Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40431 — Reports on the tribulation

He said: "Then Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog) will emerge, strutting about the earth and spreading corruption in it." Then Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) recited: "And they will come rushing down from every height" [Al-Anbiya: 96]. He said: "Then Allah will send upon them a creature like this worm found in the nose of a camel, and it will enter their ears and nostrils, and they will die from it." He said: "The earth will stink because of them, and Allah will be implored for help. He will send water upon them, which will cleanse the earth of them." Then he said: "Allah will send an intensely cold wind, and it will not leave a believer on the earth without that wind carrying him off." He said: "Then the Hour will be established upon the worst of people." He said: "Then an angel will stand between the heaven and the earth with the Trumpet and blow into it." He said: "The Trumpet is a horn." He said: "No creature of Allah will remain in the heavens or in the earth without dying, except whom your Lord wills." He said: "Then between the two blasts there will be as long as Allah wills." He said: "Then Allah will sprinkle water from beneath the Throne, like the semen of men." He said: "There will be no creature of the children of Adam in the earth without some of it reaching him. Their bodies and their flesh will grow from that water, just as the earth grows vegetation from moist soil." Then Sayyiduna Abdullah recited: "And it is Allah Who sends the winds, and they stir up clouds, then We drive them to a dead land and revive the earth with them after its death. Such will be the Resurrection" [Fatir: 9]. He said: "Then an angel will stand between the heaven and the earth with the Trumpet and blow into it." He said: "Then every soul will go to its body and enter it." He said: "Then they will stand and greet with the greeting of one man, standing before the Lord of the worlds. Then Allah will appear to the creation in a form and meet them. There will be no one among the creation who worshipped anything besides Allah without that thing being raised up for him, and he will follow it. He will meet the Jews and say: 'Whom do you worship?' They will say: 'We worship Uzayr.' He will say: 'Would water please you?' They will say: 'Yes.'" He said: "He will show them Hell, and it will be like a mirage." Then Sayyiduna Abdullah recited: "And on that Day We will present Hell to the disbelievers, plainly displayed" [Al-Kahf: 100]. "Then He will meet the Christians and say: 'Whom do you worship?' They will say: 'We worship the Messiah.'" He said: "He will say: 'Would water please you?' They will say: 'Yes.' He will show them Hell, and it will be like a mirage." He said: "Then it will be likewise for everyone who worshipped anything besides Allah." Then Sayyiduna Abdullah recited: "And stop them, for they are to be questioned" [Al-Saffat: 24]. "Until the Muslims pass by, and He will say: 'Whom do you worship?' They will say: 'We worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him.'" He said: "He will say: 'Do you know your Lord?' They will say: 'Glory be to Him! When He makes Himself known to us, we will know Him.'" He said: "At that time the Shin will be uncovered, and no one will remain without falling down in prostration to Allah. The hypocrites will remain, their backs a single plank, as if there were skewers in them." He said: "They will say: 'You used to be called to prostration while you were sound.' Allah will order the Bridge (al-Sirat), and it will be set over Hell." He said: "The people will pass in groups according to their deeds, the first of them like the flash of lightning, then like the passing of the wind, then like the passing of birds, then like the swiftest of beasts, and so on, until a man will pass running, and until a man will pass walking, and until the last of them will be a man dragging himself on his belly. He will say: 'You have made me slow.' He will say: 'I did not make you slow; it was only your deeds that made you slow.'" He said: "Then Allah will give permission for intercession. The first to intercede on the Day of Resurrection will be the Holy Spirit, Jibril (peace be upon him), then Ibrahim (peace be upon him), the Friend of the Most Merciful, then Musa or Isa (peace be upon them), I do not know whether Musa or Isa. Then your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) will stand as the fourth. No one will intercede after him in that for which he intercedes, and that is the Praised Station which Allah mentioned: 'It may be that your Lord will raise you to a praised station' [Al-Isra: 79]. There will be no soul without looking at a house in the Fire or a house in Paradise, and that is the Day of Regret. The people of the Fire will see the house that is in Paradise, and it will be said: 'If only you had acted!' Regret will seize them. And the people of Paradise will see the house that is in the Fire, and they will say: 'Had Allah not been gracious to us, He would have caused the earth to swallow us' [Al-Qasas: 82]." He said: "Then the angels, the prophets, the martyrs, the righteous and the believers will intercede, and Allah will accept their intercession." He said: "Then He will say: 'I am the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.'" He said: "He will bring out of the Fire by His mercy more than all the creation brought out, until He leaves in it no one in whom there is any good." Then Sayyiduna Abdullah recited: "What has brought you into Saqar?" [Al-Muddaththir: 42]. The narrator said: He began counting on his fingers until he had counted four: "They will say: 'We were not of those who prayed, nor did we feed the poor. We used to indulge in vain talk with those who indulged, and we used to deny the Day of Judgment, until certainty came to us.' So the intercession of the intercessors will not benefit them" [Al-Muddaththir: 43-48]. Then Sayyiduna Abdullah said: "Do you see any good in these? No one in whom there is any good will be left in it. When Allah wills that no one else should come out of it, He will change their faces and their colors. A man from among the believers will come and say: 'O my Lord.' He will say: 'Whoever recognizes anyone, let him bring him out.'" He said: "He will come and look but will not recognize anyone." He said: "A man will call out to him: 'O so-and-so, I am so-and-so.' He will say: 'I do not know you.'" He said: "At that point they will say: 'Our Lord, bring us out of it. If we ever return, then we will indeed be wrongdoers.'" He said: "Then He will say at that point: 'Remain despised in it, and do not speak to Me' [Al-Mu'minun: 108]." He said: "When He has said that, it will be closed over them, and not one human being among them will come out."