He said, “No; estimate the prayer times for that day.”

We said, “Messenger of Allah, how swiftly will he travel across the earth?”

He said, “Like rain driven by the wind.

“He will come to a people and call them to himself. They will believe in him and respond to his call. At his command, the sky will send down rain and the earth will bring forth vegetation. Their livestock will return to them from pasture in the evening, their humps higher, their udders fuller, and their flanks plumper than ever before.

“Then he will come to another people and call them, but they will reject what he says. He will leave them, and they will be left drought-stricken, with none of their wealth remaining.

“He will pass by a ruined place and say to it, ‘Bring forth your treasures!’ Its treasures will follow him like bees gathering around their leader.

“Then he will summon a man in the prime of his youth and strike him with a sword, cutting him in two, with the halves an arrowshot apart. Then he will call him, and the man will come forward laughing, his face radiant.

“While he is doing this, Allah will send the Messiah, son of Mary. He will descend at the white minaret on the eastern side of Damascus, wearing two yellow-dyed garments, with his palms resting on the wings of two angels. When he lowers his head, drops will fall from it; when he raises it, beads like pearls will roll down from it. No disbeliever who smells his breath will remain alive, and his breath will reach as far as his gaze.

“He will pursue the Dajjāl until he catches him at the gate of (Ludd) and kills him. Then people whom Allah has protected from the Dajjāl will come to Jesus son of Mary. He will wipe their faces and tell them of their ranks in Paradise. While he is doing this, Allah will reveal to Jesus: ‘I have brought forth servants of Mine whom no one has the strength