AshSham, Iraq, Egypt, Kuwait
Narrated from Ka'b bin Alqama : "There will be, after the Fitna (trouble) in AshSham, an eastern one (Fitna) which will be the devastation of the kings and the humiliation of the Arabs, until the people of the Maghrib come out." (Nuaim bin Hammad, Kitab al-Fitan, No. 53)
The people of AsSham (Greater Syria) will take prisoner the tribes of Egypt. (Ibn Hajar Haytahami, Al-Qawl Al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat Al-Mahdi Al-Muntazar, p. 49)
Ibn Hajr Al-'Asqalani narrated that Abu Idris Al-Khaulani heard from Nahik bin Surim Al-Sakuni that the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "You will fight the unbelievers until the remnant of you fight on the River Jordan, you on the East of it and they on the West of it." (Ahmad)
The following narration seems to be about Kuwait or Israel: "And war in a country smaller than the end bone of the spinal cord, the World will gather for its sake, as if it is the richest nation in the world for which the world has gathered to feast around. Its leader will surrender the banner to the leader of all Evil, which will come from the furthest Western shores, then the beginning of the end as it wails to all the World to come to its aid. The leader will regain his throne and Iraq will be destroyed in the confrontation at the end of time. The leader of the tiny nation will fight the Army of the Mahdi, and the same tiny nation is again threatened with destruction because its leader is the cause of its corruption....the Mahdi orders his execution and the small bone returns to the main body again". (Qalda bin Zayd bin Baraka's Asma Masalik Li Ayyam Mahdi: Malik Li Kull id-Dunya Bi Amr Allah El-Malik)
Baghdad is destroyed by fire in the End Times...(Resalat Khuruj Al-Mahdi, vol. 3, p. 177)
Doomsday will not come until Iraq is attacked and innocent people in Iraq will seek shelter in AshSham. AshSham will be reconstructed and Iraq will be reconstructed. (Muntakhab Kanzul Ummal, vol. 5 p. 254)
Muslim bin Abi Bakra said that Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "Some of my people will settle on low-lying land, which they will call Al-Basra (this probably refers to Baghdad which was not established at the time of the Prophet), beside a river called Dajla (the Tigris) over which there is a bridge. Its people will be numerous and it will be one of the cities of immigrants. (or one of the cities of Muslims, according to the version of Ibn Yahya who reported from Abu Ma'mar). At the end of time, the descendants (people) of Qantura' (Turkic Mongolians) will come with broad faces and small eyes and land on the bank of the river. Its (Basra's) inhabitants will then split into three groups: one of them will follow cattle and (live in) the desert but they will perish, another of which will seek security arrangement for themselves (from the Turkic Mongolians) but they will perish, but a third will put their children behind their backs and fight the invaders, and they will be the martyrs." (Abu Dawud)
Anas bin Malik said that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: " O Anas, the people will settle down in cities, and one of them will be called Al-Basra or al-Busayra. If you should pass by it or enter it, avoid its salt-marshes, its Kilaa (vicinity in Basra), its marketplace, and the gate of its princes, and stay in its suburbs (or outskirts), because for it, there will be Khusf (landslide or the Earth will swallow up people), Qazf (bombardment, pelting with stones, Earth will throw out the dead people after they get buried ) and Rajf (tremor or earthquake), and there will be people who will spend the night in it and become apes and swine in the morning. (Abu Dawud) Al-Tibi commented that the Maskh is supposed to happen to those who do not believe in Qadar." (Abu Dawud)
"The people of Kufa will be divided into three groups (or parties). One group will join the Sufyani army. These are the most wicked people Allah created. Another group will wage war against them, and these people are the honorable servants of Allah. Another group will join the pillagers, and they are sinners." (An-Najmu Athaqib Fi Bayan Aal Al-Mahdi min Awlad Ali Bin Abi Talib)
According to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم , "The people of Iraq will be divided into three groups. One part will join the looters. One group will flee, leaving their families behind. And one group will fight and kill. Prepare yourselves for Doomsday when you see this." (Faraid Fawaid Fikr fi Imam al-Mahdi al-Muntazhar)
"The tribulation in AshSham (Greater Syria) will calm down on the one hand and flare up again on another. This corruption will not end until an angel from the sky calls: 'The Mahdi is your leader. The Mahdi is your caliph.'" (Risalat Khuruj al-Mahdi, p. 63)
