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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 600

أول علامة تكون في انقطاع مدة بني العباس
601
Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 216Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٢١٦ · عن ابن عباسأول علامة تكون في انقطاع مدة بني العباس

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

حدثنا ابن أبي هريرة، عن أبيه، عن علي بن أبي طلحة، عن ابن عباس، رضي الله عنهما قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «إذا مات الخامس من أهل بيتي فالهرج الهرج، يموت السابع، ثم كذلك حتى يقوم المهدي» قال: وبلغني عن شريك أنه قال: «هو ابن العفر، يعني هارون» وكان الخامس، ونحن نقول هو السابع، والله أعلم

If the fifth of my family dies, there is chaos, the seventh dies, and then so on until the Mahdi rises. He said: And I was informed on the authority of Sharik that he said: He is Ibn al-Afar, meaning Aaron, and he was the fifth, and we say he is the seventh, and Allah knows best.

ابن أبي هريرةأبيهعلي بن أبي طلحةابن عباسالنبي ﷺautomatic reading, unverified

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #600 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-harj means much killing. The Prophet ﷺ said it will increase before the Hour.

[Described Characteristics]: Killing becomes so common that the killer does not know why he killed and the victim does not know why he was killed.

[Timeline & Context]: It spreads among people over time, alongside other signs.

[Prophetic Practice]: In times of fitnah the Prophet ﷺ advised: be like the better of Adam's two sons, the one who is killed rather than the one who kills.

Commentaries by classical hadith scholars. The Arabic texts are shown as published.