It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hour will not be established until the Romans land at al-A'maq (in al-Sham). An army will come out of Madinah to face them, from the best of the people of the earth at that time. When they line up in ranks, the Romans will say: Stand aside from between us and those who took our people captive, so that we may fight them. The Muslims will say: By Allah! We will never stand aside from between you and our brothers. So they will fight them. A third (of the Muslim army) will flee, whose repentance Allah will never accept; a third will be killed, who will be the best of martyrs in the sight of Allah; and a third will be granted victory, who will never be put to trial. Then they will reach Constantinople and conquer it. While they are dividing their spoils, having hung their weapons on the olive trees, Satan will suddenly cry out that the Messiah (the Dajjal) has reached your families behind you, though this news will be false. When they reach al-Sham, (the Dajjal) will emerge. Then, while they are preparing for battle and straightening their ranks, the iqamah will be called for the Fajr prayer, and Isa bin Maryam (may the blessings of Allah be upon him) will descend and lead them in prayer. When the enemy of Allah (the Dajjal) sees him, he will begin to melt as salt melts (in water). Even if he were to leave him (to his state), he would melt away until he perished; but Allah Almighty will have him killed at his hand, and he will show them his blood on his spear." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it!

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Indeed, you are in a time in which scholars are many and orators are few, and those who give (in the way of Allah) are many. In this age the prayer is short and the sermon is long. So shorten the sermon (in accordance with the Sunnah) and lengthen the prayer. And indeed some eloquence is (as effective as) magic. Whoever seeks the Hereafter (inevitably) harms his worldly life, and whoever seeks the world harms his Hereafter. O my people! Sacrifice this perishing life for the life that remains. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

Kathir bin Abdullah narrates from his father, who narrates from his grandfather (may Allah be pleased with him), that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The world will not come to an end. O Ali bin Abi Talib!" Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Here I am, O Messenger of Allah! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Know that you will soon fight Banu al-Asfar (the Romans), and after you the believers will fight them too. The best of the believers, the people of the Hijaz, will go out against them; they will strive in the way of Allah, and they will not fear the blame of any blamer concerning Allah, until Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, conquers Constantinople and Rome at their hands through glorification (tasbih) and the declaration of Allah's greatness (takbir). Its fortifications will be demolished, and they will obtain such immense wealth there as they had never obtained before, so much so that they will divide the wealth by the (heaped) shield. Then a crier will cry out: O people of Islam! The Messiah, the Dajjal, has come out in your lands and among your children. So the people will scatter away from the wealth; some of them will take and some will leave it, and the one who takes will regret it and the one who leaves will regret it. They will say: Who is this crier? But they will not find out. They will say: Send a vanguard to Ludd; if the Messiah has come out, they will bring you news of him. They will go there and look, but will see nothing, and they will find the people at peace. So they will say: The crier did not cry out except for some great news, so make a firm resolve and then proceed on the right course. So they will resolve: Let us all go out together to Ludd; if the Messiah, the Dajjal, is there, we will fight him until Allah judges between us and him, and He is the best of judges; and if it is otherwise, then they are your lands, your clans and your armies, to which you will return."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Woe to the Arabs from an evil that has drawn near! At the turn of (the year) sixty (AH), the trust will be regarded as booty, charity will be regarded as a penalty, testimony will be given on the basis of acquaintance, and judgement will be passed according to desires." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with these additions.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sarihah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Beast of the Earth (Dabbat al-Ard) will appear three times. The first time it will come out in the farthest part of Yemen, and mention of it will spread in the countryside, but news of it will not reach the town (Makkah). Then, while the people are in the most sacred place in the sight of Allah and the most beloved to Him, namely al-Masjid al-Haram, it will suddenly appear in a corner of the mosque; it will come out from the area between the Black Stone and the Gate of Banu Makhzum. The people will scatter here and there, but a group of Muslims will stand firm, knowing that they cannot escape Allah. The beast will come before them, shaking the dust off its head; it will begin with them (speaking to them) and will make their faces shine until they are radiant like glittering stars. Then it will set off through the earth; no seeker will be able to catch it and no one who flees will escape it, so much so that a man will seek refuge from it (out of fear) in prayer, and it will come to him from behind and say: O so-and-so! Now you pray?! He will turn towards it, and it will put a mark on his face and go away. So the people will be neighbours to one another in their homes, companions on their journeys and partners in wealth, (yet) the believer will recognise the disbeliever (by the mark), so much so that the disbeliever will say: O believer! Give me my right; and the believer will say: O disbeliever! Give me my right." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, and it is the clearest hadith concerning the Beast of the Earth (Dabbat al-Ard), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Abu al-Tufayl that he said: We were sitting with Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) when the Beast of the Earth (Dabbat al-Ard) was mentioned. Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: It will first appear in some of the desert regions and then hide. Then it will appear in some of the towns until the people are terrified and the rulers shed blood over its matter (because of the turmoil). Then it will go into hiding. Then, while the people are at the greatest, most excellent and most noble mosque (the narrator said: until we supposed it was al-Masjid al-Haram, though he did not name it), the ground will suddenly split and rise. The ground will rise up and the people will flee, but a large body of Muslims will remain there, saying: Nothing can save us from the decree of Allah. Then the beast will come out and make their faces shine like radiant stars. Then it will remain among the people (in such a way) that they will be neighbours in their homes, partners in wealth and companions to one another on journeys. 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 Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "The people will be travelling by night towards Jam' (Muzdalifah), and the Beast of the Earth (Dabbat al-Ard, the creature that will come out of the earth) will be advancing towards them. By morning it will have encircled them all between its head and its tail. There will be no believer except that it wipes him (and marks him), and no hypocrite or disbeliever except that it brands him on the nose. Up to that time the door of repentance will be open. Then the smoke will appear, which will afflict the believer with something like a cold, while it will enter the ear openings of the disbeliever and the hypocrite until they become (swollen) like roasted meat. Even then repentance will be accepted, until the sun rises from the west." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "And when the word befalls them, We will bring forth for them a beast from the earth" [Surah al-Naml: 82] , that he said: "This will be when people abandon enjoining good and forbidding evil."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Beast of the Earth (Dabbat al-Ard, the creature that will come out of the earth) will appear, having with it the staff of Musa (peace be upon him) and the ring of Sulayman (peace be upon him). It will make the face of the believer shine with the staff and brand the nose of the disbeliever with the ring, so much so that when the people sitting around a dining spread gather, they will address one another with these words: O believer! and O disbeliever!"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "A time will come upon the people in which a man will be envied for the lightness of his circumstances (having few dependants and little wealth) just as today one with abundant wealth and children is envied." A man asked him: Which wealth will be best in that time? He said: "Good weapons and a fine horse; wherever the tribulation turns, he will move away from it (by means of them)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.