The number of companions of the Prophet (saas) relating hadiths regarding Hazrat Mahdi (as) is more than fifty. These include:
1.Anas Ibn Malik,
2.Qatada,
3.'A'isha,
4.Abu Hurayra,
5.'Imran ibn Husayn,
6.Nafi' ibn 'Utba,
7.Abu Barza,
8.Abu Dharr al-Ghifari,
9.Qaysan,
10.'Uthman ibn al-'As,
11.Jabir ibn 'Abdullah,
12.Abu Umama,
13.Mas'ud,
14.'Abdulla ibn Amr,
15.Samura ibn Jundub,
16.Nawwas ibn Sam'an,
17.Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf,
18.Hudhayfa ibn al-Yamani,
19.Abu al-Asas as-Sanani,
20.Abu Umama al Bahili,
21.Abu al-Darda',
22.Abu Rafi',
23.Abu Sa'id al-Khudri,
24.Al-Hakam ibn 'Amr al-Ghifari,
25.Rabi' ibn Anas,
26.'Ammar ibn Yasir...
