Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40307 — Reports on the tribulation

It is narrated from Sayyidah Fatimah bint Qays (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the Zuhr prayer one day and then sat on the pulpit. The people found this strange, and they were between sitting and standing (that is, some were sitting and some were standing). Before this the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not sit on the pulpit except on the day of Friday. He (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured to them with his hand to sit down, and then said: "By Allah, I have not stood in this place for any matter that would benefit you out of hope or fear. Rather, Tamim al-Dari came to me and gave me news, such that because of this news, out of joy and delight of the eye, I could not take my midday rest. Listen carefully: the cousins of Tamim al-Dari were caught by a violent wind at sea, and the wind brought them to an island they did not recognise. They boarded the nearby boats and reached the island. Suddenly they saw a black thing with long lashes and much hair. They said to it: What are you? The thing said: I am al-Jassasah (the one who spies). They said: Tell us. It said: I will not tell you anything, nor will I ask you anything; but here is a monastery which you have come close to, so go into it, for in it is a man who longs to tell you and for you to tell him. So they went there and went in to that man. Suddenly they saw something bound in iron fetters, tightly secured and very hairy. He said to them: From which land have you come? They said: From Syria. That man said: What is the state of the Arabs? They said: We are people of the Arabs. He said: What is the state of that man who has emerged among you? They said: He is in a good state. People opposed him, and Allah Almighty gave him victory over them, and today they are all united; their God is one and their religion is one. He said: That is better for them. He said: What is the state of the spring of Zughar? They said: They irrigate their fields from it and drink from it when thirsty. He asked: What is the state of the date palms between Amman and Baysan? They said: They give their fruit every year. He asked: What is the state of the Lake of Tiberias? They told him: Its two banks are surging from the abundance of water. Then he drew a long breath three times, and then said: If I were to break free of these fetters, I would leave no land without treading it with these two feet of mine, except Madinah, for I will have no power over it." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "At this my joy was complete. This is Taybah. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, there is no narrow or wide road of this Madinah except that upon it an angel is (standing) with a drawn sword until the Day of Resurrection."