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abudawud:4249 – Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Fāris > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Shaybān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ as saying: Woe to Arabs because of evil which has drawn near! He will escape who restrains his hand.  

أبو داود:٤٢٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ شَيْبَانَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ وَيْلٌ لِلْعَرَبِ مِنْ شَرٍّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ كَفَّ يَدَهُ  

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ahmad:9691 – Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah > al-Aʿmash Lā Urāh Illā Qad Rafaʿah

[Machine] "I cannot see the blind man except that he has raised his hand," he said. "Woe to the Arabs from a matter that has neared. Blessed is the one who can hold back his hand."  

أحمد:٩٦٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

الْأَعْمَشُ لَا أُرَاهُ إِلَّا قَدْ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ وَيْلٌ لِلْعَرَبِ مِنْ أَمْرٍ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ كَفَّ يَدَهُ  

hakim:8357 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Maḥbūbī Bimarw > al-Faḍl b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah > Qāl Rasūl

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Woe unto the Arabs from the evil that is approaching! If you can (prepare yourselves)."  

الحاكم:٨٣٥٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمَحْبُوبِيُّ بِمَرْوَ ثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَيْلٌ لِلْعَرَبِ مِنْ شَرٍّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ مُوتُوا إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ على شرط مسلم
suyuti:24328a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٢٤٣٢٨a –

"وَيلٌ لِلْعَرَبِ مِنْ شَرٍّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ، أَفْلَحَ مَنْ كَفَّ يَدَهُ".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة وأبو نعيم في الفتن، [د] أبو داود [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن أبي هريرة