Hadith 392

And by his chain, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Aasim Al Hafiz, from Abu Hamza Al Sumali who said, ‘I heard Abu Ja’far-asws saying: ‘When you hear the differing of Syria regarding what is between them, so run away from Syrian, for the killing and the Fitna would be at it’. I said, ‘To which city? He-asws said: ‘To Makkah, for it is best city the people can flee to’. I said, ‘(What about) Al-Kufa? ’
He-asws said: ‘Al-Kufa, what is that they would be facing? The men will be killed, except the Syrian. But the woe is for the one who would be in its outskirts. What harm with them would pass upon them, and men and the women would be captured at it, and the ones of their best state would be the one who crosses over the Euphrates, and the one who does not happen to be present at it’. He (I) said, ‘So what is your-asws view regarding the dwellers of its desert? ’ He-asws said by his-asws hand (gesture) meaning no, then said: ‘Going out from it is better than staying in it’. I said, ‘For how long would that be? ’ He-asws said: ‘One hour from the day’. I said, ‘What is the state of the one seized from them? ’ He-asws said: ‘There is no problem upon them. But they would be rescued by a people, on that day there will be no value for them in the presence of the people of Al-Kufa. But, they will not exceed Al-Kufa with them’’. [176]