 The signs of the reappearance of the 12th Imam, may Allah hasten his reappearance. Traditions have been reported mentioning the signs for the time of the reappearance of the Imam who will arise, or him, peace be upon him, and the events which will take place before and after his appearance, together with the indications and features of it. Some of these include, the Sofiani will come out in revolt, the Hassanid will be killed, the Apostles will dispute over worldly kingdom, there will be an eclipse of the Sun in the middle of the month of Ramazan, there will be an eclipse of the moon at the end of that month, in contrast to ordinary happenings, the land will be swallowed up at Baizal, it will be swallowed in the east and the west, the sun will stay still from the time of its decline to the middle of the time for the afternoon prayer, it will rise from the west, a pure soul or nafs-e-zakiye, will be killed in the outskirts of Khufa with 70 righteous men, a Hashemid will be slaughtered between the corner of the Kaaba and the station of Abraham, the wall of the mosque of Khufa will be destroyed, black standards will advance from Khurasan, al-Yamani will come out in revolt, al-Maghribi will appear in Egypt and take possession of it from Syria, the standards of Qays and the Arabs will come in mind the people of Egypt, the standards of Kinda will go to Khurasan, horses will come from the west until they are stable in Al-Hayra, the black standards will advance towards them from the east, the Euphrates will flood so that the water comes into the alleys of Khufa, 60 liars will come forward, all of them claiming prophethood and 12 will come forward from the family of Abu Talib, one of them claiming the imamat, a man of important rank of the supporters of the apostates will be burned between Jaloula and Khanaqain, the bridge next to Kargh in the city of Baghdad will be established, the black wind will raise it at the beginning of the day and then an earthquake will occur so that much of it will be swallowed up, fear will cover the people of Iraq and Baghdad, swift death will occur there and there will be a loss of property, lives and harvests, locusts will appear at their usual times and at times not usual so that they attack agricultural land and crops and there will be litter harvest for what the people planted, two kinds of foreigners will dispute and much blood will be shed in their quarrel, slaves will rebel against obedience to their masters and kill their masters, a group of heretics will be transformed until they become monkeys in pigs, slaves will conquer the land of their masters, a cry will come from the sky in such a way that all the people will hear it in their own languages, a face and a chest will appear in the sky before the people in the center of the sun, the death will arise from their graves so that they will return to the world and they will recognize one another and visit one another, that will come to an end with 24 continuous rainstorms and the land will be revived by them after being dead and it will recognize its blessings, after that every disease will be taken away from those of the Shia of Mahdi, peace be upon him, who believe in the truth, at that time they will know of its appearance in Mecca and they will go to him to support him, these signs are as these reports have mentioned, among a total of these events are some which are bound to happen either which are conditional, God knows best what will take place, we have only mentioned them on the basis of what is recounted in basic sources of tradition because of their inclusion in traditions which have been handed down from God, we seek help and him do we ask for success, we are waiting for his reappearance