[Machine] "I set out with a group of my companions until we reached Mecca. We sought Abdullah bin Amr but couldn't find him. Then we saw a man on a horse near the Mosque. He had two woolen cloaks and a turban, but no shirt. He asked, 'Who are you?' We replied, 'We are from the people of Iraq.' He said, 'You people of Iraq lie and deceive and mock.' We said, 'We do not lie, deceive, or mock.' He asked, 'How far is it between you and Al-Ayla?' We replied, 'Four farasikh.' He said, 'It won't be long before the Banu Qantura bin Karkar will drive you out of Khurasan and Sistan forcefully, and they will continue until they tie their horses to the banks of the Tigris River. They are a small-eyed and flat-nosed people, as if their faces are hammered anvils.'"  

انْطَلَقْتُ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا مَكَّةَ قَالَ فَطَلَبْنَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو فَلَمْ نُوَافِقْهُ فَإِذَا قَرِيبٌ مِنْ ثَلَاثِ مِائَةِ رَاحِلٍ فَرَجَعْنَاهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا شَيْخٌ عَلَيْهِ بُرْدَانِ قَطَرِيَّانِ وَعِمَامَةٌ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ قَالَ «فَمَنْ أَنْتُمْ؟» قُلْنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ قَالَ «أَنْتُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْعِرَاقِ تَكْذِبُونَ وَتُكَذِّبُونَ وَتَسْخَرُونَ» قُلْنَا لَا نَكْذِبُ وَلَا نُكَذِّبُ وَلَا نَسْخَرُ قَالَ «كَمْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الَأَيْلَةِ؟» قُلْنَا أَرْبَعُ فَرَاسِخَ قَالَ «يُوشِكُ أَنَّ بَنِي قَنْطُورَاءَ بْنِ كَرْكَرَ أَنْ يَسُوقَكُمْ مِنْ خُرَاسَانَ وَسِجِسْتَانَ سَوْقًا عَنِيفًا ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُونَ حَتَّى يَرْبِطُوا خُيُولَهُمْ بِنَهْرِ دِجْلَةَ قَوْمٌ صِغَارُ الْأَعْيُنِ خُنْسُ الْأُنُوفِ كَأَنَّ وُجُوهَهُمُ الْمَجَانُّ الْمُطْرَقَةُ»