It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "On the day of the Great Battle (al-Malhamah al-Kubra), the encampment (headquarters) of the Muslims will be in a land called al-Ghutah, in which there is a city called Damascus; it will be the best abode of the Muslims on that day." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Shahr bin Hawshab that he said: When the matter of the pledge of allegiance to Yazid bin Mu'awiyah came, I thought that I should go to al-Sham and keep away from the evil of this pledge. So I set out and reached al-Sham, and there I was told of the gathering of Nawf (al-Bikali), so I came to him. There was a man present whose eyes were diseased, wearing a black striped cloak; he was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both). When Nawf saw him, he stopped speaking. Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: Continue with what you were saying. Nawf said: You are more entitled to speak, for you are a Companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: These people, meaning the rulers, have forbidden us from narrating hadith. Nawf said: I adjure you by Allah to narrate to us a hadith that you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: I heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Soon there will be migration after migration; people will gather towards the place to which Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) migrated (the land of al-Sham). None will remain on the earth except its worst people; their land will cast them out and their own souls will loathe them. Allah Almighty will drive them together towards the Fire along with the monkeys and swine; that Fire will stay with them wherever they spend the night and wherever they take their midday rest, and it will devour whoever lags behind." (Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both)) said: And I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Some people of my Ummah will come out from the direction of the east who will recite the Qur'an, but it will not go beyond their throats. Whenever one generation of them comes to an end, another will arise, until the Dajjal appears among the last of them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Zayd al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in the Fajr prayer, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed us until Zuhr. Then he came down from the pulpit and led the Zuhr prayer. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed us until Asr, then came down and led the Asr prayer. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) ascended the pulpit again and addressed us until Maghrib. During this he (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us of all the events and happenings that are to take place (until the Day of Resurrection). So the most knowledgeable among us is the one among us with the best memory. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood among us (to deliver a sermon), and standing in that place he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not leave out anything that would happen until the establishment of the Hour without mentioning it to us. Whoever remembered it remembered it, and whoever forgot it forgot it. These companions of mine also know this. Indeed, it happens that something I had forgotten comes about, and upon seeing it (take place) I recall it, just as a man recognises the face of a man who had been absent from him (when he appears again) upon seeing it. 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 Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, my family (Ahl al-Bayt) will face killing and exile at the hands of my Ummah after me, and indeed those of our people who hold the most hatred and enmity towards us are Banu Umayyah, Banu al-Mughirah and Banu Makhzum." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said concerning the barrier (of Ya'juj and Ma'juj): "They dig through it every day, until when they are about to break through it, the one in charge of them says: Go back; you will break through it tomorrow. Then Allah Almighty makes it even stronger than before. Until, when their term is complete and Allah wills (their emergence), the one in charge of them says: Go back; you will break through it tomorrow, if Allah wills, and he makes the exception (by saying In sha' Allah). So they return (the next day) and find it in the same state in which they left it. Then they will break through it and come out upon the people. They will drink up all the water, and the people will flee from them in fear. Then they will shoot their arrows towards the sky, and they will come back smeared with blood, and they will say, in their arrogance and haughtiness: We have overpowered the people of the earth and prevailed over those in the heavens. Then Allah Almighty will send upon them a worm in the napes of their necks, which will destroy them." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! The beasts of the earth will grow very fat from eating their flesh, their bellies will be full, and they will be exceedingly grateful (or he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: they will become intoxicated)." 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 Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the night the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was taken on the Night Journey (Mi'raj), he (peace and blessings be upon him) met Sayyiduna Ibrahim, Sayyiduna Musa and Sayyiduna Isa (peace be upon them). They discussed among themselves when the Hour would come. They began with Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and asked him about it, but he had no knowledge of it. Then they asked Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him), and he too had no knowledge of it. So the matter was referred to Sayyiduna Isa (peace be upon him), and he said: Allah Almighty has informed me of the conditions before its occurrence, but no one knows its actual time except Allah. Then he mentioned the emergence of the Dajjal (and said): So I will descend and kill him. Then the people will return to their lands, and they will be confronted by Ya'juj and Ma'juj, "and they will swarm down from every elevation." They will not pass by any water without drinking it up, nor by anything without destroying it. Then the people will cry out to me for help, so I will supplicate to Allah and Allah will cause them to die, and the earth will become foul with their stench. Then the people will cry out to me for help, so I will supplicate to Allah, and Allah will send down rain from the sky, which will carry them away and throw them into the sea. Then the mountains will be ground to dust, and the earth will be spread out like leather. So Allah's covenant with me is that when these (signs) are fulfilled, the Hour will be as near to the people as a pregnant woman whose term is complete, whose family does not know when she will suddenly give birth, by night or by day. Al-Awwam said: I found confirmation of this in the Book of Allah; then he recited this verse: "Until, when Ya'juj and Ma'juj are let loose and they swarm down from every elevation, and the true promise draws near" [Surah al-Anbiya: 96-97] . This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ayyash bin Abi Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Before the Hour a wind will blow which will take the soul of every believer." 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 Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Gog and Magog (Ya'juj and Ma'juj) will be let loose, and they will fall upon the people just as Allah Almighty has said: 'And they will swoop down from every height' [Surah al-Anbiya: 96] . They will spread corruption in the land, and the Muslims will take refuge in their cities and fortresses, and they will also gather their livestock with them (inside those fortresses). They will drink all the water of the earth, to the point that when one group of them passes by a river, they will drink all its water and leave it completely dry; then the group coming after them will pass by there and say: 'There used to be water here once.' Until, when no one remains (on the earth) except those besieged in the fortresses or cities, their spokesman will say: 'These people of the earth are finished; we are done with them. Now the people of the heavens remain.' Then one of them will brandish his spear and throw it towards the sky, and it will come back stained with blood, as a trial and a tribulation. While they are in this state, Allah Almighty will create worms (al-naghaf) in their necks, which will come out of their necks, and they will reach the morning all lying dead, and not a sound will be heard from them. Then the Muslims will say: 'Is there a man who will dedicate his life for Allah (and go down) to see what has become of this enemy?' Then a man from among them will go out, heedless of his life and having prepared himself to be killed. He will go down and find them lying dead, one on top of another. He will call out: 'O Muslims! Rejoice, for Allah has sufficed you against your enemy.' Then they will come out of their cities and fortresses and release their livestock to graze, and there will be no fodder for that livestock except their (Gog and Magog's) flesh. So they will eat it and grow so fat as they had never grown fat from eating even the finest vegetation." 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 Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: Gog and Magog (will be so numerous that) their first group will pass by a great river like the Tigris (and drink all its water); when their last group passes by there, it will say: "There used to be water in this river once." And not a man among them dies until he leaves behind a thousand or more of his offspring. And after them there will be three more nations: Tadis, Tawil, and Task or Mutask (the narrator of the hadith, Shu'bah, was in doubt about this name). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.