Mustadrak al-Hakim — Hadith 8852

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the night when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was taken on the Night Journey (Mi'raj), he (peace and blessings be upon him) met Ibrahim, Musa and Isa (peace be upon them). They began to discuss the Hour and asked Ibrahim (peace be upon him) about it, but he had no knowledge of (its time). Then they asked Musa (peace be upon him), and he too had no knowledge of it. Then the matter was referred to Isa (peace be upon him), and he said: "Allah Almighty has informed me about the events that will take place before it, other than the time of the establishment of the Hour; as for the exact time of its occurrence, no one knows it except Allah, the Mighty and Majestic." Then he mentioned the emergence of the Dajjal and said: "So I will descend (from the sky) and kill him. Then the people will return to their lands, and they will be confronted by Gog and Magog, who will come rushing down from every elevation. They will drink up every water they pass by and ruin everything they pass by. So the people will (in distress) cry out to me for help, and I will supplicate to Allah, and He will send down water from the sky which will carry away their corpses and cast them into the sea. Then the mountains will be crushed to dust, and the earth will be spread out like leather. And Allah has promised me that when all this has happened, the Hour will be for the people like a pregnant woman whose term is complete, whose family do not know when she will suddenly give birth, by night or by day." The narrator al-Awwam says: I found confirmation of this in the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. Then he recited this verse: "Until, when Gog and Magog are let loose and they rush down from every elevation, and the true promise draws near." [Surah al-Anbiya': 96 - 97]