Imam Sha’bi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: Sayyida Fatima bint Qais (may Allah be pleased with her) came to Kufa. She had come to her brother, Dahhak bin Qais, who was the governor there. We presented ourselves before her. We asked this lady, and she informed us: I was the wife of Amr bin Hafs. He divorced me with a final irrevocable divorce and himself went to Yemen. I presented myself before the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). I mentioned this matter to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and demanded maintenance. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) folded his sleeve in this manner (the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, observed hijab from this lady).

Imam Humaydi (may Allah have mercy on him) raised his sleeve over his head (demonstrating this) and said:“O daughter of the family of Qais! The right to residence and maintenance is for that woman whose husband has the right to take her back. But when the husband does not have the right to take her back, then the woman does not have the right to residence and maintenance.”Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me:“Spend your waiting period at the house of Umm Sharik bint Abu’l-Akr (may Allah be pleased with her).”Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“She is a woman in whose house people come and go, so spend your waiting period at the house of Ibn Umm Maktum, for he is a blind man. If you remove your cloak, even then he will not be able to see you.”

Imam Sha’bi narrates: Sayyida Fatima bint Qais (may Allah be pleased with her) came to Kufa to her brother Hazrat Dihhak bin Qais (may Allah be pleased with him), who had been appointed governor there. So we went to this lady to ask her, and she said: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon at midday. He said:“I have not delivered this sermon to encourage you towards something or to frighten you from something, but rather because of an incident that Tamim Dari has told me. And because of this happiness, I did not rest at midday.”

“Tamim Dari narrated on behalf of his cousin that they were traveling by sea towards Syria. During this, a strong wind began to blow, so they took refuge in a ship at sea, where there was an animal with long eyebrows. We said: O animal! What are you? It replied: ‘I am Jassasah.’ We said: Tell us something. It said: I will neither tell you anything nor do I wish to know anything from you. However, in that place of worship, there is a man who is eager to tell you something and for you to tell him something. The narrator says: We entered that place of worship and there was a one-eyed man, bound in chains, expressing sorrow and complaining a lot. When he saw us, he said: Have you people followed the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)? We informed him about this. He asked: What is the condition of the Lake of Tiberias? We said: It is in its original state; the people around it drink from its water and irrigate their fields with it. He asked: What is the condition of the date gardens between Amman and Baisan? They replied: They bear fruit every year. He asked: What is the condition of the spring of ‘Zar’?’ The people said: The people there drink its water and irrigate their fields with it. Then he said: If this dries up, I will be freed from these chains, and then I will trample the entire earth under my feet, except I will not be able to enter Madinah.”The narrator says: Then the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“I am very pleased about this.”Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“By Him in Whose hand is my soul, on every path of this (i.e., Madinah), there is an angel standing with a drawn sword who will prevent him (the Dajjal) from entering it.”

Imam Sha’bi says: Later, I met Muharrar, the son of Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), and he narrated the same hadith to me from his father, from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), but he added these words (that he will not be able to enter Makkah either). He also stated that it will be from the direction of the east, and what is it that will come from the east, what is it? Imam Sha’bi narrates: I met Qasim bin Muhammad, and he narrated a similar report from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).