Volume 9, Book 85, Number 76:
Narrated Khabbab bin Al-Art:
We complained to Allah’s Apostle (about our state) while he was leaning against his sheet cloak in
the shade of the Ka’ba. We said, “Will you ask Allah to help us? Will you invoke Allah for us?” He
said, “Among those who were before you a (believer) used to be seized and, a pit used to be dug for
him and then he used to be placed in it. Then a saw used to be brought and put on his head which
would be split into two halves. His flesh might be combed with iron combs and removed from his
bones, yet, all that did not cause him to revert from his religion. By Allah! This religion (Islam) will
be completed (and triumph) till a rider (traveler) goes from San’a’ (the capital of Yemen) to Had –
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ramout fearing nobody except Allah and the wolf lest it should trouble his sheep, but you are impa –
tient.” (See Hadith No. 191, Vol. 5)