= Follow-ups (mutābaʿāt), which will be mentioned later. Ibn al-Jawzī mentioned this ḥadīth in al-ʿIlal al-Mutanāhiyah (1443), then said 2/861: "There is no harm in it." Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah deemed its chain good (jawwada) in al-Manār al-Munīf, p. 144. Al-Ḥākim authenticated it 4/557, but al-Dhahabī criticized him, saying: "ʿImrān is weak." We say: the final word belongs to those who strengthened this ḥadīth, because ʿImrān was not alone in narrating it. Abū Naḍrah: he is al-Mundhir ibn Mālik ibn Qiṭʿah.

Al-Ṭabarānī also narrated it in Gharīb al-Ḥadīth 2/191 via ʿAffān ibn Muslim, and al-Ḥākim 4/557 via ʿAmr ibn ʿĀṣim al-Kilābī, both from ʿImrān al-Qaṭṭān, with this chain.

Aḥmad (11130), Abū Yaʿlā (1128), and Ibn Ḥibbān (6826) narrated it via Muṭarr ibn Ṭahmān al-Warrāq, from Abū al-Ṣiddīq al-Nājī, from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī. This chain is good (ḥasan) as a follow-up.

Aḥmad (11163), Ibn Mājah (4083), and al-Tirmidhī (2382) narrated it via Zayd ibn al-Ḥawārī al-ʿAmmī, from Abū al-Ṣiddīq, from Abū Saʿīd, raised to the Prophet: "There will be in my ummah the Mahdī; if his term is shortened, then seven, otherwise nine. My ummah will enjoy in his time a blessing the like of which they have never enjoyed; the earth will yield its produce and will withhold nothing from them, and wealth on that day will be in heaps. A man will stand and say: 'O Mahdī, give me,' and he will say: 'Take.'" Al-Tirmidhī said: "A ḥasan ḥadīth. It has been narrated through more than one route from Abū Saʿīd, from the Prophet, peace be upon him." We say: Zayd al-ʿAmmī is weak, but he has a follow-up.

Indeed, al-Ḥākim narrated 4/557–558 via Sulaymān ibn ʿUbayd al-Sulamī, from Abū al-Ṣiddīq al-Nājī, from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, raised to the Prophet: "At the end of my ummah, the Mahdī will emerge; Allah will send down rain for him, the earth will bring forth its vegetation, he will give wealth in full, livestock will multiply, and the ummah will become great. He will live seven or eight." Its chain is authentic (ṣaḥīḥ).

Aḥmad (11313), Abū Yaʿlā (987), Ibn Ḥibbān (6823), al-Ḥākim 4/557, and Abū Nuʿaym in al-Ḥilyah 3/101 narrated via ʿAwf ibn Abī Jamīlah al-Aʿrābī, from Abū al-Ṣiddīq al-Nājī, from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, raised to the Prophet: "The Hour will not come until the earth is filled with oppression and hostility." He said: "Then a man from my progeny (ʿitratī) or from my household (ahl baytī) will emerge, one who will fill it with justice and equity, just as it was filled with oppression and hostility." This is the wording of Aḥmad. The chain of this narration is authentic. Abū Nuʿaym said: "It is well-known (mashhūr) from the ḥadīth of Abū al-Ṣiddīq, from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī." =