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ahmad:13883Hushaym > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik Yarfaʿ al-Ḥadīth

[Machine] "The Hour (Day of Judgment) will not be established until knowledge is taken away, ignorance increases, men decrease and women increase, until there are fifty women to be looked after by one man."  

أحمد:١٣٨٨٣حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ يَرْفَعُ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ

لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ وَيَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ وتَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ قَيِّمَ خَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ  


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ahmad:14078Bahz > Hammām > Qatādahuʿan Anas

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Among the signs of the Hour is that Hamaam said, and it may be said, 'The Hour will not happen.' Hamaam said, 'Both of them I have heard, until knowledge is taken away, and ignorance appears, and wine is drunk, and fornication appears, and men decrease, and women increase, until there are fifty women for each male leader.'"  

أحمد:١٤٠٧٨حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُعَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ قَالَ هَمَّامٌ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ قَالَ هَمَّامٌ كِلَاهُمَا قَدْ سَمِعْتُ حَتَّى يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ وَيَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ وَتُشْرَبَ الْخَمْرُ وَيَظْهَرَ الزِّنَا وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ وَيَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِخَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً الْقَيِّمُ الْوَاحِدُ  

ahmad:11944Hushaym > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik Yarfaʿ al-Ḥadīth

[Machine] "The Hour will not be established until knowledge is taken away, ignorance prevails, men decrease in number, and women increase until there are fifty women for every man."  

أحمد:١١٩٤٤حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ يَرْفَعُ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ

لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ وَيَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ وَتَكْثُرُ النِّسَاءُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ قَيِّمَ خَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