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1034
كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 1035

سيرة المهدي وعدله وخصب زمانه
ThemesMahdi
1036
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 ضمرة، عن ابن شوذب، عن مطر، عن كعب، قال: «إنما سمي المهدي لأنه يهدي إلى أسفار من أسفار التوراة، يستخرجها من جبال الشام، يدعو إليها اليهود، فيسلم على تلك الكتب جماعة كثيرة، ثم ذكر نحوا من ثلاثين ألفا»

He was called the Mahdi because he guides to books from the books of the Torah, extracts them from the mountains of the Sham (Greater Syria), invites the Jews to them, and greets a large group of people to those books. Then he mentioned about thirty thousand people.

ضمرةابن شوذبمطركعبautomatic reading, unverified

Grading (tahqiq)

Ungraded

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Scholarly Commentary & Context

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #1035 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.

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

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