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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 966

باب آخر من علامات المهدي في خروجه
967
Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 322Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٣٢٢ · عن علياباب آخر من علامات المهدي في خروجه

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

حدثنا المعتمر بن سليمان، عن رجل، عن عمار بن محمد، عن عمر بن علي، أن عليا، قال: «تكون فتن، ثم تكون جماعة على رأس رجل من أهل بيتي، ليس له عند الله خلاق، فيقتل أو يموت فيقوم المهدي»

There will be temptations, then there will be a group headed by a man from my family, who has no share with Allah, and he will be killed or die, and then the Mahdi will arise.

المعتمر بن سليمانرجلعمار بن محمدعمر بن عليعلياautomatic reading, unverified

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #966 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 Prophet ﷺ warned of trials (fitan) that will come like pieces of a dark night, one after another, so confusing that a man is a believer in the morning and a disbeliever by evening.

[Described Characteristics]: People sell their religion for a small worldly gain. In such trials, the one sitting is better than the one standing, and the one standing better than the one running toward it.

[Timeline & Context]: They began after the Prophet's ﷺ death and continue in waves.

[Prophetic Practice]: 'Hasten to good deeds before trials like pieces of a dark night.' Seek refuge from the trials, the seen and the unseen.

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