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WE ARE in the TIMES of the SUFYANI By: Abu Dharr Al-Muhajir WE ARE IN THE TIMES OF THE SUFYANI by: Abu Dharr al-Muhajir Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His last Prophet and His family. In 2013, a more than a millennium old grave in Damascus was desecrated by some militants fighting the Syrian regime. What the damaged grave revealed would have sent shivers down their spines: the body contained therein was still intact, miraculously preserved over the passage of 1300+ years. Videos of the recovered shrine and the divinely preserved body aroused curiosity in the viewers about that holy man. Who was this great person whom Allah wished to reintroduce to the Muslims after 1300+ years, as a great sign and a close friend of His, and why? He was Hujr ibn Adi r.a., a noble companion of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and an ardent follower of the Noble Commander of the believers, Ali al-Murtada a.s.. He was executed on the orders of emir Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, for protesting against the cursing of Ali a.s. in the mosques and adamantly refusing to abide by this decree until his last breath. (Reported by Ibn Abd al-Barr al-Maliki in his al-Istiab: v.1 p.135 and Ibn al-Athir in his al-Kamil: v.3 p.234-242) Muawiyah's orders to curse Ali a.s. find mention even in hadith books. (eg. Muslim: #6220, Nasai: #8483,8208) For the Shia Muslims, the shrine of Martyr Hujr ibn Adi r.a. symbolizes pure faith, for the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) had promised the Commander of the believers Ali a.s. that none will love him except a mu'min (true believer) and none will hate him except a munafiq (hypocrite). (Muslim: #240) For the Sunni Muslims, the killing of Hujr r.a. by Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan was a judicial murder by a monarch; for the Shia Muslims, it exemplified a "Sufyani's" brutality against the "Shia (arabic for partisans) of Imam Ali a.s.." "The Sufyani" appears in the Islamic prophecies as a title of two leaders, in the end times, of the massacre of the Prophetic Household (Ahl al-Bayt a.s)'s scions and supporters. To grasp what all the title Sufyani denotes, one needs to delve into the early Islamic history. As a surname, it relates to the Umayyad chief Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, whose son Muawiyah and grandson Yazid became the first two Umayyad monarchs. The only Sufyani caliphs, the two are known for their fighting, persecuting and killing Ahl al-Bayt a.s. and their supporters. The first Sufyani of the end times, who has already come and gone as we'll show, in sha Allah, had both his name and actions conforming to "Sufyanism". Our purpose behind identifying the first Sufyani is to give an idea about the ilk of which the second Sufyani is going to be so that the people can be warned. A comparison table identifying the first Sufyani: NARRATIONS EVENTS Muawiyah Sufyani belonged to the In modern times, the title Zarqawi Umayyad clan which was also called became the most associated with Abu "sons of Zarqa" (Tirmidhi: #2226, Mus'ab Zarqawi, the leader of AlQaida asSilsilah as-Sahihah: #459), from which in Iraq. After the US invasion of Iraq in the Arabic title derived is "Zarqawi". So, 2003, he spearheaded the massacre of Muawiyah Sufyani = Muawiyah the country's Shia on an unprecedented Zarqawi. scale, which would have been soothing for the eyes of Muawiyah Sufyani had he been alive. Zarqawi hailed from the Jordanian city of Zarqa. Going by both his actions and his name, since Zarqawi also carries the meaning of Sufyani, Abu Mus'ab Zarqawi = Abu Mus'ab Sufyani. Abu Bakr ibn Abi Maryam reported Zarqawi's story features his sister's from his teachers that the Sufyani will be dream wherein she saw him praying to told in a dream to rise and set out. Allah and receiving a sword from the (Narrated by Bukhari's teacher Nu'aym heavens with 'jihad' inscribed on it. ibn Hammad in his Kitab al-Fitan: #788) Zarqawi took it as a divine command for This suggests that initially he will set out him to embark on the path of jihad. for some just cause. The Sufyani will initially set out with As stated by Abu Jandal Shimali in the seven men (Kitab al-Fitan: #788, al-Qaeda Waziristan issue of IS reported by Abu Bakr ibn Abi Maryam) magazine Dabiq, he was one of the first from the arid valley in the vicinity of seven Jordanian companions of Damascus (the Syrian capital) (Kitab al- Zarqawi (whose native place lies in the Fitan: #777, reported by Muhammad ibn Syrian Desert region, 'the arid valley Ja'far) and will later be joined by some near Damascus'). Thirty-six Syrians more people from the region. The ruler of had pledged obeisance to Zarqawi for Damascus