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مسند أحمد
الإمام أحمد بن حنبل (ت ٢٤١ هـ)

Musnad Ahmad 8775

مسند أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه
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Musnad AhmadHadith 8775Ungradedمسند أحمدرقم ٨٧٧٥مسند أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه

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حدثنا يحيى بن غيلان، وقتيبة بن سعيد، قالا: حدثنا رشدين بن سعد، قال يحيى بن غيلان في حديثه: قال: حدثني يونس بن يزيد، عن ابن شهاب، عن قبيصة، عن أبي هريرة، عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، أنه قال: " يخرج من خراسان رايات سود، لا يردها شيء حتى تنصب بإيلياء "

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Grading (tahqiq)

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Edition Musnad al-Imam Ahmad, ed. Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut et al., Mu'assasat al-Risala, 1995-2001 (OpenITI Shamela0025794); numbering of that edition. Al-Arna'ut's grading footnotes are not in the digital text.

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Scholarly Commentary & Context

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #8775 in Musnad Ahmad.

[Core Subject]: Black banners coming from the east, from Khurasan, appear in several reports as an army that comes before or with the Mahdi.

[Described Characteristics]: The best-known reports say: 'Black banners will come from Khurasan and nothing will turn them back until they are planted in Iliya (Jerusalem)', and 'If you see them, go to them even crawling over snow'. Hadith scholars graded these reports weak.

[Timeline & Context]: No sahih narration fixes their time.

[Prophetic Practice]: A flag's colour proves nothing. Judge any group by the Quran and Sunnah, not by its claims about prophecy.

[Geographical Locations]: Mentioned in narration : Baitul Maqdis (Jerusalem), Khurasan.

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