Is the hadith: "Iraq has withheld its dirhams and qafiz, and Syria has withheld its mudds and dinars, and Egypt has withheld..." related to the hadith: "Soon the people of Iraq will not have a qafiz or a dirham collected for them"? Has all of that occurred? Does it necessitate a siege of Egypt? Does it mean that the three countries will be besieged in the order mentioned? And will the "return" be to the Hijaz?

The Hadith of Abu Hurairah, "Iraq has been withheld its dirham and its qafiz," is linked to the narration of Jabir ibn Abdullah, "The people of Iraq are on the verge of not having a qafiz or a dirham levied upon them." Qadi Iyad and others interpret this as the withholding of jizya (tribute) and kharaj (land tax) due to the dominance of the Persians and Byzantines. Some scholars have interpreted this withholding as having occurred in different eras, such as during the time of the Tatars and Mongols, while others believe it is occurring more severely in the present day. The agreed-upon sequence of devastation in the narrations is Iraq, then Syria (Levant), then Egypt, which supports the delay of tribulations from Egypt. The narrations also indicate that the return will be to the Hijaz, specifically Medina, where it will be inhabited by faith during times of tribulations.