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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 1016

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. 351Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٣٥١ · عن عبد الله بن مسعودخروج 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 أبو عمر، عن ابن لهيعة، عن عبد الوهاب بن حسين، عن محمد بن ثابت، عن أبيه، عن الحارث، عن عبد الله بن مسعود، رضي الله عنه قال: «يبايع المهدي سبعة رجال علماء توجهوا إلى مكة من أفق شتى على غير ميعاد، قد بايع لكل رجل منهم ثلاثمائة وبضعة عشر رجلا، فيجتمعون بمكة فيبايعونه، ويقذف الله محبته في صدور الناس، فيسير بهم وقد توجه إلى الذين بايعوا خيل السفياني، عليهم رجل من جرم، فإذا خرج من مكة خلف أصحابه ومشى في إزار ورداء حتى يأتي الجرمي، فيبايع له، فيندمه كلب على بيعته، فيأتيه فيستقيله البيعة فيقيله، ثم يعبئ جيوشه لقتاله فيهزمه، ويهزم الله على يديه الروم، ويذهب الله على يديه الفتن، وينزل الشام»

Al-Mahdi will pledge allegiance to seven scholarly men who went to Mecca from different parts of the world without an appointment. Three hundred and twelve men have pledged allegiance to each of them. They gather in Mecca and pledge allegiance to him, and Allah pours His love into the hearts of the people. He leads them along, and he turns to those who pledged allegiance to the horses of the Sufyani. On them is a man of crime. When he leaves Mecca behind his companions and walks in a loincloth and robe until the crime comes, he pledges allegiance to him, and a dog will regret his pledge of allegiance. Then he will come to him and pledge allegiance to him and he will dismiss him, then he will mobilize his armies to fight him and defeat him, and Allah will defeat the Romans at his hands, and Allah will remove the temptations at his hands and descend on the Sham (Greater Syria).

أبو عمرابن لهيعةعبد الوهاب بن حسينمحمد بن ثابتأبيهالحارثعبد الله بن مسعودautomatic reading, unverified

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #1016 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.

[Core Subject]: Al-Rum, the Romans, were the Byzantine Empire in the Prophet's time. Many narrations about the end speak of the Muslims' relations with them: a truce, a joint war, then the great battle.

[Described Characteristics]: Amr ibn al-As heard that the Hour will come when the Romans are the most numerous of people, and he listed their good qualities: they are the most forbearing in trial, the quickest to recover after a disaster, the best to the poor, orphans and the weak, and they resist the oppression of kings.

[Timeline & Context]: Their part runs through the whole time before the Dajjal: first the truce, then the war, then the conquest of Constantinople.

[Prophetic Practice]: Amr's words teach fairness: name the good in others even when speaking of conflict.

[Geographical Locations]: Mentioned in narration : Makkah, Sham (Greater Syria).

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