Subay' ibn Khalid said: I came to Kufah at the time when Tustar was conquered. I took some mules from it. When I entered the mosque (of Kufah), I found there some people of moderate stature, and among them was a man whom you could recognize when you saw him that he was from the people of Hijaz. I asked: Who is he? The people frowned at me and said: Do you not recognize him? This is Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then Hudhayfah said: People used to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about good, and I used to ask him about evil. Then the people stared hard at him. He said: I know the reason why you dislike it. I then asked: Messenger of Allah, will there be evil as there was before, after this good which Allah has bestowed on us? He replied: Yes. I asked: Wherein does the protection from it lie? He replied: In the sword. I asked: Messenger of Allah, what will then happen? He replied: If Allah has on Earth a caliph who flays your back and takes your property, obey him, otherwise die holding onto the stump of a tree. I asked: What will come next? He replied: Then the Antichrist (Dajjal) will come forth accompanied by a river and fire. He who falls into his fire will certainly receive his reward, and have his load taken off him, but he who falls into his river will have his load retained and his reward taken off him. I then asked: What will come next? He said: The Last Hour will come.  

أَتَيْتُ الْكُوفَةَ فِي زَمَنِ فُتِحَتْ تُسْتَرُ أَجْلُبُ مِنْهَا بِغَالاً فَدَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا صَدْعٌ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ جَالِسٌ تَعْرِفُ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُ أَنَّهُ مِنْ رِجَالِ أَهْلِ الْحِجَازِ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا فَتَجَهَّمَنِي الْقَوْمُ وَقَالُوا أَمَا تَعْرِفُ هَذَا هَذَا حُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَانِ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ وَكُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ فَأَحْدَقَهُ الْقَوْمُ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ فَقَالَ إِنِّي قَدْ أَرَى الَّذِي تُنْكِرُونَ إِنِّي قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ هَذَا الْخَيْرَ الَّذِي أَعْطَانَا اللَّهُ أَيَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ شَرٌّ كَمَا كَانَ قَبْلَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ فَمَا الْعِصْمَةُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ السَّيْفُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ مَاذَا يَكُونُ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ لِلَّهِ خَلِيفَةٌ فِي الأَرْضِ فَضَرَبَ ظَهْرَكَ وَأَخَذَ مَالَكَ فَأَطِعْهُ وَإِلاَّ فَمُتْ وَأَنْتَ عَاضٌّ بِجِذْلِ شَجَرَةٍ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا قَالَ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ الدَّجَّالُ مَعَهُ نَهْرٌ وَنَارٌ فَمَنْ وَقَعَ فِي نَارِهِ وَجَبَ أَجْرُهُ وَحُطَّ وِزْرُهُ وَمَنْ وَقَعَ فِي نَهْرِهِ وَجَبَ وِزْرُهُ وَحُطَّ أَجْرُهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا قَالَ ثُمَّ هِيَ قِيَامُ السَّاعَةِ  

[Machine] I visited Al-Yashkuri in a village of Bani Layth. He asked, "Who are you people?" We replied, "We are from Bani Layth." He then asked us, and we asked him, "We have come to ask you about the narration of Hudhayfah." He said, "I went with Abu Musa on a caravan, and the animals stopped in Kufa. So I sought permission for me and my companion, and we were granted permission. We arrived in Kufa early in the morning. I told my companion, 'I will enter the mosque, and when the market opens, I will meet you there.' I entered the mosque and found a group sitting as if beheaded, listening to a man speaking. I climbed over them, and a man approached me from the side. I asked, 'Who is this?' He said, 'You are Basri.' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'If you were from Kufa, you wouldn't have asked about this. This is Hudhayfah bin Al-Yaman.' So I approached him and listened as he said, 'People used to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about good, while I used to ask him about evil. I knew that I would never beat him in asking him about good, so I said, "O Messenger of Allah, is there any evil after this good?" He said, "Yes, there will be turmoil." I asked again, "Is there any good after this evil?" He said, "Yes, but it will be tainted." I asked again, "Is there any evil after this good?" He said, "There will be misguided leaders who will invite to the gates of Hell, whoever responds to their call, while you will be on a path of righteousness. I asked again, "Is there any evil after this good?" He said, "Blindness will come on a nation, deafness as well. They will call to the gates of Hell, and you will be in a position where death is better than following any of them."  

