Al Fitan

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1753
كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 1754

في النار التي تحشر إلى الشام
1755
Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 625Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٦٢٥ · عن كعبفي النار التي تحشر إلى الشام

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 ابن وهب، عن عبد الله بن عمر، عن نافع، عن ابن عمر، عن كعب، قال: «يوشك نار تخرج باليمن تسوق الناس إلى الشام، تغدو إذا غدوا، وتقيل إذا قالوا، وتروح إذا راحوا، تضيء منها أعناق الإبل ببصرى، فإذا سمعت ذلك فاخرجوا إلى الشام»

A fire is about to break out in Yemen, taking people to the Sham (Greater Syria). It will come in the morning when they start, and go to bed when they say, and leave when they leave. It will light up the necks of camels in Busra, so if you hear that, go out to the Sham (Greater Syria).

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #1754 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 last of the ten great signs: a fire that comes out of Yemen, from the depths of Aden, and drives people to the place of their gathering.

[Described Characteristics]: The fire stays with people where they stop for the night and where they rest at midday, moving them on. Sahih al-Bukhari describes people gathered in groups, some riding two or three or ten on one camel, toward the land of the gathering, which scholars identify as Sham.

[Timeline & Context]: It is named last among the ten great signs, and is taken as the final sign before the Hour.

[Prophetic Practice]: Each of these signs is a reminder that the time for deeds is now.

[Core Subject]: The Prophet ﷺ said the Hour will not come until a fire comes out of the land of Hijaz that lights up the necks of the camels at Busra (in Syria).

[Described Characteristics]: A fire so large and bright that its light could be seen hundreds of kilometres away.

[Timeline & Context]: Al-Nawawi, Ibn Kathir and al-Qurtubi held that it appeared in 654 AH (1256 CE).

[Prophetic Practice]: Fulfilled signs strengthen certainty in the ones still to come.

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

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