“Before the Hour comes there will be Harj.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah, what is Harj?” He said: “Killing.” Some of the Muslims said: “O Messenger of Allah, now we kill such and such a number of idolaters in one year.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “That will not be like killing the idolaters, rather you will kill one another, until a man will kill his neighbor and son of the cousin and a relative.” Some of the people said: “O Messenger of Allah, will we be in our right minds that day?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “No, reason will be taken away from most of the people at that time, and there will be left the insignificant people who have no reason.”  

حَدَّثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ السَّاعَةِ لَهَرْجًا قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْهَرْجُ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نَقْتُلُ الآنَ فِي الْعَامِ الْوَاحِدِ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ بِقَتْلِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَكِنْ يَقْتُلُ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا حَتَّى يَقْتُلَ الرَّجُلُ جَارَهُ وَابْنَ عَمِّهِ وَذَا قَرَابَتِهِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَعَنَا عُقُولُنَا ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تُنْزَعُ عُقُولُ أَكْثَرِ ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ وَيَخْلُفُ لَهُ هَبَاءٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ لاَ عُقُولَ لَهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ الأَشْعَرِيُّ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَظُنُّهَا مُدْرِكَتِي وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ مَا لِي وَلَكُمْ مِنْهَا مَخْرَجٌ إِنْ أَدْرَكَتْنَا فِيمَا عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا نَبِيُّنَا ﷺ إِلاَّ أَنْ نَخْرُجَ كَمَا دَخَلْنَا فِيهَا  

[Machine] We accompanied Abu Musa from Isfahan, and we hurriedly arrived, and Uqaylah came. Abu Musa said, "Is there a young man who can climb this date-palm tree?" I said, "Yes." So, I climbed it and brought down the dates for him. Then, I came and sat with the people. He said, "Should I not narrate to you a Hadith that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to tell us?" We said, "Yes, may Allah have mercy on you." He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to tell us that among the signs of the Hour are Al-Harj." It was said, "What is Al-Harj?" He said, "Killing." They said, "It is more severe than what we are killing now?" He said, "It is not killing that you engage in. Rather, it is the killing that occurs among you until a man kills his neighbor, and a man kills his brother, and a man kills his uncle, and a man kills his cousin." They said, "Glory be to Allah! Our minds cannot comprehend such a thing." He said, "No, but it is the removal of the intellects of the people of that time. So much so that one of you may think that he is doing something, when he is not doing it." Then, by the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, I was afraid that you would come to know of these matters, and I would find no way out for me and for you except by what our Prophet ﷺ ordered us to do. Except that we leave it. As we entered it, we narrate nothing in it.  

أَقْبَلْنَا مَعَ أَبِي مُوسَى مِنْ أَصْبَهَانَ فَتَعَجَّلْنَا وَجَاءَتْ عُقَيْلَةُ فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى أَلَا فَتًى يُنْزِلُ كَنَّتَهُ؟ قَالَ يَعْنِي أَمَةَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ فَقُلْتُ بَلَى فَأَدْنَيْتُهَا مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ فَأَنْزَلْتُهَا ثُمَّ جِئْتُ فَقَعَدْتُ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحَدِّثُنَاهُ فَقُلْنَا بَلَى يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحَدِّثُنَا أَنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ الْهَرْجَ قِيلَ وَمَا الْهَرْجُ؟ قَالَ الْكَذِبُ وَالْقَتْلُ قَالُوا أَكْثَرُ مِمَّا نَقْتُلُ الْآنَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِقَتْلِكُمُ الْكُفَّارَ وَلَكِنَّهُ قَتْلُ بَعْضِكُمْ بَعْضًا حَتَّى يَقْتُلَ الرَّجُلُ جَارَهُ وَيَقْتُلَ أَخَاهُ وَيَقْتُلَ عَمَّهُ وَيَقْتُلَ ابْنَ عَمِّهِ قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ومَعَنَا عُقُولُنَا ‍‍‍؟ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنَّهُ يَنْزِعُ عُقُولَ أَهْلِ ذَاكُم الزَّمَانِ حَتَّى يَحْسَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنَّهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَلَيْسَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ تُدْرِكَنِي وَإِيَّاكُمْ تِلْكَ الْأُمُورُ وَمَا أَجِدُ لِي وَلَكُمْ مِنْهَا مَخْرَجًا فِيمَا عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا نَبِيُّنَا ﷺ إِلَّا أَنْ نَخْرُجَ مِنْهَا كَمَا دَخَلْنَاهَا لَمْ نُحْدِثْ فِيهَا شَيْئًا  

