the second: from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz from Thawr ibn Yazīd from Abū al-Ghayth from him. It was also recorded by Muslim, Aḥmad (2/417), and al-Bazzār as in "Tārīkh Ibn Kathīr: al-Nihāyah" (1/187), and he missed attributing it to Aḥmad. It has a supporting narration from Ibn ʿAbbās, raised, with the wording: "It is as if I see him, black and bow-legged, dismantling it stone by stone, meaning the Kaʿbah." It was recorded by al-Bukhārī (1595) and Aḥmad (1/228), and the context is his, and it is more complete, and al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Kabīr" (11238). Another supporting narration from Ibn ʿUmar, raised, similar to the ḥadīth of Abū Hurayrah with the two Shaykhs, and added: "He will strip it of its adornments and remove its covering, and it is as if I see him, bald and deformed, striking it with his spade and pickaxe." It was recorded by Aḥmad (2/220) from Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq from Ibn Abī Najīḥ from Mujāhid from him. Ibn Kathīr said: "This isnād is good and strong," and the ḥāfiẓ remained silent about it. I said: It contains the ʿanʿanah of Ibn Isḥāq as you see, so perhaps his strengthening of it is due to considering its preceding supporting narrations. And Allāh knows best.

- "What will you do when the religion is confused [and blood is shed, adornment appears, buildings are elevated], desire becomes apparent, brothers differ, and the ancient house is burned?!" It was recorded by Ibn Abī Shaybah in "al-Muṣannaf" (15/47) - and from him by al-Ṭabarānī in