and Medina will be shaken by three tremors, whereupon every hypocrite, male and female, will go out to him.”

Recorded by al-Bukhārī (1/466 – Europe), Muslim (8/206–207), Ahmad (3/191, 206, 238, and 292), Hanbal (47/1–48/2), and al-Dānī in al-Fitan (127/2–128/1).

25 – There are three hadiths concerning this:

The first is from Anas.
The second is from Jābir.
The third is from Mihjan.

All three have just been cited.

The fourth is narrated by a man of the Ansār from one of the Companions of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, who said:

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, mentioned the Dajjāl and said:

“He will come to the salt flats of Medina, but he is forbidden to enter its passes. Medina and its inhabitants will be shaken once or twice—this is the earthquake—and every hypocrite, male and female, will leave it and go out to him. The Dajjāl will then head towards the Levant until he reaches one of its mountains and besieges them. At that time, the remaining Muslims will have taken refuge on the summit of a mountain in the Levant. The Dajjāl will besiege them, encamped at its foot. When their ordeal has lasted a long time, one of the Muslims will say: ‘O Muslims, how long will you remain like this while the enemy of Allah is encamped in your land like this? Do you not face one of two good outcomes: that Allah grant you martyrdom or give you victory?’ They will then make a pledge