Abdullah bin Safwan reported the Mother of the Faithful as saying that Allahs Messenger ﷺ said: They would soon seek protection in this House, viz. Ka’bah (the defenceless), people who would have nothing to protect themselves in the shape of weapons or the strength of the people. An army would be sent to fight (and kill) them and when they would enter a plain ground the army would be sunk in it. Yusuf (one of the narrators) said: It was a people of Syria (hordes of Hajjaj) who had been on that day coming towards Makkah for an attack (on Abdulllah bin Zubair) and Abdullah bin Safwan said: By God, it does not imply this army.