Our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: " There will be such troubles and calamities that nobody will be able to find a place of shelter. These woes will move around AshSham (Greater Syria), fall upon Iraq and tie the hands and feet of the Arabian Peninsula. A group of Muslims will fight against troubles in the steppes. Nobody will feel any sympathy for them or even say, 'Alas!' As they try to remedy their woes from one side, the woes will emerge again on the other side." (Muntakhab Kanz Al-Ummal, vol. 5, pp. 38-39)
‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ‏ ‏وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ ‏ ‏وَاللَّفْظُ ‏ ‏لِزُهَيْرٍ ‏ ‏قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏الْجُرَيْرِيِّ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏أَبِي نَضْرَةَ ‏ ‏قَالَ ‏
‏كُنَّا عِنْدَ ‏ ‏جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏فَقَالَ يُوشِكُ أَهْلُ ‏ ‏الْعِرَاقِ ‏ ‏أَنْ لَا ‏ ‏يُجْبَى ‏ ‏إِلَيْهِمْ ‏ ‏قَفِيزٌ ‏ ‏وَلَا دِرْهَمٌ قُلْنَا مِنْ أَيْنَ ذَاكَ قَالَ مِنْ قِبَلِ ‏ ‏الْعَجَمِ ‏ ‏يَمْنَعُونَ ذَاكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يُوشِكُ أَهْلُ ‏ ‏الشَّأْمِ ‏ ‏أَنْ لَا ‏ ‏يُجْبَى إِلَيْهِمْ دِينَارٌ وَلَا ‏ ‏مُدْيٌ ‏ ‏قُلْنَا مِنْ أَيْنَ ذَاكَ قَالَ مِنْ قِبَلِ ‏ ‏الرُّومِ ‏ ‏ثُمَّ سَكَتَ هُنَيَّةً ثُمَّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏يَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ أُمَّتِي خَلِيفَةٌ ‏ ‏يَحْثِي ‏ ‏الْمَالَ ‏ ‏حَثْيًا ‏ ‏لَا يَعُدُّهُ عَدَدًا قَالَ قُلْتُ ‏ ‏لِأَبِي نَضْرَةَ ‏ ‏وَأَبِي الْعَلَاءِ ‏ ‏أَتَرَيَانِ أَنَّهُ ‏ ‏عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ‏ ‏فَقَالَاَ لَا
Abu Nadhrah says: "We were sitting in the company of Jaber bin Abdullah when he said: " Soon the people of Iraq will neither receive any food (grain) nor any money.' We asked, Why would such a thing happen? He replied: 'Because of the Al-Agam (Persians or Non-Arabs).' He then said: 'Soon the people of AshSham (Greater Syria) will neither receive any money nor grain.' We asked as to why this would happen. He replied: 'Because of the Romans.' Then he was silent a while and then said the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said 'there will be at the end of my nation a Caliph (possibly Al-Mahdi) who grabs money with his hands (and give it away) without counting it... ". (Sahih Muslim)
‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏عُبَيْدُ بْنُ يَعِيشَ ‏ ‏وَإِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ‏ ‏وَاللَّفْظُ ‏ ‏لِعُبَيْدٍ ‏ ‏قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ ‏ ‏مَوْلَى ‏ ‏خَالِدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏زُهَيْرٌ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏أَبِيهِ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏ ‏قَالَ ‏
‏قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏مَنَعَتْ ‏ ‏الْعِرَاقُ ‏ ‏دِرْهَمَهَا ‏ ‏وَقَفِيزَهَا ‏ ‏وَمَنَعَتْ ‏ ‏الشَّأْمُ ‏ ‏مُدْيَهَا ‏ ‏وَدِينَارَهَا وَمَنَعَتْ ‏ ‏مِصْرُ ‏ ‏إِرْدَبَّهَا ‏ ‏وَدِينَارَهَا وَعُدْتُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ بَدَأْتُمْ وَعُدْتُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ بَدَأْتُمْ وَعُدْتُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ بَدَأْتُمْ شَهِدَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ لَحْمُ ‏ ‏أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏ ‏وَدَمُه
Abu Huraira said that Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "Iraq will withhold its dirhams and qafiz; Syria will withhold its mudd and dinar and Egypt will withhold its irdab and dinar. You will return to that position from where you started. You will return to that position from where you started. The flesh and blood of Abu Huraira bears testimony to it." (Sahih Muslim)
There will be devastation all around the World. Ultimately, Egypt will also be ruined, but until Basra is destroyed, Egypt will remain secure. The destruction of Basra will be due to Iraq's destruction. Meanwhile, the downfall of Egypt will come with the drying up of the Nile... (Qurtubi, Mukhtasar Tazkirah, p. 530)
"When there comes to you a document from the East that will be read out to you as: "From the slave of Allah, 'Abdullah, Amir al-Mu'mineen (Prince of the Faithful Believers)," then await another document coming to you from the West that will be read out to you as: "From the slave of Allah, 'Abd-Rahman, Amir al-Mu'mineen (Prince of the Faithful Believers)." Then, by He (God) in whose hand is Huzayfa's soul, you will fight them near Al-Qantarah, and they will expel you far, far away from the land of Egypt and the land of AshSham, and an Arabian woman will be sold at the stairs of Damascus for twenty-five dirhams." (Nuaim bin Hammad, Kitab al-Fitan, No. 52)
End Time Wars