Hadith 389

And by his chain, from Ahmad Bin Umeyr Bin Muslim, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from abu Al Jaroud, from Muhammad Bin Bishr Al Hamdany who said, ‘We said to Muhammad Bin Al-Hanafiya, ‘May Allah-azwj Make us to be sacrificed for you! It has reached us that there would be a flag for the sons of so and so (Al-Abbas), and there would be a flag for the progeny of Ja’far-as. It there anything with you all regarding that? ’
He said, ‘As for the flag of the sons of Ja’far-as, it isn’t with anything, and as for the flag of the sons of so and so (Al Abbas), there will be a kingdom for them. They will be drawing near the remotes ones and distancing the near ones during it. Difficulties, there wouldn’t be ease for them. Panic and trepidation would afflict them in it. All that would be dissipated from them just as the clouds dissipate, until when they feel secure and reassured and think that they kingdom will not decline, a scream would be screamed among them. So there will neither remain any shepherd to gather them, nor any caller the could be listening to. And that is the Word of the Exalted: until when earth takes its garnish and its adornment, and its people think they are able upon it, Our Command come to it at night or by day, and We Make it mowed down as if it had not flourished the day before. Like that, We Detail the Signs for a people who are pondering [10: 24]. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you! Is there any timing for that? ’
He said, ‘No, because Knowledge of Allah-azwj Overcomes the timing of the timers. Allah-azwj the Exalted Promised Musa-as thirty nights, then He-azwj Completed it with ten and did not let Musa-as know and did not let the children of Israel know. When the time was exceeded, they said, ‘Musa-as has deceived us’. So they worshipped the calf. But, when the need and the destitution is a lot among the people, and they deny each other, during that anticipate the Command of Allah-azwj, morning and evening’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! As for the she-camel, we have recognised it, so what is the denial of the people denying each other? ’
He said, ‘The man would meet his companion with a face during the need with other than the face he used to meet him, and he would speak to him with other than the tongue which he used to speak to him with’ – and the report is long, and it has been reported from our Imams-asws similar to that’’. [172] (This is not a Hadeeth)
And by his chain, from Usman Bin Isa, from Bakr Bin Muhammad Al Azsy, from Sadeyr who said, ‘Abu Abdullah-asws said to me: ‘O Sadeyr! Stay in your house and be a cushion from its cushions and be calm (still) for as long as the night and day are calm. When it reaches that Al-Sufyani has emerged, then depart to come to us-asws, and even if it is upon your legs! ’
I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you! Is there anything before that? ’
He said and indicated by his hand with three fingers to Syria and said, ‘Three flags – a flag of the Hasany, and a flag of the Umayya, and a flag of the Qeysi. While they are upon that when Al-Sufyani would emerge. He will mow them down like the mowing of the plantation, the like of which has not been seen at all’’. [173]