کتاب الفتن · نُعیم بن حماد

They will be destroyed if they disagree among themselves. The first sign of the cessation of their rule is a disagreement between them. The people will continue to be well in prosperity as long as the rule of the Abbasids is not ended. If their rule is ended, they will continue to be in turmoil until the Mahdi arises.

The owners of the black banners continued to stiffen their necks until they disagreed with each other and disagreed with each other, so they separated into three groups: a group calling for the Banu Fatima, a group calling for the Banu Abbas, and a group calling for themselves. I don’t know. This is what I heard.

Abu Amr Al-Basri told us, on the authority of Ibn Lahi’ah, on the authority of Abdul Wahhab bin Hussein, on the authority of Muhammad bin Thabit Al-Banani, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Al-Harith Al-Hamdani, on the authority of Ibn Masoud (may Allah be pleased with him), on the authority of the Prophet (may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him) who said: “The seventh of the Abbasids calls people to disbelief, but they do not respond to him. Then his family says to him: Do you want to expel us from our livelihood? So he says: I am following the path of Abu Bakr and Omar (may Allah be pleased with him) among you.” However, he refuses to do so, then an enemy of his from his family from Banu Hashim kills him, and if he attacks him, they disagree among themselves.” He mentioned a long disagreement until the emergence of Al-Sufyani.

If two men from Banu Abbas were deposed, and they were the two branches, the first disagreement occurred between them, then the second disagreement followed, which involved annihilation, and the emergence of the Sufyani upon their second disagreement.

Banu Abbas ruled Alfa for only nine months, and woe to them after that, and after that, woe, woe after that

The Banu Abbas reign until the people despair of goodness, then their affairs become diversified. If you find nothing but a scorpion’s hole, enter it, for there will be a long-lasting evil among the people, then their rule will disappear and the Mahdi will arise.

Three of the Abbasids must have owned it, the first of their names being Ayn

The rule of the Bani Abbas will continue to prevail over those who oppose them until the people of Morocco revolt against them

If a village called Harasta is eclipsed, and two caliphs from the Abbasids are deposed, and the Abbasids disagree among themselves until twelve banners and twelve banners are raised among them, then turmoil will prevail over them in the abode of their kingship, and they will gather in it, and at that time the Hereafter, and the Gihon will cross, and in it they will gather, and at that time their king will fall, and the barbarians will emerge from the Levant.

The last sign of the demise of the rule of the Banu Abbas are three kings among them who succeed one another. Their names are the names of the prophets. They will not exceed them after these kings. The duration of the Banu Abbas among these three kings is forty years. If you see differences among them, and a group of Banu Hashim gathered between the two rivers, and the mandate of a man from the Banu Abbas towards the west, and the clashing of the black flags, and zeroing in the navel of the Levant, and the killing of the governor of Egypt, and the prevention of its tax, then it is a sign of the interruption of their period.

Idris Al-Khawlani told us, on the authority of Al-Walid bin Yazid, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Shafi Al-Asbahi, who said: “Five of the descendants of the Abbas will follow, all of whom are titans. Woe to the earth among them. The fifth of the descendants of the Abbas will die, and a lion-like leaper will leap upon him. He will eat with his mouth and spoil with his hands. The heavens will rejoice to Allah Almighty because of the blood that is spilled on the earth. He reigns two or three mornings, then he will follow and will follow from some of the brothers of the camels, then he will follow and a herald will call from the heavens: ‘Earth’. Allah’s land, and slaves are Allah’s slaves. Allah’s wealth is equally distributed among His servants. He will reign in this state for ten years.”