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'''The Uprising of al-Sufyani''' (Arabic: {{ia|خُرُوج السُّفيَاني}}) is one of the five inevitable events that happen before the [[Reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (a)|Reappearance]] of [[Imam al-Mahdi (a)]]. The riot happens in [[Syria]]. According to a [[hadith]] from [[Imam al-Rida (a)]], the Reappearance of [[al-Qa'im (a)]] will not happen without the uprising of al-Sufyani. According to other hadiths, after nine months of rule in Syria, al-Sufyani and his army advance towards [[Medina]] and will be devoured by the Earth in a place called "Bayda'".

In [[Shiite]] and [[Sunni]] hadiths, al-Sufyani is said to be from the progeny of [[Abu Sufyan]] and is characterized as a blood-shedder and cruel and people are frightened by seeing him. Different names are mentioned for him, such as 'Anbasa b. Marra.

Different names have been mentioned for al-Sufyani in Shiite and Sunni sources of hadiths. For example, in different hadiths from [[Imam Ali (a)]], his name is variously mentioned as 'Anbasa b. Marra, Harb b. 'Anbasa, and 'Uthman b. 'Anbasa, and it is said that he is from the progeny of Abu Sufyan. In Sunni sources, his name is variously mentioned as Harb b. 'Anbasa and Mu'awiya b. 'Utba.

According to hadiths, al-Sufyani is a blood-shedder, homicidal, and brutal. Moreover, according to hadiths from Imam Ali (a), al-Sufyani is a broad-shouldered, his face is full of acnes, and has one eye, and people are frightened upon seeing him. According to a hadith transmitted from [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] in ''[[Bihar al-anwar]]'', al-Sufyani is an enemy of the [[Shi'a]]s, and his crier in [[Kufa]] announces that anyone who beheads a Shi'a will be given one thousand [[dirham]]s.

There is also a hadith from [[Imam al-Rida (a)]] according to which the Reappearance of the al-Qa'im is inevitable, and the uprising of al-Sufyani is likewise inevitable, and without the al-Sufyani's riot, the al-Qa'im is not going to reappear. According to a hadith from Imam al-Sadiq (a), the uprising of al-Sufyani is inevitable and is going to occur in the [[Rajab month]]. There is a hadith from [[Imam al-Baqir (a)]] implying that the Riots of al-Sufyani, [[Sayyid al-Yamani]], and [[Sayyid al-Khurasani]] are going to occur in the same year, same month, and the same day.

According to hadiths from the [[Prophet (s)]], one [[sign of the Reappearance of al-Mahdi (a)]] is the uprising of an army from [[Syria]] who will be devoured by the Earth in an area called "Bayda'". This came to be known in sources of hadiths as "[[al-Khasf al-Bayda']]".