Signs of Reappearance Of Imam Mahdi (Part 6)

Sufyani

• Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq says: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ali Majiluwayh (r.a.) that he said: Narrated to us my uncle, Muhammad bin Abil Qasim from Muhammad bin Ali Kufi from Muhammad bin Abi Umair from Umar bin Uzaina that he said: Abi Abdullah (a.s.) said to me: Amirul Momineen (a.s.) said:

“The son of Hind, the liver-eater will come out from the valley of Yabis. He shall be of medium height. His face will be horrible. He will be fat. His face will be pockmarked. He will be one-eyed. His name will be Uthman and his father’s name will be Anbasa. He will be from the progeny of Abu Sufyan. He will camp in the land of stability, where he will sit on the pulpit.”
The author says: The ‘land of stability’ has been interpreted as Kufa or Najaf in reports. ¹

• Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq says: Narrated to us Ahmad bin Ziyad bin Ja’far Hamadani: Narrated to us Ali bin Ibrahim bin Hashim from his father Ibrahim bin Hashim from Muhammad bin Abi Umair from Hammad bin Uthman from Umar Ibne Yazid that he said: Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said to me:

“If you have seen Sufyani, you have seen the most horrible man. He is red, blond and blue. He will say: My Lord, I will take revenge even if I have to go to Hell. The extent of his evil is that he would bury alive his slave mother so that she may not reveal his true ancestry.” ¹

• Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq says: Narrated to us my father and Muhammad bin Hasan – May Allah be pleased with them – they said: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Abil Qasim Majiluwayh from Muhammad bin Ali Kufi: Narrated to us Husain bin Sufyan from Qutaibah Ibne Muhammad from Abdullah bin Abi Mansur Bajali that he said:

I asked Abi Abdullah (a.s.) about the name of Sufyani. He replied: “Why do you want to know his name? When he conquers the districts of Shaam, Hams, Palestine, Jordan and Qanassireen, you wait for the reappearance.” I asked: “Would he rule for nine months?” He replied: “No, only for eight months and not a day more.” ¹

• Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq says: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ali Majiluwayh (r.a.) from his uncle Muhammad bin Abil Qasim from Muhammad bin Ali Kufi from his father from Abi Maghra from Mualla bin Khunais from Abi Abdullah (a.s.) that he said:

“First the call of Jibraeel will come from the sky and the voice of Iblis will come from the earth. So you must obey the first call and do not pay attention to the second, since it would be to spread mischief.” ¹

• Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq says: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Musa bin Mutawakkil: Narrated to us Abdullah bin Ja’far Himyari from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Isa from Hasan bin Mahbub from Abu Hamza Thumali that he said: I asked His Eminence, Abu Abdullah Sadiq (a.s.):

Abu Ja’far (Imam Baqir a.s.) says: Is the advent of Sufyani inevitable? He replied: “Yes, and the conflict of Bani Abbas, the killing of the Pure Soul (Nafse Zakiyyah), the advent of Qaim (a.s.) are among the inevitable occurrences. I asked: How would the call be? He said: On the first day, the caller will call out from the sky: Indeed, the truth is with Ali and his Shia.
After that Iblis, may Allah curse him, will call at the end of the day that: Indeed, the truth is with Sufyani and his followers. Thus at that time those who are inclined to falsehood will fall into doubt.” ¹

• Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq says: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hasan (r.a.): Narrated to us Husain bin Hasan Aban from Husain bin Saeed from Nadhr bin Suwaid from Yahya Halabi from Hakam Hannat from Muhammad bin Hammam from Ward from Abi Ja’far (a.s.) that he said:

“Two signs will be seen before the reappearance: there will be a lunar eclipse for five days and there will be solar eclipse for fifteen days. Such a phenomenon has not taken place since the arrival of Adam (a.s.) on the earth. At that time the calculations of the astrologers will fail.” ¹

• Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq says: And through the same chain of narrators from Husain bin Saeed from Safwan bin Yahya from Abdur Rahman Ibne Hajjaj from Sulaiman bin Khalid that he said: I heard Abi Abdullah (a.s.) say:

“The reappearance of the Qaim will be preceded by two types of death: the red death and the white death. Five out of seven people will perish through this. The red death is killing by the sword and the white death is plague.” ¹

• Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq says: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Musa bin Mutawakkil: Narrated to us Ali bin Husain Sadabadi from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Khalid from his father from Muhammad bin Abi Umair from Abi Ayyub from Abi Basir from Abi Abdullah (a.s.) that he said:

“There will be a solar eclipse on the 5^th of Ramadhan preceding the reappearance of the Qaim.” ¹

• Ikmaaluddin: And through the same chain of narrators from Abi Ayyub from Abi Basir and Muhammad bin Muslim that they said: We heard Abi Abdullah (a.s.) say:

“It will not take place till two-third of human population does not perish.” He was asked: “If two-third perish, who will remain?” He replied: “Are you not satisfied that one-third will remain?” ¹

• Ghaibat Tusi: It is narrated from Fazl from Muhammad bin Ali from Uthman bin Ahmad Sammak from Ibrahim bin Abdullah Hashmi from Ibrahim bin Hani from Naeem bin Hammad from Saeed from Abu Uthman from Jabir from Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) that he said:

“Those black flags will emerge from Khorasan and come upto Kufa. When Imam Mahdi (a.s.) reappears, they will be sent to give allegiance to him.” ¹

References:

1. The Promised Mahdi (English Translation of Biharul Anwar volumes on Imam Mahdi a.s.) – Part I, Allamah Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi [r.a.][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]

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