It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The signs (of the Hour) are like beads strung on a thread; when the thread is cut, they follow one after another." Khalid bin al-Huwayrith said: We were sitting in a gathering in the morning, and Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) was there, and there was also a woman of Banu al-Mughirah named Fatimah. She heard Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: "That is Yazid bin Mu'awiyah." The woman asked: O Abdullah bin Amr! Do you find it written like this in the Book (the revealed scriptures)? He said: I do not find him by his name, but I find (by description) a man who will be from the family tree of Mu'awiyah; he will shed blood, treat wealth as lawful, and demolish this House (the Ka'bah) stone by stone. If that time comes in my lifetime, so be it; otherwise, remember me. The narrator said: The woman's house was on Mount Abu Qubays. When the time of al-Hajjaj and Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) came and she saw the House being demolished, she said: May Allah Almighty have mercy on Abdullah bin Amr; he had already told us about this.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "How will you be when the right is asked of you and you give it, but when you ask for your own right you are denied it?" They said: We will be patient. He said: "(If you do so) you have entered it (Paradise)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A people will come with small eyes and broad faces, as though their faces were shields, and they will drive the people of Islam to the places where wormwood shrubs grow (the wilderness). It is as though I am looking at them, having tied their horses to the pillars of the mosque." It was said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah! Who are they? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They are the Turks." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it. And the two Shaykhs agree that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hour will not be established until you fight the Turks, whose faces are broad, eyes small and noses flat, as though their faces were layered leather shields."

Imam al-Hakim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard the jurist and man of letters Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Ali al-Qaffal say more than once: I heard Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Yahya al-Suli, the grammarian, say: The first of the Arab poets to praise the Turks was Ali bin al-Abbas al-Rumi, when he said these verses: "When they stand firm, they are a wall of iron; our eyes are left bewildered at the sight. And when they come out to battle, they are a blazing fire that flares up against the enemies. They are the kings of the earth; when they come forth their eyes seem small, but their spirits are great."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "It is as though I can see the Turks, having come to you riding mules or horses with cropped ears, until they come and tie them on the bank of the river Euphrates."

It is narrated from Abu al-Aswad al-Dili that he said: Zur'ah bin Damrah and I set out with Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) towards Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). We came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both); I sat on his right and Zur'ah sat on his left. Abdullah bin Amr said: "Soon no Arab will remain in the land of the non-Arabs except that he will be killed, or be a captive whose blood is at the disposal of the enemy." Zur'ah bin Damrah asked: Will the polytheists prevail over the people of Islam? He asked: Which tribe are you from? He said: I am from Banu Amir bin Sa'sa'ah. He said: "The Hour will not be established until the shoulders of the women of Banu Amir jostle one another (while circling) around Dhu al-Khalasah (the idol)." The narrator said: Then we mentioned this statement of Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) to Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said three times: "Abdullah bin Amr knows best what he says." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "Soon Banu Qanturah (the Turks) will expel the people of Iraq from their land." I asked: Will they (the Iraqis) then return? He said: "Is that what you want?" And then they will have ease in life.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "Soon Banu Qanturah (the Turks) will expel you from the land of Iraq." I said: Will we then return? He said: "Is that what you want? Then you will return, and you will have ease of life there." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it; and by Banu Qanturah is meant the Turks.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose Hand is my soul! The Hour will not be established until you fight the Turks, whose eyes are small, faces red and noses flat, as though their faces were layered leather shields." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not narrate (in their collections) the words "red faces".