Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

When he passed away and was buried, I went to the (bishop) in al-Moṣul and said to
him: “So-and-so at his deathbed advised me to be with you and informed me that you
are upon what he was.” He said: ‘You can stay with me.’ I stayed with him and found
him to be a good man, just like his companion. So when he was on his deathbed I said
to him: “So-and-so before his death advised me to go to you and to be with you, and
now you are on your deathbed. So who do you advise me to go to and what do you
advise me to do?” He said: ‘O my child! By Allaah, I do not know of anyone who is upon
what we practiced except for a man in Naṣeebeen and his name is so-and-so. So go to
him.’
When he passed away and was buried, I went to the (bishop) in Naṣeebeen (in presentday
Turkey) and informed him about what was advised to me by my two companions.
He said: ‘Stay with me.’ I stayed with him and found him to be good, just like his two
companions. By Allaah! I did not stay with him for long except that death soon
approached him. When he was on his deathbed, I said to him: “O so-and-so! The
(bishop) in (Syria) advised me to go to the (bishop) in (al-Moṣul), and the (bishop) in (al-
Moṣul) advised me to go to you. Who do you advise me to go to, and what do you
instruct me to do?”
He said: ‘O my child! By Allaah, I do not know anyone who is upon what we practiced
whom I can recommend, except for a man in `Ammooriyyah (Amorium) in the Byzantine
Empire, for he is upon what we were upon. So if you wish, you can join him.’ So when he
passed away and was buried, I went to the person in `Ammooriyyah and informed him
about myself. He said: ‘You can stay with me.’ I stayed with him and found him to be
good, and upon the method of his predecessors.” Salmaan added: “I stayed with him,
and worked hard and profited, and eventually I had my own cows and a small goat.”
Then when death approached him, I said to him: “O so-and-so! I was advised by the
first (bishop) to go to the second (bishop), and the second (bishop) advised me to go to
the third (bishop), till I was advised to come to you. Who do you advise me to go to, and
what do you instruct me to do?”
He said: ‘O my child! By Allaah, I do not know of anyone who is upon what we used to
practice that I could advise you to go to. But the time has dawned upon us. The advent
of the (promised) Prophet is near, the one who will be upon the religion of Ibraaheem.
He will come from the lands of the `Arabs and will immigrate to the land between the
two Ḥarrah 99 , in which there are date-palms growing. With him are Signs that are
99 Ḥarrah refers to every mountainous land with black rocks. Between the two Ḥarrah means the land between
the two mountains.
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