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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 876

ما يكون بين أهل الشام وبين ملك من بني العباس بين الرقة وما يكون من السفياني
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Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 300Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٣٠٠ · عن يعقوب بن اسحاق، وكان، رجلا علامه في الفتنما يكون بين أهل الشام وبين ملك من بني العباس بين الرقة وما يكون من السفياني

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

حدثنا عبد الله بن مروان، عمن حدثه عن يعقوب بن إسحاق، وكان، رجلا علامة في الفتن، قال: «ينزل الرقة رجل من ولد العباس، فيمكث فيها سنتين، ثم يغزو الروم، فتكون بليته على المسلمين أعظم من بليته على الروم، ثم يرجع من غزوة إلى الرقة، فيأتيه من المشرق ما يكره، فيرجع إلى الشرق، فلا يرجع منها، ثم يولى ابنه، فعلى رأسه يكون خروج السفياني، وانقطاع ملكهم»

A man from the descendants of Abbas descends on Raqqa, stays there for two years, then invades the Romans, and his calamity for the Muslims will be greater than his calamity for the Romans. Then he returns from the expedition to Raqqa, and something he hates comes from the East, so he returns to the East, but does not return from it, then he appoints his son as governor, and upon his head will be the departure of the Sufyani and the cessation of their kingdom.

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #876 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.

[Core Subject]: Al-Rum, the Romans, were the Byzantine Empire in the Prophet's time. Many narrations about the end speak of the Muslims' relations with them: a truce, a joint war, then the great battle.

[Described Characteristics]: Amr ibn al-As heard that the Hour will come when the Romans are the most numerous of people, and he listed their good qualities: they are the most forbearing in trial, the quickest to recover after a disaster, the best to the poor, orphans and the weak, and they resist the oppression of kings.

[Timeline & Context]: Their part runs through the whole time before the Dajjal: first the truce, then the war, then the conquest of Constantinople.

[Prophetic Practice]: Amr's words teach fairness: name the good in others even when speaking of conflict.

[Geographical Locations]: Mentioned in narration : Raqqa.

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