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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> | 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.<ref>Ḥimyarī, ''Qurb al-isnād'', p. 374, hadith, 1329.</ref> 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]].<ref>Nuʿmanī, ''Kitāb al-ghayba'', p. 302.</ref> 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.<ref>Nuʿmanī, ''Kitāb al-ghayba'', p. 369.</ref> | ||
==Khasf al-Bayda': The Collapse of al-Sufyani== | ==Khasf al-Bayda': The Collapse of al-Sufyani== | ||
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'". | 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'".<ref>Ibn Ṭāwūs, ''al-Tashrīf bi l-minan'', p. 158, hadith, 205, 206.</ref> | ||
According to another hadith, [[Imam Ali (a)]] points to the [[Qur'an 34]]:51, <ref>"Were you to see them when they will be stricken with terror, without any escape, and are seized from a close quarter."</ref> suggesting that [[al-Sufyani]] will rule Syria for nine months and then when he leads his army towards [[Medina]], God takes him inside the Earth in Bayda'. | According to another hadith, [[Imam Ali (a)]] points to the [[Qur'an 34]]:51, <ref>"Were you to see them when they will be stricken with terror, without any escape, and are seized from a close quarter."</ref> suggesting that [[al-Sufyani]] will rule Syria for nine months and then when he leads his army towards [[Medina]], God takes him inside the Earth in Bayda'.<ref>Nuʿmanī, ''Kitāb al-ghayba'', p. 305.</ref> | ||
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