Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40265 — Reports on the tribulation

It is narrated from Abu Nadrah that he said: We came to Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) on a Friday to compare our copy of the Qur'an with his copy. We sat down with a man who was narrating, then Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived, and we gathered around him. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The Muslims will have three cities: one city at the meeting place of the two seas, one city in the Jazirah, and one city in Syria. The people will be alarmed three times. Then the Dajjal will emerge from the direction of the East on the flanks of a routed army. The first city he comes to will be the one at the meeting place of the two seas. Its inhabitants will split into three groups: one group will stay there and say, 'We will go near him and see what he is'; one group will join the Bedouins; and one group will go to the neighbouring city. With him (that is, with the Dajjal) will be seventy thousand people wearing green shawls, and most of his followers will be Jews and women. Then he will come to the city next to them, and its inhabitants will split into three groups: one group will stay there and say, 'We will go near him and see what he is'; one group will join the Bedouins; and the third group will go to the city next to them. Then he will go to Syria. The Muslims will gather at the place called Aqabat Afiq. They will send out their livestock, and their livestock will be struck down. This will weigh heavily on them, and severe hunger and hardship will afflict them, until one of them will burn his bowstring and eat it. While the people are in this state, a caller will call out at dawn: 'O people, your help has come!' He will call this three times. They will say to one another: 'Indeed, this is the voice of a man who has eaten his fill.' Isa (peace be upon him) will descend at the time of the Fajr prayer, and the leader of the people will say to him: 'O Spirit of Allah, step forward and lead us in prayer.' Isa will say: 'You, the community of this nation, are leaders over one another. You step forward and lead us in prayer.' That leader will step forward and lead them in prayer. When he has finished the prayer, Isa will take his spear and go towards the Dajjal. When the Dajjal sees him, he will melt as lead melts. He will place his spear in the middle of his chest and kill him, and then his companions will be routed."