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[Machine] I heard Al-A'mash saying, "If you see Muawiyah, you would say, 'This is the Mahdi.'"  

الطبراني:١٦٨٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَابِقٍ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيَّ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ الْأَعْمَشَ يَقُولُ لَوْ رَأَيْتُمْ مُعَاوِيَةَ لَقُلْتُمْ هَذَا الْمَهْدِيُّ