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4063. Hafsah narrated that she heard the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ say: "An invading army will come towards this House until, when they are in Baydâ', the middle of them will be swallowed up by the earth, and the first of them will call out to the last of them, and they will be swallowed up, until there is no one left of them except a fugitive who will tell of what happened to them." When the army of Hajjâj came, we thought that they were (the ones mentioned in this Hadith). A man said: "I bear witness that you did not attribute a lie to Hafsah and that Hafsah did not attribute a lie to the Prophet ﷺ." (Sahih)
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Abdullāh bin Safwān ؓ, was among the young Companions of the Prophet ؐ, and one of the supporters of Abdullah bin Zubair ؓ. He attained martyrdom holding the cover of Ka'bah during the invasion of Hajjāj bin Yusuf in Makkah. His father Safwān bin Umayyah ؓ, died close to the period when Uthman ؓ, became a martyr. (Taqribut-Tahdhīb).
Baid' is the smooth ground in which nothing grows (desert). There is a place called Baydā' located between Makkah and Al-Madinah. Probably, the second meaning is meant in the Hadīth.
This incident will take place close to the Day of Judgment.
