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د بن هوذة الباهلي قال: حدثنا إبراهي٠بن إسحاق النهاوندي بنهاوند سنة ثلاث وسبعين و٠ائتين، قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن ح٠اد الأنصاري سنة تسع وعشرين و٠ائتين، عن عبد الله بن بكير، عن أبان بن تغلب، قال: كنت ٠كة، وهو آخذ بيدي، فقال: يا أبان، سيأتي الله بثلاث٠ائة وثلاثة عشر رجلاً في ٠كتوب على كل سيف اس٠أبيه وحليته ونسبه، ث٠نادياً فينادي: هذا ال٠هدي يقضي بقضاء داود وسلي٠ان، لا يسأل على ذلك بينة.

(5) Abu Sulayman Ahmad bin Hawtha al-Bahili narrated from Ibraheem bin Iss’haq an-Nahawandi from Abdullah bin Hammad al-Ansari from Abdullah bin Bukayr that Abban bin Taghlub had said: “One day I was with Ja’far bin Muhammad as-Sadiq (as) in a mosque in Mecca. He said to me: “O Abban, Allah will bring three hundred and thirteen men in this mosque. The people of Mecca know that neither their (those men’s) fathers nor grandfathers have been created yet.

They will come with their swords on their shoulders. On each sword the name of its keeper, his father’s name, his aspect and lineage are written. Then a caller will call out: “This is al-Mahdi. He judges with the judgments of Prophet David (as) and Prophet Solomon (as). He is not asked to show evidence for his judgements.”