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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 803

صفة السفياني واسمه ونسبه
ThemesSufyani
804
Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 276Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٢٧٦ · عن ابي جعفرصفة السفياني واسمه ونسبه

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

حدثنا سعيد أبو عثمان، عن جابر، عن أبي جعفر، قال: «يملك السفياني حمل امرأة»

Al-Sufyani has the ability to carry a woman

سعيد أبو عثمانجابرأبي جعفرautomatic reading, unverified

Grading (tahqiq)

Ungraded

Hadith commentary (sharh)

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Scholarly Commentary & Context

Synthesized commentary, isnad grading & cross-references

[Collection & Reference]: Narration #803 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 Sufyani is a figure from the descendants of Abu Sufyan who, according to some reports, will rise in Sham before the Mahdi, spread oppression, and send an army that is swallowed by the earth.

[Described Characteristics]: There is no narration about the Sufyani in Bukhari, Muslim or the other six books. The reports come mainly from Nu'aym ibn Hammad's Kitab al-Fitan and al-Hakim's al-Mustadrak; al-Dhahabi and other critics judged them weak or very weak.

[Timeline & Context]: The weak reports put him before the Mahdi. Because they are weak, no firm order can be built on them.

[Prophetic Practice]: Build your understanding of the end on what is authentic, and leave what is weak to the specialists.

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