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ahmad:18404Abū al-Naḍr > al-Mubārak > al-Ḥasan > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] We accompanied the Prophet ﷺ and heard him say, "Indeed, prior to the Hour, there will be trials like segments of a dark night. In one part of it, a man will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening, and in another part, he will be a disbeliever in the morning and a believer in the evening. People will sell their religion for a small worldly gain or a price as insignificant as the price of a goat." Al-Hasan said, "By Allah, we have seen those people as images without intellects, bodies, or dreams – like a fire and a greedy fly. They would wake up with two dirhams and spend them by the evening. One of them would sell his religion for the price of a goat."  

أحمد:١٨٤٠٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُبَارَكُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

صَحِبْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَسَمِعْنَاهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنًا كَأَنَّهَا قِطَعُ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا ثُمَّ يُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا ثُمَّ يُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا يَبِيعُ أَقْوَامٌ خَلَاقَهُمْ بِعَرَضٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا يَسِيرٍ أَوْ بِعَرَضِالدُّنْيَا قَالَ الْحَسَنُ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْنَاهُمْ صُوَرًا وَلَا عُقُولَ أَجْسَامًا وَلَا أَحْلَامَ فَرَاشَ نَارٍ وَذِبَّانَ طَمَعٍ يَغْدُونَ بِدِرْهَمَيْنِ وَيَرُوحُونَ بِدِرْهَمَيْنِ يَبِيعُ أَحَدُهُمْ دَيْنَهُ بِثَمَنِ الْعَنْزِ  


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hakim:6263ʿAmr b. Muḥammad b. Manṣūr al-ʿAdl > ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ > ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī > al-Mubārak b. Faḍālah > al-Ḥasan > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] "We accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and we heard him saying,

'Indeed, before the Hour there will be trials like pieces of the dark night. A man will wake up in the morning as a believer, but by evening he will be a disbeliever. And he will go to sleep as a believer, but wake up as a disbeliever. People will sell their religion for a worldly gain, albeit insignificant.'

Al-Hasan said, 'By Allah, we have seen them with our own eyes; they are like bodies without intellects, like fireflies and locusts. They go out with two Dirhams and return with two Dirhams. One of them sells his religion for the price of a goat.'"

Ad-Dhahabi remained silent about summarizing this saying.  

الحاكم:٦٢٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ الْعَدْلُ ثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ ثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثَنَا الْمُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

صَحِبْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَمِعْنَاهُ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا يَبِيعُ أَقْوَامٌ خَلَاقَهُمْ فِيهَا بِعَرَضٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا يَسِيرٍ» قَالَ الْحَسَنُ «وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْنَاهُمْ صُوَرًا بِلَا عُقُولٍ أَجْسَامًا بِلَا أَحْلَامٍ فَرَاشَ نَارٍ وَذِبَّانَ طَمَعٍ يَغْدُونَ بِدِرْهَمَيْنِ وَيَرُوحُونَ بِدِرْهَمَيْنِ يَبِيعُ أَحَدُهُمْ دِينَهُ بِثَمَنِ الْعَنْزِ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص