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Imam Mahdi (A.S.)
The Signs of the
Reappearance (Qiyam) of the (Imam) whoundertakes the Office
(al-Qa'im), Peace be on him, thePeriod of Time of his
Appearance, an Explanation of hisLife and an Extract of
what is revealed about his State.
Traditions have been reported mentioning the signs
for the time ofthe appearance of the Imam who will arise (qa'im),
peace be on him,and the events which will take place before his
appearance, togetherwith the indications and features of it. Among them
are: The Sufyaniwill come out in revolt; the Hasanid will be killed;
the Abbasids willdispute over worldly kingdom; there will be an
eclipse of the sun inthe middle of the month of Ramadan; there will be an
eclipse of themoon at the end of that month in contrast to
ordinary happenings;the land will be swallowed up at al-Bayda'; it will
be swallowed in theeast-it will be swallowed up in the west; the sun
will stay still from thetime of its decline to the middle of the time for
the afternoon prayer; itwill rise from the west; a pure soul (nafs zakiyya)
will be killed in theoutskirts of Kufa with seventy righteous men; a
Hashimite will beslaughtered between the corner (of the Ka'ba) and
the station ofAbraham); the wall of the mosque of Kufa will be
destroyed; blackstandards will advance from Khurasan; al-Yamani will
come out inrevolt; al-Maghribi will appear in Egypt and take
possession of itfrom Syria; the Turk will occupy the region of al-Jazira;
theByzantines will occupy Ramla; the star will appear
in the east givinglight just like the moon gives light; then (the new
moon) will benduntil its two tips almost meet; a colour will appear
in the sky andspread to its horizons; a fire will appear for a
long time in the eastremaining in the air for three or seven days; the
Arabs will throw offthe reins and take possession of their land,
throwing out the foreignauthority; the people of Egypt will kill their ruler
and destroy Syria;and three standards will dispute over it (Syria);
the standards of Qaysand the Arabs will come among the people of Egypt;
the standards ofKinda (will go) to Khurasan; horses will come from
the west untilthey are stabled in al-Hira; the black standards
will advance towardsthem from the east; the Euphrates will flood so that
the water comesinto the alleys of Kufa; sixty liars will come
forward, all of themclaiming prophethood, and twelve will come forward
from the familyof Abu Talib, all of them claiming the Imamate; a
man of importantrank of the supporters of the 'Abbasids will be
burnt between Jalula'and Khaniqin; the bridge next to Karkh in the city
of Baghdad will beestablished; a black wind will raise it at the
beginning of the day andthen an earthquake will occur so that much of it
will be swallowed up;fear will cover the people of Iraq and Baghdad;
swift death (willoccur) there and there will be a loss of property,
lives and harvests;locusts will appear at their usual times and at
times not usual so thatthey attack agricultural land and crops and there
will be little harvestfor what the people planted; two kinds of foreigners
will dispute andmuch blood will be shed in their quarrel; slaves
will rebel againstobedience to their masters and kill their masters (mawali);
a group ofheretics (ahl al-bida) will be transformed until
they become monkeysand pigs; slaves will conquer the land of their
masters; a cry (willcome) from the sky (in such a way) that all the
people will hear it intheir own languages; a face and a chest will appear
in the sky beforethe people in the centre of the sun; the dead will
arise from theirgraves so that they will return to the world and
they will recognize oneanother and visit one another; that will come to an
end with twenty-four continous rainstorms and the land will be
revived by them afterbeing dead and it will recognize its blessings;
after that every diseasewill be taken away from those of the Shia of the
Mahdi, peace be onhim, who believe in the truth; at that time they
will know of hisappearance in Mecca and they will go to him to
support him.
(These signs) are as the reports have mentioned.
Among the total ofthese events are some which are bound (to happen)
and other whichare conditional. God knows best what will take
place. We have onlymentioned them on the basis of what is recounted in
basic sources oftradition (usul) because of their inclusion in
traditions which havebeen handed down. From God we seek help and Him do
we ask forsuccess.
[Abu al-Hasan 'Ali b. Bilal al-Muhallabi informed
me:
Muhammad b. Jafar al-Mu'addib told me on the
authority of Ahmad b. Idris, on the authority of 'Ali b.
