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Destructive event in Islamic eschatology
Khasf al-Bayda (
Arabic : خسف البیداء) (lit. “Swallowing the land of
Bayda ” ),
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4] in
Islamic eschatology , is a future event in which the Earth will swallow up
Bayda , a desert area between
Mecca and
Medina . According to Islamic traditions: the army of
Sufyani will be swallowed up in the land of
Bayda .
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[6]
[7]
[8]
Khasf al-Bayda
[9]
[10] has been mentioned in both
Shia and
Sunni sources, and it was narrated that "Khasf al-Bayda" will be is going to be one of the decisive
signs of the appearance of Mahdi .
[11]
The certain signs
According to
hadiths , there are five (or more) certain signs which will happen prior to the reappearance of the twelfth (last) Imam of Shia Islam,
al-Mahdi .
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[13]
Al-Shaykh al-Saduq has narrated --from
Ja'far al-Sadiq -- that: five signs are decisive before the rising of Qa'im (قائم):
Yamani ,
Sufyani ,
Heavenly cry (calling) from the sky , The murder of
Nafs-e-Zakiyyah and Khasf al-Bayda.
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Swallowing of the army
Sufyani and his army will go toward Iraq to attack the
Mahdi . When the army enters the territory of
Bayda , the Earth will consume the army of Sufyani except for 2 or 3 individuals.
[16] Various
hadiths discuss the numbers in the army of Sufyani.
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[18]
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[20] Some sources say that the army of Sufyani will number 12,000;
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[22] while some say 170,000
[23]
[24] and other sources say 300,000
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According to a tradition from
Muhammad al-Baqir : at the End Time, when Sufyani's army enters the territory of Bayda, a voice will call out:
"O plain, annihilate the nation" (i.e. the army of Sufyani)
— Na'mani, Al-Ghaybah, Maktab al-Saduq, Chapter 14, P. 279
See also
References
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The necessity of the separation of decisive signs of the reappearance from non-decisive signs tebyan.net
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(al)Khasf-e-Bayda farsnews.ir
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^ Abu Jaʿfar Muḥammad bin Ali bin al-Ḥusayn bin Musa al-Qummi (Saduq), Kamal al-Din, vol. 2, p. 650
^
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^ Khasfe-Bayda, Nosratollah Ayati
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Final signs before the reappearance of Imam Zaman (al-Mahdi) hawzah.net
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Is Yamani a certain signs of the reappearance? tasnimnews.com
^ Abu Jaʿfar Muḥammad bin Ali bin al-Ḥusayn bin Musa al-Qummi (Saduq), Kamal al-Din, vol. 2, p. 650
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A glance to decisive sign of the reappearance (among: Khasf-Bayda) hawzahnews.com
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What is the purpose of Khasfe-Bayda that is said will happen at the time of the reappearance of Imam Zaman (Mahdi) (a.j.)? andisheqom.com
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Khasf-al-Bayda ensani.ir
^ Mohammad ibn Ali (Sadoogh), Kamalodin o TamamolNe'mah, Vol. 1, P. 331
^ Mohammad ibn Ibrahim (Na'mani), Alqeibah, Tehran, MaktabolSaduq, P. 257
^
Khasf-e-Bayda from decisive Signs of the reappearance 2noor.com
^ Sulayman, Ruzigar-i rahayi, p. 317.
^
Sufyani in Iran
Archived 2020-06-20 at the
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^ Al-Malahim wal-fitan, Ebnetawus, p. 136.
^
Decisive Signs of the reappearance
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^ Nahawandi, al-Aqbari al-ḥisan, p. 128.