Book 92: Trials and Tribulations (Fitan)
Sahih al-Bukhari
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Ali bin Abdullah narrated to us that Bishr bin Sari told us. Nafi' bin Umar narrated to us. Nafi' narrated from Ibn Abi Mulaikah. He said: Hazrat Asma (ra) reported from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “I will be at my Pool waiting for those who will come to me to drink water. Then some people will be seized right near me. I will say: ‘They are of my Ummah.’ And it will be said: ‘You do not know; they turned back on their heels.’” Ibn Abi Mulaikah used to pray: O Allah, we seek refuge with You alone from turning back on our heels or being afflicted with trial (fitnah).
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Musa bin Isma'il narrated to us that Abu Awanah told us. He narrated from Mughirah (bin Miqsam), and Mughirah from Abu Wa'il. He said: Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud (ra)) used to say: The Prophet (saw) said: “I will go ahead of you to the Pool of Kauthar. Some people from among you will be presented before me. As soon as I bend down to give them (water), they will be pulled away from before me. I will say: ‘O my Lord, they are my companions.’ He will say: ‘You do not know what innovations they made after you.’”
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Yahya bin Bukair narrated to us that Ya'qub bin Abdur Rahman told us. He narrated from Abu Hazim. He said: I heard Hazrat Sahl bin Sa'd (ra). He used to say: I heard the Prophet (saw). He (saw) used to say: “I will go ahead of you to the Pool of Kauthar. Whoever comes to it will drink from it, and whoever drinks from it will never be thirsty after that. Some people will come to me to drink whom I will recognise and who will recognise me. Then a barrier will be placed between me and them.” Abu Hazim said: Nu'man bin Abi Ayyash heard me while I was relating this hadith to the people and asked: Did you hear it like this from Hazrat Sahl (ra)? I said: Yes. Nu'man said: And I bear witness concerning Hazrat Abu Sa'id Khudri (ra) that I heard (this hadith) from him; he used to add this much to it, that he (saw) said: “These people belong to me.” Then it will be said: “You do not know what they changed after you.” I will say: “Away, away with the one who changes after me.”
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Abu Hazim said: Nu'man bin Abi Ayyash heard me while I was relating this to them, and he said: Is this how you heard it from Sahl? I said: Yes. He said: And I bear witness concerning Abu Sa'id Khudri (ra) that I heard him adding to it. He said: “They are of me.” Then it will be said: “You do not know what they changed after you.” Then I will say: “Away, away with the one who changed after me.”
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Musaddad narrated to us that Yahya bin Sa'id told us. A'mash narrated to us that Zaid bin Wahb told us that I heard Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud (ra)). He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said to us: “After me you will soon see preferential treatment, and you will see things which you will dislike.” The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah (saw), then what do you command us? He (saw) said: “Give them their right, and ask Allah for your right.”
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Musaddad narrated to us. He narrated from Abdul Warith, Abdul Warith from Ja'd, Ja'd from Abu Raja, Abu Raja from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra), and Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra) from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “Whoever dislikes anything of his ruler should be patient, because whoever goes out from obedience to the sovereign even by a span will die the death of the Days of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah).”
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Abu Nu'man narrated to us that Hammad bin Zaid told us. He narrated from Ja'd Abu Uthman that Abu Raja Utaridi narrated to me. He said: I heard Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra). He used to narrate from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “Whoever sees in his ruler something that he dislikes should be patient over it, because whoever separates from the community (Jama'at) even by a span and then dies in that state has surely died the death of the Days of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah).”
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Isma'il narrated to us that Ibn Wahb told me. He narrated from Amr (bin Harith), Amr from Bukair, Bukair from Busr bin Sa'id, and Busr from Junadah bin Abi Umayyah. He said: We went in to Hazrat Ubadah bin Samit (ra), and he was ill. We said: May Allah make you well; relate some hadith through which Allah has benefited you, which you heard from the Prophet (saw). He said: The Prophet (saw) called us and we pledged allegiance to him (saw).
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Among the pledges that he (saw) took from us was this: that he (saw) took from us the pledge of allegiance that we would listen (to orders) and obey, in joy and in displeasure, in hardship and in ease, and even in the state when our rights are being violated; and that we would not snatch authority from those in authority, “unless you see open disbelief about which you also have a clear proof from Allah.”
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Muhammad bin Ar'arah narrated to us that Shu'bah told us. He narrated from Qatadah, Qatadah from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra), and Hazrat Anas (ra) from Hazrat Usaid bin Hudair (ra), that a man came to the Prophet (saw) and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw), you have appointed so-and-so as an official and you have not appointed me as an official. He (saw) said: “After me you will soon see preferential treatment. Be patient until you meet me.”
