کتاب الفتن · نُعیم بن حماد

Al-Sufyani enters Kufa and takes it captive for three days, and kills sixty thousand of its people. Then he stays there for eighteen nights, dividing its wealth. He enters Kufa after fighting the Turks and Romans in Qirqisa. Then he splits a gap on them from behind them, and a group of them returns to Khurasan. He kills the horses of Al-Sufyani and demolishes the forts until he enters Kufa. He seeks the people of Khurasan, and a people calling for the Mahdi will appear in Khurasan. Then he sends Al-Sufyani to Medina. Then he takes a group of people from the family of Muhammad until he returns them to Kufa, then Al-Mahdi and Mansour leave Kufa on the run, and Al-Sufyani sends in search of them. When Al-Mahdi and Mansour reach Mecca, the Sufyani’s army descends on Al-Bayda and overwhelms them. Then Al-Mahdi goes out until he passes through Medina and rescues those who were in it from Bani Hashim. The black flags come forward until they descend on the water, and the Sufyani’s companions in Kufa inform of their landing and they flee, then he descends on Kufa to rescue those in it from Bani Hashim, and a people called the Asab emerge from the black of Kufa. They have no weapons except a few, and among them is a group of the people of Basra. They overtake the companions of the Sufyani and rescue what is in their hands from the captives of Kufa, and the black banners send out the pledge of allegiance to the Mahdi.

Al-Sufyani spreads his soldiers across the horizons after entering Kufa and Baghdad, and his branch from across the river reaches him from the people of Khorasan, and the people of the East attack them and kill their unclean things. When he hears that, he sends a great army to Istakhr, against whom is a man from the Umayyads, and they will have an attack in Qums, an attack in Dawlat al-Ray, and an attack on the borders of Zaranj. Then, the Sufyani orders the killing of the people of Kufa and the people of Medina, and at that point The black flags will come from Khorasan, and over all the people will be a young man from Banu Hashim, with his right hand empty. May Allah make his affairs and his path easy. Then there will be an encounter with him on the borders of Khorasan, and Al-Hashemi will go on the road to irrigation, and a man from Banu Tamim from the loyalists called Shuaib bin Saleh will be sent to Istakhar to the Umayyad. He, the Mahdi, and Al-Hashemi will meet in the white area of Istakhr, and there will be a great battle between them. A man from Bani Uday will be upon them, so Allah will appear. His supporters and soldiers, then there will be an attack in al-Mada'in after the two attacks of Rayy, and in Aqarqufa there is an attack in Saylimiyya, about which every survivor will report. Then after that there will be a great slaughter in Babylon, and an attack in a land of the land of Nisibis. Then, in particular, a group of people from among their ranks, namely the Asab, mostly from Kufa and Basra, will emerge in order to rescue the Kufan captives in their hands.

He sends an army to Medina, and they seize whomever they can from the family of Muhammad ﷺ, and he kills men and women from Banu Hashim. Then, Al-Mahdi and Al-Mubaid escape from Medina to Mecca, and he sends in search of them, and they have reached the sanctuary and security of Allah.

Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Tahirti told us, on the authority of Abdul Salam bin Maslama, he heard Abu Qabil say: “The Sufyani sends an army to Medina and orders the killing of everyone who is there, from Bani Hashim to the pregnant ones. This is what Al-Hashimi does when he comes out to his companions from the East. He says: What is this whole calamity? My companions were killed except before them. He orders them to be killed, and they are killed until no one of them is known in Medina, and they disperse from it, fleeing to the valleys and mountains, and to Mecca, until... His army puts the sword on them for days, then stops them, and none of them appear except fearful until the Mahdi’s command appears in Mecca. Every guide among them gathered to him in Mecca.”

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.

Al-Mahdi was born in Medina. He is from the family of the Prophet ﷺ. His name is the name of my father, and his emigration is Jerusalem. He has a thick beard, dark-eyed, bright lines. His face is clean and radiant. On his shoulder is the sign of the Prophet. He will emerge with the banner of the Prophet ﷺ from a square black velvet robe, which contains a stone that has not been unfurled since the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. It will not be unfurled until the Mahdi emerges. Allah will provide him with three thousand angels who will strike the faces and backs of those who oppose them. He will be sent when he is between thirty and forty.

