# Sunan Abi Dawud - The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) *Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 23, 2026* **13 hadith** --- ## Hadith #4279 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** Amir al-Sha'bi عامر الشعبي, Jabir bin Samra, Musa bin Isma'il al-Munqari al-Tabudhaki موسى بن إسماعيل المنقري - لتبوذكي, Wahayb bin Khalid bin 'Ajlan al-Bahli وهيب بن خالد بن عجلان الباهلي | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The religion will continue to be established till there are twelve caliphs over you, and the whole community will agree on each of them. I then heard from the Prophet (ﷺ) some remarks which I could not understand. I asked my father: What is he saying: He said: all of them will belong to Quraysh. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4279/)* --- ## Hadith #4280 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** al-Aswad bin Sa'id al-Hmdany الأسود بن سعيد الهمداني, Jabir bin Samra, Ziyad bin Khaythama al-Ja'fi زياد بن خيثمة الجعفي, Zuhayr bin Mua'wiya bin Hudayj زهير بن معاوية بن حديج | **Grade:** Sahih I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: This religion will continue to be strong till the time of twelve caliphs. The people then uttered: Allah is more great and uproared. He then silently a word which I could not understand. So I said to my father: What did he say, father ? He said: All of them will belong to Quraish. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4280/)* --- ## Hadith #4281 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Bakr bin 'Ayyash al-Asadi أبو بكر بن عياش بن سالم الأسدي, Abu Karayb, Muhammad bin al-'Ala' محمد بن العلاء - أبو كريب, Ahmed bin Ibrahim bin Kathir أحمد بن إبراهيم بن كثير, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري, Ubaidullah bin Musa bin Abi al-Mukhtar عبيد الله بن موسى بن أبي المختار باذام, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان, Za'ida bin Qadama al-Thaqifi زائدة بن قدامة الثقفي | **Grade:** Sahih When he came back to his home. the Quraish came to him and said: Then what will happen ? He said: Then turmoil will prevail. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4281/)* --- ## Hadith #4282 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** Abu al-Tufayl, 'Amir bin Wathla, al-Fadl bin Dakayn, Abu Na'eem الفضل بن دكين أبو نعيم الملائي, al-Qasim bin Abi Bzh القاسم بن أبي بزة, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Uthman bin Muhammad | **Grade:** Hasan Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If only one day of this world remained. Allah would lengthen that day (according to the version of Za’idah), till He raised up in it a man who belongs to me or to my family whose father’s name is the same as my father’s, who will fill the earth with equity and justice as it has been filled with oppression and tyranny (according to the version of Fitr). Sufyan’s version says: The world will not pass away before the Arabs are ruled by a man of my family whose name will be the same as mine. Abu Dawud said: The version of ‘Umar and Abu Bakr is the same as that of Sufyan. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4282/)* --- ## Hadith #4283 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Ja'far al-Raqqi عبد الله بن جعفر الرقي, Ahmed bin Ibrahim bin Kathir أحمد بن إبراهيم بن كثير, Ali bin Nafayl علي بن نفيل, Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib سعيد بن المسيب بن حزن أبو محمد القرشي, Umm Salamah, Ziyad bin Byan زياد بن بيان | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If only one day of this time (world) remained, Allah would raise up a man from my family who would fill this earth with justice as it has been filled with oppression. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4283/)* --- ## Hadith #4284 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, al-Mandhar bin Malik bin Qata' المنذر بن مالك بن قطعة - أبو نضرة العبدي, Imran bin Da'ud al-'Ami Abu al-'Awwam عمران بن داود العمي أبو العوام القطان, Qatada قتادة, Sahl bin Tmam bin Bzy' سهل بن تمام بن بزيع | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The Mahdi will be of my family, of the descendants of Fatimah. Abdullah ibn Ja’far said: I heard AbulMalih praising Ali ibn Nufayl and describing his good qualities. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4284/)* --- ## Hadith #4285 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** Hisham bin Abi 'Abdullah al-Dastawa'i هشام بن أبي عبد الله الدستوائي, Mua'dh bin Hisham bin Aby معاذ بن هشام بن أبي عبد الله, Muhammad bin al-Muthna - al-Zaman محمد بن المثنى أبو موسى - الزمن, Qatada قتادة, Salah bin Abi Maryam صالح بن أبي مريم الضبعي - أبو الخليل | **Grade:** Hasan The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The Mahdi will be of my stock, and will have a broad forehead a prominent nose. He will fill the earth will equity and justice as it was filled with oppression and tyranny, and he will rule for seven years. