SUNAN ABI DAU’D:
1) Book 35,
Number 4229:
Narrated Abdullah ibn
Mas'ud: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: four (majestic)
trials (fitnahs) will take place among this community, and in
their end there will be destruction.
2) Book 35,
Number 4230:
Narrated Abdullah ibn
Umar: When we were sitting with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him),
he talked about periods of trial (fitnahs), mentioning many of
them. When he mentioned the one when people should stay in their
houses, some asked him: Apostle of Allah, what is the trial (fitnah)
of staying at home? He replied: It will be flight and plunder.
Then will come a test which is pleasant. Its murkiness is due to
the fact that it is produced by a man from the people of my
house, who will assert that he belongs to me, whereas he does
not, for my friends are only the God-fearing. Then the people
will unite under a man who will be like a hip-bone on a rib.
Then there will be the little black trial which will leave none
of this community without giving him a slap, and when people say
that it is finished, it will be extended. During it a man will
be a believer in the morning and an infidel in the evening, so
that the people will be in two camps: the camp of faith which
will contain no hypocrisy, and the camp of hypocrisy which will
contain no faith. When that happens, expect the Antichrist (Dajjal)
that day or the next.
3) Book 35,
Number 4231:
Narrated Hudhayfah ibn
al-Yaman: I swear by Allah, I do not know whether my companions
have forgotten or have pretended to forgot. I swear by Allah
that the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) did not omit a
leader of a wrong belief (fitnah)--up to the end of the
world--whose followers reach the number of three hundred and
upwards but he mentioned to us his name, his father's name and
the name of his tribe.
4) Book 35,
Number 4232:
Narrated Hudhayfah ibn
al-Yaman: Subay' ibn Khalid said: I came to Kufah at the time
when Tustar was conquered. I took some mules from it. When I
entered the mosque (of Kufah), I found there some people of
moderate stature, and among them was a man whom you could
recognize when you saw him that he was from the people of Hijaz.
I asked: Who is he? The people frowned at me and said: Do you
not recognize him? This is Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, the companion
of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). Then Hudhayfah
said: People used to ask the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
about good, and I used to ask him about evil. Then the people
stared hard at him. He said: I know the reason why you dislike
it. I then asked: Apostle of Allah, will there be evil as there
was before, after this good which Allah has bestowed on us? He
replied: Yes. I asked: Wherein does the protection from it lie?
He replied: In the sword. I asked: Apostle of Allah, what will
then happen? He replied: If Allah has on Earth a caliph who
flays your back and takes your property, obey him, otherwise die
holding onto the stump of a tree. I asked: What will come next?
He replied: Then the Antichrist (Dajjal) will come forth
accompanied by a river and fire. He who falls into his fire will
certainly receive his reward, and have his load taken off him,
but he who falls into his river will have his load retained and
his reward taken off him. I then asked: What will come next? He
said: The Last Hour will come.
5) Book 35,
Number 4234:
Narrated Hudhayfah:
The tradition mentioned above (No. 4232) has also been
transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Nasr ibn
Asim al-Laythi who said: We came to al-Yashkuri with a group of
the people of Banu Layth. He asked: Who are these people? We
replied: Banu Layth. We have come to you to ask you about the
tradition of Hudhayfah. He then mentioned the tradition and
said: I asked: Apostle of Allah, will there be evil after this
good? He replied: There will be trial (fitnah) and evil. I
asked: Apostle of Allah, will there be good after this evil? He
replied: Learn the Book of Allah, Hudhayfah, and adhere to its
contents. He said it three times. I asked: Apostle of Allah,
will there be good after this evil? He replied: An illusory
truce and a community with specks in its eye. I asked: Apostle
of Allah, what do you mean by an illusory community? He replied:
The hearts of the people will not return to their former
condition. I asked: Apostle of Allah, will there be evil after
this good? He replied: There will be wrong belief which will
blind and deafen men to the truth in which there will be
summoners at the gates of Hell. If you, Hudhayfah, die adhering
to a stump, it will be better for you than following any of
them.
6) Book 35,
Number 4237A:
Narrated Abdullah ibn
Umar: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The Muslims will
soon be besieged up to Medina, so that their most distant
frontier outpost will be Salah.
