It is narrated from Uqbah bin Amr bin Aws al-Sadusi (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: We came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both). He was wrapped in two striped cloaks and had a turban on his head, but he was not wearing a shirt. We said to him: "You have narrated hadiths from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and you also have knowledge of the earlier scriptures." He asked: "Where are you from?" We said: "From the people of Iraq." He said: "O people of Iraq! You lie, you deny, and you mock." I said: "No, by Allah! We neither deny you, nor fabricate lies against you, nor mock you." He said: "Indeed, the Banu Qanturah and Karkara will not come out until they tie their horses to the date palms of al-Ubullah." Then he asked: "How far is it between al-Ubullah and Basrah?" We said: "Four farsakhs." He said: "Then those enemies will demand: 'Clear the way between us and Basrah.' So one third of the people will join them, one third will go to Kufah, and one third will join the Bedouins. Then those enemies will send word to the people of Kufah: 'Clear the way between us and Kufah.' So one third will join them, one third will join the Bedouins, and one third will go to Sham." We asked: "What is the sign of that?" He said: "When the rule of children spreads over the face of the earth." This hadith has an authentic (sahih) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Abu Idris al-Khawlani (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: I met Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) and gained knowledge from him, and I met Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) and memorised hadiths from him; however, I did not get to meet Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him). So Yazid bin Amirah informed me that in every gathering in which Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) sat, he would say: 'Allahu hakamun qistun, tabaraka ismuhu, halaka al-murtabun' (Allah is a just and equitable Judge, blessed is His Name; those who doubt have perished). (He would further say:) "Indeed, after you there will come trials in which wealth will be abundant, and the Qur'an will be opened up (its reading made so common) that men and women, free and slave, young and old will all acquire it. Soon a man will read the Qur'an and will say (to himself): 'I have read the Qur'an, so what is the matter with people that they do not follow me, even though I have read the Qur'an?!' Then he will say: 'They will not follow me until I invent for them something new (an innovation) other than the Qur'an.' So beware of your self-made new matters (innovations), for every invented new matter is misguidance. And beware of the slip of the wise man (hakim), for Satan casts words of misguidance upon the tongue of the wise man, while sometimes he makes a word of truth flow upon the tongue of the hypocrite." (Yazid bin Amirah said:) We said: "(O Mu'adh!) May Allah have mercy on you, how will you know that the hypocrite is speaking the truth and that Satan has cast a word of misguidance upon the tongue of the wise man?" He said: "Avoid every ambiguous (confusing) statement from the speech of the wise man, the kind about which, when you hear it, you exclaim: 'What is this?' But do not turn away from that wise man entirely (merely because of this slip), for it is quite possible that he will retract his statement and be granted the truth again. So listen to the truth, for upon the truth there is a light." 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 bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man from among the enemies of the Muslims will appear in al-Andalus, who will be called "Dhu al-Urf". He will gather a huge army from the idolatrous tribes, about which the people of al-Andalus will be certain that they have no strength to face it. So those among the Muslims who have the means will board ships and leave from there, crossing over to Tangier, while the weak people and the common folk will remain behind, having no ships available for crossing. Then Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will send a mountain goat and will dry up (make shallow) the sea for them. The mountain goat will cross the sea in such a way that the water will not even cover its hooves. When the people see it, they will call out: "The mountain goat! Follow it!" So all the people will cross the sea following in its tracks. Then the sea will return to its original state, and the enemy will cross over by boarding ships. When the people of Ifriqiyah sense the approach of these enemies, they will all flee and take refuge in al-Fustat (Egypt). That enemy will advance until it encamps in the area from Tarnut to the Pyramids of Egypt, which is a distance of five barids (post stages). They will spread great evil there. Then an army of the Muslims will come out at the bridge with its banner raised to confront them, and Allah will help the Muslims against them. The Muslims will inflict a crushing defeat upon them and will keep killing them up to Lubiyah, a distance of ten nights' journey. The people of al-Fustat will use their carts and war equipment as fuel for seven years. Dhu al-Urf will escape being killed, and he will have a book with him which he will look into only when he is defeated. In it he will find mention of Islam, and that he is commanded in it to enter into peace. So he will seek safety for himself and for those of his companions who came with him and were willing to accept Islam. Then he will accept Islam and join the Muslims. Then the following year a man from Abyssinia will come who will be called "Isbis", who will have gathered a mighty army. The Muslims will flee from him from Aswan until no Muslim remains in Aswan or its nearby areas, and all of them will take refuge in al-Fustat. Isbis will encamp with his army at "Manf" (Memphis), which is at a distance of one barid (post stage) from al-Fustat. Then the banner of the Muslims will be raised at the bridge to confront them, and Allah will grant the Muslims victory over them. The Muslims will kill them and take them captive, until an Abyssinian captive will be sold for an ordinary cloak. This hadith is sahih (authentic) as mawquf (a Companion's statement) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and it serves as a foundation for knowing about the trials that will occur in Egypt, but they did not record it. And "Manf" is the same place about which Mansur al-Faqih (may Allah have mercy on him) says: "Yesterday I asked the palaces of Ayn Shams and Manf about their inhabitants, where they had departed to; but they did not answer me with even a single letter."

It is narrated from Abd al-Rahman bin Bishr al-Ansari (may Allah have mercy on him) that a man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), leaned over towards him and said: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman! When will I go astray despite having knowledge?" He replied: "When rulers are placed over you such that if you obey them, they will admit you into the Fire, and if you disobey them, they will kill you." This report is mawquf (a Companion's statement) and its chain is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. Al-Hakim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: These are reports that Abdullah bin Wahb mentioned in (his book) al-Malahim; I obtained them through a higher chain, so I have recorded them, even though they are not musnad (traced back to the Prophet).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Tha'labah al-Khushani (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "When you see Sham as the dining spread of a single man and his household (i.e. one family dominating the resources of Sham), then at that time will be the conquest of Constantinople."

It is narrated from Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Indeed, the places of refuge are three: on the day of the great battles (al-malahim), the refuge of the people will be Damascus; on the day of the Dajjal, the refuge of the people will be the river of Abu Futrus (and among the people there are some who say that it refers to Bayt al-Maqdis); and on the day of Gog and Magog (Ya'juj and Ma'juj), their refuge will be Mount Sinai."

Sayyiduna Jubayr bin Nufayr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "If you are given a choice between different lands (as to where to settle), do not choose Armenia, for in it there is a portion of Allah's punishment."

It is narrated from Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Al-Jazirah (the region between Iraq and Sham) is safe from ruin until Armenia is ruined; Egypt is safe from ruin until al-Jazirah is ruined; Kufah is safe from ruin until Egypt is ruined; the great battle (al-malhamah) will not take place until Kufah is ruined; the city of disbelief will not be conquered until the great battle takes place; and the Dajjal will not emerge until the city of disbelief is conquered."

It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) that he used to say: "Nuh (peace be upon him) had three sons: Sam, Ham and Yafith. From the descendants of Sam are the Arabs, the Persians and the Romans, and in all of them there is goodness. From the descendants of Ham are the Sudan (black peoples), the Berbers and the Copts. And from the descendants of Yafith are the Turks, the Saqalibah (Slavs) and Gog and Magog (Ya'juj and Ma'juj)."

It is narrated from Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "The great battles (al-malahim) will take place only at the hands of the fourth or fifth man from the family of Heraclius, who will be called 'Tabarah'."