Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40425 — Reports on the tribulation

It is narrated from Sayyidah Fatimah bint Qays (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out one day at midday and led the prayer, then he sat on the pulpit. The people stood up, and he said: "O people, sit down, for I have not stood in this place out of any desire or fear." He said this because he had not previously sat on the pulpit at that hour. "But Tamim al-Dari came to me and gave me news, the joy and delight of which kept me from my midday rest. I wished to tell you the news of Tamim. He told me that a group of his cousins travelled by sea and a violent wind struck them. That wind cast them onto an island they did not know. They boarded the nearby boats and went out to the island, and there they came upon a black thing with a great deal of hair. They could not tell whether it was a man or a woman. They said to it: 'Will you not tell us?' It said: 'I will neither tell you nor ask you about anything, but in this monastery, which you are near, there is a man who longs to hear about you, to tell you and to ask you.' They asked it: 'What are you?' It said: 'I am the Jassasah (the spy).' They set out and reached the monastery and asked permission to enter, and he gave them permission. There they found an old man bound in heavy fetters, showing grief and complaining greatly. They greeted him with salam and he returned the greeting, and he asked: 'Where have you come from?' They said: 'From al-Sham.' He asked: 'From which people are you?' They said: 'From the Arabs.' He asked: 'What is the state of the Arabs? Has their Prophet appeared?' They said: 'Yes.' He asked: 'What did those Arabs do?' They told him: 'A people opposed him, and Allah Almighty gave him victory over them, and now they are all united.' He said: 'That is good.' It was also mentioned in this that the Arabs believed in him, followed him and affirmed him. He said: 'That is better for them.' Then he asked: 'Do the Arabs today have one God and one word?' They said: 'Yes.' He said: 'That is better for them.' Then he asked: 'What is the state of the spring of Zughar?' They said: 'It is good. Its people drink from it in their thirst and water their crops from it.' He asked: 'What is the state of the date palms of Amman and Baysan?' They told him: 'They yield fruit all year round.' He asked: 'What is the state of the Lake of Tiberias?' They said: 'It is full, and its two banks overflow because of the abundance of water.' The narrator said: He drew a long breath, then a long breath, then a long breath. Then he swore an oath and said: 'If I break free, or he said: if I get out, from these fetters, or he said: from this place, I will not leave any land without trampling it with these two feet of mine, except Taybah (Madinah the Radiant). I have no way to it and no power over it.'" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is the height of my joy. This is Taybah, and by the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), this is Taybah. Allah Almighty has made my sanctuary forbidden for the Dajjal to enter." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said, swearing an oath: "It has no narrow or wide road, in soft ground or mountain, without an angel with a drawn sword being stationed on it until the Day of Resurrection. The Dajjal will not have the power to enter upon the people of Madinah."