পৃষ্ঠা 72: প্রথম অধ্যায়: দূরবর্তী আলামতসমূহ যা ইতিমধ্যে প্রকাশ পেয়ে অতিক্রান্ত হয়েছে

...and the news of the two impostors reached him (ﷺ) while he was ill, after the dispatch of the army of Usamah (may Allah be pleased with him) had been prepared.

So the Prophet (ﷺ) came out with a bandage tied around his head and said: "Indeed, I saw two gold bangles on my hands, which I disliked, so I blew on them and they both flew away. I interpreted them to be the two liars between whom I stand: the ruler of Yemen, and the ruler of al-Yamamah."

Thus, al-Aswad al-Ansi apostatized among the tribe of Madhhij. He was a practitioner of sorcery and slight of hand through which he displayed bizarre feats, and he had two devils who informed him of most of people's secrets, one of whom was called Suhayq and the other Shafiq. He possessed an eloquent tongue, and he seized control of Yemen in the region of Sana'a, from where the governors appointed by the Prophet (ﷺ) fled. He was nicknamed Dhu al-Khimar (the Veiled One) because he was continually veiled and turbaned; it is also said he was called Dhu al-Himar (the Owner of the Donkey) because he had a trained donkey to which it would be said: 'Prostrate to your Lord,' and it would prostrate, and it would be said to it: 'Kneel down,' and it would kneel down.

When the people of Najran heard the news of al-Aswad, they sent for him and invited him to their land. So he came to them, and they followed him and apostatized from Islam. He then took six hundred men from among them and marched with them to Sana'a, which he conquered, taking up residence in the palace of Ghumdan and bringing down the Abna (the descendants of the Persians).

As for Musaylimah the Liar, he emerged among Banu Hanifah. His people debated with him, whereupon he claimed: 'I have been made a partner in the matter of prophethood.' He began composing rhyming prose for them, pretending that it rivaled the Qur'an, and through this he swayed their simple minds.

When they inclined toward him, he abolished the obligation of prayer for them, and declared permissible for them wine, fornication, and similar prohibited matters, and thus his followers multiplied.

The Prophet (ﷺ) wrote to the Abna regarding the matter of al-Aswad, as they had remained steadfast upon Islam. Consequently, Fayruz al-Daylami assassinated him by deceit through the collusion of al-Aswad's wife, al-Marzubanah, whom al-Aswad had forcibly coerced into marriage. She was among the righteous women and noble elite of Persia. In the morning, they called out the Adhan and proclaimed: 'We bear witness that al-Aswad is a liar!' and launched an assault. The companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) rallied while the impostor's followers were scattered, and many of them were killed. Divine revelation from heaven came to the Prophet (ﷺ) concerning this, and he informed the people of it a day or a night before his demise, though it is also said five days prior.

Then the formal letter confirming it arrived ten days after the death of the Prophet (ﷺ), and the entire duration of al-Aswad's rebellion lasted four months.