کتاب الفتن · نُعیم بن حماد

Al-Walid bin Muslim told us, on the authority of Abd al-Jabbar bin Rashid al-Azdi, on the authority of his mother, on the authority of Rabi’ah al-Qasir, on the authority of Tabi’, on the authority of Ka’b, who said: “There will be three tribulations like yours departing: a tribulation that will take place in the Levant, then the eastern one, the destruction of kings, then the western one will follow, and he mentioned the yellow flags. He said: and the western ones are the blind ones.”

The war of the Arabs revolves around twenty-five years after the death of their Prophet, ﷺ, then a strife arises in which there is killing and fighting, then they return to security and tranquility until they are at leveling like a whirlpool, meaning Muawiyah, then a strife arises in which there is killing and fighting, for I find it in the dark Book of Allah, twisting with all that is arrogant.

Abu Omar Al-Saffar told us, on the authority of Abu Al-Tayyah, on the authority of Abu Al-Awwam, on the authority of Ka’b, and something similar

By Allah, I wish that no tower would be built without a tower falling, and I say that, but a turmoil descended from the sky, with only a span between us and it falling, and if the construction of this mosque had been completed, it would have occurred. And that was when this Sheikh Othman bin Affan was killed, yes, a hundred thousand or more. Then killing would occur between Aden and Abyan to the paths of the Romans, and an army would emerge from the west, and an army would emerge from the east, and they would meet in a land called Siffin, and there would be a great battle between them, and then they would not separate except About two rulings

I found its description in the books, that the Children of Israel fought with it nine times until they were destroyed, and that the Arabs would fight with it the tenth time until they were destroyed, or they would throw stones with which the Children of Israel fought.