Since the subject” Imam Mahdi (hgr)” is so important item, and on the other hand, “Al-sihāh Al-sittah”[1] are the most valid and authentic narration books of Sunni, in next posts you will read some contents which are documented to these six books.
I hope Sunni brothers address the issue of Mahdaviiat [Mahdism] more accurately, God willing.
Book’s name: author, year of birth and death in lunar
Sahih Bukhāri: b. 194 in Bukhārā, d. 256 in Khartang from environs of Samarghand
Sahih Muslim: b. 202 or 204 in Neyshāboor, d. 261 in Nasrabad of Neyshāboor
Sunan Abu Dāwood: Solaymān ibn-Ash’ath, b. 202 in Sistān, d. 275 in Basrah
Sunan al-Tirmidhi: Abu Isa, b. 209, d. 279 in the city of Tirmidh
Sunan ibn Mājah: b. 209, d. 273 in Qazvin
Sunan Nasā’i: Abu Abd al-Rahmān, b. 215 in Nasā (old Khorāsān), d. 303 in Makkah
۱٫ Al-Sihāh al-Sittah [which translates as “The Authentic Six”] are six (originally five) books containing collections of hadith (sayings or acts of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) compiled by six Sunni Muslim scholars in the ninth century CE. They are sometimes referred to as “kutub al-sittah”.