Khasf al-Bayda
{{Short description|Destructive event in Islamic eschatology}}
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Khasf al-Bayda (Arabic: خسف البیداء) (lit. “Swallowing the land of Bayda”),Khasf-e-Bayda, Mohamad Mohsen Mardani, (Department of Culture of Humanities and Islamic Sciences)[https://www.welayatnet.com/fa/news/104908 (al-)Khasf-e-Bayda from Signs of the reappearance] welayatnet.com[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)] hawzah.net[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?] tasnimnews.com 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.[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] tebyan.net[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)] ensani.ir[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] farsnews.ir{{Cite web|url=https://www.al-islam.org/mahdi-quran-according-shiite-quran-commentators-vasran-toussi/chapter-3-mahdi-classical-and-modern#9-quran-34:51|title = Chapter 3: Mahdi in classical and modern|date = 30 September 2015}}
Khasf al-BaydaAbu Jaʿfar Muḥammad bin Ali bin al-Ḥusayn bin Musa al-Qummi (Saduq), Kamal al-Din, vol. 2, p. 650[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)] hawzahnews.com 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.Khasfe-Bayda, Nosratollah Ayati
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.[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)] hawzah.net[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?] tasnimnews.com 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.Abu Jaʿfar Muḥammad bin Ali bin al-Ḥusayn bin Musa al-Qummi (Saduq), Kamal al-Din, vol. 2, p. 650[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)] hawzahnews.com
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.[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.)?] andisheqom.com Various hadiths discuss the numbers in the army of Sufyani.[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. 331Mohammad ibn Ibrahim (Na'mani), Alqeibah, Tehran, MaktabolSaduq, P. 257[http://www.2noor.com/article/article11167/ Khasf-e-Bayda from decisive Signs of the reappearance] 2noor.com Some sources say that the army of Sufyani will number 12,000;Sulayman, Ruzigar-i rahayi, p. 317.[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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620231615/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 |date=2020-06-20 }} porseman.com while some say 170,000Al-Malahim wal-fitan, Ebnetawus, p. 136.[http://www.entezar14.ir/Mozoat.html Decisive Signs of the reappearance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621021628/http://www.entezar14.ir/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi/ |date=2020-06-21 }} entezar14.ir and other sources say 300,000Nahawandi, al-Aqbari al-ḥisan, p. 128.
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:
{{Quote|text="O plain, annihilate the nation" (i.e. the army of Sufyani)|source=Na'mani, Al-Ghaybah, Maktab al-Saduq, Chapter 14, P. 279}}