It has been about one thousand and two hundred years that, the book Sunan Abī Dāwūd was compiled.

And for many years, there has been a part named” Kitāb al-Mahdī’” in the fourth chapter of this book.

So all the people who have quoted contents from that part, would refer to the same [Kitāb al-Mahdī]…

But unfortunately when the book Sunan Abī Dāwūd was reprinted in 1408 (AH) in Egypt

, the name Kitāb al-Mahdī was changed into Kitāb al-Hodā!!

For more information see the specialized and scientific quarterly Intiẓār Maw’ūd, No.4

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