(وَمِنْ طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ) حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ ثَنَا الْحَشَرَجُ بْنُ نُبَاتَةَ الْقَيْسِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ جَمْهَانَ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ يَعْنِي مَسْجِدَ الْبَصْرَةِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ”لَتَنْزِلَنَّ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَرْضًا يُقَالُ لَهَا الْبَصْرَةُ يَكْثُرُ بِهَا عَدَدُهُمْ وَيَكْثُرُ بِهَا نَخْلُهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ بَنُو قَنْطُورَاءَ عِرَاضُ الْوُجُوهِ صِغَارُ الْعُيُونِ حَتَّى يَنْزِلُوا عَلَى جَسْرٍ لَهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ دَجْلَةُ فَيَتَفَرَّقُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ ثَلَاثَ فِرَقٍ فَأَمَّا فِرْقَةٌ فَيَأْخُذُونَ بِأَذْنَابِ الْإِبِلِ وَتَلْحَقُ بِالْبَادِيَةِ وَهَلَكَتْ، وَأَمَّا فِرْقَةٌ فَتَأْخُذُ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهَا فَكَفَرَتْ فَهَذِهِ وَتِلْكَ سَوَاءٌ، وَأَمَّا فِرْقَةٌ فَيَجْعَلُونَ عِيَالَهُمْ خَلْفَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَيُقَاتِلُونَ فَقَتْلَاهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ وَيَفْتَحُ اللَّهُ عَلَى بَقِيَّتِهَا“
(Third chain) Abdullah bin Abu Bakrah says: My father narrated to me in that mosque of Basra that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: A group of my Ummah will surely settle in the land called Basra, there they will be great in number and there will be an abundance of dates. Then the Banu Qantura, whose faces will be flat and eyes small, will come and camp at the bridge of the Tigris. Thereupon, the Muslims will be divided into three groups: one group will hold onto the tails of camels and head towards the villages; these people will be destroyed. The second group will remain absorbed in their own state; they will become disbelievers. Both these groups will be equal in terms of their end. The third group will leave their families behind and fight against the disbelievers; their slain will be martyrs. Then Allah, the Exalted, will grant victory to the remaining people of this group.