33 Signs Of Reappearance Of Imam Mahdi (AS)

[Qa'im 10,434]

A list of eschatological events I compiled a while ago from authentic narrations:

The Return of the Mahdi

-Twelve false Imams will come out from Banu Hashim
-Knowledge in Mecca and Medina will disappear prior to the coming of the Mahdi
-The people will do takfir of each other
-There will be a disagreement in the family of `Abbas, causing them to dispute over power
-Every Arab with a weapon will revolt for himself
-Tribalism between Mecca and Medina will result in killing
-The Yamani will rise with a banner of guidance and truth
-Qays al-Misri and his followers will rise from Egypt
-Rise of the Khorasani and his followers from Khorasan
-Rise of the Sufyani in Rajab; who will rule over five regions for the length of a pregnancy of a camel. The five regions according to some traditions are Damascus, Palestine, Jordan, Aleppo, and Homs. The pregnancy of a camel is approximately 13-15 months.
-The Nafs al-Zakiyya will rise against the Sufyani; he is righteous man from the lineage of Imam Hasan (as)
-The Mahdi secretly goes from Medina to Mecca, asking Allah to grant him permission to reappear
-The Mahdi meets some of his followers prior to his rising
-Nafs al-Zakiyya is killed by the people of Mecca while coming to the Imam, and his head is sent to the Sufyani
-Jibra'il will call out the name of the Mahdi from the sky, causing the sleepers to wake, the standing to sit and the sitting to stand. The necks of the enemies of Allah will bow down.
-The call from the heavens will also say “Is not the truth with `Ali and his Shi`a?” All people on Earth will hear this call in their own language.

Mahdi arises

-His 313 followers make bay`a to him. The reward of each follower will be equal to fifty of the Prophet’s companions.

-10,000 people join Imam al-Mahdi.
-The Mahdi cuts the hands of bani Shayba for thievery. This tribe were charged by the Prophet to protect the Ka`ba.
-The angels that mourned for Husayn will join the Mahdi and their slogan will be “Vengeance for the blood of Husayn!”
-The Mahdi will bear Muhammad’s sword, armour, turban, garment, staff, banner, helmet, and saddle; the staff of Musa, and the ring of Sulayman
-Iblees will call from the Earth at the end of the day “Is not the truth with `Uthman and his followers?”, or “Is not the truth with the Sufyani and his followers?” – this will delude the wrongdoers
-The worshipers of idols will disbelieve in the Mahdi
-Masjid Kufa is demolished by the wrongdoers, and the Mahdi will witness this with his followers.
-The Sufyani's army will be swallowed up by the Earth on its way to Medina
-The children of `Ali will flee from Medina to Mecca
-The Mahdi will travel to Kufa, Iraq. All of the believers will either be in Kufa or be on their way there. The 313 men will be gathered in Kufa in one hour.
-The Mahdi will send an army to Medina, whose people will accept him
-The Mahdi will unite the people and prevent their takfir of each other
-The Mahdi will fill the Earth with equity and justice as it would be fraught with injustice and oppression
-The Mahdi will punish the descendants of the killers of Husayn, because they will be proud of the sin of their forefathers
-The Mahdi will surround all lands and properties, evict people from them; except for that which is in the hand of the Shi`a
-The Mahdi will attest to those who paid khums
-The Mahdi will reinstate the punishment of stoning of adulterers and the execution of the withholder of zakat (these punishments may not be valid during the ghayba)
-The Mahdi will bring out the mus`haf of Imam `Ali and recite the Qur’an in its qira’a
-The Mahdi will dress ascetically, following the path of Imam `Ali
-The truth regarding the first two Caliphs will be revealed and the falsehood regarding them will be hidden

[Ibn Al-Shahid 1,203]

Salam,

 

Just a question. It is written that the earth will swallow Sufyani's army. Does that mean the 10,000 will not fight?

[Chaotic Muslem 5,759]

Salam,

Just a question. It is written that the earth will swallow Sufyani's army. Does that mean the 10,000 will not fight?

The earth will swallow the army that moves out of Najd towards Makkah to fight imam Mahdi . The desert between Makkah and Najd will swallow it.

