Volume 3, Book 30, Number 102:
Narrated Usama:
Once the Prophet stood at the top of a (looked out from upon one) castle amongst the castles (or
the high buildings) of Medina and said, “Do you see what I see? (No doubt) I see the spots where af –
flictions will take place among your houses (and these afflictions will be) as numerous as the spots
where rain-drops fall.”
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 118:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Fasting is a shield (or a screen or a shelter). So, the person observing fasting
should avoid sexual relation with his wife and should not behave foolishly and impudently, and if
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somebody fights with him or abuses him, he should tell him twice, ‘I am fasting.” The Prophet added,
“By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, the smell coming out from the mouth of a fasting person is bet –
ter in the sight of Allah than the smell of musk. (Allah says about the fasting person), ‘He has left his
food, drink and desires for My sake. The fast is for Me. So I will reward (the fasting person) for it and
the reward of good deeds is multiplied ten times.”
Volume 3, Book 30, Number 103:
Narrated Abu Bakra:
The Prophet said, “The terror caused by Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal will not enter Medina and at that time
Medina will have seven gates and there will be two angels at each gate guarding them.”
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 119:
Narrated Abu Wail from Hudhaifa:
Umar asked the people, “Who remembers the narration of the Prophet about the affliction?” Hud –
haifa said, “I heard the Prophet saying, ‘The affliction of a person in his property, family and neigh –
bors is expiated by his prayers, fasting, and giving in charity.” ‘Umar said, “I do not ask about that,
but I ask about those afflictions which will spread like the waves of the sea.” Hudhaifa replied, “There
is a closed gate in front of those afflictions.” ‘Umar asked, “Will that gate be opened or broken?” He
replied, “It will be broken.” ‘Umar said, “Then the gate will not be closed again till the Day of Resur –
rection.” We said to Masruq, “Would you ask Hudhaifa whether ‘Umar knew what that gate symbol –
ized?” He asked him and he replied “He (‘Umar) knew it as one knows that there will be night before
tomorrow, morning.
Volume 3, Book 30, Number 104:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “There are angels guarding the entrances (or roads) of Medina, neither plague
nor Ad-Dajjal will be able to enter it.”
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 120:
Narrated Sahl:
The Prophet said, “There is a gate in Paradise called Ar-Raiyan, and those who observe fasts will
enter through it on the Day of Resurrection and none except them will enter through it. It will be
said, ‘Where are those who used to observe fasts?’ They will get up, and none except them will enter
through it. After their entry the gate will be closed and nobody will enter through it.”
Volume 3, Book 30, Number 105:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
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The Prophet said, “There will be no town which Ad-Dajjal will not enter except Mecca and Med –
ina, and there will be no entrance (road) (of both Mecca and Medina) but the angels will be standing
in rows guarding it against him, and then Medina will shake with its inhabitants thrice (i.e. three
earth-quakes will take place) and Allah will expel all the nonbelievers and the hypocrites from it.”
Volume 3, Book 30, Number 106:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Allah’s Apostle told us a long narrative about Ad-Dajjal, and among the many things he men –
tioned, was his saying, “Ad-Dajjal will come and it will be forbidden for him to pass through the en –
trances of Medina. He will land in some of the salty barren areas (outside) Medina; on that day the
best man or one of the best men will come up to him and say, ‘I testify that you are the same Dajjal
whose description was given to us by Allah’s Apostle .’ Ad-Dajjal will say to the people, ‘If I kill this
man and bring him back to life again, will you doubt my claim?’ They will say, ‘No.’ Then Ad-Dajjal
will kill that man and bring him back to life. That man will say, ‘Now I know your reality better than
before.’ Ad-Dajjal will say, ‘I want to kill him but I cannot.’ “