English Translation

He said: When I wanted to leave, she said, "Sit, so that I may tell you a report about the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him." She said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, went out one day and prayed the midday prayer, then sat down, and the people became alarmed. He said, "Sit down, O people, for I did not stand in this place of mine out of alarm, but rather Tamim al-Dari came to me and told me news that kept me from my midday rest out of joy and delight of the eye, so I wanted to share with you the joy of your Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. He informed me that a group from among his cousins boarded a ship at sea, and a violent wind struck them, driving the wind to cast them upon an island they did not know. They sat in a small boat until they came out onto the island, and there they encountered a creature covered in abundant hair, so that they could not tell whether it was a man or a woman. They greeted it with peace, and it returned the greeting. They said, 'Will you not tell us [who you are]?' It said, 'I am neither one to inform you nor one to ask you for information, but this monastery - you have come right up to it - within it is one who longs eagerly for your news, to inform you and to ask you for information.' We said, 'Then what are you?' It said, 'I am the Jassasah.' So they set off until they came to the monastery, and there they found a man bound most tightly, showing grief, complaining much. They greeted him with peace and he returned the greeting, then said, 'Who are you?' They said, 'From the Arabs.' He said, 'What have the Arabs done - has their Prophet appeared yet?' They said, 'Yes.' He said, 'And what did they do?' They said, 'Good - they believed in him and accepted him as true.' He said, 'That is better for them.' He had an enemy, and Allah made him victorious over them. He said, 'Are the Arabs today one in god, one in religion, and one in word?' They said, 'Yes.' He said, 'What has become of the spring of Zughar?' They said, 'It is good, its people drink from it for their thirst and water their crops from it.' He said, 'What has become of the palm trees between Amman and Baysan?' They said, 'They are good, bearing fruit every year.' He said, 'What has become of the lake of Tiberias?' They said, 'Full.' He then sighed, and sighed, and sighed again, then swore, 'Had I gone out from this place of mine, I would have left no land of Allah's earth without treading upon it, except Tayba - I have no authority over it.' The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, 'It was at this point that my joy came to an end' - three times - 'Tayba is Madinah; Allah has forbidden my sanctuary to the Dajjal, that he should enter it.' Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, swore, 'By the One besides Whom there is no god, it has no path, narrow or wide, in a plain or on a mountain, but upon it stands an angel with sword drawn, until the Day of Resurrection - the Dajjal will not be able to enter it against its people.'" Amir said: I later met al-Muharrar ibn Abi Hurayrah and told him the report of Fatimah bint Qays, and he said, "I bear witness regarding my father, that he narrated it to me just as Fatimah narrated it to you, except that he said the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said it was toward the east." He said: Then I met al-Qasim ibn Muhammad and mentioned to him the report of Fatimah, and he said, "I bear witness regarding Aishah, that she narrated it to me just as Fatimah narrated it to you, except that she said, 'The two sanctuaries are forbidden to him - Makkah and Madinah.'"