Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2232

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us; Shu‘bah narrated to us, saying: I heard Zayd al-‘Ammī say: I heard Abū al-Ṣiddīq al-Nājī relate from Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudrī, who said: We feared that something might happen after our Prophet, so we asked the Prophet of Allah. He said: “The Mahdī will emerge among my community and live for five, seven, or nine”—Zayd was unsure. We said, “What does that mean?” He said, “Years.” He said: “A man will come to him and say, ‘O Mahdī, give to me, give to me!’ He will heap into the man’s garment as much as he can carry.”

Abū ‘Īsā said: This is a ḥasan hadith. It has been transmitted through other routes from Abū Sa‘īd, from the Prophet. Abū al-Ṣiddīq al-Nājī’s name is said to be Bakr ibn ‘Amr; it is also said to be Bakr ibn Qays.