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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 801

ما يكون من فساد البربر وقتالهم في أرض الشام ومصر، ومن يقاتلهم، ومنتهى خروجهم، وما يجري على أيديهم من سوء سيرتهم
802
Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 276Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٢٧٦ · عن كعبما يكون من فساد البربر وقتالهم في أرض الشام ومصر، ومن يقاتلهم، ومنتهى خروجهم، وما يجري على أيديهم من سوء سيرتهم

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 بقية، عن صفوان بن عمرو، عن أبي هزان، عن كعب، قال: «إذا التقت الرايات السود والصفر في سرة الشام فبطن الأرض خير من ظهرها» قال صفوان: لينزعن البربر أبواب حمص فضلا عما سواها

If the black and yellow flags meet in the navel of the Sham (Greater Syria), the interior of the earth is better than its surface. Safwan said: Let the barbarians seize the gates of Homs, let alone everything else.

بقيةصفوبن عمروأبي هزانكعبautomatic reading, unverified

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #801 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]: Black banners coming from the east, from Khurasan, appear in several reports as an army that comes before or with the Mahdi.

[Described Characteristics]: The best-known reports say: 'Black banners will come from Khurasan and nothing will turn them back until they are planted in Iliya (Jerusalem)', and 'If you see them, go to them even crawling over snow'. Hadith scholars graded these reports weak.

[Timeline & Context]: No sahih narration fixes their time.

[Prophetic Practice]: A flag's colour proves nothing. Judge any group by the Quran and Sunnah, not by its claims about prophecy.

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

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