What is the response to the rumor about the emergence of the Dabbah at al-Mas'a?

Question:
There is a question that says: A rumor has spread, especially among women, and particularly in women's schools and universities. The rumor is that there are some cracks in al-Mas'a, and that you ordered the officials not to bury or repair these cracks because this place is the location from which the Dabbah will emerge in the end times.
Then it says: I hope you will clarify this and issue a fatwa that clarifies this for some of the ignorant, whether in newspapers or magazines?

Answer:
This has no basis; this is invalid. Nothing has occurred from us, and nothing has been issued by us. The Dabbah has not yet reached its time. The time of the Dabbah is later, after the emergence of the Dajjal, and after the descent of 'Isa ibn Maryam. It has not been confirmed that it will emerge from al-Safa or anywhere else. Allah knows best when it will emerge, and Allah knows best from where it will emerge.
The point is that this statement—I told them to leave the cracks, or that it will emerge—all of this is invalid and did not happen. No one knows when the Dabbah will emerge except Allah, and no one knows where it will emerge except Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. However, the hadiths indicate that it is a late event, that it is after the Dajjal and after the descent of 'Isa ibn Maryam, and that its emergence is near the rising of the sun from the west, either shortly before it or shortly after it.