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1192
كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 1193

ما يكون بعد المهدي
1194
Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 394Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٣٩٤ · عن النبي صلي الله عليه وسلمما يكون بعد المهدي

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

حدثنا رشدين، عن ابن لهيعة، عن عبد الرحمن بن قيس الصدفي، عن أبيه، عن جده، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «القحطاني بعد المهدي، والذي بعثني بالحق ما هو دونه»

Al-Qahtani after the Mahdi, and by the One who sent me with the truth, there is nothing less than him

رشدينابن لهيعةعبد الرحمن بن قيس الصدفيأبيهجدهالنبي ﷺautomatic reading, unverified

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #1193 in Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad).

[Scholarly Verification Notice]: Recorded in Nu'aym ibn Hammad's Kitab al-Fitan (d. 228 AH). Hadith scholars classify this historical compilation as ungraded and weak overall; its isolated reports are not accepted as established doctrine unless corroborated by standard Sahih works.

[Core Subject]: The Mahdi ('the rightly guided one') is a man from the Prophet's family, through Fatimah, who will lead the Muslims near the end of time and fill the earth with justice as it had been filled with oppression.

[Described Characteristics]: His name will match the Prophet's name and his father's name the Prophet's father's name (Muhammad ibn Abdullah). He has a broad forehead and a fine, high nose. He rules for seven years, wealth is plentiful in his time, and he gives it out by the handful without counting. Isa (AS) descends while he is about to lead the prayer.

[Timeline & Context]: He comes before the Dajjal, in the time of the great wars with the Romans, around the conquest of Constantinople and the descent of Isa (AS).

[Prophetic Practice]: Waiting for a rescuer is not the Sunnah. Work for justice where you are, and do not follow anyone who claims the title.

[Core Subject]: A man from the tribe of Qahtan (the southern Arabs of Yemen) will rise and lead people with his stick.

[Described Characteristics]: 'Driving people with his stick' means he will rule them and they will obey him. The narration says nothing more about whether he is good or bad.

[Timeline & Context]: No order is given. Ibn Hajar mentions views that he comes after the Mahdi or in the time after Isa (AS).

[Prophetic Practice]: Leave the identity of foretold figures to the time when they appear.

Commentaries by classical hadith scholars. The Arabic texts are shown as published.