Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik al-Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during the Battle of Tabuk. It was the last part of the pre-dawn time, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in his tent. I greeted him with salam and asked: "O Messenger of Allah, may I come in?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Come in." I asked: "Shall I come in completely?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, come in completely." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Six signs will appear before the Hour: the first is the death of your Prophet - say: one." I said: One. "The second is the conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis - say: two." I said: Two. "The third is a plague that will destroy you suddenly, just as the throat disease (qu'as) destroys sheep - say: three." I said: Three. "The fourth is that wealth will become so abundant among you that a man will be given a hundred dinars and will still remain displeased with it (that is, he will consider it little) - say: four." I said: Four. "The fifth is a tribulation that will arise among you, and hardly any tent or house of clay will remain which it does not enter - say: five." I said: Five. "And the sixth is a truce that will be between you and Banu al-Asfar (the Romans). They will gather an army against you for nine months (the length of a woman's pregnancy); then they will betray you and advance upon you under eighty banners, and under every banner there will be twelve thousand soldiers."