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==The Name and Features of al-Sufyani== | ==The Name and Features of al-Sufyani== | ||
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. | 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,<ref>Ibn Ṭāwūs, ''al-Tashrīf bi l-minan'', p. 296.</ref> Harb b. Anbasa,<ref>Shūshtarī, ''Iḥqāq al-ḥaqq'', p. 567.</ref> and Uthman b. Anbasa,<ref>Tāj al-Dīn, ''al-Majālis al-mahdawīyya'', p. 223.</ref> and it is said that he is from the progeny of Abu Sufyan.<ref>Shūshtarī, ''Iḥqāq al-ḥaqq'', p. 567; Tāj al-Dīn, ''al-Majālis al-mahdawīyya'', p. 223.</ref> In Sunni sources, his name is variously mentioned as Harb b. Anbasa<ref>Muqaddasī, ''ʿAqd al-durar'', p. 128</ref> and Mu'awiya b. Utba.<ref>Muqaddasī, ''ʿAqd al-durar'', p. 116.</ref> | ||
According to hadiths, al-Sufyani is a bloodshedder, homicidal, and brutal. Moreover, according to hadiths from Imam Ali (a), al-Sufyani is a broad-shouldered, his face is full of acne, 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. | According to hadiths, al-Sufyani is a bloodshedder, homicidal, and brutal.<ref>See: Ibn Ṭāwūs, ''al-Tashrīf bi l-minan'', p. 115-117; Muqaddasī, ''ʿAqd al-durar'', p. 76.</ref> Moreover, according to hadiths from Imam 'Ali (a), al-Sufyani is a broad-shouldered, his face is full of acne, and has one eye, and people are frightened upon seeing him.<ref>See: Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 52, p. 205.</ref> 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.<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 52, p. 215.</ref> | ||
==Inevitability== | ==Inevitability== | ||
According to hadiths from Imam al-Sadiq (a), the uprising of al-Sufyani is characterized as inevitable, and is referred to as one of the five [[signs of the Reappearance]] of the al-Qa'im along with the [[Riot of al-Yamani]], the [[Heavenly Cry]], the [[Murder of the Pure Soul]], and [[Khasf al-Bayda']]. | According to hadiths from Imam al-Sadiq (a), the uprising of al-Sufyani is characterized as inevitable,<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Kamāl al-dīn'', vol. 2, p. 678, hadith, 5; p. 680, hadith, 14, 15.</ref> and is referred to as one of the five [[signs of the Reappearance]] of the al-Qa'im along with the [[Riot of al-Yamani]], the [[Heavenly Cry]], the [[Murder of the Pure Soul]], and [[Khasf al-Bayda']].<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Kamāl al-dīn'', vol. 2, p. 678, hadith, 5.</ref> | ||
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 uprising, 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 uprisings of al-Sufyani, [[Sayyid al-Yamani]], and [[Sayyid al-Khurasani]] are going to occur in the same year, same month, and the same day. | 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 uprising, 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 uprisings of al-Sufyani, [[Sayyid al-Yamani]], and [[Sayyid al-Khurasani]] are going to occur in the same year, same month, and the same day. | ||