The Noble Title Al-Mahdi Attributed to the Prophet ﷺ

The Honorable Title of the Prophet ﷺ: Al-Mahdi
Authored by: Hafiz Muhammad Anwar Zahid (ḥafiẓahullāh)

◈ Al-Mahdi — A Descriptive Title of the Prophet ﷺ


Ibn Saʿd has narrated the elegy (marṯiyah) of Ḥassān ibn Thābit رضي الله عنه as follows:


«جزعا على المهدي اصبح ثاويا يا خير من وطى الحصى لاتبعدي»
"Sleepless out of grief for al-Mahdi who is now buried; O the best of those who ever tread the pebbles, do not go far away."


❀ Verification of the Hadith:


Chain of Narration: Weak (Ḍaʿīf)


[Tabaqāt Ibn Saʿd, Volume 2, Page 357]



Ibn Saʿd has reported this elegy through al-Wāqidī, who is a liar (kadhdhāb) and rejected (matrūk).
 
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