أَتَيْتُ الْيَشْكُرِيَّ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنْ بَنِي لَيْثٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَنِ الْقَوْمُ؟ قَالَ قُلْنَا بَنُو لَيْثٍ قَالَ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ وَسَأَلَنَا ثُمَّ قُلْنَا أَتَيْنَاكَ نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ حَدِيثِ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ أَقْبَلْنَا مَعَ أَبِي مُوسَى قَافِلِينَ وَغَلَتِ الدَّوَابُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ لِي أَبَا مُوسَى فَأَذِنَ لَنَا فَقَدِمْنَا الْكُوفَةَ بَاكِرًا مِنَ النَّهَارِ فَقُلْتُ لِصَاحِبِي إِنِّي دَاخِلٌ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا قَامَتِ السُّوقُ خَرَجْتُ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ فَدَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا فِيهِ حَلْقَةٌ كَأَنَّمَا قُطِعَتْ رُءُوسُهُمْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَى حَدِيثِ رَجُلٍ قَالَ فَقُمْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَامَ إِلَى جَنْبِي قَالَ قُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ أَبَصْرِيٌّ أَنْتَ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ قَدْ عَرَفْتُ لَوْ كُنْتَ كُوفِيًّا لَمْ تَسْأَلْ عَنْ هَذَا هَذَا حُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَانِ قَالَ فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ وَأَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ الْخَيْرَ لَنْ يَسْبِقَنِي قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَبَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ يَاحُذَيْفَةُ تَعَلَّمْ كِتَابَ اللهِ وَاتَّبِعْ مَا فِيهِ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ (1 قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَبَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ فِتْنَةٌ وَشَرٌّ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَبَعْدَ هَذَا الشَّرِّ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ يَا حُذَيْفَةَ تَعَلَّمْ كِتَابَ اللهِ وَاتَّبِعْ مَا فِيهِ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ 1) قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَبَعْدَ هَذَا الشَّرِّ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ هُدْنَةٌ عَلَى دَخَنٍ وَجَمَاعَةٌ عَلَى أَقْذَاءٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الْهُدْنَةُ عَلَى دَخَنٍ مَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ لَا تَرْجِعُ قُلُوبُ أَقْوَامٍ عَلَى الَّذِي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَبَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ شَرٌّ؟ (2 قَالَ يَا حُذَيْفَةَ تَعَلَّمْ كِتَابَ اللهِ وَاتَّبِعْ مَا فِيهِ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَبَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ شَرٌّ؟ 2) قَالَ فِتْنَةٌ عَمْيَاءُ صَمَّاءُ عَلَيْهَا دُعَاةٌ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ النَّارِ وَأَنْتَ أَنْ تَمُوتَ يَا حُذَيْفَةُ وَأَنْتَ عَاضٌّ عَلَى جِذْلٍ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ تَتَّبِعَ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ  

[Machine] "They sent me from Ma'a to Kufa to buy animals. So we arrived at the market and there was a man with a crowd gathered around him. As for my companion, he went to the animals, and as for me, I approached the man and it turned out to be Hudhayfah. I heard him saying, 'The companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to ask him about good things, and I used to ask him about evil things. So I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, is there evil after this good, as there was before?' He said, 'Yes.' I said, 'What protection is there from it?' He said, 'The sword.' So I think that Abu Tayyah said, 'The sword, I think.' I said, 'Then what?' He said, 'Then there will be a truce between you and the smoke (of the Hour).' I said, 'Then what?' He said, 'Then the callers to misguidance will emerge. So if you see at that time the caliph of Allah on the earth, then join him and stick to his group even if you have to crawl over ice. I said, 'Then what?' He said, 'Then the Dajjal will come out.' I said, 'By what will he be accompanied?' He said, 'He will be accompanied by a river or by water and fire. Whoever enters his river will have his reward, and what is due to him will be taken away, and whoever enters his fire will have his reward and what is due to him will be taken away.' I said, 'Then what?' He said, 'If you could acquire a horse and you did not mount it, you would surely regret it until the Hour starts.'"  

