Hadith 335

(The book) ‘Al Majaalis’ of Al Mufeed – Al Jiany, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Tameemi, from Al-Hassan Bin Bahram, from Al-Hassan Bin Humdoun, from Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Bin Abdullah, from Sadeyr Al Sayrafi who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah-asws, and with him-asws was a group from the people of Al-Kufa. He-asws turned to them and said to them; ‘Perform Hajj before you can (no longer) perform Hajj before the sides of the land are prevented! Perform Hajj before the Masjid at Al-Iraq is demolished, between palm trees and rivers! Perform Hajj before the lotus tree is cut down at Al-Zowra’a upon the roots of the palm trees from which fresh dates dropped for Maryam-as. During that, you will be prevented the Hajj, and the fruits would be deficient, and the cities would be barren, and you will be Tried with the inflation of the prices, and tyranny of the rulers, and there shall appear among you all the injustice, and the aggression along with the afflictions, and the plague, and the hunger, and the Fitna (discord) would shade you from entirety of the horizons. Woe be unto you all, O people of Al-Iraq, when the flags come to you from Khurasan! And woe be unto the people of Al-Rayy from the Turks! And woe be to the people of Al-Iraq from the people of Al-Rayy! And woe be to them! Then woe be to them from Al-Sattu! ’
Sadeyr (narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘O my Master-asws! Who are Al-Sattu? ’ He-asws said: ‘A people, their ears are like the ears of the mouse, small, their clothes are of iron, their speech is like the speech of Satans-la, small eyes, light beards, hairless. I-asws seek Refuge with Allah-azwj from their evil. Allah-azwj would Grant victory to the religion upon their hands, and they would be the cause of our-asws command (rising of Al-Qaim-asws)’’. [171]