997, citing Abū Dāwūd; al-Tadhkira, p.

997, citing Abū Dāwūd; al-Tadhkira, p. 240, with the difference: “a person from the ministers of al-Mahdī will emerge who will be called al-Ḥarth b. al-Ḥarrāth” and “or he said—to help him”; Yanābī` al-mawadda, chap. 72, p. 430; al-Tāj al-Jāmi` lil-uṣūl, vol. 5, p. 344, and many other references. Previous…