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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 1013

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 قلوا، وخمسه عشر الفاخروج 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، عن ليث بن سعد، عن عياش بن عباس القتباني، عمن حدثه عن علي بن أبي طالب، رضي الله عنه قال: " يسير بهم في اثني عشر ألفا إن قلوا، وخمسة عشر ألفا إن كثروا، شعارهم: أمت أمت، حتى يلقاه السفياني فيقول: أخرجوا إلي ابن عمي حتى أكلمه، فيخرج إليه فيكلمه، فيسلم له الأمر ويبايعه، فإذا رجع السفياني إلى أصحابه، ندمه كلب، فيرجع ليستقيله فيقيله، ويقتتل هو وجيش السفياني على سبع رايات، كل صاحب راية منهم يرجو الأمر لنفسه، فيهزمهم المهدي " قال أبو هريرة: فالمحروم من حرم من نهب كلب

He marches with them in twelve thousand if they are few, and fifteen thousand if they are many, their motto is: Die, die, until the Sufyani meets him and says: Bring out my cousin so that I can speak to him. So he goes out to him and speaks to him, and he hands over the command to him and pledges allegiance to him. When the Sufyani returns to his companions, a dog regrets it, so he returns to resign and dismiss him, and he and the Sufyani’s army fight over seven banners. Each one of the banner owners hopes for the matter for himself, so he defeats them. Al-Mahdi Abu Hurairah said: The deprived is the one who is deprived of the one who stole a dog

الوليدليث بن سعدعياش بن عباس القتبانيعلي بن أبي طالبقلواautomatic reading, unverified

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #1013 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.

Commentaries by classical hadith scholars. The Arabic texts are shown as published.