Destructive event in Islamic eschatology
Khasf al-Bayda (Arabic : خسف البیداء) (lit. “Swallowing the land of Bayda ” ),[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] 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 .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Khasf al-Bayda [ 9] [ 10] 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 .[ 12] [ 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.[ 14] [ 15]
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] hadiths discuss the numbers in the army of Sufyani.[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25]
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
^ 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^ Final signs before the reappearance of Imam Zaman (al-Mahdi) hawzah.net^ Is Yamani a certain signs of the reappearance? tasnimnews.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^ "Chapter 3: Mahdi in classical and modern" . 30 September 2015.^ 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^ Khasfe-Bayda, Nosratollah Ayati
^ Final signs before the reappearance of Imam Zaman (al-Mahdi) hawzah.net^ 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
^ A glance to decisive sign of the reappearance (among: Khasf-Bayda) hawzahnews.com^ 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^ 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 Wayback Machine porseman.com^ Al-Malahim wal-fitan, Ebnetawus, p. 136.
^ Decisive Signs of the reappearance Archived 2020-06-21 at the Wayback Machine entezar14.ir^ Nahawandi, al-Aqbari al-ḥisan, p. 128.
