So, they will demand the right, but they will not give it.

So, they will demand the right, but they will not give it. Then, they will demand it, but they will not give it. Then, they will demand it, but they will not give it. As a result, they will fight and will be helped to achieve victory (by Allah). Whosoever amongst you or your descendants meets it (i.e. that time), he must go to the Imam of my , even if he has to crawl on snow, for they are flags of guidance. They will submit them to a man from my .

His name corresponds with my name, and the name of his father is the name of my father . He will rule the earth by kingdom, and will thereby fill it with equity and justice just as it had been filled with aggression and injustice.”[^3] Al-Hakim is quiet about this hadith , while Imam al-Dhahabi (d. 748 H) declares: هذا موضوع This is mawdhu’ (a fabrication). ^4 This, obviously, is no evidence. Imam al-Maruzi (d.

288 H) gives us the second Sunni “proof”: حدثنا الوليد ورشدين عن ابن لهيعة عن إسرائيل بن عباد عن ميمون القداح عن أبي الطفيل رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال المهدي اسمه اسمي واسم أبيه اسم أبي Al-Walid and Rishdin – Ibn Luhay’ah – Israil b. ‘Ibad – Maymun al-Qidah – Abu al-Tufayl, may Allah be pleased with him: The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: “The Mahdi, his name is my name and the name of his father is the name of my father .”[^5] Dr.

al-Bastawi has a simple verdict too: إسناده ضعيف Its chain is dha’if .[^6] Well, the sanad is actually dha’if jiddan (very weak), due to its multiple weaknesses. Al-Bastawi himself gives these details about it: الوليد بن مسلم وقد عنعن إلا أنه توبع برشدين وهو ضعيف .ولكنهما يرويان عن ابن لهيعة. وهو ضعيف .وميمون القداح. لم أجد له ترجمة. Al-Walid b. Muslim narrated in an ‘an-‘an manner. However, he has been seconded by Rishdeen who is dha’if .

But, both of them narrated from Ibn Luhay’ah who is (also) dha’if . As for Maymun al-Qidah, I did not find any biographical entry for him (in the rijal books). ^7 In any case, this riwayah is impotent too. Imam al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d.