Khasf al-Bayda (
Arabic: خسف البیداء) (
lit. Swallowing in the land of Bayda), in
Islamic eschatology
Islamic eschatology ( ar, علم آخر الزمان في الإسلام, ) is a field of study in Islam concerning future events that would happen in the end times. It is primarily based on hypothesis and speculations based on sources from t ...
, is an upcoming event in which the Earth will swallow the land
Bayda which is a desert between
Mecca and
Medina. According to Islamic traditions: the army of
Sufyani will be collapsed in the land of
Bayda.
''Khasf al-Bayda'' event has been mentioned in both
Shia and
Sunni
Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...
sources, and it was narrated that "Khasf al-Bayda" is going to be happened among the decisive
Signs of the appearance of Mahdi.
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.
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 and Khasf-e-Bayda
Swallowing of the army
Sufyani and his army will go towards Iraq to attack
Mahdi. When the army will enter the territory of
Bayda, the Earth will sunk the army of Sufyani except 2 or 3 individuals. In regards to the event of Khasf-al-Bayda, there have been narrated diverse
Hadiths concerning the numbers of the presented ones in the army of Sufyani. Some sources say that the army of Sufyani will be 12,000; while some say 170,000 and some sources say 300,000
[Nahawandi, al-Aqbari al-ḥisan, p. 128.] will be the number of Sufyani's army.
According a tradition from,
Muhammad al-Baqir: at the End Time, while Sufyani's army enters the territory of (al-)
Bayda, a caller will call:
See also
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Occultation (Islam)
Occultation ( ar, غَيْبَة, ') in Shia Islam refers to the eschatological belief that Mahdi, a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, has already been born and subsequently concealed, but will reemerge to establish justice and peace ...
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Seyyed Hassani
In Shia Islam, Hassani (Arabic/Persian: سید حسني), is a Sayyid (young man) whose rising is predicted to be among the signs of the reappearance of al-Mahdi. Seyyed Hassani will come out from the side of Deilam ( Gilan and the west of ...
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Seyed Khorasani
Seyed Khorasani (), is an Islamic leader whose rising is an essential part of Islamic eschatology. According to Al-Fadl ibn Shadhan of Nishapur, Neyshabur, in an authentic document from Imamate in Shia doctrine, Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, al-Khorasani ...
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Al-Yamani (Shiism)
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The voice from sky
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The Fourteen Infallibles
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Nafs-e-Zakiyyah (Pure soul)
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Signs of the reappearance of al-Mahdi
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