(1) باب ذِكْرِ الْفِتَنِ وَدَلاَئِلِهَا
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Hudhaifah through a different chain of narrators from the Prophet (ﷺ). This version says:
He said: If you do not find a caliph in those days, then flee away until you die, even of you die holding on (to a stump of a tree). I asked: What will come next ? He replied: If a man wants the mare to bring forth a foal, it will not deliver in till the Last Hour comes. (DE)
Reference (DE): Sunan Abi Dawud 4247 (DE)
In-book reference (DE): Book 37, Hadith 8 (DE)
English translation (DE): Book 36, Hadith 4235 (DE)