Muhammad b. Qutayba, on the authority of al-Fadl b. Shadhan, on the
authority of Ismaeil b.
al-Sabbah, who said: I heard an old man among
our colleagues mention on the authority of Sayf b. Umayra,
who said:]
I (i.e. Sayf b. 'Umayra) was with Abu Jafar al-Mansur
and he saidto me of his own accord: There will certainly
be a voice calling fromthe sky the name of a man from the descendants of
Abu Talib.May I be your ransom, Commander of the
faithful, I said, do you relate that?Indeed, by Him in Whose hands is my
life, he replied, because my own ears have heard it.Commander of the faithful, I said,
this tradition which you have heard is before my time.Sayf, it is the truth, he told me.
When it happens, we will be the first to answer it. Indeed the call will be
for a man from the descendants of our uncle.A man from the descendants of Fatima, peace be
on her? I asked.
Yes, he replied. Sayf, if it was
not for the fact that I have heard from Abu Jafar Muhammad b. Ali (al-Baqir), who
told me about it, even though all the people of the earth have
told me about it, I would not accept it from them. However it was
Muhammad b. Ali (al- Baqir), peace be on them, (who told me).[Yahya b. Abi Talib reported on the authority of Ali
b. Asim, on the authority of Ata' b. al-Sa'ib, on the
authority of his father on the authority of Abd Allah b. Umar, who said:]The Apostle of God, may God bless him and his
family, said: Thehour (of the end of the world) will not arise until
the Mahdi from mydescendants comes forth. The Mahdi will not come
forth until sixtyliars come forward, all of them declaring: 'I am a
prophet.' [al-Fadl b. Shadhan reported on the authority of one
who reported it on the authority of Abu Hamza al-Thumali,
who said:]I (i.e. Abu Hamza al-Thumali) asked Abu Jafar (al-Baqir),
peacebe on him: Is the revolt of the Sufyani one of
the things which musthappen?Yes, he replied. The call is one
of the things which must happen as is the rising of the sun from the west one
of the things which must happen. The dispute of the Abbasids over the
state is also one of them and the killing of the pure soul (al-nafs
al-zakiyya). The appearance of the one who will arise (al-qa'im)
from the family of Muhammad, may God bless him and his family, is
another of the things which must happen.How will the call be? I asked.There will be a call from the sky at the
beginning of the day indeed the truth is with Ali; and his Shia,''
he said. Then at the end of the day, Satan will call from the earth -
indeed the truth is with Uthman and his supporters. At that the false
one will feel doubt.[al-Hasan b. Ali al-Washsha' (reported) on the
authority of Ahmad b. A'idh, on the authority of Abu
Khadija, on the authority of Abu Abd Allah (Ja'far al-Sadiq, peace be on
him:](Jafar al-Sadiq) said: The one who will arise
(al-qa'im) will notcome forth until twelve of the Banu Hashim come
forth before him,all of them summoning men to themselves.[Muhammad b. Abi al-Bilad (reported) on the
authority of Ali b.
Muhammad al-Azdi, on the authority of his
father, on the authority of his grandfather, who said:]
The Commander of the faithful, peace be on him,
said: Before theone who will arise (al-qa'im), there will be red
death and white death;there will be locusts at their usual time and at
their unusual time likethe colours of blood. As for red death that is
(from) the sword,whilewhite death is (from) plague.[al-Hasan b. Mahbub (reported) on the authority of 'Amr
b. Abi Miqdam, on the authority of Jabir al-Jufi on
the authority of Abu- Jafar (al-Baqir), peace be on him:]
(Al-Baqir) said: Stay close to the ground.
