کتاب الفتن · نُعیم بن حماد

That's really the prince, three times over

Rather, the lower voice comes from Satan to confuse people

Al-Walid bin Muslim told us, on the authority of a sheikh, on the authority of Ibn Shihab, who said: “A prince from the family of Abu Sufyan II will be appointed as a leader for the season, and a delegation will be sent with him. When they are at the season, they hear a caller from the sky: Indeed, the prince is so-and-so, and a caller from the earth calls: He is a lie, and a caller from the sky calls: He is truthful. This goes on for a long time, so they do not know which one to follow. Rather, those in the sky believe the second voice that calls from the sky the first time. So if you hear that, know that the word of Allah is "The word of Satan is the lowest."

Ibn Wahb told us, on the authority of Ishaq ibn Yahya al-Taymi, on the authority of al-Mughirah ibn Abd al-Rahman, on the authority of his mother, who was old. He said: I said to her regarding the turmoil of Ibn al-Zubayr: Is this turmoil in which people will perish? She said: “No, my son, but after it will be a trial in which people will perish, and their affairs will not be settled until a caller calls from the sky: Against you is so-and-so.”

Ibn Wahb told us, on the authority of Ishaq ibn Yahya, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Bishr ibn Hisham, on the authority of Ibn al-Musayyab, he said: “There will be a turmoil in the Levant, as if the beginning of it was boys’ playing, then the affairs of the people would not be settled on anything, and they would not have a group until a caller called out from the sky: ‘You are upon so-and-so,’ and a hand appears indicating.”

Ibn Wahb told us, on the authority of Iyadh ibn Abdullah al-Fihri, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Yazid ibn al-Muhajir, on the authority of Ibn al-Musayyab, and something similar, except that he said: “A caller calls from the sky: Your prince is so-and-so.”

Iyad said, and Muhammad ibn al-Mankadir told us, he heard Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan mentioning, on the authority of a man, one of their scholars, something similar.

Al-Walid ibn Muslim told us, on the authority of Anbasa al-Qurashi, on the authority of Salama ibn Abi Salamah, on the authority of Shahr ibn Hawshab, who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him) said: “In Muharram, a caller calls from the sky: Indeed, Allah’s chosen one is so-and-so among His creation, so listen to him and obey him in the year of sound and crowd.”

Rushdin told us, on the authority of Ibn Lahi’ah, he said: Abu Zur’ah told me, on the authority of Abdullah bin Zurair, on the authority of Ammar bin Yasser, (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: “If he kills the pure soul and his brother, he will be killed in Mecca in an estate, and a herald will call from the sky: Your prince is so-and-so, and that is the Mahdi who will fill the earth with truth and justice.”

Abu Ishaq Al-Aqra’ told us, Abu Al-Hakam Al-Madani told me, he said: Yahya bin Saeed told me, on the authority of Saeed bin Al-Musayyab, he said: “There will be division and disagreement until a hand appears from the sky and a herald calls: Indeed, your prince is so-and-so.”

Al-Walid and Rushdin told us, on the authority of Ibn Lahi’ah, on the authority of Abu Qabil, on the authority of Abu Ruman, on the authority of Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: “After the eclipse, a caller will call from the sky: The truth is in the family of Muhammad, at the beginning of the day, then a caller will call at the end of the day: The truth is in the son of Jesus, and that is similar to Satan.”

Abdullah bin Marwan told us, on the authority of Saeed bin Yazid al-Tanukhi, on the authority of al-Zuhri, he said: “If the Sufyani and the Mahdi meet to fight on that day, a voice will be heard from the sky: Indeed, the saints of Allah are the companions of so-and-so,” meaning the Mahdi. Al-Zuhri said: Asma’ bint Umays said: The sign of that day is that a palm from the sky will be a pendant for the people to look at.

Al-Hakam bin Nafi’ told us, on the authority of Jarrah, on the authority of Artat, who said: “If the people are in Mina and Arafat, after the tribes have fought one another, a caller calls out: ‘Indeed, your prince is so-and-so’, and another voice follows him: ‘Indeed, he has lied’, and another voice follows him: ‘Indeed, he has told the truth’, and they fight fiercely, and their most powerful weapons are unleashed, which is the army of the brilliant ones. Several of the people of Badr, so they go and pledge allegiance to their friend.”