It is narrated from Shahr bin Hawshab that he said: When the matter of the pledge of allegiance to Yazid bin Mu'awiyah came, I thought that I should go to al-Sham and keep away from the evil of this pledge. So I set out and reached al-Sham, and there I was told of the gathering of Nawf (al-Bikali), so I came to him. There was a man present whose eyes were diseased, wearing a black striped cloak; he was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both). When Nawf saw him, he stopped speaking. Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: Continue with what you were saying. Nawf said: You are more entitled to speak, for you are a Companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: These people, meaning the rulers, have forbidden us from narrating hadith. Nawf said: I adjure you by Allah to narrate to us a hadith that you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: I heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Soon there will be migration after migration; people will gather towards the place to which Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) migrated (the land of al-Sham). None will remain on the earth except its worst people; their land will cast them out and their own souls will loathe them. Allah Almighty will drive them together towards the Fire along with the monkeys and swine; that Fire will stay with them wherever they spend the night and wherever they take their midday rest, and it will devour whoever lags behind." (Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both)) said: And I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Some people of my Ummah will come out from the direction of the east who will recite the Qur'an, but it will not go beyond their throats. Whenever one generation of them comes to an end, another will arise, until the Dajjal appears among the last of them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Zayd al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in the Fajr prayer, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed us until Zuhr. Then he came down from the pulpit and led the Zuhr prayer. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed us until Asr, then came down and led the Asr prayer. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) ascended the pulpit again and addressed us until Maghrib. During this he (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us of all the events and happenings that are to take place (until the Day of Resurrection). So the most knowledgeable among us is the one among us with the best memory. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.