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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Promised Savior: an Inquiry Into the Imamate of Imam Mahdi (a.s) From the Viewpoint of Muslim Thinkers Chapter Three: Mahid (a.s) belongs to Prophet's progeny The third point is that Imam Mahdi (a.s) belongs to Prophet's progeny. The Holy Prophet explicitly mentioned that Mahdi who establishes justice in the world after it becomes full of injustice, is a member of his progeny.

The fact that Mahdi is a member of Prophet's progeny is stressed on in many successively reported traditions. The quotations we made from some Sunni scholars before testify to this fact. Let's now relate some of such traditions. Though Ahmad bin Hanbal, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi and others have narrated this tradition using various wordings, we suffice to relating it from Ahmad's Musnad .

He quotes the Holy Prophet (s) as saying: لا تقوم الساعه حتی یلی رجل من اهل بیتی یواطی اسمه اسمی[^57] There will be no Resurrection Day until a man from my progeny whose name corresponds my name appears. Commenting on Mahid's reappearance, Ibn Maja says that Ali (a.s) quotes the Holy Prophet (a) as saying: المهدی منا اهل البیت یصلحه الله فی لیله[^58] Mahdi whom Allah makes dominant overnight is a member of us the ahlulbayt.

Ahmad bin Hanbal also relates a tradition from Abu Sa'eed Khidri who quotes the Holy Prophet (s) as saying: لا تقوم الساعه حتی تمتلی الارض ظلما و عدوانا. قال: ثم یخرج رجل من عترتی او من اهل بیتی یملاها قسطا و عدلا کما ملئت ظلما و عدوانا[^59] There will be no Resurrection Day until the land is filled with injustice and oppression. Thereupon a man from my progeny or my family [^60] appears. He will establish justice on earth after injustice and oppression spread all over it.

Hakim Nayshabur has also mentioned this tradition with the same chain of reporters with the phraseاهل بیتی 'my progeny' making no hesitation. According to him this tradition is qualified on the basis of the conditions related by Bukahri and Muslim, though they themselves have not mentioned it in their books.

In his Talkhis , Shams al-Din Dahabi has agreed with what Hakim Nayshaburi has pointed out.[^61] Elsewhere, Hakim Naysharburi has narrated this tradition from Abu Sa'eed Khidri with the phrase من عترتی (from my progeny). According to him, this tradition is qualified on the basis of the conditions related by Muslim.