أَخْبَرَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو وَهْبٍ ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي ثَعْلَبَةَ الْخُشَنِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :" أَوَّلُ دِينِكُمْ نُبُوَّةٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ، ثُمَّ مُلْكٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ، ثُمَّ مُلْكٌ أَعْفَرُ، ثُمَّ مُلْكٌ وَجَبَرُوتٌ يُسْتَحَلُّ فِيهَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْحَرِيرُ ".
قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّد : سُئِلَ عَنْ أَعْفَرَ، فَقَالَ : يُشَبِّهِهُ بِالتُّرَابِ وَلَيْسَ فِيهِ خَيْرٌ

Marwan bin Muhammad told us, Yahya bin Hamza told us, Abu Wahb told me, on the authority of Makhul, on the authority of Abu Thalabah Al-Khushani, On the authority of Abu Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah, he said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “The beginning of your religion was prophecy and mercy, then kingdom and mercy, then A kingship of Afar, then a kingship and tyranny in which wine and silk are made lawful.”
Abu Muhammad said: He was asked about Afar, and he said: He likens him to dust, and there is nothing good in him.