Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37522 — The words of al-Dahhak bin Qays

Khalid bin Umayr al-Adawi said: Sayyiduna Utbah bin Ghazwan (may Allah be pleased with him) addressed us (Abu Na'amah said: on the pulpit; Qurrah did not say this) and said: Indeed, this world has announced its end and has turned away swiftly, and nothing remains of it except a last drop like the last drop in a vessel. You are in an abode from which you will move on, so move on with the best of those present with you. I saw myself as the seventh of seven with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we had no food to eat except the leaves of trees, until the corners of our mouths became sore. (Qurrah said:) I found a cloak (and Abu Na'amah said: I picked up a cloak), and I split it into two halves; I wore one half and gave the other half to Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him). None of those seven is alive today except that he is over one of the cities. You will surely experience the rulers who come after me. By Allah, there has never been a prophethood except that it was transformed until it became kingship and tyranny. It was mentioned to me (Qurrah said: that the stone, and Abu Na'amah said: that the rock) is thrown from the edge of Hell and falls toward its bottom (Qurrah said: I think he said seventy; and Abu Na'amah said: seventy autumns), and it will surely be filled. Between the two door-leaves of the gates of Paradise there is a journey of forty years, and a day will surely come upon the gates of Paradise when every one of them is crowded. I seek refuge with Allah from being great in my own eyes and small in the sight of Allah.