পৃষ্ঠা 90: প্রথম অধ্যায়: দূরবর্তী আলামতসমূহ যা ইতিমধ্যে প্রকাশ পেয়ে অতিক্রান্ত হয়েছে

Mention of the disruption of the pilgrimage route and when it occurred

Mention of the appearance of a white bird in Ramadan and what it proclaimed

Mention of the people of Akhlat hearing a tremendous cry and many people dying from it

In the year 238 AH, during the caliphate of al-Mutawakkil, the people of Akhlat heard a tremendous cry from the expanse of the sky, from which a vast multitude of people died.

In the year 242 AH, a white bird, smaller than a vulture, landed on a mountain during Ramadan and cried out: "O people, fear Allah, Allah, Allah!" It cried out forty times, then flew away and returned the following day doing the same. The postal courier reported this in writing, and five hundred people testified that they had heard it, among other momentous events that transpired.

And among them: the disruption of the pilgrimage route and the removal of the Black Stone from the Ka'bah:

On the authority of Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him): "The Hour will not be established until the House is no longer visited for pilgrimage." Recorded by al-Hakim, who graded it authentic, al-Bazzar, Abu Ya'la, and Ibn Hibban.

And on the authority of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): "The Hour will not be established until the Corner (the Black Stone) is lifted." Recorded by al-Sijzi.

Both of these events have indeed already occurred.

As for the disruption of the pilgrimage route: in the year 320 AH, the Hajj from Baghdad was disrupted until the year 327 AH due to the tribulation of the Qaramitah (Carmathians).

In the year 349 AH, the pilgrims of Egypt returned from Mecca and encamped in a valley, whereupon a torrential flood swept over them, carrying them all away and casting every last one of them into the sea.

In the year 355 AH, the tribe of Banu Sulaym intercepted the route of the Egyptian pilgrims, seizing twenty thousand loaded camels carrying an inestimable abundance of goods. The pilgrims were left stranded in the arid deserts, and most of them perished.

In the year 363 AH, the Banu Hilal and a group of Arabs ambushed the pilgrims, slaying a great multitude of them and preventing the remainder from performing the pilgrimage that year. None was able to perform Hajj in that year except the travelers along the Iraqi route alone.

In the year 384 AH, the Iraqi pilgrims were forced to turn back from the road; they were intercepted...