A note.

"Advance, O Spirit of God," he says, "let your Imam advance and lead you in prayer." And Sheikh Siddiq Hassan Khan has included in (Al-Idha'ah) a number of the Mahdi's hadiths, the last of which he made the hadith of Jabir mentioned by Muslim, then he said: "And it does not mention the Mahdi, but there is no place for him and his likes among the hadiths except the awaited Mahdi, as indicated by the preceding reports and numerous traditions."

5. Al-Harith ibn Abi Rabi'ah and Abdullah ibn Safwan entered, and I was with them to Umm Salamah, the Mother of the Faithful. They asked her about the army that will be swallowed by the earth. This was during the days of Ibn al-Zubayr. She said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: "A refuge will seek refuge in the House, and an army will be sent against him. When they are in a desert on earth, they will be swallowed by the earth." I said: O Messenger of Allah, what about those who are unwilling? He said: "They will be swallowed with them, but they will be raised on the Day of Resurrection according to their intentions." Abu Ja'far said: It is the desert of Medina. Ahmad ibn Yunus narrated to us, Zuhayr narrated to us, Abd al-Aziz ibn Rufay' narrated to us with this chain of narration, and in his hadith he said: I met Abu Ja'far and said: "She only said in a desert on earth." Abu Ja'far said: No, by God, it is the desert of Medina. "Ya'udhu" means to seek refuge and protection.

6. "This House will be secured by an army that will invade it, until when they are in a desert on earth, the middle of them will be swallowed by the earth, and their first will call out to their last, then they will be swallowed by the earth, and none will remain except the fugitive who informs of them."

7. "You will invade the Arabian Peninsula, and Allah will conquer it for you, then Persia, and Allah will conquer it for you, then you will invade Rome, and Allah will conquer it for you, then you will invade the Dajjal, and Allah will conquer him for you." Jabir said: Nafi' said: "I do not think the Dajjal will emerge until Rome is conquered." And the reason for including this.

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