All daily events unfolding in the Middle East that we follow everyday on media were foretold 1400 years ago by our Prophet (saas) with all their details. He described these incidents as if he saw them himself. This a great miracle.
1. THOSE WITH BLACK BANNERS WILL APPEAR FROM THE EAST
WHEN THOSE BLACK BANNERS APPEAR IN THE (EAST) in Khorasan... (al-Ghaybah Nomani, p. 228)
In the hadith the attention is drawn to a community who will appear with black banners from the East. As is known, al-Qaida appeared with big black banners from the East.
2. AGAIN FROM THE EAST, THIS TIME A SMALLER GROUP WITH BLACK BANNERS WILL APPEAR
... Once they proceed for a while, AGAIN FROM THE EAST, THIS TIME SMALL BLACK BANNERS APPEAR... (Hadith from the Compilation of Jalâleddin Suyuti, The Portents of the Mahdi of the End Times, p.61, hadith no. 7.77)
As is known, ISIS was once affiliated with al-Qaida, but then they separated their ways. That is, following the big black banners, this time ISIS appeared as a group with smaller black banners.
3. BEFORE THE APPEARANCE OF THOSE WITH BLACK BANNERS THERE WILL BE CONFLICTS IN SYRIA
“Following the three portents await the appearance of Imam Qaim (Mahdi)”
They asked him: “What are these portents?” The appearance of black banners from Khorasan and fear in the month of Ramadan.” (Bihâr al-Anvâr, 14)
4. THOSE WITH BLACK BANNERS WILL BE IN SYRIA
…And again WHEN A MAN WITH SMALL BLACK BANNER IS SEEN IN DAMASCUS (SYRIA)... (Hadith from the Compilation of Jalâleddin Suyuti, The Portents of the Mahdi of the End Times, p.61, hadith no. 7.8)
... Another portent of the (appearance of Mahdi) is that THE SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY WITH BLACK BANNERS knot THEIR HORSES TO THE OLIVE TREES IN DAMASCUS... (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 23)
5. THEY WILL FIGHT AGAINST AL-ASSAD
... THEY FIGHT AGAINST A MAN FROM THE LINEAGE OF ABU SUFYAN (BASHAR ASSAD)… (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 29)
The hadith refers to Hafiz Assad, who, throughout his power, had committed great massacres against Muslims and refers to him as Sufyan. Consequently the person who is from the lineage of Sufyan, against whom those with black banners would fight, is Bashar Assad.
6. THEY WILL HEAD FOR IRAQ AFTER SYRIA
BLACK BANNERS OF BEN-I ABBAS (IRAQ) appear…
(Nuaym bin Hammad,Qitab al-Fitan)
(Those with black banners) IN THEIR CITIES ON THE BANKS OF EUPHRATES, THEY WILL KILL THEM ON LAND AND IN THE SEA
(al-Ghaybah Nomani, p. 327)
7. THEY WILL OBTAIN RESULTS VERY RAPIDLY
While they are in that situation, banners will come from Khorosan, THEY WILL ACT SWIFTLY. (al-Ghaybah Nomani, p. 327)
They will come back from there with an army and will SEIZE Kufa and Basra IN ONE NIGHT… (Qitab al-Haft al-Sharif, p.174)
8. THE CITIES THEY ENTER WILL ALMOST BE PRESENTED TO THEM
Once something is not presented to them, they will gain a victory by waging war and WHAT THEY DESIRE WILL BE PRESENTED TO THEM. (Meclisi, Bihar al-Anwar, v.51, p.87))
9. THEIR HAIR AND MOUSTACHE WILL BE LONG
His (the commander of those with black banners) SOLDIERS’ HAIR AND MOUSTACHE WILL BE VERY LONG, their clothes are black and THEY ARE THE MEN OF THOSE WITH BLACK BANNERS. (al-Ghaybah Nomani, p. 303)
10. THEY WILL COMMIT MASS MURDERS
God will send someone hard-hearted and whose lineage is not known and he will have victories. THEY WILL MASSACCRE THEM (those opposing them) WITHOUT MAKING ANY DIFFERENTIATION. (al-Ghaybah Nomani, p. 303)
11. THEY WILL PROCEED TOWARDS KUFA.
THOSE WITH BLACK BANNERS appearing from Khorasan will COME DOWN TO KUFA…(Hadith from the Compilation of Jalâleddin Suyuti, Ahir Zamân Mehdisinin Alametleri, p.61, hadith no. 7.12)
12. THEY WILL TARGET JERUSALEM
BLACK BANNERS will appear from Khorasan and, nothing will stop them, UNTIL THEY ARE RAISED IN AYLIYA (JERUSALEM). (Hadith from the Compilation of Jalâleddin Suyuti, The Portents of the Mahdi of the End Times, p.61, hadith no. 7.3)
13. BECAUSE OF VIOLENCE AND INCREASE IN CONFLICTS, PEOPLE WILL START ASKING FOR MAHDI
A great war occurs. Ultimately black banners gain victory. The forces of Sufyan run away. THEN PEOPLE WILL START TO ASK FOR MAHDI AND LOOK FOR HIM. (Hadith from the Compilation of Jalâleddin Suyuti, The Portents of the Mahdi of the End Times, p.61, hadith no. 7.26)
14. BLACK BANNERS WILL ULTIMATELY ABIDE BY MAHDI
and THEY WILL COME UNDER THE OBEDIENCE OF MAHDI. (Imam Suyûtî)
But they won’t accept it and GRANT IT TO MAHDI (AS) WHO IS FROM MY LINEAGE…(Mejlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, v.51, p.87)
15. AT THE TIME OF MAHDI WARS WILL COME TO A COMPLETE END AND NOT A SINGLE BLOOD WILL BE SHED
One of the main attributes of Hazrat Mahdi (as) is his never shedding a single drop of blood. It is not Mahdi who sheds blood, wages war or oppresses. Such fake Mahdis are doomed to failure.
(Mehdi) has such a vast justice that, EVEN A SLEEPING PERSON IS NOT AWAKEN AND NOT A SINGLE DROP OF BLOOD IS SHED. (Mejlisî, Bihâr Al-Anvâr, v.51, p.87)
THE PARTIES OF A WAR LAY DOWN THEIR WEIGHS [THEIR ARMS ETC.] No enmity will remain among anyone. All enmities, fights, envies will absolutely disappear. (Imam Sharani, Death-Doomsday-Hereafter and the Portents of the End Times, p. 496)
As it is seen, what our Prophet (saas) foretold comes to be true one by one. The incidents in the Middle East and the world proceed just as how our Prophet (saas) described.
It is a great miracle that these portents related in the hadiths come to be true with all their details. However these miracles are not mentioned by many Islamic scholars and they are ignored. Yet no matter how hard they try to conceal them, we are living in the End Times, in the last phase of the world.
By God’s will, we will altogether see Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as).
