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1072
كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 1073

صفة المهدي ونعته
ThemesMahdi
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Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 361Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٣٦١ · عن علي بن ابي طالبصفة المهدي ونعته

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

حدثنا عبد الله بن مروان، عن الهيثم بن عبد الرحمن، عمن حدثه عن علي بن أبي طالب، رضي الله عنه قال: «المهدي مولده بالمدينة، من أهل بيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، واسمه اسم أبي، ومهاجره بيت المقدس، كث اللحية، أكحل العينين، براق الثنايا، في وجهه خال، أقنى أجلى، في كتفه علامة النبي، يخرج براية النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من مرط مخملة سوداء مربعة، فيها حجر لم ينشر منذ توفي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، ولا تنشر حتى يخرج المهدي، يمده الله بثلاثة آلاف من الملائكة يضربون وجوه من خالفهم وأدبارهم، يبعث وهو ما بين الثلاثين والأربعين»

Al-Mahdi was born in Medina. He is from the family of the Prophet ﷺ. His name is the name of my father, and his emigration is Jerusalem. He has a thick beard, dark-eyed, bright lines. His face is clean and radiant. On his shoulder is the sign of the Prophet. He will emerge with the banner of the Prophet ﷺ from a square black velvet robe, which contains a stone that has not been unfurled since the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. It will not be unfurled until the Mahdi emerges. Allah will provide him with three thousand angels who will strike the faces and backs of those who oppose them. He will be sent when he is between thirty and forty.

عبد الله بن مروانالهيثم بن عبد الرحمنعلي بن أبي طالبautomatic reading, unverified

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #1073 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 : Madinah, Baitul Maqdis (Jerusalem).

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