It is narrated from al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: I asked Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) about "nushrah" (undoing magic by means of magic), and he said: It has been mentioned from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that "it is among the works of Satan."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were standing with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came and said: O Messenger of Allah, how long is the period of prosperity of your Ummah? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent until he had asked three times. Then the man turned to leave, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bring that man to me." He was called, and he came back, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "You have asked me about something that no one of my Ummah has asked me about. The period of prosperity of my Ummah is a hundred years; the period of prosperity of my Ummah is a hundred years; the period of prosperity of my Ummah is a hundred years." He said: O Messenger of Allah, is there any sign or mark of that? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes: a rain of stones (al-qadhf), sinking into the earth (al-khasf), earthquakes (al-rajf), and the release of bridled devils among the people." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I know two religious groups of the Ummah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) who will be in the Fire. One of them will say: If our forefathers were astray (so what?), and they will say: What need is there for five prayers in a day and night? There are only two prayers: Asr and Fajr. And the other group says: Faith is merely verbal speech, even if a person commits adultery and even if he kills. 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 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.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Harith bin Amirah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I came from Syria to Madinah in search of knowledge, and I heard Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Those who love one another for the sake of Allah will have pulpits of light on the Day of Resurrection, which even the martyrs will envy." I stayed with him and mentioned to him Syria, its people and its poetry. Then he prepared to go to Syria and I set out with him. I heard him say to Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him): "I kept the company of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while you were (then) more astray than your family's donkey." Then (in Syria) his son and his wife were struck by the plague and both of them died. He dug a single grave for the two of them and they were buried. Then, when we returned to Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), he was gravely ill, and we began weeping around him. He said: "If you are weeping over (the departure of) knowledge, then here is the Book of Allah among you, so follow it. If anything of its interpretation becomes difficult for you, then turn to these three: Uwaymir Abu al-Darda', Ibn Umm Abd (Abdullah bin Mas'ud) and Salman al-Farisi. And beware of the slip of a scholar and the disputation of a hypocrite." I stayed there a month. Then I went to Iraq and came to Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: "What excellent people the people of Syria are, were it not that they testify to their own salvation." I said: "Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) spoke the truth." He asked: "What did he say?" I said: "He advised me (to turn) to you, to Uwaymir Abu al-Darda' and to Salman al-Farisi, and he said: Beware of the slip of a scholar and the disputation of a hypocrite." Then I moved aside, and he said to me: "O my nephew, that (for which I criticised them) was merely a slip of mine." I stayed with him for a month. Then I came to Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him) and heard him say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Souls are like assembled troops: those that are (already) acquainted become familiar with one another, and those that are strangers stay apart from one another." I stayed with him for a month; he used to divide his night and day equally between himself and his servant. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that he used to say: "The flourishing of Bayt al-Maqdis will be the ruin of Madinah (Yathrib); the ruin of Madinah will be the sign of the outbreak of the great battle (al-malhamah); the outbreak of the great battle will lead to the conquest of Constantinople; and the conquest of Constantinople will be the precursor of the emergence of the Dajjal." The narrator said: Then Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) struck the shoulder of Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "By Allah, this is as true as your sitting here is true." Although this hadith is mawquf, its chain is sahih (authentic) on the condition of its narrators, and it is befitting of the musnad hadith that preceded it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Dhu Mikhmar (may Allah be pleased with him) (who was a Companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the nephew of the Negus) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "You will soon make a secure peace with the Romans, until you and they together fight a (common) enemy behind you. Then you will be granted victory and will take spoils, and then you will turn back until you camp in a meadow with hillocks (marj dhi tulul). Then a man from the Romans will (raise the cross and) say: The cross has prevailed. And a man from the Muslims will say (in reply): Rather, Allah has prevailed. They will dispute this between them. Then a Muslim will advance towards their cross, which will not be far from them, and break it. At this the Romans, enraged, will attack the one who broke their cross and kill him. Then the Muslims will rush to their weapons and they (too) will be killed, and Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will honour that band of Muslims with martyrdom. Then the Romans will say to their king: We have spared you the might of the Arabs. Then they will betray (the truce) and gather for the great battle (al-malhamah); they will come to you under eighty (80) banners, with twelve thousand (soldiers) under each banner." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Khalid bin Ma'dan narrates from Jubayr bin Nufayr that he said: Take us to Sayyiduna Dhu Mikhmar (may Allah be pleased with him), the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The Romans will make a secure peace with you, then you and they together will fight an enemy; you will be granted victory, you will remain safe and you will be granted conquest. Then you will return to a meadow (marj), and there a man from among the Christians will raise the cross. At this a Muslim man will become angry, advance towards them and break the cross. At that point the Romans will become enraged and will gather for the great battle (al-malhamah)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, and it is more worthy (better) than the first narration.

Abdullah bin Bishr al-Ghanawi narrates from his father that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "You will certainly conquer Constantinople; how excellent will be the commander who is its commander, and how excellent will be the army that is that army." Abdullah said: Then Maslamah bin Abd al-Malik called me and asked me about this hadith, so I narrated it to him, after which he launched a campaign against Constantinople. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: We were discussing the conquest of Constantinople and Rumiyah, that they would be conquered. Then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As sent for a chest and opened it, and then said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), writing (hadith), when a man asked: O Messenger of Allah, which of the two cities will be conquered first? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The city of Heraclius," meaning Constantinople. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.