7) Book 35,
Number 4240:
Narrated AbuMalik al-Ash'ari:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Allah has protected you
from three things: that your Prophet should not invoke a curse
on you and should all perish, that those who follow what is
false should not prevail over those who follow the truth, and
that you should not all agree in an error.
8) Book 35,
Number 4241:
Narrated Abdullah ibn
Mas'ud: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The mill of Islam
will go round till the year thirty-five, or thirty-six, or
thirty-seven; then if they perish, they will have followed the
path of those who perished before them, but if their religion is
maintained, it will be maintained for seventy years. I asked:
Does it mean seventy years which remain or seventy years which
are gone by? He replied: It means (seventy years) that are gone
by.
9) Book 35,
Number 4243:
Narrated AbuBakrah:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: There will be a
period of commotion in which the one who lies down will be
better than the one who sits, and the one who sits is better
than the one who stands, and the one who stands is better than
the one who walks, and the one who walks is better than the one
who runs (to it). He asked: What do you command me to do,
Apostle of Allah? He replied: He who has camels should remain
with his camels, he who has sheep should remain with his sheep,
and he who has land should remain with his land. He asked: If
anyone has more of these, (what should he do)? He replied: He
should take his sword, strike its edge on a stone, and then
escape if he can.
10) Book 35,
Number 4244:
Narrated Sa'd ibn
AbuWaqqas: I asked: Apostle of Allah! tell me if someone enters
my house and extends his hands to kill me (what should I do?)
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) replied: Be like the
two sons of Adam. The narrator Yazid (ibn Khalid) then recited
the verse: "If thou dost stretch they hand against me to slay
me."
11) Book 35,
Number 4245:
Narrated Abdullah ibn
Mas'ud ; Khuraym ibn Fatik: The tradition mentioned above (No.
4243) has also been transmitted by Ibn Mas'ud through a
different chain of narrators. Ibn Mas'ud said: I heard the
Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) say: He then mentioned a portion of
the tradition narrated by AbuBakrah (No. 4243). This version
adds: He (the Prophet) said: All their slain will go to Hell. I
(Wabisah) asked: When will this happen Ibn Mas'ud? He replied:
This is the period of turmoil (harj) when a man will not be safe
from his associates. I asked: What do you command me (to do) if
I happen to live during that period? He replied: You should
restrain your tongue and hand and stay at home. When Uthman was
slain, I recollected this tradition. I then rode (on a camel)
and came to Damascus. There I met Khuraym ibn Fatik and
mentioned this tradition to him. He swore by Allah, there was no
god but He, he had heard it from the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him),
as Ibn Mas'ud transmitted it to me (Wabisah).
12) Book 35,
Number 4246:
Narrated AbuMusa al-Ash'ari:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Before the Last
Hour there will be commotions like pieces of a dark night in
which a man will be a believer in the morning and an infidel in
the evening, or a believer in the evening and infidel in the
morning. He who sits during them will be better than he who gets
up and he who walks during them is better than he who runs. So
break your bows, cut your bowstrings and strike your swords on
stones. If people then come in to one of you, let him be like
the better of Adam's two sons.
13) Book 35,
Number 4247:
Narrated Abdullah ibn
Umar: AbdurRahman ibn Samurah said: I was holding the hand of
Ibn Umar on one of the ways of Medina. He suddenly came to a
hanging head. He said: Unhappy is the one who killed him. When
he proceeded, he said: I do not consider him but unfortunate. I
heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: If anyone
goes to a man of my community in order to kill him, he should
say in this way, the one who kills will go to Hell and the one
who is killed will go to Paradise.
14) Book 35,
Number 4248:
Narrated AbuDharr: The
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said to me: O AbuDharr. I
replied: At thy service and at thy pleasure, Apostle of Allah.
