in Yemen.’ I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, choose for me.’ He replied, ‘Stay with Greater Syria; whoever is unable should join his Yemen and drink from its water-courses, for Allah has guaranteed me Greater Syria and its people.’ Abū Idrīs added, ‘Whomever Allah guarantees will never be lost.’ Authentic.

Maʿmar narrated—from Hammām—from Abū Hurayrah—that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘The Hour will not arrive until you fight Khuz and Kirmān—two peoples from among the non-Arabs—red-faced, flat-nosed, small-eyed, as though their faces were hammered shields.’ He also said, ‘The Hour will not arrive until you fight a people whose sandals are made of hair.’ Al-Bukhārī.

Hushaym narrated—from Siyyār Abū’l-Ḥakam—from Jabr ibn ʿUbaydah—from Abū Hurayrah, who said: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ promised us the campaign of India. If I reach it, I will expend in it my wealth and my life; if I am martyred, I will be among the best of martyrs, and if I return, I will be Abū Hurayrah the freed one.’ Singular.

Ḥammād ibn Salamah narrated—from Thābit—from Anas—that the Prophet ﷺ said, ‘One night I dreamed that we were in the house of ʿUqbah ibn Rāfiʿ, and fresh dates of Ibn Ṭāb were brought to us. I interpreted that as elevation for us in this world, a good outcome in the Hereafter, and that our religion has become wholesome.’ Reported by Muslim.

Shuʿbah narrated—from Furāt al-Qazzāz—who heard Abū Ḥāzim say: ‘I sat with Abū Hurayrah for five years, and I heard him relate from the Prophet ﷺ that he said, “The Banū—”.’