کتاب الفتن · نُعیم بن حماد

There will be an area in the city in which the oil stones will sink, and the heat there will be nothing but the stroke of a whip. So he will withdraw from the city for the amount of two days, then pledge allegiance to the Mahdi.

The Sufyani and the Mahdi will emerge as betting horses, so the Sufyani will prevail over what follows him, and the Mahdi over what follows him.

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