Sufyiani is in Syria as far as I understood

And either way, the Hadith says

منصور بالرعب

[Ibn Al-Shahid 1,203]

1 ـ الشيصباني: ومعنى هذه التسمية انه الشيطاني، وهو وصف يعبر به الأئمة الأطهار عليهم السلام عن الطواغيت والأشرار، وقد ورد فيه حديث في غيبة النعماني عن جابر بن يزيد الجعفي قال: سالت أبا جعفر (الإمام الباقر عليه السلام) عن السفياني فقال: واني لكم بالسفياني حتى يخرج قبله الشيصباني يخرج بأرض كوفان، ينبع كما ينبع الماء فيقتل وفدكم فتوقعوا بعد ذلك السفياني وخروج القائم عجل الله فرجه الشريف.

 

مخطوطة ابن حماد ٨٤

 

Where is كوفان?

Edited June 30, 2015 by Ibn Al-Shahid

[Ibn Al-Shahid 1,203]

عن عبد الله بن أبي منصور البجلي قال: سألت أبا عبد الله صلوات الله وسلامه عليه عن اسم السفياني فقال: «وما تصنع باسمه، إذا ملك كور الشام الخمس دمشق، وحمص، وفلسطين، و الأردن، وقنسرين فتوقعوا عند ذلك الفرج، قلت: يملك تسعة أشهر؟ قال: لا ولكن يملك ثمانية أشهر لا يزيد يوما» (راجع كمال الدين وتمام النعمة للشيخ الصدوق:ص651 -652).

عن عيسى بن أعين عن أبي عبد الله الصادق صلوات الله وسلامه عليه أنه قال: «... ومن أول خروجه إلى آخره خمسة عشر شهرا، ستة أشهر يقاتل فيها، فإذا ملك الكور الخمس ملك تسعة أشهر ولم يزد عليها يوما» (كتاب الغيبة لمحمد بن إبراهيم النعماني: ص310).

According to the above hadeethain, it says that the Sufyani will rule no longer than 8-9 months. I would just like to make sure if this is correct or if what brother Qa'im has posted is more reliable.

Edited July 4, 2015 by Ibn Al-Shahid

[Sumerian 5,407]

عن عبد الله بن أبي منصور البجلي قال: سألت أبا عبد الله صلوات الله وسلامه عليه عن اسم السفياني فقال: «وما تصنع باسمه، إذا ملك كور الشام الخمس دمشق، وحمص، وفلسطين، و الأردن، وقنسرين فتوقعوا عند ذلك الفرج، قلت: يملك تسعة أشهر؟ قال: لا ولكن يملك ثمانية أشهر لا يزيد يوما» (راجع كمال الدين وتمام النعمة للشيخ الصدوق:ص651 -652).

عن عيسى بن أعين عن أبي عبد الله الصادق صلوات الله وسلامه عليه أنه قال: «... ومن أول خروجه إلى آخره خمسة عشر شهرا، ستة أشهر يقاتل فيها، فإذا ملك الكور الخمس ملك تسعة أشهر ولم يزد عليها يوما» (كتاب الغيبة لمحمد بن إبراهيم النعماني: ص310).

According to the above hadeethain, it says that the Sufyani will rule no longer than 8-9 months. I would just like to make sure if this is correct or if what brother Qa'im has posted is more reliable.

 

The report about the Sufyani ruling in the same timespan as a camel is sahih (according to Qa'im), and a camel is pregnant for 13 or 14

months. 

 

From Qa'im's website: 

 

وعنه، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن عمر بن أذينة، عن محمد بن مسلم قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: إن السفياني يملك بعد ظهوره على الكور الخمس حمل امرأة. ثم قال: أستغفر الله حمل جمل، وهو من الامر المحتوم الذي لابد منه . 

And from him from ibn Abi `Umayr from `Umar b. Udhayna from Muhammad b. Muslim. 

He said: I heard Abu `Abdillah عليه السلام say: After his appearance, the Sufyani will rule over five places in the same timespan as a woman’s pregnancy. Then he said: I seek forgiveness from Allah, the pregnancy of a camel. And this is from the guaranteed matters that must occur. (Tusi’s Ghayba) 

(sahih) (صحيح) 

 

Edited July 4, 2015 by al-Ibrahimi

[MurtazaHussain 0]

Salam, i know this may sound like a dumb question but what is the meaning of (A.T.F.S) and how is it pronounced, InshAllah anyone reading this who knows the answer will reply

 

Kh

[Chaotic Muslem 5,759]

Salam, i know this may sound like a dumb question but what is the meaning of (A.T.F.S) and how is it pronounced, InshAllah anyone reading this who knows the answer will reply

 

Kh

i know this 

ajjala Allah farajahu ashareef

may Allah hasten his nobel aid or victory or reappearance 

[Noorelhussain 190]

Al Ajal Ya Maula :'(

Edited August 18, 2015 by NooralHussain