Kitab al-Fitan · Nu'aym ibn Hammad

علامة خروج المهدي خسف يكون بالبيداء بجيش، فهو علامة خروجه

The sign of the Mahdi’s emergence will be an eclipse in Al-Bayda with an army, which is a sign of his emergence

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يأتي جيش من قبل المغرب يريدون هذا البيت، حتى إذا كانوا بالبيداء خسف بهم، فيرجع من كان أمامهم لينظر ما فعل القوم، فيصيبهم ما أصابهم، ويلحق بهم من خلفهم لينظر ما فعلوه فيصيبهم ما أصابهم، فمن كان مستكرها أصابهم ما أصابهم، ثم يبعث الله تعالى كل امرئ منهم على نيته

An army comes from the west, seeking this house, until when they are in Al-Bayda, it eclipses them, and whoever was in front of them returns to see what the people did, and what befell them will happen to them, and he follows them behind them to see what they did, and what befell them will befall them. Whoever was hiding it will be hit by what befell them, then Allah Almighty will resurrect each one of them according to his intention.

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يبعث إلى مكة جيش من الشام حتى إذا كانوا بالبيداء خسف بهم

A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was startled in the state of sleep. We said:Allah's Messenger, you have done something in the state of your sleep which you never did before, Thereupon he said: Strange it is that some people of my Ummah would attack the House (Ka'ba) (for killing) a person who would belong to the tribe of the Quraish and he would try to seek protection in the House. And when they would reach the plain ground they would be sunk. We said: Allah's Messenger, all sorts of people throng the path. Thereupon he said: Yes, there would be amongst them people who would come with definite designs and those who would come under duress and there would be travellers also, but they would all be destroyed through one (stroke) of destruction. though they would be raised in different states (on the Day of Resurrection). Allah would, however, raise them according to their intention

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Traced to Ka'b al-Ahbar (automatic guess): a report of earlier scriptures, not a hadith of the Prophet ﷺ.

يوجه جيش إلى المدينة اثنا عشر ألفا فيخسف بهم بالبيداء

He sends an army of twelve thousand to the city and destroys them in Al-Bayda

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إذا خسف بجيش بالبيداء فهو علامة خروج المهدي

If an army collapses in Al-Bayda, it is a sign of the emergence of the Mahdi

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إذا بعث السفياني إلى المهدي جيشا فخسف بهم بالبيداء، وبلغ ذلك أهل الشام قالوا لخليفتهم: قد خرج المهدي فبايعه وادخل في طاعته، وإلا قتلناك، فيرسل إليه بالبيعة ويسير المهدي حتى ينزل بيت المقدس، وتنقل إليه الخزائن، وتدخل العرب والعجم وأهل الحرب والروم وغيرهم في طاعته من غير قتال، حتى تبنى المساجد بالقسطنطينية وما دونها، ويخرج قبله رجل من أهل بيته بأهل المشرق، يحمل السيف على عاتقه ثمانية أشهر، يقتل ويمثل، ويتوجه إلى بيت المقدس، فلا يبلغه حتى يموت

If Al-Sufyani sends an army to the Mahdi and he overwhelms them in Al-Bayda, and this reaches the people of the Sham (Greater Syria), they say to their caliph: The Mahdi has left, so pledge allegiance to him and enter into obedience to him, otherwise we will kill you. Then he will be sent to him with the pledge of allegiance, and the Mahdi will travel until he descends on Jerusalem, and the treasuries will be transferred to him, and the Arabs, Persians, people of war, Romans, and others will enter into obedience to him without fighting, until mosques are built in Constantinople and below, and a man from the people of Jerusalem will emerge before him. His home is among the people of the East. He carries the sword on his shoulder for eight months. He kills and mutilates. He heads to Jerusalem, and does not reach it until he dies.

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