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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 913

أول انتقاض أمر السفياني، وخروج الهاشمي من خراسان برايات سود وما يكون بينهما من الوقائع حتى تبلغ خيل السفياني المشرق
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Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 313Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٣١٣ · عن ابي جعفرأول انتقاض أمر السفياني، وخروج الهاشمي من خراسان برايات سود وما يكون بينهما من الوقائع حتى تبلغ خيل السفياني المشرق

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: «يبث السفياني جنوده في الآفاق بعد دخوله الكوفة وبغداد، فيبلغه فرعه من وراء النهر من أهل خراسان، فيقبل أهل المشرق عليهم قتلا، ويذهب نجسهم، فإذا بلغه ذلك بعث جيشا عظيما إلى إصطخر، عليهم رجل من بني أمية فيكون لهم وقعة بقومس، ووقعة بدولات الري، ووقعة بتخوم زرنج، فعند ذلك يأمر السفياني بقتل أهل الكوفة، وأهل المدينة، وعند ذلك تقبل الرايات السود من خراسان، على جميع الناس شاب من بني هاشم، بكفه اليمنى خال، يسهل الله أمره وطريقه، ثم تكون له وقعة بتخوم خراسان، ويسير الهاشمي في طريق الري، فيسرح رجل من بني تميم من الموالي يقال له شعيب بن صالح إلى إصطخر إلى الأموي، فيلتقي هو والمهدي والهاشمي ببيضاء إصطخر، فتكون بينهما ملحمة عظيمة، عليهم رجل من بني عدي، فيظهر الله أنصاره وجنوده، ثم تكون وقعة بالمدائن بعد وقعتي الري، وفي عاقرقوفا وقعة صيلمية، يخبر عنها كل ناج، ثم يكون بعدها ذبح عظيم ببابل، ووقعة في أرض من أرض نصيبين، ثم يخرج على الأخوص قوم من سوادهم وهم العصب، عامتهم من الكوفة والبصرة حتى يستنقذوا ما في أيديه من سبي كوفان» أخبرنا أبو بكر محمد بن عبد الله بن أحمد بن ريذة، أنا أبو القاسم سليمان بن أحمد الطبراني، أنا أبو زيد عبد الرحمن بن حاتم المرادي بمصر سنة ثمانين ومائتين، ثنا نعيم بن حماد،

Al-Sufyani spreads his soldiers across the horizons after entering Kufa and Baghdad, and his branch from across the river reaches him from the people of Khorasan, and the people of the East attack them and kill their unclean things. When he hears that, he sends a great army to Istakhr, against whom is a man from the Umayyads, and they will have an attack in Qums, an attack in Dawlat al-Ray, and an attack on the borders of Zaranj. Then, the Sufyani orders the killing of the people of Kufa and the people of Medina, and at that point The black flags will come from Khorasan, and over all the people will be a young man from Banu Hashim, with his right hand empty. May Allah make his affairs and his path easy. Then there will be an encounter with him on the borders of Khorasan, and Al-Hashemi will go on the road to irrigation, and a man from Banu Tamim from the loyalists called Shuaib bin Saleh will be sent to Istakhar to the Umayyad. He, the Mahdi, and Al-Hashemi will meet in the white area of Istakhr, and there will be a great battle between them. A man from Bani Uday will be upon them, so Allah will appear. His supporters and soldiers, then there will be an attack in al-Mada'in after the two attacks of Rayy, and in Aqarqufa there is an attack in Saylimiyya, about which every survivor will report. Then after that there will be a great slaughter in Babylon, and an attack in a land of the land of Nisibis. Then, in particular, a group of people from among their ranks, namely the Asab, mostly from Kufa and Basra, will emerge in order to rescue the Kufan captives in their hands.

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #913 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]: 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]: 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.

[Core Subject]: The Prophet ﷺ foretold that the ruin of his ummah would come at the hands of young men of Quraysh, and that rule would turn into kingship after thirty years of caliphate. Scholars connect these with the Umayyad dynasty (41-132 AH).

[Described Characteristics]: Abu Hurayrah said he could name them if he wished. Ibn Hajar and others explain that he meant certain Umayyad rulers, beginning around the year 60 AH, and Abu Hurayrah prayed to die before then.

[Timeline & Context]: This was in the first Islamic century, and it has already passed.

[Prophetic Practice]: Abu Hurayrah sought refuge from 'the year sixty and the rule of boys'. Ask Allah for just leaders.

[Geographical Locations]: Mentioned in narration : Madinah, Khurasan, Kufa, Baghdad, Egypt.

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