The Signs of the Mahdī’s Reappearance

Saʿd b. ʿAbd Allāh said: “Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Abī’l-Khaṭṭāb and Yaʿqūb b. Yazīd narrated to us, from Ḥammād b. ʿĪsā, from Ḥarīz b. ʿAbd Allāh, from Muḥammad b. Muslim, who narrated: “I spoke to Abī ʿAbd Allāh عليه السلام in regards to the statement of Allāh عز وجل: ﴾You are only a warner, and there is a guide for every people﴿ [13:7], whereupon he said: “Every Imam is a guide for every people during their era.”