Hadith Al-Zawra’ and that which is killed there

198. Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Bakr Bin Saleh, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Muawiya Bin Wahab who said: ‘Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام quoted a verse from the poem of Ibn Abu Aqab as an example, ‘And there shall be slaughtered at Al-Zawra eighty thousand from among them, in the forenoon like the slaughtering of sacrificial animals’ (and others have reported it as ‘in the drain’). Then he عليه الصلاة والسلام said to me: ‘Do you know of Al-Zawra?’ I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you عليه الصلاة والسلام, they are saying that it is Baghdad’. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘No’. Then he عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Have you been to Al-Rayy?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Did you come across the animal market?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Have you seen the black mountain on the right? Well, that is Al-Zawra, in which eighty thousand would be killed, including eighty men from among them from the children of so and so, all of them being suitable for the ‘لِلْخِلَافَةِ’ succession’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you عليه الصلاة والسلام, and who would be killing them?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘They would be killed by the ‘أَوْلَادُ الْعَجَمِ’ children of non-Arabs.’