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ahmad:1464ʿIṣām b. Khālid > Abū Bakr / Ibn Abū Maryam > Rāshid b. Saʿd > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ

[Machine] "Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ that he used to say, 'My Ummah (followers) will not be incapable before my Lord of delaying it for half a day.' And I asked Rashid, 'Have you been informed about what is meant by half a day?' He replied, 'Five hundred years.'"  

أحمد:١٤٦٤حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ رَاشِدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ لَا تَعْجِزُ أُمَّتِي عِنْدَ رَبِّي أَنْ يُؤَخِّرَهَا نِصْفَ يَوْمٍ وَسَأَلْتُ رَاشِدًا هَلْ بَلَغَكَ مَاذَا النِّصْفُ يَوْمٍ؟ قَالَ خَمْسُ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ  


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abudawud:4350ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Abū al-Mughīrah > Ṣafwān > Shurayḥ b. ʿUbayd > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ

The Prophet ﷺ said: I hope my community will not fail to maintain their position in the sight of their Lord if He delays them half a day. Sa'd was asked: How long is half a day? He said: It is five hundred years.  

أبو داود:٤٣٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنِي صَفْوَانُ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنِّي لأَرْجُو أَنْ لاَ تُعْجِزَ أُمَّتِي عِنْدَ رَبِّهَا أَنْ يُؤَخِّرَهُمْ نِصْفَ يَوْمٍ قِيلَ لِسَعْدٍ وَكَمْ نِصْفُ يَوْمٍ قَالَ خَمْسُمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ  

ahmad:1465Abū al-Yamān > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbdullāh > Rāshid b. Saʿd > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ

The Prophet ﷺ said: I hope my community will not fail to maintain their position in the sight of their Lord if He delays them half a day. Sa'd was asked: How long is half a day? He said: It is five hundred years. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4350)  

أحمد:١٤٦٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ رَاشِدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنِّي لأرْجُو أَنْ لَا تَعْجِزَ أُمَّتِي عِنْدَ رَبِّي أَنْ يُؤَخِّرَهُمْ نِصْفَ يَوْمٍ فَقِيلَ لِسَعْدٍ وَكَمْ نِصْفُ يَوْمٍ؟ قَالَ خَمْسُ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