It is narrated from Tabi' that a seeker of refuge will seek refuge in Mecca, and he will be killed. Then people will be in distress from the Dinar, then another seeker of refuge will seek refuge. If you reach him, do not fight him, for he is the army of the Khusuf (the eclipse). The Fitna By Nu'aym bin Mahad - The Dinar is a period of time, and some count it as 22 years and a little more, and a little is less than a third, meaning 22 years, and some have limited it to 20 years, and this is the strongest.

- The first seeker of refuge is in the year 2200 AH, which corresponds to the year 2202 CE.

- Then the second seeker of refuge (Al-Mahdi) will be from 2222 AH to 2222 AH. According to the first opinion.

- Or that the emergence of Imam Al-Mahdi will be in the year 2220 AH or. This is the most likely opinion.

- Narrated from Al-Suqri bin Rustum, from his father, he said: Al-Mahdi is a man with dark, fair, and blue eyes. He will come from the Hijaz until he stands on the pulpit of Damascus, and he will be twelve years old. The Fitna By Nu'aym bin Mahad - Al-Mahdi went to Yemen for the first time when he was eighteen years old, and he was exiled with his people to Yemen when he was eighteen years old.

- His upbringing was in the Hijaz.

- As for the word (Damascus) in this narration, it appears to be a delusion or an insertion.

- He will remain until he is exiled in the Hijaz.

- The first exile of the people of Yemen was in the year 2220 CE.

- The period of exile is from 2220 CE to 4022 CE = 42 years.

- So: his age in 4020 CE is 21 + 40 = 20 years, and according to this, Al-Mahdi is (Zulmad bin Abdullah Al-Hasani Al-Yamani) born in Mecca in the year 2202/2204 CE.

- It has already been mentioned that he was exiled when he was forty years old, and the Arabs consider anything less than fifty, even by a day, to be forty. So the remaining time until his pledge of allegiance from the year 4022 CE is (eleven years, eight months, and twenty-two) days.

- Narrated from Ibn Al-Hanafiyyah, he said: Between the emergence of the black banner from Khurasan and Shu'ayb bin Salih, and the emergence of Al-Mahdi, and between his emergence and the matter being entrusted to Al-Mahdi will be seventy-two months. The Fitna By Nu'aym bin Mahad - It is narrated that this Shu'ayb was from Tamim. It is mentioned in the narration: - Narrated from Muhammad bin Al-Hanafiyyah, he said: A black banner will emerge... On their vanguard, a man called Shu'ayb bin Salih bin Shu'ayb from Tamim, they will defeat the companions of Sufyan until they descend to Bait Al-Maqdis, he will pave the way for Al-Mahdi's authority, and three hundred of the scholars will be drawn to him. Between his emergence and the matter being entrusted to Al-Mahdi will be seventy-two months. The Fitna By Nu'aym bin Mahad - That Allah will send from the tribe of Tamim one who will support Al-Mahdi, regardless of the name (Shu'ayb).