- Their Description:
As described in the hadiths, they resemble their racial kin among the Mongol Turks, whose speech is indistinct (1): they have small eyes, short, flat noses, reddish hair, and broad faces resembling leather-covered shields. Their features and complexions are like those of the Turks (2).
Imam Ahmad narrated from Ibn Harmalah, from his maternal aunt, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, delivered a sermon while his finger was bandaged because of a scorpion sting. He said: “You say, ‘There is no enemy left,’ yet you will continue fighting enemies until Gog and Magog come: broad-faced and small-eyed, with grizzled hair at their crowns (3), swarming down from every elevation, their faces resembling leather-covered shields” (4).
Ibn Hajar mentioned several reports describing them, but these reports are weak,