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Musa bin Isma'il narrated to us that Amr bin Yahya bin Sa'id bin Amr bin Sa'id told us. He said: My grandfather told me. He said: I was sitting with Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) in the mosque of the Prophet (saw) which is in Medina, and Marwan too was with us. Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) said: I heard the truthful one, to whom true promises were made, say: “The destruction of my Ummah will be at the hands of some young men of the Quraish.” Marwan said: May Allah curse such young men. Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) said: If I wished to state their names, that they are of the Banu so-and-so and the Banu so-and-so, I would surely state them. (Amr bin Yahya used to say:) I used to go with my grandfather to the Banu Marwan when they were rulers in Syria, and when my grandfather saw those young boys, he would say to us: It may be that these too are among them. We would say: You know best.
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Malik bin Isma'il narrated to us. Ibn Uyainah told us that he heard Zuhri. Zuhri narrated from Urwah, Urwah from Hazrat Zainab bint Umm Salamah (ra), she from Hazrat Umm Habibah (ra), and she from Hazrat Zainab bint Jahsh (ra), that she used to say that the Prophet (saw) woke up from sleep. His (saw) face was red and he (saw) was saying: “There is none worthy of worship except Allah. Ruin for the Arabs from an evil that has come very near. Today an opening this large has been made in the wall of Gog and Magog.” And Sufyan formed the number ninety or a hundred with his fingers. He (saw) was asked: Will we be destroyed while there are good people among us? He (saw) said: “Yes, when filth increases.”
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Abu Nu'aim narrated to us that Ibn Uyainah told us. He told us, narrating from Zuhri. And Mahmud narrated to me that Abdur Razzaq told us. Ma'mar informed us. He narrated from Zuhri, Zuhri from Urwah, and Urwah from Hazrat Usamah bin Zaid (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) climbed one of the forts of Medina. He (saw) said: “Do you too see what I see?” The Companions said: No. He (saw) said: “I see trials (fitan) falling into your houses as raindrops fall.”
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وَقَالَ شُعَيْبٌ وَيُونُسُ وَاللَّيْثُ وَابْنُ أَخِي الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Ayyash bin Walid narrated to us that Abdul A'la (bin Abdul A'la) told us. Ma'mar narrated to us. He narrated from Zuhri, Zuhri from Sa'id, Sa'id from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), and Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “Time will keep drawing closer, deeds will keep decreasing, miserliness will be cast into hearts, trials will break out in abundance, and there will be much harj.” The Companions asked: O Messenger of Allah (saw), what is this harj? He (saw) said: “Bloodshed, killing and violence.” And Shu'aib, Yunus, Laith and the nephew of Zuhri also reported the same. They narrated from Zuhri, Zuhri from Humaid, Humaid from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), and Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Prophet (saw).
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Musaddad narrated to us. Ubaidullah bin Musa narrated to us. He narrated from A'mash, and A'mash from Shaqiq. Shaqiq said: I was with Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud (ra)) and Hazrat Abu Musa (ra). Both of them said: The Prophet (saw) said: “Before the Hour there will be days in which ignorance will settle down, and in them knowledge will be taken away, and in them there will be much harj.” And harj means bloodshed.
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Musaddad narrated to us. Ubaidullah bin Musa narrated to us. He narrated from A'mash, and A'mash from Shaqiq. Shaqiq said: I was with Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud (ra)) and Hazrat Abu Musa (ra). Both of them said: The Prophet (saw) said: “Before the Hour there will be days in which ignorance will settle down, and in them knowledge will be taken away, and in them there will be much harj.” And harj means bloodshed.
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Umar bin Hafs narrated to us that my father told us. A'mash narrated to us. Shaqiq told us. He said: Hazrat Abdullah (ra) and Hazrat Abu Musa (ra) were sitting and both were talking. Hazrat Abu Musa (ra) said: The Prophet (saw) said: “Before the Hour there will be days in which knowledge will be taken away, and in them ignorance will settle down, and in them there will be much harj.” And harj means bloodshed.
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Qutaibah narrated to us that Jarir told us. He narrated from A'mash, and A'mash from Abu Wa'il. He said: I was sitting with Hazrat Abdullah and Hazrat Abu Musa (ra) when Hazrat Abu Musa (ra) said: I too heard the same from the Prophet (saw). And in the Abyssinian language killing is called harj.
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Muhammad bin Bashshar narrated to us that Ghundar told us. Shu'bah narrated to us. He narrated from Wasil (bin Hayyan), Wasil from Abu Wa'il, and Abu Wa'il from Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud (ra)). And (Abu Wa'il said:) I think Hazrat Abdullah (ra) related this hadith as going back to the Prophet (saw) (marfu'). He (saw) said: “Before the Hour there will be days of bloodshed in which knowledge will vanish and ignorance will be everywhere.” Hazrat Abu Musa (ra) said: In the Abyssinian language bloodshed is called harj.
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And Abu Awanah reported from Asim, Asim from Abu Wa'il, and Abu Wa'il from (Hazrat Abu Musa) Ash'ari (ra), that he said to Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud (ra)): Do you know about those days which the Prophet (saw) mentioned, that is, the days of bloodshed? Saying this, (Hazrat Abu Musa) Ash'ari (ra) related the narration in the same way. And Hazrat Ibn Mas'ud (ra) said: I heard the Prophet (saw). He (saw) used to say: “The worst of people will be those whom the Hour overtakes while they are alive.”
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