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3. Before the Appearance of Black Banners There Will Be Fighting in
Syria

Following the three portents await the appearance of Qaim [Mahdi].

They asked him: "What are these portents?"
T The mutual disputes of Syrians, appearance of those with black flags
from Khorasan and fear in the month of Ramadan. (Majlisi, Bihar al-
Anwar, 14)

4. Those With Black Flags Will Remain in Syria

.... And again when a man with small black flag is seen from Shaam
(Syria)… (Hadith from the compilation of Jalaladdin Suyuti, The Portents
of the Mahdi of the End Times, p. 61, hadith no. 7-8)

... Another portent of (Mahdi's appearance) is that the soldiers of the
army with black banners tie their horses to the olive trees in Shaam.... (Al-
Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 23)

5. They Will Fight Against Al-Assad
... They fight against a man from the descent of sufyan [Bashar al-
Assad]... (Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 29)

6. They Will Turn Their Attention to Iraq After Syria

Black banners appear belonging to Bani Abbas (Iraq)… (Nuaym bin
Hammad, Qitab al-Fitan)

They will kill (those opposing them) on the land and sea on their cities on
the banks of Euphrates. (Ghaybah Nomani, p. 327)

7. They Will Obtain Results Very Quickly

While they are in this situation, flags from Khorosan will come, they will
move swiftly. (Ghaybah Nomani, p. 327)

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