What is the authenticity of the hadith and the commentary on it: (When you see the black banners emerging from Khurasan, follow them, for among them is the Caliph of Allah, al-Mahdi)
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The Shaykh : So I hope you will pay attention.
The question was about the hadith My answer was that this hadith is weak, because this hadith is famous with the wording: Mishkat al-Masabih 5461 So I answered with the weakening you heard, and that is the case, considering the observation of this phrase Mishkat al-Masabih 5461.
And this hadith, exactly as it is, is published in my book *Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Da'ifah wa al-Mawdu'ah* (The Chain of Weak and Fabricated Hadiths) with number eighty-five, but during the scholarly tracing of this hadith, I concluded that the hadith has come through other routes, or at least one route, without the addition of the mention of the Caliph of Allah, al-Mahdi.
So in summary: If the questioner means the hadith that contains this context and with the wording "for among them is the Caliph of Allah, al-Mahdi," then the hadith is weak, as you heard. But if he means it without this specific phrase, then the hadith is authentic. This is what must be clarified.
The question was about the hadith
When you see the black banners emerging from Khurasan, follow them, for among them is al-Mahdi
إذا رأيتم الرايات السود تخرج من خرسان فاتبعها فإن فيها المهديfor God's khalifa the Mahdi will be among them
فإن فيها خليفة الله المهديfor God's khalifa the Mahdi will be among them
فإن فيها خليفة الله المهديAnd this hadith, exactly as it is, is published in my book *Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Da'ifah wa al-Mawdu'ah* (The Chain of Weak and Fabricated Hadiths) with number eighty-five, but during the scholarly tracing of this hadith, I concluded that the hadith has come through other routes, or at least one route, without the addition of the mention of the Caliph of Allah, al-Mahdi.
So in summary: If the questioner means the hadith that contains this context and with the wording "for among them is the Caliph of Allah, al-Mahdi," then the hadith is weak, as you heard. But if he means it without this specific phrase, then the hadith is authentic. This is what must be clarified.