I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "The Kaabah will be destroyed by a man with two thin legs from Abyssinia. He will strip it of its ornaments and remove its covering. It is as though I can see him now, bald-headed and crooked-jointed, striking it with his shovel and pickaxe."
حدثنا أحمد بن عبد الملك وهو الحراني حدثنا محمد بن سلمة عن محمد بن إسحاق عن ابن أبي نجيح عن مجاهد
سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول يخرب الكعبة ذو السويقتين من الحبشة ويسلبها حليتها ويجردها من كسوتها ولكأني أنظر إليه أصيلع أفيدع يضرب عليها بمسحاته ومعوله
Its isnad is sahih. Muhammad bin Salama is Bahili, Harrani, one of Ahmad's teachers. Ahmad narrated from him directly many times, and also narrated from him many times through Ahmad bin Abdul-Malik Harrani, as here, and as in 1757 and 5353.Haythami mentioned this hadith in Majma al-Zawaid 3:298, and said, Ahmad and Tabarani narrated it in Kabir, and among its narrators is Ibn Ishaq, who is trustworthy but a mudallis. Its meaning has come in abbreviated form through Abu Hurairah, narrated by Bukhari 3:368 and Muslim 2:369.Hafiz said in Fath al-Bari 3:369, something similar to it is found in Abu Dawud from the hadith of Abdullah bin Amr bin As, and Ahmad and Tabarani added, through the route of Mujahid from him, mentioning something similar to what is here. This reference by Hafiz to Abu Dawud narrating it from the hadith of Abdullah bin Amr, I found nothing to support it, nor did I find it in Sunan Abu Dawud, nor did Nabulsi mention it in Dhakhair Mawarith. Rather, Haythami's mention of it among the additional narrations supports that Abu Dawud did not narrate it. Perhaps Hafiz was mistaken or forgot.See what has passed in the Musnad of Ibn Abbas, 2010, and what will come in the Musnad of Abu Hurairah, 8080 and 9394.Dhus-Suwaiqatayn (the one with two slender shins), Ibn Athir said, "Suwayqah is the diminutive of shin (saq), and it is feminine, which is why the ta appears in its diminutive form. The shin is described in diminutive form because the shins of the Abyssinians are typically characterized by thinness and slenderness."Usaylia (the little bald one), Ibn Athir said, "This is the diminutive of aslaa, meaning one whose hair has receded from his head."Ufaydia (the little clubfooted one), the diminutive of afda, from fada with fatha on the fa and dal. Ibn Athir said, "Fada, with vowel movement, means a deviation between the foot and the shin bone, and likewise in the hand, meaning that the joints are displaced from their proper places."Al-mishah, with kasra on the mim, is the iron shovel, and the mim is an added letter, since it derives from as-sahw, meaning uncovering and removing. So said Ibn Athir.Al-miwal, with kasra on the mim, sukun on the ain, and fatha on the waw, is the great pickaxe with which rock is broken.