—and the stone as well: “O Muslim, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him.” This wording is soundly recorded in the Ṣaḥīḥ from the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace. It is also rigorously authenticated in the same Ṣaḥīḥ that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“Jesus son of Mary will descend from heaven at the white minaret to the east of Damascus. He will break the cross, kill the swine, and abolish the jizyah (poll-tax). Then the Messiah of guidance—Jesus son of Mary—will slay the one-eyed false messiah, the Messiah of misguidance al-Dajjāl, a dozen-odd steps from the Gate of Ludd.”

—all this so that it may become clear