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ahmad-zuhd:1178 – ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > al-Salṭ b. Maṭar al-ʿIjlī > ʿAlī al-Murādī > Muʿādh

[Machine] In the end times, there will be disobedient reciters, corrupt ministers, treacherous trustees, unjust elites, and deceitful rulers.

الزهد لأحمد:١١٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنِ السَّلْطِ بْنِ مَطَرٍ الْعِجْلِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ الْمُرَادِيِّ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ قَالَ

يَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قُرَّاءٌ فَسَقَةٌ وَوُزَرَاءُ فَجَرَةٌ وَأُمَنَاءُ خَوَنَةٌ وَعُرَفَاءُ ظَلَمَةٌ وَأُمَرَاءُ كَذْبَةٌ

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suyuti:570-33b – Muʿādh b. Jabal
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٥٧٠-٣٣b –

"عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ: يَكُونُ فِى آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قُرَّاءُ فَسَقَةٌ، وَوُزَرَاءُ فَجَرَةٌ، وَأُمَنَاءُ خَوَنَةٌ، وَعُرَفَاءُ ظَلَمَةٌ، وَأُمَرَاءُ كَذَبَةٌ".

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