will set out to confront them fighting the Syrian regime, but then got but then will concede; he engaged with fighting the Western will be from the sons of coalition forces in neighboring Iraq. "Abbas" (some narrations say (Turki Bin'ali's eulogy for IS leader 'Anbasah', both mean 'lion' in Arabic). Adnani) Going by its anti-West policy, (Kitab al-Fitan: #788) Damascus chose not to suppress Zarqawi's Syrian network. Since decades, the hegemony in Damascus lies with the Asad family. (Asad means 'lion' in Arabic) Abu Sahban ibn Wael said, "you will not The invasion of Iraq by the Western see the Sufyani until the people of the coalition forces in 2003 precipitated the West come to you". (Kitab al-Fitan: rise of Abu Mus'ab Zarqawi. #793) The Sufyani who will die on the way (i.e. Zarqawi's native place, the Jordanian the first Sufyani), will appear from the city of Zarqa in the Syrian Desert region, east of Baysan district, riding a 'red lies in the eastern vicinity of Baysan camel' (Kitab al-Fitan: #775, reported by district. To defeat the coalition forces in Artat ibn Mundhir) or with 'red flags', Iraq, Zarqawi, a Salafist puritanical having a prayer mark on his forehead zealot, formed an alliance with the (Kitab alFitan: #780, reported by Harith socialists of the ousted Ba'th Party, or ibn Abdillah), and will inflict double informally, 'the Arab Reds'. (Sept.5, defeats on the coalition, then he will die 2005 Weekly Standard: (Kitab al-Fitan: #775). Jordan's Baathists boom; Aug.21, 2005 Reuters: Former Regime Members Run Revolt From Jordan) Abdullah ibn Mas'ud r.a. said that Zarqawi based himself in the Southern Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him vicinity of Baghdad. (IS magazine and his family) said: "When the Sufyani anNaba's article eulogizing Abu Ali will cross the River Euphrates and reach Anbari) From his base in historical a place called Aaqarqufa (near Aaqarqufa, he unleashed a gruesome Baghdad), Allah will efface faith from spate of terrorist attacks on Shias across his heart. From there upto the River the Tigris-Euphrates Valley, styled as Tigris, he will kill seventy thousand "the amir of al-Qaeda in the Land of the persons wielding golden arms; while Two Rivers". He formed the Umar Brigade specially to kill Shias and attack besides them, the common people killed the Shia militias like the Badr Brigade by him will be much more. They will and the Mahdi Army. Their most brazen storm the 'Golden House'....... Lo! Do offensive came on February 22, 2006 in not hate Hashim's progeny, because Samarra, as the bombing of the Golden from them is the Prophet of Mercy and Mosque (also called Askariya shrine) from them is that houses the tombs of the tenth and Ja'far who flies in Paradise." (Kitab eleventh Shia Imams from the Prophet's alFitan: #842) Most Hashimids in Iraq family (peace be upon them all) and are Shia. marks the site from which Imam Mahdi was miraculously taken into occultation, bringing its golden dome down Ka'b narrated that the Sufyani will inflict Zarqawi wrested control of some towns double defeats on the coalition, kill free and territories, and his guerillas in the men and tear apart the bellies of Coalition-held areas kept slaughtering Hashimid women, then he will die. Shia laymen in the streets and blowing (Kitab alFitan: #825) Ammar ibn Yasir up Shia and Hashimid women at the r.a. narrated that when the Sufyani will shrines, thus confounding the Coalition's reach Kufah (South Iraq), he will kill the stated objectives of Shia empowerment adherents of Muhammad's family and creating a peaceful stable Iraq. (see (peace be upon them) ('Shi'at Aal 'The Shia Revival' authored by Vali Muhammad' in Arabic). (Kitab alFitan: Nasr) #864) The first Sufyani will die on the way after Zarqawi was killed after moving from exiting Kufah (South Iraq), because of an his base in the southern vicinity of ulcer. (Kitab al-Fitan: #774 and #775 Baghdad, on the way through Diyala. (IS reported by Artat ibn Mundhir, #817 magazine an-Naba's article eulogizing reported by Zuhri, #801 reported by Abu Ali Anbari) A Coalition airstrike Waleed ibn Muslim) targetting the building where he and his aides were staying, injured him. Though caught alive, he succumbed to the blast injuries in his lungs as revealed in his autopsy. The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his noble family) cursed the one who violates the sanctity of Ahl al-Bayt. (Tirmidhi: #2154) Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him and his noble family) said: " O sons of Abdul Muttalib (the Prophet's grandfather)! I have asked Allah for three things for you; that He keep you steadfast, guide those of you who are astray and grant knowledge to the ignorants among you.
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