Ashrat al-Saah - al-Wabil - Yusuf al-Wabil - (253)

Ashrat al-Saah - al-WabilYusuf al-Wabil

(meaning: years).” (1).

2 - He, may Allah be pleased with him, also reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “I give you glad tidings of the Mahdi. He will be sent forth amid divisions among the people and earthquakes. He will fill the earth with equity and justice just as it had been filled with tyranny and oppression. The angels in heaven and the inhabitants of the earth will be pleased with him, and he will distribute wealth equitably.” A man asked him, “What does ‘equitably’ mean?” He replied, “Fairly among the people.”

He said: “Allah will fill the hearts of Muhammad’s ummah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with contentment, and his justice will encompass them all. He will order a herald to proclaim, ‘Who is in need of wealth?’ No one among the people will rise except one man. He will be told, ‘Go to the saddān (meaning the treasurer) and tell him: “The Mahdi commands you to give me some wealth.”’ The treasurer will tell him, ‘Scoop it up.’ Once he has gathered it into his lap and carried it out, he will regret it and say, ‘I was the most covetous person in Muhammad’s ummah! Was what sufficed them not enough for me?’” He said: “He will return it, but it will not be accepted from him. He will be told, ‘We do not take back anything we have given.’ He will remain thus for seven, eight, or nine years. Then there will be no good in living after him”; or he said: “Then there will be no good in life after him.” (2).

(1) Al-Hākim, *al-Mustadrak*, 4:557–558. He said: “This hadith has an authentic chain of transmission, although neither al-Bukhārī nor Muslim recorded it.” Al-Dhahabī concurred. Al-Albānī said: “This chain of transmission is authentic; its narrators are trustworthy.” *Silsilat al-Ahādīth al-Sahīha*, vol. 2, p. 336, hadith no. 711. See also Abd al-Alīm’s thesis, *The Hadiths Concerning the Mahdi Weighed According to al-Jarh wa-al-Taʿdīl (Narrator Criticism and Accreditation)*, pp. 127–128. (2) *Musnad al-Imām Ahmad*, 3:37, with *Muntakhab al-Kanz*. Al-Haythamī said: “Al-Tirmidhī and others narrated it in a substantially abridged form. Ahmad narrated it through several chains, and Abū Yaʿlā =

(يعني: حججًا) " (١). ٢ - وعنه ﵁؛ قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ: "أُبَشَرُكُم بالمهدي؛ يُبْعَثُ على اختلاف من النَّاس وزلازل، فيملأ الأرض قسطًا وعدلًا كما مُلِئَت جورًا وظلمًا، يرضى عنه ساكن السَّماء وساكن الأرض، يقسم المال صحاحًا". فقال له رجلًا: ما صحاحًا؟ قال: "بالسوية بين النَّاس". قال: "ويملأ الله قلوب أمة محمَّدٍ ﷺ غنى، ويسعهم عدلُه، حتّى يأمر مناديًا، فينادي، فيقول: مَنْ له في مال حاجة؟ فما يقوم من النَّاس إِلَّا رجلٌ، فيقول: ائتِ السَّدّان -يعني: الخازن-، فقل له: إن المهدي يأمرك أن تعطيني مالًا. فيقول له: احثُ، حتّى إذا حجره وأبرزه؛ ندم، فيقول: كنت أجشع أمة محمَّد نفسًا، أوَ عجز عني ما وسعهم؟! ". قال: "فيردُّه، فلا يُقبَلُ منه. فيقال له: إنا لا نأخذ شيئًا أعطيناه، فيكون كلّ لك سبع سنين أو ثمان سنين أو تسع سنين، ثمَّ لا خير في العيش بعده"، أوقال: "ثمَّ لا خير في الحياة بعده" (٢).

(١) "مستدرك الحاكم" (٤/ ٥٥٧ - ٥٥٨)، وقال: "هذا حديث صحيح الإِسناد، ولم يخرجاه"، ووافقه الذهبي. وقال الألباني: "هذا سند صحيح، رجاله ثقات". "سلسلة الأحاديث الصحيحة" (م ٢/ ص ٣٣٦) (ح ٧١١). وانظر: رسالة عبد العلّيم "أحاديث المهدي في ميزان الجرح والتعديل" (ص ١٢٧ - ١٢٨). (٢) "مسند الإِمام أحمد" (٣/ ٣٧ - مع منتخب الكنز). قال الهيثمي: "رواه التّرمذيّ وغيره باختصار كثير، ورواه أحمد بأسانيد، وأبو يعلى =