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abudawud:4255Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAnbasah > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The time will become short, knowledge will be decreased, civil strife (fitan) will appear, niggardliness will be case into people's heart, and harj will be prevalent. He was asked: Messenger of Allah! what is it: He replied: Slaughter, slaughter.  

أبو داود:٤٢٥٥حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَقَارَبُ الزَّمَانُ وَيَنْقُصُ الْعِلْمُ وَتَظْهَرُ الْفِتَنُ وَيُلْقَى الشُّحُّ وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيَّةُ هُوَ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ الْقَتْلُ  


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bukhari:6037Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Time will pass rapidly, good deeds will decrease, and miserliness will be thrown (in the hearts of the people), and the Harj (will increase)." They asked, "What is the Harj?" He replied, "(It is) killing (murdering), (it is) murdering (killing).  

البخاري:٦٠٣٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَقَارَبُ الزَّمَانُ وَيَنْقُصُ الْعَمَلُ وَيُلْقَى الشُّحُّ وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ قَالُوا وَمَا الْهَرْجُ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ الْقَتْلُ  

muslim:157eḤarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf > Abū Hurayrah

(When) the time would draw close to the Last Hour, knowledge would be snatched away, turmoil would be rampant, miserliness would be put (in the hearts of the people) and therewould be much bloodshed. They said: What is al-harj? Thereupon he said: It is bloodshed.  

مسلم:١٥٧eحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَقَارَبُ الزَّمَانُ وَيُقْبَضُ الْعِلْمُ وَتَظْهَرُ الْفِتَنُ وَيُلْقَى الشُّحُّ وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ قَالُوا وَمَا الْهَرْجُ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ  

ibnmajah:4052Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah Yarfaʿuh

“Time will pass quickly, knowledge will decrease, miserliness will be cast into people’s hearts, tribulations will appear and there will be much Harj.” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, what is Harj?” He said: “Killing.”  

ابن ماجة:٤٠٥٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يَرْفَعُهُ قَالَ

يَتَقَارَبُ الزَّمَانُ وَيَنْقُصُ الْعِلْمُ وَيُلْقَى الشُّحُّ وَتَظْهَرُ الْفِتَنُ وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الْهَرْجُ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ  

ahmad:7186ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The time will become short, knowledge will be decreased, civil strife (fitan) will appear, niggardliness will be case into people's heart, and harj will be prevalent. He was asked: Messenger of Allah! what is it: He replied: Slaughter, slaughter. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4255)   

أحمد:٧١٨٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَقَارَبُ الزَّمَانُ وَيُلْقَى الشُّحُّ وَتَظْهَرُ الْفِتَنُ وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ قَالَ قَالُوا أَيُّمَا هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ الْقَتْلُ  

ahmad:10955Kathīr b. Hishām > Jaʿfar > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Abū Hurayrah

(When) the time would draw close to the Last Hour, knowledge would be snatched away, turmoil would be rampant, miserliness would be put (in the hearts of the people) and therewould be much bloodshed. They said: What is al-harj? Thereupon he said: It is bloodshed. (Using translation from Muslim 157e)   

أحمد:١٠٩٥٥حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْأَصَمِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَ

نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ تَظْهَرُ الْفِتَنُ وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ قُلْنَا وَمَا الْهَرْجُ؟ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ الْقَتْلُ قَالَ وَيُقْبَضُالْعِلْمُ  

ahmad:10792And Hb from my father > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The time will become short, knowledge will be decreased, civil strife (fitan) will appear, niggardliness will be case into people's heart, and harj will be prevalent. He was asked: Messenger of Allah! what is it: He replied: Slaughter, slaughter. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4255)   

أحمد:١٠٧٩٢حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يُونُسَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَقَارَبُ الزَّمَانُ وَيَفِيضُ الْمَالُ وَتَظْهَرُ الْفِتَنُ وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ قَالُوا وَمَا الْهَرْجُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ الْقَتْلُ  

ahmad:10863ʿAlī > And Rqāʾ > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The Hour will not be established until knowledge is taken away, time becomes closer, earthquakes become frequent, tribulations appear, and killings increase." They asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what is 'killings'?" He replied, "Killing, killing."  

أحمد:١٠٨٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ أَخْبَرَنَا وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُقْبَضَ الْعِلْمُ وَيَتَقَارَبَ الزَّمَانُ وَتَكْثُرَ الزَّلَازِلُ وَتَظْهَرَ الْفِتَنُ وَيَكْثُرَ الْهَرْجُ قَالُوا الْهَرْجُ أَيُّمَا هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ الْقَتْلُ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَظْهَرُ فِي النَّاسِ مِنَ الشُّحِّ عِنْدَ وُقُوعِ الْفِتَنِ بِهِمْ

ibnhibban:6711Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The time will become short, knowledge will be decreased, civil strife (fitan) will appear, niggardliness will be case into people's heart, and harj will be prevalent. He was asked: Messenger of Allah! what is it: He replied: Slaughter, slaughter. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4255)  

ابن حبّان:٦٧١١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدٌ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَتَقَارَبُ الزَّمَانُ وَيَنْقُصُ الْعِلْمُ وَتَظْهَرُ الْفِتَنُ وَيُلْقَى الشُّحُّ وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ» قَالُوا «وَمَا الْهَرْجُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ » الْقَتْلُ الْقَتْلُ «  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ نَقْصِ الْعِلْمِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيْهِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ عِنْدَ ظُهُورِ الْفِتَنِ فِي أُمَّتِهِ

ibnhibban:6717ʿAbdullāh b. Sulaymān b. al-Ashʿath al-Sijistānī Abū Bakr > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAnbasah > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The time will become short, knowledge will be decreased, civil strife (fitan) will appear, niggardliness will be case into people's heart, and harj will be prevalent. He was asked: Messenger of Allah! what is it: He replied: Slaughter, slaughter. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4255)   

ابن حبّان:٦٧١٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْأَشْعَثِ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَتَقَارَبُ الزَّمَانُ وَيَنْقُصُ الْعِلْمُ وَتَظْهَرُ الْفِتَنُ وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ» قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيٌّ هُوَ؟ قَالَ «الْقَتْلُ»  

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"يَتَقَارَبُ الزَّمَانُ، وَيُقْبَضُ الْعلْمُ، وَيُلْقَى الشُّحُّ، وَتَظْهَرُ الْفِتَنُ، وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ، قِيلَ: ومَا الْهَرْجُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: الْقَتْلُ".  

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