Ishmael,” nor “from the Arabs,” even though they were; for he intended to identify the tribe that distinguished them. Had they been distinguished by belonging to Banū Hāshim, or to Alī’s group together with Alī himself, he would have described them accordingly. Since he described them simply as being from Quraysh, it is understood that they are from Quraysh without being confined to any one clan. Rather, they include Banū Taym (1), Banū Adī, Banū Abd Shams, and Banū Hāshim, for the rightly guided caliphs belonged to these clans.

[Section: The Mahdī hadith as narrated by the Rāfidī, and the response to it]

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As for the hadith he narrated (2), from Ibn Umar, from the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace (3):

“At the end of time, a man from my descendants will emerge. His name will be like mine (4), and his kunyah (teknonym) will be the same as mine. He will fill the earth with justice (5), just as it was filled with oppression. That man (6) is the Mahdī” (7).

The response is that the hadiths cited as evidence for the emergence of the Mahdī are authentic hadiths, narrated by Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, Ahmad, and others, on the authority of Ibn Mas'ūd and others.