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Amongst those who describe the Prophet's sayings relating to Al Mahdi as 'mutawatira'
is the shaykh of several of our shaykhs, the Imam, the Seal of the Scholars of Hadith in
Fez, As-Sayyid Muhammad, son of Jafar Al Kittani. In his book, "Organizing the
Scattered Mutawatira Prophetic Sayings" via twenty Companions, he reported
statements similar to those already stated by the previously mentioned scholars.
He also said, "In his introduction, ibn Khaldun traced the chains of the Prophetic sayings
concerning the coming of Al Mahdi according to his knowledge, however, he approached
them incorrectly." Accordingly, the scholars criticized him saying that the Prophetic
sayings reported about Al Mahdi are numerous and reach the height of being
'mutawatira.' It is reported in the references of Ahmad, At-Tirmizi, Abu Dawood, ibn
Majah, Al Hakim, At-Tabarani, Abi Yal'ly, Al Bazaar and others that they were able to
trace them directly to a group of the Prophet's companions." Consequently, the denial of
this together with all the above are illicit because the Prophetic sayings support each
other and become powerful with witnesses and arguments. The Prophetic sayings
pertaining to Al Mahdi either reach the highest degree of soundness, or are determined
to be sound, or some are classified as being lesser.
Scholarly witnessing to these statements are numerous, however, it is not our aim to
is the shaykh of several of our shaykhs, the Imam, the Seal of the Scholars of Hadith in
Fez, As-Sayyid Muhammad, son of Jafar Al Kittani. In his book, "Organizing the
Scattered Mutawatira Prophetic Sayings" via twenty Companions, he reported
statements similar to those already stated by the previously mentioned scholars.
He also said, "In his introduction, ibn Khaldun traced the chains of the Prophetic sayings
concerning the coming of Al Mahdi according to his knowledge, however, he approached
them incorrectly." Accordingly, the scholars criticized him saying that the Prophetic
sayings reported about Al Mahdi are numerous and reach the height of being
'mutawatira.' It is reported in the references of Ahmad, At-Tirmizi, Abu Dawood, ibn
Majah, Al Hakim, At-Tabarani, Abi Yal'ly, Al Bazaar and others that they were able to
trace them directly to a group of the Prophet's companions." Consequently, the denial of
this together with all the above are illicit because the Prophetic sayings support each
other and become powerful with witnesses and arguments. The Prophetic sayings
pertaining to Al Mahdi either reach the highest degree of soundness, or are determined
to be sound, or some are classified as being lesser.
Scholarly witnessing to these statements are numerous, however, it is not our aim to