1.    AL-IMAM AL-A`ZAM ABU HANIFAH

2.    IMAM AHMAD IBN HANBAL

3.    IMAM AL-SHAFI’I

4.    IMAM MALİK

5.    IMAM AL-BUKHARI

6.    IMAM MUSLIM

7.    IMAM AL-TIRMIDHI

8.    ABU DAWUD

9.    IBN MAJAH

10.   MUHAMMAD IBN 'ABD AL-RASUL AL-BARZANJI

11.    AL-MUTTAQI AL-HINDI

12.    ‘ABD AL-QADR AL-GAYLANI

13.    IMAM AL-GHAZALI

14.    IMAM RABBANI

15.    MUHYI AD-DIN IBN AL-ARABI

16.    IBN KATHIR

17.    IBN TAYMIYYA

18.    ZAHID AL-KAWSARI

19.    JALALUDDIN AL-SUYUTI

20.    BEDIUZZAMAN SAID NURSI

21.    IBN HAJAR AL-ASKALANI

22.    HUSEYIN HILMI ISIK

23.    MAHMUD ESA'D COSAN

24.    MAHMUT SAMI RAMAZANOGLU

25.    ABU AL-QASIM AL-TABARANI

26.    HAMDI YAZIR OF ELMALI

27.    OMER NASUHI BILMEN

28.    MUHAMMAD ALI AL-SHAWKANI

29.    MUHAMMAD JAMAL AD-DIN AL-QASIMI AL-DIMISHQI

30.    AL-QURTUBI

31.    IMAM AL-MATURIDI

32.    IMAM AL-AJURRI

33.    IBN-KHAZM

34.    AL-PAZDAWI

35.    AN-NASAFI

36.    AL-TAFTAZANI

37.    IBN AL-‘ARABI

38.    IMAM ABU JAFAR AT-TAHAVI

39.    BAYAZI

40.    SAYYID AL-ALOUSI

41.    ABU ’L-MUNTAHA

42.    AS-SAFFARINI

43.    ABDUL MUHSIN BIN HAMD AL-ABBAD

44.    ABU MUHAMMAD AL-BARBAHARI

45.    MUHAMMAD NASR AL-DIN AL-ALBANI

46.    SHAMS UD-DIN MUHAMMAD BIN AHMAD AS-SAFARAYNI

47.    ABU ABD-ALLAH MUHAMMAD B. JAFAR AL-IDRISI AL-QATANI

48.    SHAHAB AL-DIN AHMAD B. MUHAMMAD AL-GHUMARI

49.    HASANAYN MUHAMMAD MAKHLUF AL-MISRI

50.    ABUL-HASAN MUHAMMAD IBN AL-HUSAIN AL-ABURI

51.    SAID HAWWA

52.    SHEIKH HASSAN AL-HAMZAWI

53.    SIDDIQ HASSAN AL-QUNUJI

54.    MUHAMMAD B. HASSAN AL-ASNAWI

55.    NUR AD-DIN ATAR

56.    ABU-SADAT MUHAMMAD B. MUHAMMAD ABU SHOHBA 

57.    AN-NAWAWI

58.    ABU 'L-FADHL ABD-ALLAH B. MUHAMMAD AL-IDRISI

59.    MUHAMMAD AL-MAKKI

60.    ABU BAKR AHMAD B. MUHAMMAD AL-ISQAFI

61.    ABU BAKR B. HAYSAMA

62.    ABU BAKR MUHAMMAD IBN IBRAHIM BUKHARI KALABAZI

63.    ABU AL-QASIM ABD AL-RAHMAN AL-SUHAYLI

64.    YUSUF B. YAHYA AL-MAQDISI ASH-SHAFI’I

65.    SHEIKH IBRAHIM IBN MUHAMMAD HAMWINI

66.    IBN HAJAR ASH-SHAFI’I AL-MAKKI

67.    IBN HAJAR MAKKI

68.    SHEIKH MUHAMMAD B. AHMAD AS-SAFARINI AL-HANBALI

69.    SULAYMAN AL-QUNDUZI

70.    SHEIKH SIDDIQI AL-QANUJİ

71.    ABU 'L-FADHL ABD-ALLAH B. MUHAMMAD AL-SIDDIQ

72.    ALLAMA SHAWKANI

73.    AL-HAFIDH AL-ASQALANI

74.    IBN HAJAR AL-HAYSAMI

75.    AL-SHABLANJI

76.    EGYPTIAN SHEIKH MUHAMMAD AL-HANAFI

77.    SHEIKH MUHAMMAD SABBAN

78.    AL-SUWAYDI

79.    AHMAD BIN ZAYNI DAHLAN ASH-SHAFI’I

80.    ABD AL-VAHHAB ABD AL-LATIF

81.    ALLAMA ABU-TAYYIB

82.    SAID BIN JABR

83.    NIYAZI MISRI

84.    AN-NIFARI

85.    ALI AL-QARI

86.    AL-TAHTAWI

87.    SHEIKH MANSUR ALI NASF

88.    SAYYID QUTB

89.    SHEIKH FAQIH IMANI

90.    ALI AS-SABUNI

91.    MUHAMMAD MAHDI AL-KHORASAN

92.    SHEIKH AL-ISLAM MUSTAFA SABRI EFENDI





MAY ALLAH HAVE COMPASSION ON YOU AND MAY YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF THE PROMISED MAHDI. THREE HUNDRED AND MORE HADITHS AND WORKS HAVE PROVED THIS.

(Jasim Muhalhil, al-Burhan, Vol. 1, page 339)


Another noteworthy feature of these hadith about the Mahdi is that they have been reported by a large number of companions of the Prophet (saas). Indeed, this is why they are considered mutawatir, for so many people have reported them that they cannot possibly be false. The number of companions of the Prophet (saas) relating hadith regarding the Mahdi is more than fifty. These include:

Anas Ibn Malik, Qatada, 'A'isha, Abu Hurayra, 'Imran ibn Husayn, Nafi' ibn 'Utba, Abu Barza, Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, Qaysan, 'Uthman ibn al-'As, Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, Abu Umama, Ibn Mas'ud, 'Abdulla ibn Amr, Samura ibn Jundub, Nawwas ibn Sam'an, Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, Hudhayfa ibn al-Yamani, Abu al-Asas as-Sanani, Abu Umama al Bahili, Abu al-Darda', Abu Rafi', Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, Al-Hakam ibn 'Amr al-Ghifari, Rabi' ibn Anas, and 'Ammar ibn Yasir …