I have heard that the Mahdi will stay for fourteen years in Jerusalem, then he will die, and then after him he will be of honorable mention from the people of Tabi’. He is called Mansour in Jerusalem. Twenty-one years, fifteen of which are justice, three years of oppression, and three years of which are deprivation of property. No one is given a dirham. The people of the Dhimma are divided among those who fight him. He is the one who exiles the loyal ones to the depths of the depths. He is the one who tramples the son of Ishmael like the rarest cow is trampled upon. A prophet, and his nickname is the nickname of a prophet. He goes to him from the depths until he meets a victor in the depths of Jericho, and he fights him and kills him. Then the Lord reigns and banishes the sons of Qahtan and the sons of Ismail, to the two cities of Kanz al-Arab, Medina and Sana’a. He is the one who will expel the Turks and the Romans at his hands until they rule from the depths of Antioch to Mount Carmel in Palestine in the meadow of the city of Acre. The Lord reigns for three years, then he is killed, and after him Haim the Second Mahdi will reign. Who kills the Romans and defeats them, and conquers Constantinople, and resides there for three years, four months and ten days, then Jesus, son of Mary (peace be upon him), descends and the kingdom is handed over to him.

Abdullah bin Marwan told us ، On the authority of Artat bin Al-Mundhir ، About the one who told him about Ka'b ، And Abu Al-Mughirah ، On the authority of Ibn Ayyash ، He said: Our sheikhs told us ، About heel ، One of them exceeds the other in the hadith ، They said: Ka'b Al-Ahbar and a monk called Joshua met ، He was a scholar and reader of books ، So they thought about the world and what was happening in it ، Joshua said: O Kaab! ، A prophet appears who has a religion whose religion prevails over all religions ، So Joshua said to him: Tell me about their kings, O Kaab, I will believe you and embrace your religion ، Ka'b said: "I find in the Torah that there are twelve kings among them." ، The first of them is a friend who dies ، Then Al-Farouq is killed ، Then the prince is killed ، Then the head of kings dies a death ، Then the owner of the guards dies ، Then a mighty man dies ، Then the owner of the nerve, who is the last of the kings, dies ، Then the owner of the mark dies ، Joshua said: Then tell me about their deafening sedition in which blood is being shed ، And affliction abounds therein ، Ka'b said: This will happen if Ibn Mahiq kills the golden ones ، When he is killed, the affliction falls ، It raises prosperity ، It is lit by intelligent and humble people ، Then they will have four kings from the family of the owner of the sign ، Two kings whose books are not read ، And an angel dies in his bed and stays for a short time ، And a king will come from the valley, and calamity will be on his hands ، On his hands, wreaths are broken ، He lives in Homs for four months ، Then terror comes to him from his land ، So he left ، The calamity falls in the stomach ، If that happened, chaos would break out between them ، The strife of Bani Abbas occurred ، They send eleven passengers to the East, but Allah is not pleased with their deeds ، The people of that time would be afflicted with them, and there would not remain any family among the Arabs without their harm entering upon them ، They come from the East like a bride ، And then their flags appear ، Black flags ، They tie their horses to olive trees ، Allah will kill every tyrant or enemy of theirs at their hands ، Until all that remains is a fugitive or a disappeared person ، Of their family there will be three: Al-Mansour ، And the serial killer ، And the Mahdi ، Joshua said: Who will be their leaders and governors? He said: Those who walk in droves ، And they wear outfits ، Then the murderer blames the people of Morocco for eclipse ، Iram stays at forty-five in the morning ، Then seventy thousand drawn swords will enter it ، Their slogan: Die, die ، Then after that, the incest has two incidents: one in Morocco ، And another in Al-Jawf ، Then the war ends ، Joshua said: How long will their reign last? Ka'b said: Nine times seven ، And at the end of that woe will be theirs ، Joshua said: What is the sign of their destruction? He said: Drought in the East ، And this is in Morocco ، And redness in the stomach ، And Fash died in the kiss ، Then he gathers for the murderer the darkness of the people of that time ، They take their religion as a mockery and a game ، They sell it for dinars and dirhams ، Even if they are where they are looking at their enemy ، They thought they were attacking their country ، I kiss the head of their tyrant ، He didn't know before ، A quarter man ، curly ، Sunken eyes ، Eyebrow supervisor ، Small ، Even if it came to Al-Mansour at the end of that year in which the people of that time gathered to mourn the incest, Al-Mansour died ، They are dispersed in more than one town ، When the news reached them, they struck wherever they were ، So they pledged allegiance to Abdullah ، So Sufyani returns and calls for himself to join the people of Morocco ، They gather for him as they have never gathered for anyone else ، Then he departs from Kufa ، If the resurrection was not from Basra, then most of them would perish from burning and drowning ، And then there will be an eclipse in Kufa ، The two groups meet in a land called Qarqisya ، Their patience is exhausted ، Victory will be lifted from them until they devote themselves ، If the resurrection occurred before sunset, it would have been a minor event ، Then woe to Abdullah from Abdullah ، I fear for you that the yellow flags will come down from Morocco to Egypt. They will have two attacks: one in Palestine ، The other is in the Levant ، Then the Muhajireen leaned on them after a woman from the Quraish had been slaughtered ، If I wanted to name it, I would name it ، They are destroyed, then a rebel named Abdullah rises up ، The most insidious wilderness ، His affairs are on fire in Homs ، It is lit in Damascus ، He leaves in Palestine ، It appears on those who oppose him ، The people of the East will perish at his hands ، His invitation is an evil invitation ، And they killed him the worst ، Owns a woman's pregnancy ، He leaves with three armies to Kufan ، They include verses from Qais ، They save their day ، And an army to Mecca and Medina, and they were struck by an eclipse ، Only two men from Juhayna escaped from them ، A man returns to the Levant ، And a man sets off for Mecca.”

