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[7284] 37 - (2900) It was narrated from Jâbir bin Samurah, from Nâfi' bin 'Utbah, who said: "We were with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ on a campaign, and some people came to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ from the west, wearing clothes of wool, and they met him by a hillock. They were standing, and the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ was sitting. I said to myself: 'I shall go and stand between them and him, lest they assassinate him.' Then I said: 'Perhaps it is a private conversation between them.' So I went and stood between them and him, and I memorized four words from him, which I can count on my fingers. He (ﷺ) said: 'You will fight in the Arabian Peninsula, and Allâh will enable you to prevail over it, then (you will fight in) Persia, and Allâh will enable you to prevail over it, then you will fight in Byzantium and Allâh will enable you to prevail over it, then you will fight Ad-Dajjâl, and Allâh will enable you to prevail over him.'" Nâfi' said: "O Jâbir, we did not think that the Ad-Dajjâl would appear until Byzantium was conquered."
