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المستدرك على الصحيحين
الإمام أبو عبد الله الحاكم النيسابوري (ت ٤٠٥ هـ)

al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 8531

كتاب الفتن والملاحم
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al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim)Hadith 8531Ungradedالمستدرك على الصحيحينرقم ٨٥٣١كتاب الفتن والملاحم

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أخبرنا الحسين بن يعقوب بن يوسف العدل، ثنا يحيى بن أبي طالب، ثنا عبد الوهاب بن عطاء، أنبأ خالد الحذاء، عن أبي قلابة، عن أبي أسماء، عن ثوبان رضي الله عنه، قال: «إذا رأيتم الرايات السود خرجت من قبل خراسان فأتوها ولو حبوا، فإن فيها خليفة الله المهدي» هذا حديث صحيح على شرط الشيخين، ولم يخرجاه "

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Grading (tahqiq)

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  • al-Hakimهذا حديث صحيح على شرط الشيخين، ولم يخرجاه

Edition al-Mustadrak 'ala al-Sahihayn, ed. Mustafa 'Abd al-Qadir 'Ata, Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya, Beirut 1990, with al-Dhahabi's Talkhis (OpenITI Shamela0002266)

Hadith commentary (sharh)

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Scholarly Commentary & Context

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #8531 in al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim).

[Isnad Grading & Assessment]: Scholar verdicts : al-Hakim: هذا حديث صحيح على شرط الشيخين، ولم يخرجاه.

[Core Subject]: The Mahdi ('the rightly guided one') is a man from the Prophet's family, through Fatimah, who will lead the Muslims near the end of time and fill the earth with justice as it had been filled with oppression.

[Described Characteristics]: His name will match the Prophet's name and his father's name the Prophet's father's name (Muhammad ibn Abdullah). He has a broad forehead and a fine, high nose. He rules for seven years, wealth is plentiful in his time, and he gives it out by the handful without counting. Isa (AS) descends while he is about to lead the prayer.

[Timeline & Context]: He comes before the Dajjal, in the time of the great wars with the Romans, around the conquest of Constantinople and the descent of Isa (AS).

[Prophetic Practice]: Waiting for a rescuer is not the Sunnah. Work for justice where you are, and do not follow anyone who claims the title.

[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 : Khurasan.

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