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 believer and every Muslim. And the wicked amongst men, who created discord on the earth like the quarrelling of asses, will remain, and the hour (of resurrection) will come upon them." ' Muslim.

It is related from Anas that, 'The Apostle of God said, " Seventy thousand Jews of Ispahan will follow Antichrist; and on them will be robes such as are worn by learned men." '-> Muslim.

It is related from 'Abdu'llah bin 'Omar that, ' The Apostle of God said, "I saw myself to-night near the Ka'bah; and I saw a man the colour of wheat, like the best of any wheat- coloured man whom thou hast seen; and he had a lock of hair like the best of the locks of hair which thou hast seen. He had dressed it, and it was dripping with water as he leaned on the shoulders of two men whilst going round the House (of God). Then I said, 'Who is this?' They replied, 'This is the Messiah, the Son of Mary.' He said, ' Then behold! I saw a man with wrinkled and curly hair, blind in the right eye, as if his eye were a swollen grape, like as if he resembled a man whom ye have seen named Ibn Qatn. And he was placing his hands upon the shoulders of two men as he went round the house. Then I asked, ' Who is this? ' They replied, 'This is Antichrist." ' Muslim, Al Bukhdri. And in another tradition it runs, 'He said, with reference to the Antichrist, " He was a man red and corpulent, with a head of curly hair, and blind in his right eye. The man most near to him in appearance is Ibn

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Qatn.

It is related from Abu Sa'idu'l-Khudri that, ' The Apostle of God said, " Seventy thousand people of my followers will follow Antichrist, arrayed in black clothes." Sharhu s-Sunnah.

It is related from Abu Hurairah that, ' The Prophet said, "Antichrist will come forth on an intensely white ass. The distance between its ears will be seventy cubits." ' Al Baihaqi.

THE STORY OF IBN $AYYAD

It is related from Nafi' that Ibn 'Omar used to say, " By God! I have no doubt that the Antichrist is Ibn $ayyad, " ' Abu Ddud,