Kitab al-Fitan · Nu'aym ibn Hammad

In his time, there will be trembling, distortion, and collapse. The beginning of his time is for you, O people of Yemen, and the end of it is upon you, until he orders the expulsion of the people of Yemen, the Levant, and Al-Hamra, and they go out, until they end up at the outskirts of the countryside from where they were expelled.

After the Mahdi, there will be a caliph from the people of Yemen, from Qahtan, the Mahdi’s brother in religion, who will do his work, and he will conquer the city of Byzantium and seize its spoils. The people will be succeeded by a man from Banu Hashim in Jerusalem, who will extinguish traditions that were known and invent traditions that were not, until you will not find a scholar who narrates a single hadith. Al-Qatadad on a dark night, and he sends his daughter to go to the markets with her, wearing a blanket of gold. She cannot hide, coming or going. If a man spoke about that, his neck would be struck.

Abu Ayoub told us ، About Artaat ، About the one who told him about Ka'b ، He said: “A man from the Quraysh will be appointed as successor from the evil of creation ، He descends on Jerusalem ، The treasuries and noble people are transferred to him ، They are arrogant in it ، And his veil becomes tighter ، Their money is abundant ، Until one man feeds them for a month and the other for two or three months ، So that their lean person will be like the fat of all other people ، They grow up therein like calves reared on stalls ، And the Caliph extinguishes our age that was known ، And he innovates our age that was not ، Evil appears in his time ، Adultery appears ، And drink alcohol in public ، He frightened the scholars of his time with fear ، Even if a man rode a camel and then traveled around all the regions, he would not find a scholar among the scholars to tell him a hadith of knowledge out of fear. ، And in his time, there will be metamorphosis and eclipse ، Islam is strange ، The one who adheres to his religion is like holding a burning ember ، Or like the map of astragalus on a dark night ، Until it became his business to send his daughter through the market with the condition ، It has blankets of gold on it ، A garment that does not hide her, whether coming or going, due to its elegance ، If any of the people uttered a single word to denounce him, I would strike his neck ، It begins to deprive people of livelihood ، Then he prevents them from giving ، Then after that, he orders the expulsion of the people of Yemen from the Levant ، So the condition brings them out separately ، Do not let one soldier reach another until they have expelled them from the entire countryside ، They end up at Busra ، And that is at the end of his life ، The people of Yemen correspond with each other until they meet like an autumn gathering ، They set out from where they were to each other, team by team ، Then they say: Where will you go and leave your land and your immigrants? Their minds agree to pledge allegiance to one of them ، While they were saying: We pledge allegiance to so-and-so ، Rather, so-and-so ، When they heard a voice neither human nor jinn said: Pledge allegiance to so-and-so ، He names them ، So he was a man they were satisfied with ، I was convinced of it ، It is neither from nor from ، Then they would send a group of them to the mighty of Quraysh ، He kills them and brings back one of their men who tells them what happened ، Then the people of Yemen march to it ، And the mighty of Quraysh have twenty thousand of the police ، Then the people of Yemen marched, and Lakhm, Judham, Amila, and Jadis fought against them ، They bring them food and drink ، And a little and a lot ، On that day, they will be a help to Yemen, just as Joseph was a help to his brothers in Egypt ، By the one in whose hand is the same heel ، Lakhm, Jadham, Amila, and Jadis are among the people of Yemen ، O people of Yemen ، If they come to you seeking their lineage from you, pray for them ، They are from you ، Then they all walk until they overlook Jerusalem ، Then the mighty of Quraysh met them ، In crowds ، The people of Yemen defeat them ، And they do not support the people of Yemen if a man is satisfied with his clothing in battle.”

Safwan said: Shurayh ibn Ubaid and Salim ibn Aamir al-Khaba’iri told me that Ka’b used to say: “If the great epic was the Roman epic, a group of you escaped and joined the enemy, and another group went out and surrendered to you. Allah will destroy some of them and send birds upon those who remained of them to snatch their sight. Then the remaining group will remain. O servants of Allah. Whoever of you realizes that and is overcome by self-restraint, let him enter under His reward.” Or he should hold on to the pillar of his tent and be patient, for Allah Almighty is the supporter of the remaining group. That is when the Romans weaken you and covet you. The companion of the Romans says: When you wake up, mount a hoofed animal, then give them one step. This religion is never mentioned on earth, meaning Islam. He said: Then Allah Almighty becomes angry at that, until he is in the fourth heaven, and in it is the weapon and torment of Allah, and he says: There is nothing left but me and my religion, Islam, and my people. Yemen and Qais, I will help my servants today, and the hand of Allah is between the two ranks, when He inclines it against a people, it will be against them. O people of Yemen, do not hate Qays, and O Qays, love the people of Yemen, for Qays is among the best of people in soul and morals, and by the One in whose hand is the soul of the Kab, no one will dispute the religion of Islam that day except you, O people of Yemen and Qays, and Qays on that day will kill enemies and not be killed, and the Azd will kill enemies and be killed, or He said: And they do not kill, and Lakhm and Leprosy kill enemies but are not killed.