and it was narrated by al-Ṭabarānī (13085) with a weak isnād, and it is supported by the statement of Ibn Masʿūd in "Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim" (2/124): "...and indeed, I have seen us, and none would stay away from it except a known hypocrite." He means: the congregational prayer.*

"It is likely that you will seek a basin of water in your villages and not find it; every water will retreat to its origin, and the remainder of the believers and the water will be in al-Shām." It was narrated by al-Ḥākim in "al-Mustadrak" (4/504) through the route of Sufyān: and al-Masʿūdī narrated to me from al-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān from his father, who said: ʿAbd Allāh said... and he mentioned it as a statement attributed to him, and he said: "The isnād is authentic." al-Dhahabī agreed with him. I say: it is as they said; for this al-Masʿūdī—whose name is ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUtbah—although he became confused, they mentioned that Sufyān's narration—meaning al-Thawrī—from him was before the confusion, as they mentioned that his ḥadīths from al-Qāsim are authentic, and this is from his narration from him as you see. Refer to his biography in "al-Tahdhīb" and "al-Kawākib al-Nayyirāt" (pp. 282-298) if you wish. And the ḥadīth, even though it is mawqūf, is considered marfūʿ because it is not said based on opinion, as is apparent. The author of the book "al-Masīḥ al-Dajjāl: A Political Reading in the Origins" interpreted the ḥadīth..