Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The Mahdi will be in my Ummah. If his period is short, it will be seven years, or eight years, or nine years. During that period my Ummah will receive blessings such as they will never have received before. Torrential rain will descend from the sky, the earth will not hold back any of its vegetation, and wealth will be abundant. A man will stand up and say: O Mahdi, give me something; and he will say: Take."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الفتن - أعاذنا الله منها / 12411
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه المعجم الأوسط للطبراني برقم: 5402»