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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Imam Al Mahdi, The Twelfth Khalifah In The Sahih Sunni Ahadith The Black Flags From Khurasan ================================ In the last chapter, we analyzed the sahih Sunni hadith of Thawban which establishes that the army of the Mahdi, ‘alaihi al-salam , will march from “the Eastern towns” (as explained by Ibn Kathir), and will fight and kill other Muslims in a way no nation had ever done to them. So, what are these Eastern towns? Dr.

al-Bastawi copies a hadith that gives their name: عن عبد الله قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: إذا أقبلت الرايات السود من خراسان فائتوها فإن فيها خليفة الله المهدي " Narrated ‘Abd Allah (b.

Mas’ud): The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: “When the black flags come from Khurasan , go to them, for among them is the khalifah of Allah, the Mahdi.”[^1] After thoroughly examining the narrators of its isnad , he concludes: وعلى هذا فهذا الإسناد صالح للاستشهاد ولا سيما وأن متنه قد ورد من طريق آخر عن ثوبان رضي الله عنه بسند حسن.

وبذلك يصبح هذا الحديث حسنا لغيره Based upon this, then this chain is fit to be used as a shahid (support), especially since its text has been narrated through another chain from Thawban, may Allah be pleased with him, with a hasan chain . With that, this hadith becomes hasan li ghayrihi .[^2] The Sahabi, Thawban, also confirmed this exact identity of the Eastern towns in one of his personal statements. Imam al-Hakim (d.

403 H) documents: أخبرنا الحسين بن يعقوب بن يوسف العدل ثنا يحيى بن أبي طالب ثنا عبد الوهاب بن عطاء أنبأ خالد الحذاء عن أبي قلابة عن أبي أسماء عن ثوبان رضي الله عنه قال إذا رأيتم الرايات السود خرجت من قبل خراسان فأتوها ولو حبوا فإن فيها خليفة الله المهدي Al-Hasan b. Ya’qub b. Yusuf – Yahya b. Abi Talib – ‘Abd al-Wahhab b.

‘Aṭa – Khalid al-Hadha – Abu Qilabah – Abu Asma – Thawban, may Allah be pleased with him: “When you see the black flags coming out from the direction of Khurasan , then go to them even if you have to crawl, for verily among them is the khalifah of Allah, the Mahdi.”[^3] Al-Hakim then says: هذا حديث صحيح على شرط الشيخين This hadith is sahih upon the standard of the two Shaykhs. ^4 Imam al-Dhahabi (d. 748 H), on his part, keeps silent on the riwayah .

This hadith , although mawquf , has the status ( hukm ) of a marfu’ report. This is because it mentions a matter of the unseen ( al-ghayb ), which the Sahabi could have gotten only from the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alaihi wa alihi . Imam al-Maruzi (d.