পৃষ্ঠা 166: দ্বিতীয় অধ্যায়: মধ্যবর্তী আলামতসমূহ যা দৃশ্যমান হয়েছে এবং ক্রমবর্ধমানভাবে সংঘটিত হচ্ছে

Note: Mentioning some narrations related to the hadith and harmonizing between them

He (ﷺ) said: "The truly disappointed is the one who misses out on that day on the spoils of Kalb, even if it be a camel's hobble." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, how can their wealth be taken as booty and their offspring taken captive while they are Muslims?" He (ﷺ) replied: "They will commit disbelief by deeming wine and adultery lawful."

The Hashimite will come with the black banners, his sword resting upon his shoulder for eight months.

In another narration: "Eighteen months; he will slay and mutilate until the people say: 'Allah forbid that this man be from the progeny of Fatimah; for if he were, he would have had mercy upon us.'"

Allah will set him against Banu al-Abbas and Banu Umayyah, and they will have a battle in the land of Nasibin, and another battle in Harran. Their battle cry will be: "Amit! Amit!" (Slay! Slay!) - and in another narration: "Bukush! Bukush!" (meaning the same) - until they surrender the banners to al-Mahdi.

Note

In some narrations: he carries the sword on his shoulder for eight months; in others: eighteen months; and in yet another narration: seventy-two months, which is a period of six years.

In some narrations: he surrenders the banners to al-Mahdi in Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem).

In another narration: he does not reach him before he dies.

In another narration: some of the Hashimite's banners will clash with the cavalry of the Sufyani, resulting in a great slaughter among them, and the Sufyani's cavalry will be defeated. Subsequently, the Sufyani will gain victory, causing the Hashimite to flee, and the Tamimi will come covertly to Bayt al-Maqdis, preparing the way for al-Mahdi when he departs for the Levant (al-Sham).

The method of harmonizing between the first narrations is that seventy-two months refers to his entire duration.

This is supported by what is stated in some narrations: "Indeed, my household will face after me trials, displacement, and banishment, until a people arrive from the East bearing black banners. They will ask for what is right, but it will not be granted to them; so they will fight and be aided to victory. They will then be granted what they had requested, but they will not accept it until they surrender it to al-Mahdi."

And eighteen months is in consideration of the period after his battle with the cavalry of the Sufyani and his rendezvous with Shu'ayb ibn Salih.