English Translation

Affan told us, he said: Abu Awanah told us, from Asim, from Abu Wa'il, from Azrah ibn Qays, from Khalid ibn al-Walid, who said: The Commander of the Believers wrote to me, when he had left Syria a place free of hardship, sweet, and honey - and Affan doubted once, saying: when he had left Syria such and such - and he ordered me to march to al-Hind, and al-Hind in our reckoning at that time was al-Basrah. He said: And I was averse to that. He said: A man stood up and said to me: O Abu Sulayman, fear Allah, for the trials have appeared. He said: He replied: While Ibn al-Khattab is alive? They will only come after him, when the people are at Dhu Billiyan - and Dhu Billiyan is a place at such and such location - and a man looks around and reflects, whether he can find a place that has not been afflicted as his own place has been afflicted by turmoil and evil, and he cannot find one. He said: And those are the days that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, mentioned as preceding the Hour, the days of chaos and killing. So we seek refuge in Allah, that those days may not overtake us and you.