The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The religion will
continue to be established till there are twelve caliphs
over you, and the whole community will agree on each of
them. I then heard from the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him)
some remarks which I could not understand. I asked my
father: What is he saying: He said: all of them will
belong to Quraysh.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If only one day
of this world remained. Allah would lengthen that day
(according to the version of Za'idah), till He raised up
in it a man who belongs to me or to my family whose
father's name is the same as my father's, who will fill
the earth with equity and justice as it has been filled
with oppression and tyranny (according to the version of
Fitr). Sufyan's version says: The world will not pass away
before the Arabs are ruled by a man of my family whose
name will be the same as mine.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If only one day
of this time (world) remained, Allah would raise up a man
from my family who would fill this earth with justice as
it has been filled with oppression.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The Mahdi will be
of my family, of the descendants of Fatimah. Abdullah ibn
Ja'far said: I heard AbulMalih praising Ali ibn Nufayl and
describing his good qualities.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The Mahdi will be
of my stock, and will have a broad forehead a prominent
nose. He will fill the earth will equity and justice as it
was filled with oppression and tyranny, and he will rule
for seven years.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Disagreement will
occur at the death of a caliph and a man of the people of
Medina will come flying forth to Mecca. Some of the people
of Mecca will come to him, bring him out against his will
and swear allegiance to him between the Corner and the
Maqam. An expeditionary force will then be sent against
him from Syria but will be swallowed up in the desert
between Mecca and Medina. When the people see that, the
eminent saints of Syria and the best people of Iraq will
come to him and swear allegiance to him between the Corner
and the Maqam.
Then there will arise a man of Quraysh whose maternal
uncles belong to Kalb and send against them an
expeditionary force which will be overcome by them, and
that is the expedition of Kalb. Disappointed will be the
one who does not receive the booty of Kalb. He will divide
the property, and will govern the people by the Sunnah of
their Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and establish Islam on
Earth. He will remain seven years, then die, and the
Muslims will pray over him.
AbuIshaq told that Ali looked at his son al-Hasan and
said: This son of mine is a sayyid (chief) as named by the
Prophet (peace_be_upon_him), and from his loins will come
forth a man who will be called by the name of your Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) and resemble him in conduct but not in
appearance. He then mentioned the story about his filling
the earth with justice.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A man called al-Harith
ibn Harrath will come forth from Ma Wara an-Nahr. His army
will be led by a man called Mansur who will establish or
consolidate things for Muhammad's family as Quraysh
consolidated them for the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him).
Every believer must help him, or he said: respond to his
sermons.