کتاب الفتن · نُعیم بن حماد

Al-Sufyani is a white man, with curly hair, and whoever accepts any of his wealth will be a lump in his stomach on the Day of Resurrection

Sufyani's name is Abdullah

Al-Sufyani brings out three reeds in his hand, and he does not knock anyone with them unless he dies

Abdul Quddus told us, on the authority of Abu Bakr ibn Abi Maryam, on the authority of his sheikhs, who said: “The Sufyani is brought in his dream and it is said to him: Get up and go out. He gets up and does not find anyone. Then he comes the second time and is told the same thing. Then he is told a third time: Get up and go out. Look who is at the door of your house. The third time he descends to the door of his house and finds him with seven or nine people and a banner with them. They say: We are your companions. So he goes out and people follow him.” From Qurayyat Wadi al-Yabis, the ruler of Damascus would go out to meet him and fight him, and when he saw his banner, he would be defeated, and he would be the governor of Damascus on that day, nor of Banu Abbas.”

Al-Sufyani is worse than a king. He kills scholars and people of virtue, annihilates them, and seeks their help. So whoever refuses to kill him

The exit of Sufyani after thirty-nine days

If Al-Sufyani came out in thirty-seven, his reign would be twenty-eight months, and if he came out in thirty-nine, his reign would be nine months.

In the time of the Second Sufyani, the guidance would take place until every people would think that they had destroyed what came next to them

Al-Hakam bin Nafi’ told us, on the authority of Jarrah, on the authority of Artat, who said: “If the Turks and the Romans meet, and a village in Damascus is eclipsed, and a group to the west of its mosque falls, three flags will be raised in the Levant: Al-Aqba’, Al-Ashab, and Al-Sufyani. A man will be besieged in Damascus and he will be killed and those with him, and two men from Banu Abi Sufyan will come out, and the victory will be for the second. If Al-Aqba’s army arrives from Egypt, Al-Sufyani will appear on them with his army, and the Turks will be killed. And the Romans in Qarqisia until the lions of the earth are satisfied with their meat.”

Al-Walid told us, he said: Abu Abdullah told me, on the authority of Muslim bin Al-Akhil, on the authority of Abdul Karim Abi Umayyah, on the authority of Muhammad Ibn Al-Hanafiyyah, he said: “If they disagreed among themselves, three flags were raised in the Levant: the flag of the spotted, the flag of the red-haired, and the flag of the Sufyani.”

If their words differed, and the century of healing rose, they would only remain for a short time until the spotted man appeared in Egypt, killing people until they reached Iram, then the deformed one would revolt against him, and there would be a great battle between them, then the cursed Sufyani would appear and defeat them all, and before that he would raise twelve well-known flags in Kufa, and a man from the descendants of Hussein who would call for his father would be killed in Kufa, then the Sufyani would send out his armies.

Al-Walid and Rushdin told us, on the authority of Ibn Lahi’ah, on the authority of Abu Qabil, on the authority of Sa’id bin Al-Aswad, on the authority of Dhu Qarnat, who said: “Then people will disagree over four groups: two men in the Levant, a man from the Al-Hakam family who is blue and red-haired, a man from Mudar, short and mighty, Al-Sufyani, and Al-A’idhi in Mecca, so that is four groups.”

Then Al-Sufyani appears against the Marwanites and kills them, then he follows the Banu Marwan and kills them, then he approaches the people of the East and the Banu Abbas until he enters Kufa. Al-Sufyani disputes in Damascus with one of the Banu Marwan, so he appears against Al-Marwani and kills him, then he kills the Banu Marwan for three months, then he approaches the people of the East until he enters Kufa.

The darkness of the people of that time gathers for the murderer, until when they look at their enemy and think that they have defeated their country, the head of their tyrant approaches, who was not known before. He is a tall man, with curly hair, sunken eyes, and prominent eyebrows with yellow hair, until when he looks at Al-Mansur at the end of that year in which the darkness of the people of that time gathers for the murderer, Al-Mansur dies while they are separated in more than one town, and when the news reaches them, they are struck where they were, and they pledge allegiance to Abdullah, and he returns. Al-Sufyani, so he calls a group of the people of the Maghreb to himself, and they gather together as they had never gathered for anyone else, as previously mentioned in the knowledge of Allah Almighty. Then he sets off a delegation from Kufa, and if the delegation is from Basra, then the majority of them will perish from burning and drowning, and then there will be an eclipse in Kufa. If the delegation is from the Maghreb, then it will be a minor attack, then woe to Abdullah from Abdullah. Then he will revolt in Homs and be kindled in Damascus, and a man will emerge in Palestine who appears on the He mourned him, at his hands the destruction of the people of the East, he possessed the burden of a woman, and three armies went out for him to Kufan, with which they attacked verses of the Quraysh, saving them from their day.

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, who said: “If the owners of the black banners disagree, one of the villages of Iram will be eclipsed, and the western side of its mosque will fall, then three banners will emerge in the Levant: the reddish, the spotted, and the Sufyani. The Sufyani will emerge from the Levant, and the spotted from Egypt, and the Sufyani will appear over them.”

