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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 1008

خروج المهدي من مكة إلى بيت المقدس والشام، بعدما يبايع له وما يكون في مسيره بينه وبين السفياني وأصحابه
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Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 349Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٣٤٩ · عن محدث، انخروج المهدي من مكة إلى بيت المقدس والشام، بعدما يبايع له وما يكون في مسيره بينه وبين السفياني وأصحابه

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

حدثنا الوليد بن مسلم، قال: حدثني محدث، أن «المهدي، والسفياني، وكلبا، يقتتلون في بيت المقدس حين يستقيله البيعة، فيؤتى بالسفياني أسيرا، فيأمر به فيذبح على باب الرحمة، ثم تباع نساؤهم وغنائمهم على درج دمشق»

Al-Mahdi, Al-Sufyani, and Kalba fight in Bayt Al-Maqdis when the pledge of allegiance resigns, and Al-Sufyani is brought captive, ordered to be slaughtered at the Gate of Mercy, then their women and spoils are sold on the steps of Damascus.

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #1008 in Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad).

[Scholarly Verification Notice]: Recorded in Nu'aym ibn Hammad's Kitab al-Fitan (d. 228 AH). Hadith scholars classify this historical compilation as ungraded and weak overall; its isolated reports are not accepted as established doctrine unless corroborated by standard Sahih works.

[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]: The Sufyani is a figure from the descendants of Abu Sufyan who, according to some reports, will rise in Sham before the Mahdi, spread oppression, and send an army that is swallowed by the earth.

[Described Characteristics]: There is no narration about the Sufyani in Bukhari, Muslim or the other six books. The reports come mainly from Nu'aym ibn Hammad's Kitab al-Fitan and al-Hakim's al-Mustadrak; al-Dhahabi and other critics judged them weak or very weak.

[Timeline & Context]: The weak reports put him before the Mahdi. Because they are weak, no firm order can be built on them.

[Prophetic Practice]: Build your understanding of the end on what is authentic, and leave what is weak to the specialists.

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

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