১. Imam Ahmad extracted in his Musnad (5-114) on the authority of Ubay Ibnu Abi Ka'ab (RA) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: Bring glad tidings to this Ummah, she will have the power, the pride, the deen, the victory and the authority on earth. So he who worked to reap the rewards in this life rather than in the hereafter, he would have no reward in the hereafter. ২.Imam Ahmad extracted on the authority of Al-Nu'man Ibnu Bashir (R) who said: We were sitting in the mosque with the Messenger of Allah (SAW), and Bashir was a man who used to follow his Hadith (SAW). Then Abu Tha'alaba Al-Khashni came and said: O Bashir, do you recall the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah (SAW) about the Amirs? Upon this Huthayfa said: I do recall his speech. So Abu Tha'alaba sat down and then Huthayfa said: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: The prophecy will remain among you for as long as Allah wills, then Allah will lift it when He wishes to, then it will be a Khilafah Rashida (rightly guided) on the method of the prophecy, it will remain for as long as Allah wills, then Allah will lift it if He wishes, then it will be a hereditary leadership which will remain for as long as Allah wills, then He will lift it if he wishes, then it will be a tyrannic rule, and it will remain so for as long as Allah wills, then He will lift it if He wishes, then it will be a Khilafah Rashida on the method of the prophecy, then he kept silent. (Musnad of Imam Ahmad 4/273). ৩.In the book of Ibnu Asakir entitled the "Great history of Damascus", Yunis Ibnu Maysara Ibnu Halbas is reported to have said: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: This rule (i.e. the Khilafah) will be after me in Madina, then in Al-Sham, then in the peninsula, then in Iraq, then in Madina, then in Bayt Al-Maqdis (Al-Quds), and when the rule is established in Al-Quds, that would be its place, and thereafter nobody will be able to remove it. ৪.Al-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak 4/468, Ahmad is his Musnad 2/84 and Abu Dawood in his Sunan, under number 2482, reported that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: Two immigrations will take place, and the latter will be to the place where your father Ibrahim may peace be upon him had immigrated. ৫.In the book entitled Kinz-ul-Ummal 14/252, it is reported that Abu Umayra Al-Mazani said: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: There will be a Baya'a of guidance in Bayt Al-Maqdis. ৬.Ahmad in his Musnad (5/288), Abu Dawood in his Sunan No 2535 and Al-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak extracted the following Hadith: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: When the Khilafah comes to the holy land, this would mean that the earthquakes, the calamities and the major events are imminent, and that the Hour will then be nearer to people than my hand is to your head. ৭.An-Nawawi in his book entitled Sharhu (explanation of) Muslim (18/38-39) and in the Musnad of Imam Ahmad 3/317 the following Hadith was reported on the authority of Jabir: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: Among the last generation of my Ummah, there will be a Khaleefah who will scatter the money without counting it. In another report the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: When the end of the world is near, there will be a Khaleefah who would divide the money without counting it. ৮.In the Sahih Bukhari, (the book of Al-I'tisam, chapter 10), and in the book of An-Nawawi (Sharhu Muslim 193/2) the following Hadith was reported: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: There will always be a group of my Ummah, who will fight for the truth and who will be prominent till the day of Judgement. ৯.Imam Ahmad reported in his Masnad 5/35: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: If the people of Ash-Sham went astray, then there would be no goodness left amongst you, but however, there will continue to be a group supported from my Ummah, and they will not be bothered by those who disapprove until the Day of Judgement. ১০.In the book of Al-Hakim entitled Al-Mustadrak 477/4 and in that of An-Nawawi entitled Sharhu Muslim, the Messenger of Allah is reported to have said: The Hour will not come until the land of the Arabs turns into grass covered steppe and rivers. ১১.The following Hadith was extracted by Muslim in his Sahih according to Sharhu An-Nawawi (chapter 18 page 13), Abu Dawood in his Sunan (Hadith 4252), Al-Tirmithi chapter 2 page 27), Ibnu Maja (2952) and Ahmad's Musnad (chapter 5 pages 278 & 284) and Al-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak (4/479), on the authority of Thawban: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: Verily Allah has cornered (i.e. gathered together) the earth for me, so I saw its eastern and its western parts. And verily the authority of my Ummah will reach the parts of the earth which have been shown to me. ১২.In the Musnad of Imam Ahmad 2/176, and that of Al-Darimi (chapter 1 page 126), and in Al-Mustadrak of Al-Hakim (3/422) the following Hadith was extracted on the authority of Abu Qabil who said: "We were at Abdullah Ibnu Amr Ibnul A'as, and he was asked: Which of the two cities would be conquered first, Constantinople or Rome? So Abdullah asked for a box to be brought, and from it he took out a book and then said: We were once gathered around the Messenger of Allah (SAW) writing, and he (SAW) was asked: Which of the two cities would be conquered first, Constantinople or Rome? The Messenger of Allah (SAW) replied: The city of Heraclius will be conquered first (meaning Constantinople)". The first conquest mentioned in the Hadith has already been achieved, i.e the conquest of Constantinople, under the leadership of the Ottoman Khaleefah Muhammad Al-Fatih, and this was 800 hundred years after the Messenger of Allah (SAW) had foretold it. With the help of Allah, the second conquest, i.e. that of Rome, will be achieved soon. There is no doubt that these Ahadith listed above serve as evidence against those who have despaired, those who have been seduced by the promises of the kafir and the comforts of this life and those who have succumbed to non-caring apathy. These beautiful portents of the impending return of the Khilafah and of victories to come serve as an incentive, strengthening our resolve, particularly the resolve of those working towards its return.