He will fill the world with justice and equity just as it...

He will fill the world with justice and equity just as it was previously full of injustice and oppression". (Abu Daud, Tabarani, Ibn Hibban, Hakim, Ibn Maja, Abu Na'im, Ibn Asakir etc). This and many other traditions are in accordance with the highest standards of scrutiny set by the traditionists and therefore it is the consensus of Islamic scholars of all ages that the tradition is true and mutawatir (uninterruptedly conveyed on the authority of the Prophet).

Following is a selection of affirmative references to the Mahdi by Muslim authorities from the old to the modern times: • Ibn Taimiyyah, Minhaj al-Sunnah al-Nabawiyyah • Al-Qurtubi, Al-Tazkirah • Al-Hafiz, Abul Hasan al-Abiri, Manaqib al-Imam al-Shafi'i • Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, Fath al-Bari • Al-Hafiz al-Sakhawi, Fath al-Mugheeth • Al-Suyuti, Al-'Urf al-Wardi and Al-Kashf 'an Mujawazat Hazihi al-Ummah al-Alf • Al-Zarqani, Sharh al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah • Abul 'Ala al-'Iraqi al Husayni, Al-Mahdi • Al-Shaukani, Al-Tawzih fi tawatur me jaa fi'l Mahdi al-Muntazar wa'l Dajjal Masih • Siddiq Hasan Khan, Al-Izh'ah lima kana wa ma yakunu baina yadai al-Sa'ah • Abu Abdillah Muhammad Jassis, Sharh Risalah ibn Abi Zaid • Muhammad al-Arabi al-Fasi, al-Marasid • Abu Zaid Abd al-Rahman al-Fasi, Muhhij al-Maqasid • Al-Safarini, Al-Durrah al-Mudi'ah fi 'Aqidah al-Firqah al-Murdiyah • Qutbuddin Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Kitabi, Nazm al-Mutanathir min al-Hadith al-Mutawatir Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Siddiq, Al-Mahdi al-Muntazar • Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ghimari, Ibraz al-Wahm al-Maknun min Kalam Ibn Khalladun • Ibn a1-Qayyim, Al-Manar • Al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi, Al-Muntaqa • Abu al-Tayyib ibn Ali al-Hasan al-Hasani, Al-Iza'ah lima kana wa ma yakunu baina yadai al-Sa'ah…