حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَی بْنِ فَارِسٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ أَبِي بَکْرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَنْزِلُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي بِغَائِطٍ يُسَمُّونَهُ الْبَصْرَةَ عِنْدَ نَهْرٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ دِجْلَةُ يَکُونُ عَلَيْهِ جِسْرٌ يَکْثُرُ أَهْلُهَا وَتَکُونُ مِنْ أَمْصَارِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ قَالَ ابْنُ يَحْيَی قَالَ أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ وَتَکُونُ مِنْ أَمْصَارِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَإِذَا کَانَ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ جَائَ بَنُو قَنْطُورَائَ عِرَاضُ الْوُجُوهِ صِغَارُ الْأَعْيُنِ حَتَّی يَنْزِلُوا عَلَی شَطِّ النَّهْرِ فَيَتَفَرَّقُ أَهْلُهَا ثَلَاثَ فِرَقٍ فِرْقَةٌ يَأْخُذُونَ أَذْنَابَ الْبَقَرِ وَالْبَرِّيَّةِ وَهَلَکُوا وَفِرْقَةٌ يَأْخُذُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَکَفَرُوا وَفِرْقَةٌ يَجْعَلُونَ ذَرَارِيَّهُمْ خَلْفَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَيُقَاتِلُونَهُمْ وَهُمْ الشُّهَدَائُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4306
Narrated Abu Bakrah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Some of my people will alight on low-lying ground, which they will call al-Basrah, beside a river called Dajjal (the Tigris) over which there is a bridge. Its people will be numerous and it will be one of the capital cities of immigrants (or one of the capital cities of Muslims, according to the version of Ibn Yahya who reported from Abu Mamar). At the end of time the descendants of Qantura' will come with broad faces and small eyes and alight on the bank of the river. The town's inhabitants will then separate into three sections, one of which will follow cattle and (live in) the desert and perish, another of which will seek security for themselves and perish, but a third will put their children behind their backs and fight the invaders, and they will be the martyrs.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020