Hadith 5209

From Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: “The Hour will not be established until inheritance is no longer divided and no one rejoices over spoils.” Then he said: “An enemy, meaning the Romans, will gather against the people of Islam, and the people of Islam will gather against them. The Muslims will send a detachment ready to die, which will not return except victorious. They will fight until night separates them, and both sides will withdraw, neither victorious, and the detachment will perish. Then the Muslims will send another detachment ready to die, which will not return except victorious. They will fight until night separates them, and both sides will withdraw, neither victorious, and the detachment will perish. Then the Muslims will send a third detachment ready to die, which will not return except victorious. They will fight until evening, and both sides will withdraw, neither victorious, and the detachment will perish. On the fourth day, the rest of the Muslims will advance, and Allah will grant them victory. They will kill in a slaughter unlike any seen before, such that a bird passing over their flanks will not pass without falling dead. The sons of a father, who were a hundred, will find only one man left. So what spoils will they rejoice over, and what inheritance will they divide? While they are in this state, they will hear of a calamity greater than that. A cry will reach them: ‘The Dajjal has taken your place among your offspring.’ They will abandon what is in their hands and advance, sending ten horsemen as scouts. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘I know their names, the names of their fathers, and the colors of their horses. They are the best horsemen, or among the best horsemen, on the face of the earth that day.’”