be a pledge of allegiance for guidance. It is permissible for those who pledged allegiance to him to have their wives. He says: He will not take a divorce or emancipation from them.”

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.

The caliph in Jerusalem, next to him, will be killed

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 Levant and conquer it, then he will free every slave with him and give their companions their value.