It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Among my Ummah there will be the Mahdi. If his time is short, it will be seven years; otherwise eight years; otherwise nine years. In his time my Ummah will enjoy a blessing the like of which they have never enjoyed. Allah Almighty will send down abundant rain upon them, and the earth will not hold back any of its plants (that is, it will bring everything forth), and wealth will be in heaps. A man will stand up and say: O Mahdi, give me! And he will say: Take it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Hisham bin Hassan, from Muhammad bin Sirin, except Muhammad bin Marwan; Abu Burayd is alone in narrating it. Abd al-Qahir bin Shu'ayb bin al-Habhab and Yahya bin Muslim al-Ta'ifi narrated it from Hisham bin Hassan, from al-Ala' bin Bashir, from Abu al-Siddiq al-Naji, from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him)."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 5406
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:رجاله ثقات
Hadith Takhrij«قال الهيثمي: رواه الطبراني في الأوسط ورجاله ثقات «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 7، ص 317»»