The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us on foot to get spoil, but we returned without getting any. When he saw the signs of distress on our faces, he stood up on our faces and said: O Allah, do not put them under my care, for I would be too weak to care for them; do not put them in care of themselves, for they would be incapable of that, and do not put them in the care of men, for they would choose the best things for themselves. He then placed his hand on my head and said: Ibn Hawalah, when you see the caliphate has settled in the holy land, earthquakes, sorrows and serious matters will have drawn near and on that day the Last Hour will be nearer to mankind than this hand of mine is to your head. Abu Dawud said: 'Abd Allah b. Hawalah belongs to Hims. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2535)   

لِي وَإِنَّهُ لَنَازِلٌ عَلَيَّ فِي بَيْتِي بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى أَقْدَامِنَا لِنَغْنَمَ فَرَجَعْنَا وَلَمْ نَغْنَمْ شَيْئًا وَعَرَفَ الْجَهْدَ فِي وُجُوهِنَا فَقَامَ فِينَا فَقَالَ اللهُمَّ لَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَيَّ فَأَضْعُفَ وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَيَعْجِزُوا عَنْهَا وَلَا تَكِلْهُمْ إِلَى النَّاسِ فَيَسْتَأْثِرُوا عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَيُفْتَحَنَّ لَكُمُ الشَّامُ وَالرُّومُ وَفَارِسُ أَوِ الرُّومُ وَفَارِسُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِأَحَدِكُمْ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَمِنَ الْغَنَمِ حَتَّى يُعْطَى أَحَدُهُمْ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَيَسْخَطَهَا ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِي أَوْ هَامَتِي فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ حَوَالَةَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الْخِلَافَةَ قَدْ نَزَلَتِ الْأَرْضَ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ فَقَدْ دَنَتِ الزَّلَازِلُ وَالْبَلَايَا وَالْأُمُورُ الْعِظَامُ وَالسَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى النَّاسِ مِنْ يَدَيَّ هَذِهِ مِنْ رَأْسِكَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever survives three things has indeed survived." They asked, "What are they, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "My death, the killing of a Khalifa who establishes justice, and the appearance of the Dajjal (Antichrist)."  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ نَجَا مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ فَقَدْ نَجَا قَالَهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالُوا مَاذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ مَوْتِي وَمِنْ قَتْلِ خَلِيفَةٍ مُصْطَبِرٍ بِالْحَقِّ يُعْطِيهِ وَالدَّجَّالِ  

[Machine] Narrated by Ibn Hawalah al-Azdi, who was one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , that the Prophet ﷺ said: "There will be armies supported by Allah in Sham (Greater Syria), Yemen, and Iraq. Allah knows best which will come first. You should go to Sham, go to Sham, go to Sham. Whoever dislikes going to Sham, let him go to Yemen, for Allah has taken me (as a guardian) over Sham and its people."  

عَنِ ابْنِ حَوَالَةَ الْأَزْدِيِّ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺعَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَيَكُونُ أَجْنَادٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ شَامٌ وَيَمَنٌ وَعِرَاقٌ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِأَيِّهَا بَدَأَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالشَّامِ أَلَا وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالشَّامِ أَلَا وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالشَّامِ فَمَنْ كَرِهَ فَعَلَيْهِ بِيَمَنِهِ وَلْيَسْقِ مِنْ غُدُرِهِ؛ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ تَوَكَّلَ لِي بِالشَّامِ وَأَهْلِهِ