Khasf al-Bayda'
Khasf al-Bayda' (Arabic: خسف البیداء, Persian: خسف بیدا), or "Al-Khasf bil-Bayda" (i.e. "Swallowing in the land of Bayda")[1][2] is an event that "the Earth will swallow the land (of al-Bayda)" where is a desert between Mecca and Medina; and according to (Islamic) traditions: the army of Sufyani will be collapsed in the land of al-Bayda.[3][4][5]
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Khasf al-Bayda, has been mentioned in both Shia and Sunni sources, and it was narrated that "Khasf-e-Bayda" is going to be happened among the decisive Signs of the reappearance of al-Mahdi.[6]
The certain signs
According to hadiths, there are five[7] (or more) certain signs which will happen prior to the reappearance of the twelfth (last) Imam of Shia Islam, al-Mahdi.[8]
Al-Shaykh al-Saduq has narrated --from Ja'far al-Sadiq-- that: five signs are decisive before the rising of Ghaem (قائم):
- Yamani
- Sufyani
- Heavenly cry (calling) from the sky
- The murder of (Nafs-e-Zakiyyah)
- Khasf-e-Bayda[9][10]
Armed forces number
In regards to the event of Khasf-al-Bayda,[11][12][13][14] there have been narrated diverse Hadiths concerning the numbers of the presented ones in the army of Sufyani (who will be swallowed in the Earth), including:
- or 300,000;[19]
and it was narrated that all of its army are going to be sunk (in the land of Bayda) except 2 or 3 individuals.[20]
The caller
According a tradition from the fifth Imam of Shia-Islam, Muhammad al-Baqir: at the End Time, while Sufyani's army enters the territory of (al-)Bayda, a caller will call:
"O plain, annihilate the nation" (of the army of Sufyani); as a result of that, the Earth will swallow them, and all of them are going to be sunk --except 3 individuals.[21]
See also
- The Occultation
- Seyyed Hassani
- Seyed Khorasani
- Al-Yamani (Shiism)
- The voice from sky
- The Fourteen Infallibles
- Nafs-e-Zakiyyah (Pure soul)
- Signs of the reappearance of al-Mahdi
References
- Khasf-e-Bayda, Mohamad Mohsen Mardani, (Department of Culture of Humanities and Islamic Sciences)
- (al-)Khasf-e-Bayda from Signs of the reappearance welayatnet.com
- The necessity of the separation of decisive signs of the reappearance from non-decisive signs tebyan.net
- Khasf-e-Bayda (Swallowing of Bayda land) ensani.ir
- (al)Khasf-e-Bayda farsnews.ir
- Khasfe-Bayda, Nosratollah Ayati
- Is Yamani a certain signs of the reappearance? tasnimnews.com
- Final signs before the reappearance of Imam Zaman (al-Mahdi) hawzah.net
- Abu Jaʿfar Muḥammad bin Ali bin al-Ḥusayn bin Musa al-Qummi (Saduq), Kamal al-Din, vol. 2, p. 650
- A glance to decisive sign of the reappearance (among: Khasf-Bayda) hawzahnews.com
- 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 porseman.com
- Al-Malahim wal-fitan, Ebnetawus, p. 136.
- Decisive Signs of the reappearance entezar14.ir
- Nahawandi, al-Aqbari al-ḥisan, p. 128.
- What is the purpose of Khasfe-Bayda that is said will be happened at the time of the reappearance of Imam Zaman (Mahdi) (a.j.)? andisheqom.com
- Na'mani, Al-Ghaybah, Maktab al-Saduq, Chapter 14, P. 279