أَرْسَلُونِي مِنْ مَاهٍ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ أَشْتَرِي الدَّوَابَّ فَأَتَيْنَا الْكُنَاسَةَ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ جَمْعٌ قَالَ فَأَمَّا صَاحِبِي فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى الدَّوَابِّ وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ حُذَيْفَةُ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ كَانَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلُونَهُ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ وَأَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ شَرٌّ كَمَا كَانَ قَبْلَهُ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ فَمَا الْعِصْمَةُ مِنْهُ؟ قَالَ السَّيْفُ أَحْسَبُ أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ يَقُولُ السَّيْفُ أَحْسَبُ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَكُونُ هُدْنَةٌ عَلَى دَخَنٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَكُونُ دُعَاةُ الضَّلَالَةِ فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَلِيفَةَ اللهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَالْزَمْهُ وَإِنْ نَهَكَ جِسْمَكَ وَأَخَذَ مَالَكَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَرَهُ فَاهْرَبْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَوْ أَنْ تَمُوتَ وَأَنْتَ عَاضٌّ بِجِذْلِ شَجَرَةٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ الدَّجَّالُ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَبِمَ يَجِيءُ بِهِ مَعَهُ؟ قَالَ بِنَهَرٍ أَوْ قَالَ مَاءٍ وَنَارٍ فَمَنْ دَخَلَ نَهْرَهُ حُطَّ أَجْرُهُ وَوَجَبَ وِزْرُهُ وَمَنْ دَخَلَ نَارَهُ وَجَبَ أَجْرُهُ وَحُطَّ وِزْرُهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ لَوْ أَنْتَجْتَ فَرَسًا لَمْ تَرْكَبْ فَلُوَّهَا حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ  

Subay' ibn Khalid said: I came to Kufah at the time when Tustar was conquered. I took some mules from it. When I entered the mosque (of Kufah), I found there some people of moderate stature, and among them was a man whom you could recognize when you saw him that he was from the people of Hijaz. I asked: Who is he? The people frowned at me and said: Do you not recognize him? This is Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then Hudhayfah said: People used to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about good, and I used to ask him about evil. Then the people stared hard at him. He said: I know the reason why you dislike it. I then asked: Messenger of Allah, will there be evil as there was before, after this good which Allah has bestowed on us? He replied: Yes. I asked: Wherein does the protection from it lie? He replied: In the sword. I asked: Messenger of Allah, what will then happen? He replied: If Allah has on Earth a caliph who flays your back and takes your property, obey him, otherwise die holding onto the stump of a tree. I asked: What will come next? He replied: Then the Antichrist (Dajjal) will come forth accompanied by a river and fire. He who falls into his fire will certainly receive his reward, and have his load taken off him, but he who falls into his river will have his load retained and his reward taken off him. I then asked: What will come next? He said: The Last Hour will come. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4244)   

