Khasf al-Bayda explained

Khasf al-Bayda (Arabic: خسف البیداء) (lit. “Swallowing the land of Bayda”),[1] [2] [3] [4] in 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] has been mentioned in both 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] Various hadiths discuss the numbers in the army of Sufyani.[17] [18] [19] [20] Some sources say that the army of Sufyani will number 12,000;[21] [22] while some say 170,000[23] [24] and other sources say 300,000[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:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Khasf-e-Bayda, Mohamad Mohsen Mardani, (Department of Culture of Humanities and Islamic Sciences)
  2. https://www.welayatnet.com/fa/news/104908 (al-)Khasf-e-Bayda from Signs of the reappearance
  3. https://hawzah.net/fa/Question/View/12034/%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%85-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B8%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86(%D8%B9) Final signs before the reappearance of Imam Zaman (al-Mahdi)
  4. https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1394/04/06/782568/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%A7-%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B8%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA Is Yamani a certain signs of the reappearance?
  5. https://article.tebyan.net/53098/%D9%88-%D8%B2%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%88-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B8%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-5- The necessity of the separation of decisive signs of the reappearance from non-decisive signs
  6. http://ensani.ir/fa/article/245247/%D8%AE%D8%B3%D9%81-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7- Khasf-e-Bayda (Swallowing of Bayda land)
  7. https://www.farsnews.ir/news/13930915001722/%D8%AE%D8%B3%D9%81-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1 (al)Khasf-e-Bayda
  8. Web site: Chapter 3: Mahdi in classical and modern. 30 September 2015.
  9. Abu Jaʿfar Muḥammad bin Ali bin al-Ḥusayn bin Musa al-Qummi (Saduq), Kamal al-Din, vol. 2, p. 650
  10. https://www.hawzahnews.com/news/364337/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B8%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1 A glance to decisive sign of the reappearance (among: Khasf-Bayda)
  11. Khasfe-Bayda, Nosratollah Ayati
  12. https://hawzah.net/fa/Question/View/12034/%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%85-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B8%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86(%D8%B9) Final signs before the reappearance of Imam Zaman (al-Mahdi)
  13. https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1394/04/06/782568/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%A7-%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B8%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA Is Yamani a certain signs of the reappearance?
  14. Abu Jaʿfar Muḥammad bin Ali bin al-Ḥusayn bin Musa al-Qummi (Saduq), Kamal al-Din, vol. 2, p. 650
  15. https://www.hawzahnews.com/news/364337/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B8%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1 A glance to decisive sign of the reappearance (among: Khasf-Bayda)
  16. https://www.andisheqom.com/fa/Question/View/12780/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AE%D8%B3%D9%81-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%83%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%8A%E2%80%8C%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B8%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%B1-(%D8%B9%D8%AC)-%D8%B1%D8%AE What is the purpose of Khasfe-Bayda that is said will happen at the time of the reappearance of Imam Zaman (Mahdi) (a.j.)?
  17. http://ensani.ir/fa/article/245247/%D8%AE%D8%B3%D9%81-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7- Khasf-al-Bayda
  18. Mohammad ibn Ali (Sadoogh), Kamalodin o TamamolNe'mah, Vol. 1, P. 331
  19. Mohammad ibn Ibrahim (Na'mani), Alqeibah, Tehran, MaktabolSaduq, P. 257
  20. http://www.2noor.com/article/article11167/ Khasf-e-Bayda from decisive Signs of the reappearance
  21. Sulayman, Ruzigar-i rahayi, p. 317.
  22. https://www.porseman.com/article/%D8%B3%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/175272 Sufyani in Iran
  23. Al-Malahim wal-fitan, Ebnetawus, p. 136.
  24. http://www.entezar14.ir/Mozoat.html Decisive Signs of the reappearance
  25. Nahawandi, al-Aqbari al-ḥisan, p. 128.

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