کتاب الفتن · نُعیم بن حماد

After the strife of the Eastern Levant, there will be the destruction of the kings and the humiliation of the Arabs, until the people of the Maghreb leave

Days will not pass until black flags are issued to Banu Abbas from the East

Abu Al-Mughirah told us, on the authority of Ibn Ayyash, on the authority of the one who told him, on the authority of Ka’b, who said: “Black banners of the Banu Abbas will appear until they descend on the Levant, and Allah will kill at their hands every stubborn tyrant or enemy of theirs. Adam will stand in their square for forty-five mornings, and seventy thousand will enter it with their motto in it: ‘I die, I die.’ Then the war will end, and their rule will last for nine out of seven, and then their rule will be broken after seventy-three years.”

Abdul Quddus told us, on the authority of Ibn Ayyash, on the authority of Umm Badr, she said: I heard Saeed bin Zar’ah saying: I heard Nawaf al-Bikali say to his companions: I find that this year Damascus is covered with sackcloth, brocade, and rags, and their dead are brought out on a calf, and their women’s bellies are open. So Ka’b said: “These are people who come from the East, unarmed, with black banners written on their banners: Your covenant and pledge of allegiance, and in us therein.” Then They broke it, and they came until they camped between Homs and Deir Mashal, and a squadron came out to them and they fought them like a battle, then they marched to Damascus and conquered it by force. Their motto was: “Aqbal, Aqbal,” meaning Baksh Baksh, and mercy would be spared from them for three hours of the day.”

The people of Syria were happiest with the emergence of the black flags, the people of Homs, and the people of Damascus were most miserable because of them

Iraq will soon be in a state of war, the Levant will be torn to pieces, and Egypt will be scattered and the wasteland will be destroyed, then the matter will come down.