خَرَجْتُ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ زَمَنَ فُتِحَتْ تُسْتَرُ لِأَجْلِبَ مِنْهَا بِغَالًا فَدَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا صَدْعٌ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ تَعْرِفُ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ مِنْ رِجَالِ الْحِجَازِ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ فَحَدَّقَنِي الْقَوْمُ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ وَقَالُوا مَا تَعْرِفُ هَذَا؟ هَذَا حُذَيْفَةُ صَاحِبُ سِرِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ وَكُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ هَذَا الْخَيْرَ الَّذِي أَعْطَانَا اللَّهُ يَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ شَرٌّ كَمَا كَانَ قَبْلَهُ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا الْعِصْمَةُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «السَّيْفُ» قُلْتُ وَهَلْ لِلسَّيْفِ مِنْ بَقِيَّةٍ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ هُدْنَةٌ عَلَى دَخَنٍ» قَالَ «جَمَاعَةٌ عَلَى فِرْقَةٍ فَإِنْ كَانَ لِلَّهِ ﷻ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَلِيفَةٌ ضَرَبَ ظَهْرَكَ وَأَخَذَ مَالَكَ فَاسْمَعْ وَأَطِعْ وَإِلَّا فَمُتْ عَاضًّا بِجِذْلِ شَجَرَةٍ» قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «يَخْرُجُ الدَّجَّالُ وَمَعَهُ نَهْرٌ وَنَارٌ فَمَنْ وَقَعَ فِي نَارِهِ أَجَرَهُ وَحَطَّ وِزْرَهُ وَمَنْ وَقَعَ فِي نَهْرِهِ وَجَبَ وِزْرُهُ وَحُطَّ أَجْرُهُ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ إِنَّمَا هِيَ قِيَامُ السَّاعَةِ»  

[Machine] "We came to Al-Yashkuri in the town of Bani Layth, and he asked us, 'From which people are you?' We said, 'We are the sons of Layth.' So he asked us, and the people asked him, 'We have come to you to ask you about the narration of Hudhayfah.' He said, 'We accompanied Abu Musa on a journey from some of his expeditions. The animals were exhausted in Al-Kufah, so I sought permission for myself and my companion, and we were granted permission. So we arrived in Al-Kufah early in the morning, and I said to my companion, 'I will enter the mosque, and when the market opens, I will come out to you.' I entered the mosque and found a group of people sitting in a circle, as if their heads had been cut off, listening to the speech of a man. So I approached them, and a man came towards me, and I asked, 'Who is this?' He said, 'Are you Basri?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'I knew that if you were from Kufa, you wouldn't ask about this. This is Hudhayfah bin Al-Yaman.' So I got closer to him and listened to him saying, 'People used to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about good, while I used to ask him about evil. And I knew that good would not be ahead of me. So I asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, is there anything after this good that is evil?' He said, 'There will be tribulations and evil.' I asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, is there anything after this evil that is good?' He said, 'There will be a truce during which people will acquire wealth.' I asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, what is a truce on a burning coal?' He said, 'It will cause people's hearts to return to their previous state.' I asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, is there anything after this good that is evil?' He said, 'O Hudhayfah, learn the Book of Allah and follow what is in it.' I repeated the same question three times, and he gave the same response each time. Then I asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, is there anything after this good that is evil?' He said, 'There will be a blind, deaf fitnah (tribulation) with callers at the gates of Hellfire. If I die, O Hudhayfah, and you are holding onto the root of a dry stick, it is better for you than following any of them."  

