The Woman of al-Hirah

'Adi told of a day when he sat with the Prophet ﷺ. One man came complaining of poverty, and another complained of highway robbery. The Prophet ﷺ turned to 'Adi and asked whether he had seen al-Hirah, the city in Iraq. 'Adi said he had not, but had heard of it.

The Prophet ﷺ said that if 'Adi lived long enough, he would see a woman travel from al-Hirah to circle the Ka'bah, fearing no one but Allah. 'Adi wondered how that could be, with the bandits of his own tribe ruling the roads. The Prophet ﷺ added that he would also see the treasures of Kisra, the Persian king, opened, and a time when a man would carry gold and silver looking for someone to accept it and find none.

'Adi said that he lived to see the first two: he saw a woman journey from al-Hirah to the Ka'bah afraid of none but Allah, and he was among those who opened the treasures of Kisra. The third, he said, he expected to be true as well, since the Prophet ﷺ had said it.