These describe anAbyssinian (Ethiopian) destined to permanently destroy theKa‘aba brick by brick and remove its treasure.[3][2] At this time faith inGod will have disappeared, so the destruction will go unnoticed.[1] in several Hadith, Mohammed specifically warns his followers not to attack Abyssinia[2] without provocation because of this prophecy.
Dhul-Suwayqatayn is described in the hadiths[2] as being black,[3] short,[2] bald[4] and with "thin legs",[5] which is often interpreted as meaning they are deformed[4][6]
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Leave the Abyssinians alone as long as they leave you alone, for it is only the Abyssinian with short legs who will seek to take out the treasure of the Ka'bah.[2]
`Abdallah b. `Amr reported the Prophet as saying, "Leave the Abyssinians alone as long as they leave you alone, for it is only the Abyssinian with short legs who will seek to take out the treasure of the Ka'ba." Abu Dawud transmitted it.[15]
The people of Makkah will leave and no one will come to it-or no one will come to it except a few-then it will be filled and built up, then they will leave it and never return to it.`[16]
Following theFifth Crusade (1217–1221), this tradition was transferred to Europe when BishopOliver of Paderborn'sHistoria Damiatina described aNubian king as an omen indicating the end of Islam.[20]
Pierre d'Avity's "The Estate of the Empire of Presbyter Iohn" similarly describes a prophecy of a new Reformer rising from the Church of Rome around the year 1520, with the Franks supposedly conquering Tours, Ziden, Mecca, and Egypt.[21] It also mentions the prophecy of Dhul-Suwayqatayn and the Abyssinian destruction of the Islamic holy sites, including thesepulchre of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[21]
^MercifulServant (2016-06-12).The Final Signs Before The World Ends. Retrieved2025-10-07 – via YouTube. At 10 minutes he is described as "the man with peculiar shins"
^MercifulServant (2016-06-12).The Final Signs Before The World Ends. Retrieved2025-10-07 – via YouTube. See at 10 minutes onwards for description of Dhul-Suwayqatayn as a "man with peculiar shins"
