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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 920

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. 322Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٣٢٢ · عن علي بن ابي طالبأول 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 عبد الله بن مروان، عن الهيثم بن عبد الرحمن، عمن حدثه عن علي بن أبي طالب، رضي الله عنه قال: «يخرج رجل قبل المهدي من أهل بيته بالمشرق، يحمل السيف على عاتقه ثمانية أشهر، يقتل ويمثل ويتوجه إلى بيت المقدس، فلا يبلغه حتى يموت» حدثنا سعيد أبو عثمان، عن جابر، عن أبي جعفر، قال: «تنزل الرايات السود التي تقبل من خراسان الكوفة، فإذا ظهر المهدي بمكة بعث بالبيعة إلى المهدي»

Before the Mahdi, a man will emerge from his household in the East. He will carry the sword on his shoulder for eight months. He will be killed, mutilated, and head to Jerusalem. He will not reach it until he dies. The black banners that come from Khorasan will descend on Kufa. When the Mahdi appears in Mecca, he will send the pledge of allegiance to the Mahdi.

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #920 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 : Makkah, Baitul Maqdis (Jerusalem), Khurasan, Kufa.

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