Blessings of Mahdi's Emergence The author of "Eqdud-Durar"...

Blessings of Mahdi's Emergence The author of "Eqdud-Durar" (in chapter five) narrates from Hakim Abu Abdullah (from his "Mustadrak") that Abdullah-ibn-Abbass said: During Mahdi's time the wild and ferocious animals would live in peace and the earth would throw out its buried treasures. I asked: Which are the earths buried treasures? He replied: Pillars of gold and silver. Hakim says: This is a tradition whose claim of transmission is correct but which has not been narrated by Muslim and Bukhari.

Author says: The earth's buried treasure refers to its mines. In the seventh chapter of the same book, its author narrates from Hakim (from his "Mustadrak") who narrates from Osman-ibn-Sa'eed Muqarri (from his "Sunan") who narrates from Huzaifa-ibn-Yaman that the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.A) said: The inhabitants of the sky, the birds, the beasts and the fishes in the sea will become delighted by Mahdi's existence.

During the period of Mahdi's rule, water will be found abundantly, springs will flourish everywhere, the earth's minerals will multiply, and the earth will throw out its treasure...

In the seventh chapter of the afore-said book, the author narrates from Hakim (from his 'Mustadrak') who narrates from Abu Sa'eed Khudri that the Messenger of Allah (SA.W.A) said: A severe calamity whose severity had never been heard before will befall my nation so much so that things will turn miserable for my nation and the earth will become fraught with cruelty and oppression. The believers will fail to seek any place to shelter for themselves.

It will be then that Allah will raise a man from my progeny who will fill the earth with justice and equity just as it was filled with tyranny and oppression. The residents of the heavens and earth will be satisfied with Mahdi. The earth will not store its grain but emit it out and the sky too would not store drops of its rain but would descend it down. Mahdi would rule over the people for seven, eight or nine years.

Allah would destine welfare and blessing to such extent that those living would wish the dead to become alive. Hakim says: This is a tradition whose claim of transmission is correct but which has not been narrated by Muslim and Bukhari.