he said, ‘the one with certainty’—he will say: ‘Muhammad is Allah’s Messenger. He brought us clear proofs and guidance, and we responded, believed, and followed him.’ He will then be told: ‘Sleep in peace, for we know that you were indeed a believer.’ As for the hypocrite—or he said, ‘the doubter’—he will say: ‘I do not know. I heard people saying something, so I said it too’” (1).

In another narration recorded by Ahmad ibn Hanbal (2), after concluding the prayer with the salutation, he praised and extolled Allah, testified that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and testified that he was Allah’s servant and Messenger. He then said: “O people, I ask you by Allah: if you know that I have fallen short in conveying any of my Lord’s messages, will you not tell me?” Some men stood up and said: “We testify that you have conveyed your Lord’s messages, sincerely counselled your community, and fulfilled your duty.”

He then said: “To proceed: some men claim that the eclipse of this sun, the eclipse of this moon, and the disappearance of these stars from their places of rising are due to the deaths of great men on earth. They have certainly lied. Rather, these are signs of Allah, blessed and exalted is He, through which He admonishes His servants, to see which of them turns to Him in repentance. By Allah, since I stood to pray, I have seen what you will encounter in this world and the Hereafter. By Allah, the Hour will not come until thirty liars emerge, the last of whom will be the one-eyed Antichrist, whose left eye is obliterated, resembling the eye of Abū Yahyā (3)—an elderly man of the Helpers at that time