کتاب الفتن · نُعیم بن حماد

Abu Yusuf said: Muhammad ibn Ubayd Allah told me, on the authority of Amr ibn Shuaib, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Amr, (may Allah be pleased with him) what he said: “People perform Hajj together, and they know together without an imam. While they were descending at Mina, he seized them like a dog, and the tribes revolted against each other, fighting until the Aqaba shed blood. His tears, and they say: Come, let us pledge allegiance to you, and he says: And judge, how many covenants have you broken, and how much blood have you shed, so he pledges allegiance unwillingly, and if you catch him, then pledge allegiance to him, for he is the Mahdi on earth, and the Mahdi is in heaven.

Al-Walid bin Muslim told us, on the authority of Abu Abdullah, on the authority of Al-Walid bin Hisham Al-Mu’aiti, on the authority of Aban bin Al-Walid bin Uqba bin Abi Mu’ait, who heard Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) say: “Allah Almighty will send the Mahdi after Iyas, and until the people say: There is no Mahdi, and his supporters are people from the Levant, numbering three hundred and fifteen men, the number of the Companions of Badr, marching to him from the Levant until they extract him from the interior of Mecca from a house at Al-Safa, and they pledge allegiance to him unwillingly, and he performs with them two rak’ahs the prayer of a traveler at the Maqam, then he ascends the pulpit.”

The Mahdi pledges allegiance between the Corner and the Maqam, he will not wake up a sleeper, nor will he shed blood

However, it will be a strife, and people will pray together, perform Hajj together, worship together, and sacrifice together, then they will rage like a dog, fighting until the obstacle is dripping with blood, and until the innocent person sees that his innocence will not save him, and the retreatant sees that his isolation will not benefit him, then they hate a young man with his back against the corner, his horses thundering, he will be called the Mahdi on earth, and he is the Mahdi in heaven, so whoever realizes him Let him follow him

Al-Walid and Rushdin told us, on the authority of Ibn Lahi’ah, on the authority of Abu Qabil, on the authority of Abu Ruman, on the authority of Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: “When the black banners defeat the horses of the Sufyani, which contains Shuaib bin Saleh, the people will wish for the Mahdi, and they will search for him, and he will leave Mecca with the banner of the Prophet ﷺ, and he will pray two rak’ahs after the people despaired of his exit due to the affliction that befell them, and when he finished his prayer, he departed, and he said: O people, the affliction has befallen the nation of Muhammad ﷺ, and his family in particular, oppressing us and oppressing us.”

Al-Mahdi will forcefully extract from Mecca the descendants of Fatima and pledge allegiance

Saeed Abu Othman told us, on the authority of Jabir, on the authority of Abu Jaafar, he said: “Then the Mahdi will appear in Mecca at the evening prayer, with the banner of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him), his shirt, his sword, and signs, light, and clarification. Then when he prays the evening prayer, he calls out at the top of his voice, saying: I remind you of Allah, O people, and your position is in the hands of your Lord. He has taken the proof, sent the prophets, and revealed the Book, and commanded you not to associate anything with Him, and to maintain obedience to Him. And to obey His Messenger, and to live what the Qur’an has brought to life, and to destroy what it has killed, and to be helpers in guidance and a burden on piety, for the world has approached its annihilation and demise, and it has declared farewell. I call you to Allah, and to His Messenger, and to act according to His Book, and to kill falsehood, and to revive its Sunnah, and three hundred and thirteen men will appear, the number of the people of Badr, without an appointment, with a lottery like the autumn lottery, monks. By night, he is a lion by day, and Allah will open the land of Hijaz to the Mahdi, and extract those from Bani Hashim who were in prison, and the black banners will descend on Kufa, and he will send the pledge of allegiance to the Mahdi, and the Mahdi will send his soldiers in the horizons, and he will kill oppression and its people, and the countries will be straightened for him, and Allah will conquer Constantinople at his hands.”