The sources of the hadiths about Hazrat Mahdi (as)

Hadiths regarding the portents of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as), his features and the events that will happen in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as) are conveyed in many trustworthy sources of hadith. Some of these sources are as follows:
 

1. Tirmidhi in Sunan→ 3 hadiths

2. Abu Dawud in Sunan → 8 hadiths

3. Ibn Majah in Sunan → 8 hadiths

4. Ahmad bin Hanbal in Musnad →12 hadiths

5. Abd al-Razzak ibn Hammam in Al-Musannaf →8 hadiths

6. Ibn Abu Shayh in Al-Musannaf → 14 hadiths

7. Ibn Hibban in Sahih → 7 hadiths

8. Haythami in Zawaid → 20 hadiths

9. Suyuti in Al-Jami al-Saghir → 8 hadiths

10. Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi in Kanz al-Ummal → 59 hadiths

11. Al-Haqim in Mustadraq →12 hadiths

12. Al-Firdaws in Daylami → 7 hadiths

13. Al-Daraqutni  in Sunan → 1 hadith
 

In these sources there are 159 trustworthy hadiths regarding Hazrat Mahdi (as).

Besides, the following great Islamic scholars included trustworthy hadiths in their works.

Ibn Qasir → 3 hadiths, Al-Busuri → 2 hadiths, Zahabi → 5 hadiths, Munzuri →1 hadith, Azimabadi → 6 hadiths, Albani → 6 hadiths.

These are only a portion of the trustworthy hadiths regarding Hazrat Mahdi (as). Apart from these there are many other trustworthy hadiths and explanations regarding Hazrat Mahdi (as).