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ahmad:9405 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Thawr b. Zayd > Abū al-Ghayth > Abū Hurayrah

It would be an Abyssinian having two small shanks who would destroy the House ol Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. (Using translation from Muslim 2909c)   

أحمد:٩٤٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْغَيْثِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ ذُو السُّوَيْقَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْحَبَشَةِ يُخَرِّبُ بَيْتَ اللهِ ﷻ  

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bukhari:1591 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > Ziyād b. Saʿd > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet;; said, "Dhus-Suwaiqa-tain (literally: One with two lean legs) from Ethiopia will demolish the Kaʿba."  

البخاري:١٥٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ يُخَرِّبُ الْكَعْبَةَ ذُو السُّوَيْقَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْحَبَشَةِ  

muslim:2909c – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / al-Darāwardī > Thawr b. Zayd > Abū al-Ghayth > Abū Hurayrah

It would be an Abyssinian having two small shanks who would destroy the House ol Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.  

مسلم:٢٩٠٩c – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي الدَّرَاوَرْدِيَّ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْغَيْثِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ ذُو السُّوَيْقَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْحَبَشَةِ يُخَرِّبُ بَيْتَ اللَّهِ ﷻ