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4285/)* --- ## Hadith #4286 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Samad bin 'Abdul Warith bin Sa'id عبد الصمد بن عبد الوارث بن سعيد, Abu Da'ud أبو داود السجستاني الأزدي, Harun bin 'Abdullah al-Hamal هارون بن عبد الله بن مروان الحمال, Hmam bin Yahya bin Dinar همام بن يحيى بن دينار, Qatada قتادة | **Grade:** Da'if The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Disagreement will occur at the death of a caliph and a man of the people of Medina will come flying forth to Mecca. Some of the people of Mecca will come to him, bring him out against his will and swear allegiance to him between the Corner and the Maqam. An expeditionary force will then be sent against him from Syria but will be swallowed up in the desert between Mecca and Medina. When the people see that, the eminent saints of Syria and the best people of Iraq will come to him and swear allegiance to him between the Corner and the Maqam. Then there will arise a man of Quraysh whose maternal uncles belong to Kalb and send against them an expeditionary force which will be overcome by them, and that is the expedition of Kalb. Disappointed will be the one who does not receive the booty of Kalb. He will divide the property, and will govern the people by the Sunnah of their Prophet (ﷺ) and establish Islam on Earth. He will remain seven years, then die, and the Muslims will pray over him. Abu Dawud said: Some transmitted from Hisham “nine years” and some “seven years”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4286/)* --- ## Hadith #4287 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn Nawfal, Amr bin 'Asim al-Kalabi عمرو بن عاصم الكلابي, Muhammad bin al-Muthna - al-Zaman محمد بن المثنى أبو موسى - الزمن, Qatada قتادة, Salah bin Abi Maryam صالح بن أبي مريم الضبعي - أبو الخليل, Umm Salamah | **Grade:** Da'if The other narrators mentioned “nine years” from Hisham except Mu’adh. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4287/)* --- ## Hadith #4288 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul 'Aziz bin Rafi' عبد العزيز بن رفيع, Jarir bin 'Abdul Hameed al-Razi جرير بن عبد الحميد أبو عبد الله الضبي, Ubaidullah bin al-Qbtyh عبيد الله بن القبطية الكوفي, Umm Salamah, Uthman bin Muhammad | **Grade:** Da'if The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Umm Salamah from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators. The tradition of Mu’adh is more perfect. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4288/)* --- ## Hadith #4289 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai' أبو إسحاق السبيعي عمرو بن عبد الله, al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Amr bin Abi Qays عمرو بن أبي قيس الرازي الأزرق كوفي, Suh'aib bin Khalid al-Bjly شعيب بن خالد البجلي الرازي | **Grade:** Sahih How will a man who comes against his will (be swallowed up by the earth), Messenger of Allah ? He replied: All will be swallowed up, but each will be raised according to his intention on the Day of Resurrection. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4289/)* --- ## Hadith #4290 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Wahb عبد الله بن وهب بن مسلم القرشي, Sa'id bin Abi Ayoub سعيد بن أبي أيوب الخزاعي, Shrahyl bin Yazid شراحيل بن يزيد, Sulaiman bin Da'ud bin Da'ud سليمان بن داود بن داود بن علي | **Grade:** Da'if Abu Ishaq told that Ali looked at his son al-Hasan and said: This son of mine is a sayyid (chief) as named by the Prophet (ﷺ), and from his loins will come forth a man who will be called by the name of your Prophet (ﷺ) and resemble him in conduct but not in appearance. He then mentioned the story about his filling the earth with justice. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4290/)* --- ## Hadith #4291 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin 'Amr al-Awza'i عبد الرحمن بن عمرو أبو عمرو الأوزاعي, Abu Ja'far al-Nafaili عبد الله بن محمد أبو جعفر النفيلي الحران, Hsan bin Atyh al-Mharby حسان بن عطية المحاربي مولاهم, Isa bin Yonus bin Abi Ishaq عيسى بن يونس بن أبي إسحاق, Jubayr bin Nufayr al-Hadrami The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man called al-Harith ibn Harrath will come forth from Ma Wara an-Nahr. His army will be led by a man called Mansur who will establish or consolidate things for Muhammad’s family as Quraysh consolidated them for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Every believer must help him, or he said: respond to his sermons. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4291/)* ---