And Muhammad ibn Hatim ibn Maymun narrated to me, saying: al-Walid ibn Salih narrated to us, saying: Ubaydullah ibn Amr narrated to us, saying: Zayd ibn Abi Unaysah narrated to us, from Abd al-Malik al-Amiri, from Yusuf ibn Mahak, who said: Abdullah ibn Safwan informed me, from the Mother of the Believers, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "A people will seek refuge in this House—meaning the Ka'bah—who have no strength, no numbers, and no equipment. An army will be sent against them, and when they are in the open desert land, they will be swallowed up by the earth." Yusuf said: And the people of Syria at that time were marching toward Mecca. Abdullah ibn Safwan said: By Allah, it is not this army. Zayd said: And Abd al-Malik al-Amiri narrated to me, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Sabit, from al-Harith ibn Abi Rabi'ah, from the Mother of the Believers, something similar to the hadith of Yusuf ibn Mahak, except that he did not mention in it the army that Abdullah ibn Safwan had mentioned.