Rushdin told us, on the authority of Ibn Lahi’a, on the authority of Abu Qabil, on the authority of Sa’id ibn al-Aswad, on the authority of Dhu Qarnat, who said: “The people disagree in Safar, and the people separate into four groups: a man in Mecca who is seeking refuge, and two men in the Levant, one of whom is Sufyani and the other is from the progeny of al-Hakam, blue and red-haired, and a man from the people of Egypt who is a mighty man, so those are four.”

Ibn Lahi’ah said, on the authority of Abu Qabil, on the authority of Abu Ruman, on the authority of Ali, he said: “Three flags will emerge in the Levant: the red-haired, the spotted, and the Sufyani. The Sufyani will emerge from the Levant, and the spotted one will emerge from Egypt, and the Sufyani will appear over them.”

Rushdin told us, on the authority of Ibn Lahi’a, on the authority of Abu Qabil, on the authority of Sa’id ibn al-Aswad, on the authority of Dhu Qarnat, he said: “The people differed in Safar, and separated into four groups: a man in Mecca who was seeking refuge, and two men in the Levant: one of them was the Sufyani, the other was from the birth of al-Hakam, blue and red-haired, and a man from the people of Egypt, a tyrant. So those are four. Then a man from Kindah gets angry and goes out to those in the Levant. To the one in Mecca.”

If the Sufyani enters the land of Egypt, he will stay there for four months, killing and taking its people captive, and on that day the wailing women will stand up, weeping, crying over the permissibility of her private parts, crying, crying over the killing of her children, crying, crying over her humiliation after her glory, and crying, crying longing for her graves.

The people and the Arabs will disperse in Berber over four banners, and Quda'ah will prevail, and a man from the descendants of Abu Sufyan will prevail over them.

If Al-Aqwas appears with a people with strong bodies, then there will be a great battle between them, then the cursed Al-Akhus Al-Sufyani appears and fights them both, and he appears against them all, then Mansour Al-Yamani marches to them from Sana’a with his soldiers, and he has a strong outburst, killing people like a pre-Islamic fight, so he and Al-Akhus meet, and their banners are yellow, and their clothes are colored, and there is an intense fight between them, then Al-Akhus Al-Sufyani appears against him, then the Romans appear, and go out to the Levant, then he appears. Al-Akhus, then Al-Kindi appears with a good sign, and when he reaches Tel Sama, he arrives, then he marches to Iraq, and before that twelve flags are raised in Kufa, known and attributed, and a man from the descendants of Al-Hassan or Al-Hussein is killed in Kufa, calling for his father, and a man from the loyalists appears, and if his situation becomes clear and he goes to extremes in killing, Al-Sufyani kills him.

Al-Walid told us, on the authority of a sheikh, on the authority of Al-Zuhri, who said: “If the owners of the black flags and the people of the yellow banners meet at the bridge, the people of the East will be defeated, and they will be defeated until they reach Palestine, and the Sufyani will revolt against the people of the East. When the people of the West will descend on Jordan, their leader will die, and they will separate into three groups: a group that will return to where it came from, a group that will perform Hajj, and a group that will remain firm, and the Sufyani will fight them and defeat them, and they will enter into obedience to him.”

If the Sufyani appears on the Aqaba and enters Egypt, then Egypt will be ruined

If an otter prevails and appears in the west, and their companion, Bani Abbas, comes, then their nephew enters Kufa with those who are with him and destroys it, then an ulcer afflicts him, and he comes out of it, heading to the Levant, and is destroyed between Iraq and the Levant. Then they assign a man from his family over them, and he is the one who does evil to the people, and his command becomes apparent, and he is the Sufyani. Then the Arabs gather against him in the land of the Levant, and there is a fight between them until the fight turns to Medina, so the epic will take place in Baqi’ al-Gharqad.

Abdullah bin Marwan told us, on the authority of Saeed bin Yazid, on the authority of Al-Zuhri, he said: “The Sufyani pledges allegiance to the people of the Levant, and he fights the people of the East and defeats them from Palestine until they reach Marj al-Safar, then they meet and the defeat is on the people of the East until they reach Marj al-Thaniyya, then they fight and the defeat is on the people of the East until they reach the battle, then they fight and the defeat is on the people of the East until they reach the ruined city, meaning Qarqisiya. Then they will fight, and the attack will be on the people of the East until they reach Aqarqa. Then they will fight, and the attack will be on the people of the East, and Al-Sufyani will take possession of the money. Then an ulcer will emerge in the Sufyani’s throat. Then he will enter Kufa in the morning, and leave it in the evening with his armies. When he is in the mouths of the Levant, he dies, and the people of the Levant revolt and pledge allegiance to Ibn Al-Kalbiyah. His name is Abdullah bin Yazid bin Al-Kalbiyah, sunken-eyed, disfigured, and he reaches the people of the Levant. The East is the death of Sufyani, and they say: The state of the people of the Levant is gone, so they revolt, and Ibn al-Kalbiyyah reaches out and revolts with a group of them, and they fight with brigades, and the attack is on the people of the East, until they enter Kufa, and he kills the female fighter, and takes captive the offspring and women, then he destroys Kufa, then he sends an army from it to Hijaz.”