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".

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Have you heard of a city, one side of which is on land and the other side in the sea?" The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hour will not be established until seventy thousand of Banu Ishaq attack it. When they reach it, they will encamp; they will neither fight with weapons nor shoot arrows, but they will say (aloud): 'La ilaha illallah wallahu akbar' (There is no true deity except Allah, and Allah is the Greatest), and one of its sides will fall. (The narrator Thawr said: I think he meant the side facing the land.) Then they will say it a second time: 'La ilaha illallah wallahu akbar', and its other side will fall. Then they will say it a third time: 'La ilaha illallah wallahu akbar', and the way will be opened for them. They will enter it and take spoils, and while they are dividing the spoils, suddenly a caller will cry out that the Dajjal has emerged, so they will leave everything and go back." Imam al-Hakim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This city is Constantinople, and it is authentically established that its conquest will be close to the establishment of the Hour.

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: "The Hour will not be established until you fight the people of Khuz and Kirman, non-Arabs whose faces are red, noses flat and eyes small, as though their faces were layered leather shields, and whose sandals will be of hair." 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 Usayr bin Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: A red windstorm arose in Kufah, and a man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) who had no other refrain but this: O Abdullah bin Mas'ud! The Hour has come. He said: Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) was reclining, so he sat up and said: "The Hour will not be established until a time comes when no inheritance will be divided and no rejoicing will be had over spoils. An enemy will gather (for war) against the people of Islam, and the people of Islam will gather against them" (and he pointed with his hand towards al-Sham). I asked: Do you mean the Romans? He said: "Yes. And at the time of that war there will be fierce fighting. The Muslims will prepare a detachment pledged to death, which will not return except victorious. They will fight until night comes between them; then these will turn back and those will turn back, neither side victorious, and that (Muslim) detachment will be wiped out. Then the Muslims will again prepare a detachment pledged to death, which will not return except victorious. They will fight until evening; then these will turn back and those will turn back, neither side victorious, and that detachment too will be wiped out. When the fourth day comes, the remaining Muslims will advance against them, and Allah Almighty will bring defeat upon those enemies, and they will be killed in a slaughter the like of which (either he said: has never been seen before, or he said: will never be seen) until a bird will pass by their flanks and fall down dead before it gets past them (their corpses). The children of one father, who had numbered one hundred, will count themselves and find that only one man of them remains. So over what spoils will there be rejoicing, and what inheritance will be divided?" He said: "While they are in this state, they will suddenly hear news even greater than that: a crier will come to them saying that the Dajjal has come out behind you among your children. So they will abandon whatever is in their hands and set off, and they will send ten horsemen as a vanguard." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, I know their names, the names of their fathers and the colours of their horses; on that day they will be the best horsemen on the face of the earth." Or he said: "They will be the best of those on the face of the earth." 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 Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hour will not be established until the land of the Arabs (once again) becomes pastures, meadows and rivers." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but they did not record it!

It is narrated from Abu Nadrah that he said: We came to Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) on the day of Jumu'ah to compare our copy of the Qur'an with his copy. When the time of the Jumu'ah prayer came, he instructed us, so we took a ritual bath, applied perfume and went to the mosque. We sat with a man who was narrating, then Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) came, so we moved over to him. There he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The Muslims will have three cities: one at the meeting place of the two seas, one in al-Jazirah, and one in al-Sham. Then the people will be struck by three alarms, and the Dajjal will come out with a large army and defeat those on the side of the east. The first city he will reach is the one at the meeting place of the two seas, and its inhabitants will split into three groups: one group will stay there, intending to test him closely, one group will join the Bedouins, and one group will go to the next city beyond them. Then he will come to al-Sham, and the Muslims will withdraw to the pass of Afiq. They will send out their livestock to graze, and it will be destroyed. This will be a very hard time for them, and they will be afflicted with such severe hunger and hardship that one of them will burn his bowstring and eat it. While they are in this state, a caller will call out at the time of suhur: O people! Help has come to you. They will say to one another: This is the voice of a man who is well-fed. Then Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him) will descend at the time of the Fajr prayer, and the imam of the people will say to him: O Spirit of Allah! Come forward and lead us in prayer. He will reply: 'Innakum ma'shara hadhihil-ummati umara'u ba'dukum 'ala ba'd, taqaddam anta fa-salli bina' (You people of this Ummah are leaders over one another, so you come forward and lead us in prayer). So that imam will come forward and lead them in prayer. When they finish, Isa (peace be upon him) will take his spear and head towards the Dajjal. When he sees him, he will begin to melt as lead melts. Isa (peace be upon him) will strike his chest with his spear and kill him. Then his army will be defeated, and on that day nothing will give shelter to any of them, until even the stone will speak out: O believer! This is a disbeliever, so kill him; and the stone will say: This is a disbeliever, so kill him." This hadith, with the mention of Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani, has a sahih (authentic) chain on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Abu Nadrah that Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in prayer; then he narrated exactly this same hadith, but he did not mention Ayyub in it. And Allah knows best.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "When Banu Umayyah (their rulers) reach forty in number, they will take the servants of Allah as their slaves, the wealth of Allah as their estate, and the Book of Allah as a means of deception."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "When Banu Umayyah (their rulers) reach forty in number, they will take the servants of Allah as their slaves, the wealth of Allah as their estate, and the Book of Allah as a means of deception."