পৃষ্ঠা 263: তৃতীয় অধ্যায়: কিয়ামতের মহা আলামতসমূহ (মাহদী, দাজ্জাল, ঈসা (আ.), ইয়াজুজ-মাজুজ, পশ্চিমাকাশে সূর্যোদয়)

Mention of the ruin of al-Madinah, that it is among the proximate signs, and what has been narrated concerning it

Its signs: "A horse will be sold for a few dirhams, while an ox will be sold for such and such hundreds of dinars." It was said: "And what makes horses so cheap, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "The cessation of Jihad." It was asked: "And what makes the ox so expensive?" He said: "Because the entirety of the earth will be plowed."

And among them: the descent of blessings:

And the removal of venom from every venomous creature... and other such occurrences.

And among the proximate signs is the ruin of al-Madinah forty years before the Day of Resurrection, and the departure of its inhabitants from it:

Abu Dawud narrated on the authority of Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), as a marfu' hadith: "The flourishing of Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem) will be the ruin of Yathrib (al-Madinah), the ruin of Yathrib will be the outbreak of the Great Battle (al-Malhama), the outbreak of the Great Battle will be the conquest of Constantinople, and the conquest of Constantinople will be the emergence of the Dajjal."

Al-Tabarani narrated: "The buildings will reach Sal', then a time will come upon al-Madinah when travelers will pass by some of its regions and say: 'This was once inhabited,' due to the long passage of time and the effacement of its traces." Ahmad narrated something similar with a good chain of transmission (hasan).

It was also narrated through trustworthy narrators: "Al-Madinah will be abandoned by its inhabitants while it is ripe with fresh dates." They asked: "Then who will eat them?" He said: "The predatory beasts and birds of prey (al-'awafi)."

And in the two Sahihs: "You will surely leave al-Madinah in the best state it has ever been, with its fruits hanging low and accessible, visited by none except the 'awafi (meaning: predatory birds and beasts), and the last to be gathered from it will be two shepherds from Muzaynah..." the hadith.

Ibn Zubalah narrated, and Ibn al-Najjar followed him: "The Hour will not be established until dogs, wolves, and hyenas overrun this mosque of mine, such that a man will pass by its door desiring to pray therein, but he will not be able to do so."

Ibn Abi Shaybah narrated with an authentic chain of transmission the hadith: "By Allah, you will certainly leave it accessible for forty years to the 'awafi. Do you know what the 'awafi are? Birds and beasts of prey." And Ibn Zubalah narrated it in a similar manner.