Eschatological comparison

Assalamualaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatu 

What are the similarities between end times prophesies of our beloved prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa alihi wa salam when it comes to zaydiyya hadiths and Sunni hadiths? Also what are the differences?

(For example the Sunni collection of narrations concerning The Mahdi alayhi Salam, Masih ad dajjal, the return of Isa alayhi Salam, the wind from Yemen, and etc. Do we agree on these narrations and if not what do we disagree on?)

Jazakallahu Khair

wa alaikum as-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,

Akhī al-karīm,

Zaydī theology differs in some respects, including in its treatment of eschatological narrations.

As you may know, we possess a hadith methodology similar in many ways to that of the Sunnis, though it is applied in accordance with the uṣūl of the ʿItrah (peace be upon them).

Accordingly, we either have parallel traditions of our own, or we accept reports transmitted among the Sunnis and others, provided they do not manifestly contradict the Qurʾān and that all other conditions of acceptance are met.

Among the Zaydiyya, the most widespread position regarding the Mahdī is largely similar to that of the Sunnis: namely, that he will be an Imam from the descendants of al-Ḥasan or al-Ḥusayn (peace be upon them), who will fill the world with justice and equity.

However, the Zaydiyya do not hold that the Mahdī is a man born to al-ʿAskarī, for al-ʿAskarī had no son. This was explicitly stated by our Imam al-Nāṣir al-Uṭrūsh (peace be upon him), who himself was among those present at al-ʿAskarī’s funeral.

Within Zaydī scholarship, there have at times been divergent opinions, such as regarding the descent (nuzūl) of ʿĪsā (peace be upon him). Some scholars, particularly later ones, regarded the relevant narrations as weak or inauthentic. Nevertheless, as far as I am aware, the majority of the Zaydiyya accepted the nuzūl, differing only in interpretation. The dominant view maintains that ʿĪsā will indeed return, but as a member of the Ummah of Muḥammad ﷺ, not as an independent prophet.

Here is a statement from one of our great Imams of the past, Imam al-Mahdī (peace be upon him), in al-Ghāyāt:

“Know that the theologians have mentioned issues among those matters reported in the narrations concerning the punishment of the grave and what comes after it. There is no reason for singling these out for mention except that the scholars have differed over their authenticity.He said: Likewise, among the signs of the Hour are matters whose authenticity has been disputed, as well as disagreement over whether they should be understood literally, such as the Dajjāl, regarding his description and identification; the descent of ʿĪsā (Jesus); the raising of the Kaʿbah and the Qurʾān; the emergence of the Beast; the fire from ʿAdan; and similar matters."

wa salam

Jazakallahu Khair allahumma barik my brother