It is narrated from Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik al-Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during the Battle of Tabuk while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was seated in a leather tent, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Awf, count six things before the Hour: my death; then the conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis; then a death (plague) that will spread among you as 'qu'as' (a neck-breaking fever) spreads among sheep; then wealth will become so abundant among you that a man will be given a hundred dinars and will still remain displeased (out of ingratitude); then a trial that will enter every house of the Arabs; then a truce between you and Banu al-Asfar (the Romans), but they will betray it and come to you under eighty (80) banners, with twelve thousand (soldiers) under each banner." Al-Walid bin Muslim said: We mentioned this hadith, in which "the conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis" was mentioned, to one of the Shaykhs of the people of Madinah, and that elder said: Sa'id al-Maqburi told me from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he used to narrate these six signs from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and instead of "the conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis" he would say "the flourishing of Bayt al-Maqdis." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with this wording.