أَتَيْنَا الْيَشْكُرِيَّ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنْ بَنِي لَيْثٍ فَقَالَ مِمَّنِ الْقَوْمُ؟ فَقُلْنَا بَنُو لَيْثٍ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ وَسَأَلَنَا وَقَالُوا إِنَّا أَتَيْنَاكَ نَسْأَلُكُ عَنْ حَدِيثِ حُذَيْفَةَ فَقَالَ أَقْبَلْنَا مَعَ أَبِي مُوسَى قَافِلِينَ مِنْ بَعْضِ مَغَازِيهِ قَالَ وَغَلَتِ الدَّوَابُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ قَالَ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي أَبَا مُوسَى فَأَذِنَ لَنَا فَقَدِمْنَا الْكُوفَةَ بَاكِرًا مِنَ النَّهَارِ فَقُلْتُ لِصَاحِبِي إِنِّي دَاخِلٌ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا قَامَتِ السُّوقُ خَرَجْتُ إِلَيْكَ فَدَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِحَلْقَةٍ كَأَنَّمَا قُطِعَتْ رُءُوسُهُمْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَى حَدِيثِ رَجُلٍ قَالَ فَجِئْتُ فَقُمْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَامَ إِلَى جَنْبِي فَقُلْتُ لِلرَّجُلِ مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ أَبَصْرِيُّ أَنْتَ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ قَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّكَ لَوْ كُنْتَ كُوفِيًّا لَمْ تَسْأَلْ عَنْ هَذَا هَذَا حُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَانِ فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ وَكُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ الْخَيْرَ لَمْ يَسْبِقْنِي فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ مِنْ شَرٍّ؟ فَقَالَ «يَا حُذَيْفَةُ تَعَلَّمْ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَاتَّبِعْ مَا فِيهِ» يَقُولُهَا لِي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ مِنْ شَرٍّ؟ قَالَ «فِتْنَةٌ وَشَرٌّ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الشَّرِّ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «هُدْنَةٌ عَلَى دَخَنٍ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هُدْنَةٌ عَلَى دَخَنٍ ‍ مَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ «لَا تَرْجِعُ قُلُوبُ أَقْوَامٍ عَلَى الَّذِي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ «يَا حُذَيْفَةُ تَعَلَّمْ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَاتَّبِعْ مَا فِيهِ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ «فِتْنَةٌ عَمْيَاءُ صَمَّاءُ عَلَيْهَا دُعَاةٌ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ النَّارِ فَإِنْ مُتَّ يَا حُذَيْفَةُ وَأَنْتَ عَاضٌّ عَلَى جَذْرِ خَشَبَةٍ يَابِسَةٍ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ تَتْبَعَ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ»  

[Machine] I went with a man until we entered upon Fatimah bint Qays, the sister of Dihyah bin Qays. We said, "O Fatimah, tell us a narration that you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." She said, "Yes." So she gave us dates and water to drink. She said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out one day and sat on the pulpit. The people surrounded him and took refuge with him. He said, 'O people, I have been made to sit here due to a piece of news.' She said, 'And it was not on the hour that he used to sit in. Tameem Ad-Dari entered upon me today during the migration or around Dhuhr time. He informed me that his cousins were thrown into a ship in the sea on an island that they do not know. So they went into it, walking, and they came across something that they did not recognize if it was a man or a woman, from what it was clothed with hair. So they said, 'Who are you?' It said, 'I am the Jassasah!' They said, 'Inform us.' It said, 'I do not inform you, nor do I ask you anything. But if you want the news, go to this monastery,' pointing to a monastery on the island, not far away. So we went on walking until we entered it and found a man who was bound with iron, large and heavy. His back was leaning against the side of a mountain. He said, 'Who are you?' We said, 'People from the Arabs.' He said, 'What did the unlettered Prophet ﷺ do?' We said, 'He has left.' He said, 'What did the date-palms of Bani Uman and Baysan do?' We said, 'They bear fruits and produce.' He said, 'What did the spring of Zughar do?' We said, 'It remains the same.' He said, 'What did the lake of Tabariyyah do?' We said, 'It is full.' He struck his hand upon his thigh and said, 'I have lost everything of the land except Makkah and Madinah.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Madinah will be shaken one, twice. No dajjal shall enter it. There is no spot in it that is not guarded by angels, except that they shall stand upon a rock, raising the sword.' And he pointed with his hand, 'And from the direction of Yemen is what?' We said, 'Whatever Allah wills.' Then he said, while pointing with his hand, 'And his shirt is close to thirty times the size from the direction of Iraq and it is not less than thirty times.'  

انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَرَجُلٌ حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ قَيْسٍ أُخْتِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ فَقُلْنَا يَا فَاطِمَةُ حَدِّثِينَا حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتِيهِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَأَطْعَمَتْنَا رُطَبًا وَسَقَتْنَا شَرَابًا وَقَالَتْ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَجَلَسَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَعَاذَ النَّاسُ بِهِ ولاذُوا بِهِ فَقَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا أَجْلَسَنِي خَبَرٌ» قَالَتْ وَفِي غَيْرِ السَّاعَةِ الَّتِي كَانَ يَجْلِسُ فِيهَا أَنَّ تَمِيمَ الدَّارِ دَخَلَ عَلِيَّ الْيَوْمَ فِي الْهَاجِرَةِ أَوْ فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ بَنِي عَمٍّ لَهُ أَلْقَتْهُمُ سَفِينَةٌ لَهُمْ فِي الْبَحْرِ عَلَى جَزِيرَةٍ وَلَا يَعْرِفُونَهَا فَخَرَجُوا فِيهَا يَمْشُونَ فَلَقُوا شَيْئًا لَا يَدْرُونَ رَجُلًا هُوَ أَوِ امْرَأَةً مِمَّا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الشَّعْرِ فَقَالُوا مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ قَالَتْ أَنَا الْجَسَّاسَةُ قَالُوا أَخْبِرِينَا قَالَتْ لَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ وَلَا أَسْتَخْبِرُكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُرِيدُونَ الْخَبَرَ فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِهَذَا الدَّيْرِ وَأَشَارَتْ إِلَى دِيرٍ فِي الْجَزِيرَةِ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ فَانْطَلَقْنَا نَمْشِي حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ مُوثَقٌ بِحَدِيدٍ كَبِيرٍ ثَقِيلٍ وَإِذَا هُوَ مُسْتَنِدٌ ظَهْرُهُ إِلَى سَفْحِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ مَنْ أَنْتُمْ؟ قُلْنَا أُنَاسٌ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ قَالَ مَا فَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ الْأُمِّيُّ ﷺ الَّذِي يُنْتَظَرُ؟ قُلْنَا قَدْ خَرَجَ قَالَ فَمَا فَعَلَ نَخْلٌ بَيْنَ عُمَانَ وَبَيْسَانَ؟ قُلْنَا كَهَيْأَتِهِ يُطْعِمُ وَيُثْمِرُ قَالَ فَمَا فَعَلَتْ عَيْنُ زُغَرٍ؟ قُلْنَا كَمَا هِيَ قَالَ فَمَا فَعَلَتْ بُحَيْرَةُ الطَّبَرِيَّةِ؟ قُلْنَا مَلْأَى فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ بَطْنَ قَدَمِهِ وَقَالَ إِنِّي لَوْ قَدْ خَرَجْتُ مِنْ مَجْلِسِي هَذَا لَمْ أَدَعْ فِي الْأَرْضِ بُقْعَةً إِلَّا وَطَئْتُهَا إِلَّا مَكَّةَ وَطَيْبَةَ قَالَ ثُمَّ زَفَرَ فَسَارَ فِي الْجَبَلِ ثُمَّ وَقَعَ ثُمَّ سَارَ أُخْرَى أَبْعَدَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ وَقَعَ ثُمَّ سَارَ الثَّالِثَةَ فَذَهَبَ فِي الْجَبَلِ ثُمَّ وَقَعَ قَالَ قُلْنَا مَا لَهُ لَا بَارَكَ اللهُ فِيهِ وَكَأَنَّهُ سَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ مَكَّةَ وَطَيْبَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «طَيْبَةُ مَرَّتَيْنِ لَا يَدْخُلُهَا الدَّجَّالُ لَيْسَ مِنْهَا نَقْبٌ إِلَّا عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ شَاهِرُ السَّيْفِ وَمِنْ نَحْوِ الْيَمَنِ مَا هُوَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ بِيَدِهِ «وَكُمُّ قَمِيصِهِ قَرِيبٌ مِنْ ثَلَاثِينَ مَرَّةٍ مِنْ نَحْوِ الْعِرَاقِ وَمَا هُوَ قَرِيبٌ مِنْ ثَلَاثِينَ مَرَّةٍ»