Don't move an arm or aleg until you see the signs which I will mention to
youI don't thinkthat you will live until that time. The Abbasids
will dispute; a voicewill call from the sky; one of the villages of Syria
called al-Jabiyya willbe swallowed up; the Turks will occupy the region of
al-Jazira; theByzantines will attack al-Ramla; at that time there
will be muchconflict throughout the land until Syria is
destroyed. The cause of itsdestruction will be the meeting of three standards
there: the standardof the Red, the standard of the Spotted and the
standard of theSufyam.[Ali b. Abi Hamza (reported) on the authority of Abu
al-Hasan Musa, peace be on him:]Concerning the words of Him, the Mighty and High: We
will showthem our signs on the horizons and in themselves so
that it will becomeclear to them that it is the truth [XLI 53], (Musa)
said: (There will be)a disturbance on the horizons and the enemies of
truth will bechanged in form.[Wahb b. (Abi) Hafs (reported) on the authority of
Abu Basir, who said:]
I (i.e. Abu Basir) heard Abu Jafar (al-Baqir) speak
concerning thewords of Him, the Exalted: If We wish, We will send
down on themsigns from the sky, and their necks will remain bent
submissively tothem (XXVI 4). He said: God will do that to
them.Who are they? I asked.
The Umayyads and their supporters, he
answered.What is the sign? I asked.Between the decline of the sun (at noon) and
the time of the afternoon prayer, the sun will remain
still, he said. The chest and face of man will appear in the centre of the
sun, who will be recognized by his standing and genealogy. That
will occur in the time of the Sufyani. At that moment his destruction
will occur and the destruction of his people.[Abd Allah b. Bukayr (reported) on the authority of
Abd al- Malik b. Ismail, on the authority of his
father, on the authority of Said b. Jubayr:](Sa'id b. Jubayr) said: In the year in which
the Mahdl will rise,twenty rain storms will rain on the earth. You will
see their effects andbenefits.[al-Fadl b. Shadhan (reported) on the authority of
Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Abi Nasr , on the authority of
Thalaba al-Azdi, who said:]Abu Jafar (al-Baqir), peace be on him, said:
Two signs will comebefore the one who will arise (al-qa'im), peace be
on him: there will bean eclipse of the sun in the middle of the month of
Ramadan and aneclipse of the moon at the end of it.Son of the Apostle of God, I said,
usually the eclipse of the sun occurs at the end of the month and the eclipse
of the moon occurs in the middle of it?I know what I have said, replied Abu
Jafar (al-Baqir), peace be on him. They are signs which have not
occurred since Adam came down.[Thalaba b. Maymun (reported) on the authority of
Shuayb al- Haddad, on the authority of Salih. b. Maytham,
who said:]I (i.e. Salih b. Maytham) heard Abu Jafar (al-Baqir),
peace be onhim, say: There is no longer than fifteen
nights between theappearance of the one who will rise (al-qa'im),
peace be on him, andthe killing of the pure soul (al-nafs al-zakiyya).[Amr b Shamir (reported) on the authority of Jabir
(al-Jufi) who said:]I (i.e. Jabir al-Jufi) said to Abu Ja'far (al-Baqir),
peace be on him:When will this event occur?Jabir, that will occur at a time when the
killing between al-Hira and Kufa is considerable, he replied.[Muhammad b. Sinan (reported) on the authority of
al-Husayn b.
al-Mukhtar, on the authority of Abu Abd Allah
(Jafar al-Sadiq), peace be on him:]
(Ja'far al-Sadiq) said: When the wall of the
mosque of Kufa,which adjoins the house of Abd Allah b. Masud is
destroyed, then atthat time the ruler of the people will disappear. At
his disappearance,the one who will rise (al-qai'im), peace be on him,
will come forth.[Sayf b. 'Umayra (reported) on the authority of Bakr
b.
Muhammad, on the authority of Abu 'Abd Allah (Jafar
al-Sadiq), peace be on him:](Jafar al-Sadiq) said: There will be three
appearances in one year,one month and one daythe Sufyani, the Khurasani
and theYamam. The standard of guidance will not be among
them, exceptthe standard of the Yamani, because he will summon
(people) to thetruth.[al-Fadl b. Shadhan (reported) on the authority of
Ahmad b.
Muhammad b. Abi Nasr, on the authority of Abu
al-Hasan al-Rida, peace be on him:]
(Al-Rida) said: What you stretch your necks
for will not occuruntil you are able to discern and to be tested. Only
a few of you willremain.Then he recited: Alif Lam. Do the people consider
that they canabandon saying We believe whenever they are
tempted? [XXIX 1-2].
He said: Among the signs of the relief is an
event which will occurbetween the two mosques (of Mecca and Medina).
