It is narrated from Sayyiduna Nafi' bin Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "You will fight the Arabian Peninsula and Allah will grant it conquest; then you will fight the Romans and Allah will grant you conquest over them too; then you will fight the Persians and Allah will grant victory over them too; then you will fight the Dajjal and Allah will overpower (conquer) him too." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The great battle (al-Malhamah al-Uzma), the conquest of Constantinople and the emergence of the Dajjal will all take place within a period of seven months."

Amr bin Wabisah al-Asadi narrates from his father, who said: I was in my house in Kufah when suddenly a voice came at the door of the house: "Peace be upon you, may I come in?" I said: "And upon you be peace, come in." When he entered, I saw that it was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). I said: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman! What time is this for a visit?!" and it was the very middle of the day. He said: "The day was growing very long and heavy on me, so I thought I would go and talk with someone." Then he began narrating to me the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and I to him. He began to recount and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Soon there will be a tribulation in which the one sleeping will be better than the one lying down, the one lying down will be better than the one sitting, the one sitting will be better than the one standing, the one standing will be better than the one walking, the one walking will be better than the rider, and the rider will be better than the one galloping his horse (towards the tribulation)." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! When will that be?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those will be the days of harj (killing, bloodshed and chaos), when a man will not be safe even from the one sitting beside him." I said: "If I live to see that time, what do you command me?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Restrain yourself and your hand (from the tribulation) and remain in your house." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! What if someone (an attacker) comes into my house?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then go into your inner room." I said: "What if someone comes in there too?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then go to your place of prostration (place of prayer) and do like this" - and he (peace and blessings be upon him) firmly gripped the joint of his wrist with his right hand - "and say: My Lord is Allah, until death comes to you in that state." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mihjan bin al-Adra' (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me on some errand, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) met me on one of the roads of Madinah. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) climbed Uhud (mountain) and I climbed with him (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) turned his face towards Madinah and said something about it (the city), then said: "May your mother perish (or: may its mother perish) - it is a town whose inhabitants will leave it (deserted) when it is at the peak of its lushness and ripening fruit; the birds and beasts of prey will eat its fruits - and the Dajjal will not be able to enter it, if Allah wills. Whenever he intends to enter it, an angel holding a drawn sword will confront him at every one of its roads and will prevent him from it." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning this statement of Allah Almighty: "And We will surely let them taste the nearer punishment short of the greater punishment" [Surah al-Sajdah: 21] ; he said: (The nearer punishment means) the calamities of this world: the Romans (the war with them), the severe seizure (al-batshah) and the smoke. (The narrator) said: Then he remained silent for a little while and said: That (the greater punishment) is the Dajjal. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it. I asked Abu Ali al-Hafiz about this Azrah (in the chain), and he said: He is Azrah bin Yahya, whereas Shu'bah has narrated from Qatadah from Azrah bin Tamim.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Wathilah bin al-Asqa' (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "The Hour will not be established until ten signs (appear): a sinking of the earth in the East, a sinking of the earth in the West, a sinking of the earth in the Arabian Peninsula, the emergence of the Dajjal, the smoke, the descent of Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him), Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog), the beast that will come out of the earth (Dabbat al-Ard), the rising of the sun from its west, and a fire that will come out of the depths of Aden which will drive the people towards the place of gathering; it will round up even the tiny particles and the ants and gather them (at the place of gathering)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: "By the Lord of the Ka'bah! I have come to know when the Arabs will perish: (they will perish) when the one who takes charge (as ruler) of their affairs is a person who neither kept the company of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) nor experienced (and reformed) the affairs of the Jahiliyyah (and their evils)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The signs will appear after two hundred (years)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said (to Abu al-Tufayl): "How will you be when there is a tribulation in which the best people will be those who are self-sufficient (wealthy) and have withdrawn into seclusion?" (Abu al-Tufayl) said: I said: By Allah! This is just like a gift received by one of us, which is thrown sometimes here and sometimes there, and it is reproached from every side. He (Hudhayfah, may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Can you not be like an ibn labun (a camel's young that has completed two years), which is neither of use for riding so that it may be ridden, nor gives milk so that it may be milked?" This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), that al-Harith bin Abi Rabi'ah and Abdullah bin Safwan came to her - and I was with them too - and the two of them asked her about the army that will be swallowed up by the earth. This was in the days (of the caliphate) of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both). Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "One seeking refuge will take refuge in the Sanctuary (the Ka'bah), and an army will be sent against him; when they reach a barren plain of the earth (al-Bayda'), they will be swallowed up by the earth." I said: O Messenger of Allah! What about the one who joined (the army) unwillingly? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He too will be swallowed up with them, but on the Day of Resurrection he will be raised according to his intention." Then she (Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "One seeking refuge will take refuge in the House of Allah." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it in their books.