He then mentioned the tradition in which he said: What will you
do when there the death of the people (in Medina) and a house
will reach the value of a slave (that is, a grave will be sold
for a slave). I replied: Allah and His Apostle know best. Or he
said: What Allah and His Apostle choose for me. He said: You
must show endurance. Or he said; you may endure. He then said to
me: What will you do, AbuDharr, when you see the Ahjar az-Zayt
covered with blood? I replied: What Allah and His Apostle choose
for me. He said: You must go to those who are like-minded. I
asked: Should I not take my sword and put it on my shoulder? He
replied: you would then associate yourself with the people. I
then asked: What do you order me to do? You must stay at home. I
asked: (What should I do) if people enter my house and find me?
He replied: If you are afraid the gleam of the sword may dazzle
you, put the end of your garment over your face in order that
(the one who kills you) may bear the punishment of your sins and
his.
15) Book 35,
Number 4249:
Narrated AbuMusa al-Ash'ari:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Before you there will be
commotions like pieces of a dark night in which a man will be a
believer in the morning and an infidel in the evening. He who
sits during them will be better than he who gets up, and he who
gets up during them is better than he who walks, and he who
walks during them is better than he who runs. They (the people)
said: What do you order us to do? He replied: Keep to your
houses.
16) Book 35,
Number 4250:
Narrated Al-Miqdad ibn
al-Aswad: I swear by Allah, I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
say: The happy man is he who avoids dissensions: happy is the
man who avoids dissensions; happy is the man who avoids
dissensions: but how fine is the man who is afflicted and shows
endurance.
17) Book 35,
Number 4251:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: There will be civil strife
(fitnah) which will render people deaf, dumb and blind regarding
what is right. Those who contemplate it will be drawn by it, and
giving rein to the tongue during it will be like smiting with
the sword.
18) Book 35,
Number 4252:
Narrated Abdullah ibn
Amr ibn al-'As: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: There will
be civil strife which wipe out the Arabs, and their slain will
go to Hell. During it the tongue will be more severe than blows
of the sword.
19) Book 35,
Number 4257:
Narrated AbudDarda'
and Ubadah ibn as-Samit: Khalid ibn Dihqan said: When we were
engaged in the battle of Constantinople at Dhuluqiyyah, a man of
the people of Palestine, who was one of their nobility and elite
and whose rank was known to them, came forward. He was called
Hani ibn Kulthum ibn Sharik al-Kinani. He greeted Abdullah ibn
Zakariyya who knew his rank. Khalid said to us: Abdullah ibn
AbuZakariyya told us: I heard Umm ad-Darda' say: I heard
AbudDarda' say: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
say: It is hoped that Allah may forgive every sin, except in the
case of one who dies a polytheist, or one who purposely kills a
believer. Hani ibn Kulthum ar-Rabi' then said: I heard Mahmud
ibn ar-Rabi' transmitting a tradition from Ubadah ibn as-Samit
who transmitted from the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
who said: If a man kills a believer unjustly, Allah will not
accept any action or duty of his, obligatory or supererogatory.
Khalid then said to us: Ibn AbuZakariyya transmitted a tradition
to us from Umm ad-Darda' on the authority of AbudDarda' from the
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) who said: A believer will
continue to go on quickly and well so long as he does not shed
unlawful blood; when he sheds unlawful blood, he becomes slow
and heavy-footed. A similar tradition has been transmitted by
Hani ibn Kulthum from Mahmud ibn ar-Rabi' on the authority of
Ubadah ibn as-Samit from the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him).
20) Book 35,
Number 4259:
Narrated Zayd ibn
Thabit: The verse "If a man kills a believer intentionally, his
recompense is Hell to abide therein for ever" was revealed six
months after the verse "And those who invoke not with Allah any
other god, nor slay such life as Allah has made sacred, except
for just cause in Surat al-Furqan.
21) Book 35,
Number 4264:
Narrated Sa'id ibn
Zayd: We were with the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him). He mentioned
civil strife (fitnah) and expressed its gravity. We or the
people said: Apostle of Allah, if this happens to us it will
destroy us. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said; No.
It is enough for you that you would be killed. Sa'id said: I saw
that my brethren were killed.
22) Book 35,
Number 4265:
Narrated AbuMusa: The
Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: This people of mine is one to
which mercy is shown. It will have no punishment in the next
world, but its punishment in this world will be trials,
earthquakes and being killed. |
