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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 903

الرايات السود للمهدي بعد رايات بني العباس وما يكون بينهم وبين أصحاب السفياني والعباسي
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Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 311Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٣١١ · عن كعبالرايات السود للمهدي بعد رايات بني العباس وما يكون بينهم وبين أصحاب السفياني والعباسي

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 رشدين، عن ابن لهيعة، عن أبي قبيل، عن شفي، عن تبيع، عن كعب، قال: «إذا ملك رجل الشام، وآخر مصر، فاقتتل الشامي والمصري، وسبى أهل الشام قبائل من مصر، وأقبل رجل من المشرق برايات سود صغار قبل صاحب الشام، فهو الذي يؤدي الطاعة إلى المهدي» قال أبو قبيل: يكون بإفريقية أميرا اثنتا عشرة سنة، ثم تكون بعده فتنة، ثم يملك رجل أسمر يملؤها عدلا، ثم يسير إلى المهدي فيؤدي إليه الطاعة ويقاتل عنه

If one man rules the Sham (Greater Syria) and the other Egypt, and the Sham (Greater Syria) and the Egyptian fight, and the people of the Sham (Greater Syria) take captive tribes from Egypt, and a man from the East comes with small black banners before the owner of the Sham (Greater Syria), then he is the one who will lead obedience to the Mahdi. Abu Qabil said: He will be a ruler in Africa for twelve years, then there will be strife after him, then a brown man will reign and fill it with justice, then he will go to the Mahdi and obey him and fight on his behalf.

رشدينابن لهيعةأبي قبيلشفيتبيعكعبautomatic reading, unverified

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #903 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]: 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), Egypt.

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