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ahmad:10926Ḥasan And Hāshim > Shaybān > ʿĀṣim > Ziyād b. Qays > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , "Woe to the Arabs from an impending evil. Knowledge will decrease, and disputes will increase." I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what is meant by disputes?" He replied, "Killing."  

أحمد:١٠٩٢٦حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ وَهَاشِمٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ وَيْلٌ لِلْعَرَبِ مِنْ شَرٍّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ يَنْقُصُ الْعِلْمُ وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا الْهَرْجُ؟ قَالَ 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  

ahmad:10984Ḥasan And Hāshim > Shaybān > ʿĀṣim > Ziyād b. Qays > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ, he said: 'Woe to the Arabs from an evil that is drawing near. Knowledge will decrease and disputes will increase.' I asked: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is meant by disputes?' He said: 'It is killing.'"  

أحمد:١٠٩٨٤حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ وَهَاشِمٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ وَيْلٌ لِلْعَرَبِ مِنْ شَرٍّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ يَنْقُصُ الْعِلْمُ وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا الْهَرْجُ؟ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ  

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