Kitab al-Fitan · Nu'aym ibn Hammad

It has reached me that at the hands of the Mahdi, the Ark of Tranquility will appear from the Lake of Tiberias, until it is carried and placed in front of him in Jerusalem. When the Jews look at it, they will convert to Islam except for a few of them, and then the Mahdi will die.

Al-Walid bin Muslim told us, on the authority of Abu Ubaidah Al-Ashja’i, on the authority of Abu Umayyah Al-Kalbi, on the authority of a sheikh, who spoke to them at the time of Ibn Al-Zubayr, who recognized the pre-Islamic era as a sign. He said: “The caliphate will descend upon Jerusalem. It will be a pledge of allegiance for guidance. It is permissible for those who pledged allegiance to him to have their wives. He says: He will not take a divorce or emancipation from them.”

If you see a caliph in Bayt al-Maqdis, and another without him, meaning in Damascus, do not follow the one without him, for he is more misguided than his people’s donkey.

The caliph in Jerusalem, next to him, will be killed