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.