Bayda (land)
{{short description|Desert between Mecca and Medina}}
Bayda (Arabic: بيداء) is a desert between Mecca and Medina in the Hejaz region. The desert is without water/grass[https://rasekhoon.net/conference/show/612413/%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%85 Where is the land of Bayda?] rasekhoon.net and its distance to Masjid-u-Shajarah[http://entezar.ahlolbait.com/book/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B3%D9%81-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1 Khasfe Bayda] ahlolbait.com is two kilometers towards to the city of Mecca.Shahroodi, Farhang-e Fegh, Vol. 2, P. 160-161
According to Islamic narration(s),[https://www.porseman.com/article/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%84-%D8%AE%D8%B3%D9%81-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1/175969 The place of Khasf in Bayda] porseman.com[https://www.fardanews.com/fa/news/263137/%DA%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%B8%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%83%D8%AC%D8%A7-%D8%B1%D8%AE-%D9%85%D9%8A%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3 Where will occur the fourth sign of Dhuhur (reappearance of Imam Zaman (Mahdi)?] fardanews.com Khasf al Bayda or swallowing (of the army of Sufyani) in the land of Bayda is among the signs of the appearance of Mahdi.[https://www.welayatnet.com/fa/news/104908 Khasf-al-Bayda from Signs of the reappearance] welayatnet.com[https://www.farsnews.ir/news/13930915001722/%D8%AE%D8%B3%D9%81-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1 Khasf-al-Bayda] frsnews.ir[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- Necessity of the separation of define signs of Duhur from non-definite signs] tebyan.net[https://hawzah.net/fa/Question/View/10888 Signs of the reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi] hawzah.net
Etymology
The name of this locality was narrated at the "hadith of Khasf-e-Bayda" (swallowing in Bayda land) by such name. Both of Shia and Sunni Islam sources have mentioned about the event of "swallowing in the territory of Bayda" as one of the signs of the appearance of Mahdi; based on Islamic hadiths.San'ani, al-Mosanaf, Bita, Vol. 11
Bayda means a desert without water and grass,Al-Ein, Vol. 8, P. 84; Bayd and as an expression it is the name of a vast desert that is located to the 9 kilometer to the southwest of Medina and after Dhu al-Halifa; it likewise has been divided in two southern and northern parts through the way of Medina to Jeddah and Mecca.Tarikh Ma'alem al-Madina, P. 346
Islamic eschatology
Regarding the Khasf al-Bayda,Mohammad ibn Ibrahim (Na'mani), Alqeibah, Tehran, MaktabolSaduq, P. 257[http://ensani.ir/fa/article/245247/%D8%AE%D8%B3%D9%81-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7- Khasf-al-Bayda] ensani.irMohammad ibn Ali (Sadoogh), Kamalodin o TamamolNe'mah, Vol. 1, P. 331[https://masaf.ir/mahdiaran/post/18871-%D8%B3%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A2%D9%86.html Khasf-e Bayda in Quran] masaf.ir there is a hadith from Muhammad bin 'Ali bin al-Husayn (Muhamad al-Baqir) that says: at Akhar-al-Zaman (End of Time), at the time when the army of Sufyani enters the territory of Bayda, a caller calls: Oh plain, annihilate that nation (of Sufyani army); subsequently the Earth swallows them, and all of them will be swallowed except 3 individuals.َAl-Gheibah (Na'mani). Maktebah-al-Sadough, P. 279
Prayer
Based on Feqhi sources: saying prayers is Makruh (i.e.: not haram but better not to do) in this desert (of Bayda) and the Divine torment will be come down at this locality.Najafi, Jawaher al-Kalam, Vol. 8, P. 349