Ibn Ayyash said: Some told me ، People of knowledge ، On the authority of Muhammad bin Jaafar ، He said: Ali bin Abi Talib said: “A man will emerge from the descendants of Hussein whose name will be the name of your Prophet ، The people of heaven and earth rejoice at his departure ، A man said to him: O Commander of the Faithful ، Sufyani, what is his name? He said: He is from the descendants of Khalid bin Yazid bin Abi Sufyan ، Huge important man ، He has traces of smallpox on his face ، And his eye is a white joke ، His departure is the exit of the Mahdi ، There is no authority between them ، He pushes the caliphate to the Mahdi ، It emerges from the Levant from a valley in the land of Damascus called Wadi Al-Yabis ، He comes out in seven people ، With a man among them holding a banner ، They know victory in his banner ، He walks in his hands for thirty miles ، No one who wants to see that knowledge will be defeated ، He comes to Damascus and sits on its pulpit ، Jurists and readers are drawn to me ، And he puts the sword to the merchants ، And the owners of money ، He guides readers and helps them in their affairs ، None of them would prevent him from killing him ، The army is preparing an army for the East ، And another to Morocco ، And another to Yemen ، The Iraqi army appoints a man from Banu Haritha called Qamar bin Abbad ، A massive man with two glands ، In front of him is a short, bald man from his people ، Broad shoulders ، He will be fought by people from the Levant and from the East ، And on that day there would be a great army of them among them ، He fights them between Damascus ، And in a place called the structure ، And the people of Homs in the war against the people of the East and their supporters ، All of this was defeated by the Sufyani ، Then he sides with the people of Damascus and Homs with Al-Sufyani ، They meet with the people of the East in a place in the land of Homs called Lidin, next to Salamiya ، Sixty-odd thousand people are killed ، Three quarters of them are from the Levant ، Then the plan will be upon them ، Let the army he directs march towards the east until it lands in Kufa ، There will be intense fighting between them ، There are many deaths ، Then defeat will befall the people of Kufa ، How much blood was spilled? ، And a bloated stomach ، Walid was killed ، And looted money ، And relief is impossible ، People fled to Mecca ، Al-Sufyani writes to the owner of that army that he should march to Hijaz ، And he walks after he fights her with the fight of the eternal ، So he goes down to the city ، Then he put the sword against the Quraysh ، Four hundred men from among them and from the Ansar were killed ، And it turns stomachs ، The boys are killed ، He kills two brothers from Quraish, from Banu Hashim ، He crucifies them at the door of the mosque ، A man and his sister are called Muhammad and Fatima ، People flee from him to Mecca ، So he marches with his army to Mecca, which he wants ، So the desert descends ، So Allah Almighty commands Gabriel (peace be upon him) and he shouts in his voice: O Bayda, my hand is with them ، They will be wiped out from the last of them ، Two men remain among them, whom Gabriel (peace be upon him) will meet. ، He turns their faces towards their backs ، It's as if I'm looking at them walking backwards ، They tell people what they found,” he said