سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
كتاب الفتن
Chapters on Tribulations
بَابُ : خُرُوجِ الْمَهْدِيِّ
Chapter: The appearance of the Mahdi
Hadith 4084
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى , وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ , قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ , عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ , عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ , عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ , عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ الرَّحَبِيِّ , عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ , قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَقْتَتِلُ عِنْدَ كَنْزِكُمْ ثَلَاثَةٌ , كُلُّهُمُ ابْنُ خَلِيفَةٍ , ثُمَّ لَا يَصِيرُ إِلَى وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ , ثُمَّ تَطْلُعُ الرَّايَاتُ السُّودُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ , فَيَقْتُلُونَكُمْ قَتْلًا لَمْ يُقْتَلْهُ قَوْمٌ , ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ شَيْئًا لَا أَحْفَظُهُ , فَقَالَ : فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فَبَايِعُوهُ , وَلَوْ حَبْوًا عَلَى الثَّلْجِ , فَإِنَّهُ خَلِيفَةُ اللَّهِ الْمَهْدِيُّ " .
´It was narrated from Thawban that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` "Three will fight one another for your treasure, each one of them the son of a caliph, but none of them will gain it. Then the black banners will come from the east, and they will kill you in an unprecedented manner." Then he mentioned something that I do not remember, then he said: "When you see them, then pledge your allegiance to them even if you have to crawl over the snow, for that is the caliph of Allah, Mahdi."
