Methodological and Content Criticism of Yaum Al-Khalas Book

Among the traditions of the field of Mahdism, the hadiths regarding the signs of the manifestation and the conditions of the last days are very important. Therefore, it is very necessary to conduct deep, detailed and comprehensive researches in this field of narration, in its various dimensions. in the upcoming research, the book “Yom al-Khalas” by Kamel Suleiman; the contemporary Lebanese author who has become famous and popular in the field of Mahdavi traditions has been analyzed and criticized from the methodological point of view, and content. until now, no research has been presented about this book. This research is organized by descriptive and critical analytical method. the obtained result shows that some of the methods used by the author to present the topics have serious problems. as he has narrated any hadith to prove the occurrence of signs of emergence in the present time! for this reason, he mentions incorrect, weak, and sometimes fabricated hadiths. he also arbitrated in the hadiths, and obtained most “Yom al-Khalas’s hadiths from contemporary or late sources. in addition to that, he has provided inaccurate and unstable analyzes in the explanation of some narrations, which has led to a Serious decrease in the credibility of the book “Yom al-Khalas” among the scholars.