Depends on your intentions, it seems you want to see Islam prevail, which is good. But know that hardships does not even begin to describe it, most won't even accept Imam Mahdi, they will call him terrorist khariji for conquering the middle east. Then those with him, 1/3 will run away in the malhama, and they won't be forgiven. Then after those fitnas, the biggest fitna dajjal, where nobody can be safe of his iman. Then he will siege the muslims and shrink their control. Until only a few survivors are left with Al Mahdi, then Isa (PBUH) comes. These few, maybe hundreds, will get to see him.
>Also any reliable hadith on the apocalypse is appreciated I want to learn.
Yes there are many. But they aren't in story format. If you put them together you get this.
>3 successive princes in arabia fight for power none will win
>chaos ensues
>Muhammad ibn Abdullah, Mahdi, before he knows who he is, will try to find refuge in mecca
>there people recognize him and force him to accept their pledge and be their leader
>Allah (swt) rectifies him overnight and gives him knowledge
>Expands his caliphate in the hejaz and all of arabia
>makes a non aggression treaty with the romans and fights common enemy
>Conquers Iran
>Joins up with the khurasan army and they pledge allegiance to him
>roman treaty is broken
>war is declared in dabiq between them and Mahdi invades anatolia (byzantine rome area) with the goal of taking Constantinople
>malhama happens, 1/3 muslims die, 1/3 runs away, 1/3 survives the war
>muslims win, they take constantinople without bloodshed only using takbeer
>while they share the war spoils, they hear dajjal has appeared
>dajjal comes from isfahan iran, many persian jews follow him and he is based in jerusalem (modern day israel)
>dajjal gets many followers becomes leader of the world against islam
>they fight islam until they reduce their control to mecca, medina and a part of syria near damascus
>just before they go face him they pray al fajr and Isa (as) descends (7-9 year rule of mahdi ends)
>Isa (as) kills dajjal at the gate of lud
>trees & rocks in israel call the muslim to come kill the jews, muslims liberate masjid al aqsa
>right after, juj & majuj are released and they are spreading
>Allah (swt) reveals to Isa (as) to go to mount sinai for refuge
>Isa (as) leads his army there because they can't take on gog & magog
>Isa (as) makes du'a to destroy them and Allah (swt) kills them
>established the prophetic kingdom of Isa (as)
>they go out of aqsa conquering taking back their lost territory and fighting christians & jews, without jizyah option
>they even invade india
>at this point, this is the golden era of humanity, the fulfilled prophetic worldwide caliphate
>around 40 years later, Isa (as) dies & buried and all the muslims are taken away with him by Allah (swt) in a cool wind
>this is now the lowest point in humanity, there is nothing left but the worst of mankind
>they act like animals for a time period until Allah (swt) decides to bring the hour
>Allah (swt) wipes out everything and only He (swt) remains, like it started
>He (swt) recreates it and starts judgement day
The euphrates drying is a big sign you should watch and with turkey building its dam and climate change /drought, it can happen by 2025.