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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 1022

سيرة المهدي وعدله وخصب زمانه
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Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 353Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٣٥٣ · عن كعبسيرة المهدي وعدله وخصب زمانه

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

Traced to Ka'b al-Ahbar (automatic guess): a report of earlier scriptures, not a hadith of the Prophet ﷺ.

حدثنا أبو يوسف المقدسي، عن صفوان بن عمرو، عن عبد الله بن بشر الخثعمي، عن كعب، قال: «المهدي يبعث بقتال الروم، يعطى فقه عشرة، يستخرج تابوت السكينة من غار بأنطاكية، فيه التوارة التي أنزل الله تعالى على موسى عليه السلام، والإنجيل الذي أنزله الله عز وجل على عيسى عليه السلام، يحكم بين أهل التوراة بتوراتهم، وبين أهل الإنجيل بإنجيلهم»

Al-Mahdi will be sent to fight the Romans, he will be given the jurisprudence of ten, the Ark of Tranquility will be extracted from a cave in Antioch, in which is the Torah that Allah Almighty revealed to Moses (peace be upon him), and the Gospel that Allah Almighty revealed to Jesus (peace be upon him), and he will judge between the people of the Torah according to their Torah, and between the people of the Gospel according to their Gospel.

أبو يوسف المقدسيصفوبن عمروعبد الله بن بشر الخثعميكعبautomatic reading, unverified

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #1022 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]: 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 : Antioch.

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