2661. Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUrwah narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Makhlad narrated to us. He said: ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad narrated to us; he said: Saʿīd ibn Abī Maryam narrated to us; he said: Yaḥyā ibn Ayyūb narrated to us; he said: Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd said, “I heard Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib say, ‘The rightly guided, divinely led caliphs are Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, ʿUthmān, ʿAlī, and ʿUmar.’ Someone said to him, ‘Abū Muḥammad, this first one is ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, so which ʿUmar do you mean?’ He replied, ‘Indeed, ⦗1473⦘ if you live long enough, you will see him.’”

Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd continued, “I also heard him say, ‘You will have no Mahdī except this man who is now in the maqṣūrah’—meaning, at that time he would enter wearing khazz (a silk-and-linen weave) and embroidered brocade.”