So-and-so fromthe descendants of so-and-so will kill fifteen
leaders of the Arabs.[Al-Fadl b. Shadhan (reported) on the authority of
Muammar b.
Khallad, on the authority of Abu al-Hasan (al-Rida),
peace be on him:]
(Al-Rida) said: (It is as if I see) standards,
dyed green, comingfrom Egypt until they come to the Syrian
(standards). Then they willbe guided to the descendant of the one who gave the
testamentarybequests of authority (to the Imams).[Hammad b. Isa (reported) on the authority of
Ibrahim b. Umar al-Yamani on the authority of Abu Basir, on
the authority of Abu Abd Allah (Jafar al-Sadiq), peace be on him:](Jafar al-Sadiq) said: The kingdom of these
men will notdisappear until they slaughter people in Kufa on
Friday. It is as if Iwas looking at heads falling between the Gate of al-Fil
and (the placeof) the soap-sellers.[Ali b. Asbat (reported) on the authority of (Abu)
al-Hasan b. al- Jahm, who said:]A man asked Abu al-Hasan (Musa), peace be on him,
about therelief. He asked: Do you want most of it or
shall I give you asummary?Would you give me a summary? he said.(It will be) when the standards of Qays are
carried in Egypt and the standards of Kinda in Khurasan, he
replied.
[Al-Husayn b. Abi 'Ala' (reported) on the authority
of Abu Basir, on the authority of Abu Abd Allah (Ja'far al-Sadiq),
peace be on him:]
(Jafar al-Sadiq) said: Because of the sons of
so-and-so there willbe a battle at your mosquemeaning the mosque of
Kufa. On oneFriday four thousand will be killed between the Gate
of al-Fil to (theplace of) the soap-sellers. Beware of this street.
Avoid it. Those whoare in the best situation will take the street of
the Ansar.[Ali b. Abi Hamza (reported) on the authority of Abu
Basir, on the authority of Abu 'Abd Allah (Jafar al-Sadiq),
peace be on him:]
(Jafar al-Sadiq) said: Before (the coming of)
the one who will rise(al-qa'im), peace be on him, there will be a year of
abundant rain inwhich the fruits and the dates on the palms will be
destroyed. Butdon't complain of that.[Ibrahim b. Muhammad (reported) on the authority of
Ja'far b.
Sad, on the authority of his father, on the
authority of Abu Abd Allah (Jafar al-Sadiq), peace be on him:](Jafar al-Sadiq) said: In the year of the
Conquest (by the Mahdi)the Euphrates will flood so that the water goes into
the alleys ofKufa.[It is reported in the account (hadith) of Muhammad
b. Muslim, who said:]I (i.e. Muhammad b. Muslim) heard Abu Abd Allah (Jafar
al-Sadiq), peace be on him, say: Before (the
coming) of the one whowill rise (al-qaim) there will be a trial from
God.May I be your ransom, what is that? I
asked him.
He recited: Let Us test you with fear, with hunger,
and with lack ofmoney, of lives and of harvests. Good news will come
to those who aresteadfast [II 55]. Then he said: The fear will
be from the kings of theBanu so-and-so; the hunger will be as a result of
exorbitant prices; thelack of money will be due to the failure of trade
and the scarcity ofsurplus (goods) in it; the lack of lives will be
because of swift death;the lack of harvest will be due to the great rains
and the little benefitthey bring to the crops. Then he continued:
The good news forthose who are steadfast is that the one who will
rise (al-qa'im) willsoon come forth.[Al-Husayn b. Sa'id (reported) on the authority of
Mundhir al- Jawzi, on the authority of Abu Abd Allah (Jafar
al-Sadiq), peace be on him:](Mundhir al-Jawzi) said: I heard (Ja'far al-Sadiq)
say: Before thecoming of the one who will rise (al-qa'im), peace be
on him, the peoplewill be chided for their acts of disobedience by a
fire which will appearin the sky and a redness which will cover the sky.
It will swallow upBaghdad, it will swallow up Kufa. There blood will
be shed andhouses destroyed. Death (fana) will occur amid their
people and afear will come over the people of Iraq from which
they shall have norest. Kitab al Irshad
Chapter: The Twelfth Imam (Peace be on him)
Page (s): 541 - 548
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