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Indeed, before the Hour, there will be turmoil." They asked, "What is the turmoil?" He said, "Killing." They said, "More than what we kill? We kill more than seventy thousand in a year." He said, "It is not your killing of polytheists, but killing one another." They asked, "What will be our condition then?" He said, "The minds of most people during that time will be taken away, and they will be left with nothing but emptiness. They will think they are upon something, but they are not upon anything." Abu Musa said, "By the One in whose hand my soul is, I do not find a way for you out of it other than that we come out as we entered, without shedding blood or taking any wealth."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ الْهَرْجَ فَقَالُوا وَمَا الْهَرْجُ؟ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ قَالُوا أَكْثَرُ مِمَّا نَقْتُلُ إِنَّا لَنَقْتُلُ فِي الْعَامِ الْوَاحِدِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِقَتْلِكُمُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَكِنْ قَتْلُ بَعْضِكُمْ بَعْضًا قَالُوا وَمَعَنَا عُقُولُنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ؟ قَالَ إِنَّهُ يُنْزَعُ عُقُولُ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ وَيُخَلَّفُ لَهُ هَبَاءٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَحْسَبُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ أَنَّهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَلَيْسُوا عَلَى شَيْءٍ قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا أَجِدُلِي وَلَكُمْ مِنْهَا مَخْرَجًا إِنْ أَدْرَكَتْنِي وَإِيَّاكُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ نَخْرُجَ مِنْهَا كَمَا دَخَلْنَاهَا لَمْ نُصِبْ فِيهَا دَمًا وَلَا مَالًا  

[Machine] "Before the Day of Judgment, there will be chaos," they asked, "What is the chaos, O Amir?" He replied, "Killing." We said, "We already kill. We kill more than one hundred thousand a year, if Allah wills." He said, "I am not referring to your killing of the polytheists, but rather killing each other." We said, "But we have our minds at that time." Abu Musa said, "Most people will lose their minds at that time, and they will be replaced with worthless people who think they are on something, but they are on nothing. By Allah, I do not find any guidelines for me or for you if that happens to me and to you, in what we recite from our Lord's book and what our prophet entrusted to us, to avoid going astray as others did."  

أَنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ هَرْجًا» قَالُوا وَمَا الْهَرْجُ أَيُّهَا الْأَمِيرُ؟ قَالَ «الْقَتْلُ» قُلْنَا أَكْثَرُ مَا نَقْتُلُ إِنَّا نَقْتُلُ فِي السَّنَةِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ أَلْفٍ قَالَ «لَيْسَ قَتْلُكُمُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَكِنْ قَتْلُ بَعْضِكُمْ بَعْضًا» قَالَ قُلْنَا وَمَعَنَا عُقُولُنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى «تُنْزَعُ عُقُولُ أَكْثَرِ ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ وَيُخَلَّفُ هَبَاءً مِنَ النَّاسِ يَحْسَبُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَلَيْسُوا عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَجِدُ لِي وَلَكُمْ إِنْ هِيَ أَدْرَكَتْنِي وَإِيَّاكُمْ فِيمَا نَقْرَأُ مِنْ كِتَابِ رَبِّنَا وَفِيمَا عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا نَبِيُّنَا أَنْ لَا نَخْرُجَ مِنْهَا كَمَا دَخَلْنَا فِيهَا»  

"قَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ إِنَ بَينَ يَدَى السَّاعَة لَهَرْجًا، قَاُلوا: وَمَا الهَرْجُ؟ قَالَ: القَتْل وَالْكَذبُ، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُول الله، قِيلَ أَكَثر مِمَّا نَقْتُل الآن مِنَ الكُفَّارِ، قَالَ إنه لَيْسَ بَقْتِلكم الكُفَّارَ، وَلَكِنْ يَقْتُل بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا، حَتَّى يَقْتُل الرَّجُلُ جَارَهُ وَأَخَاهُ وابن عَمِّه، فَأَبْلَس القَومُ حَتَى مَا يُبْدى رَجُلٌ مِنَّا عَن وَاضِحَةِ، قُلْنَا: وَمَعَنَا عُقُولنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ؟ ! ! قَالَ: تُنْزعُ عُقُولُ أَكْثر أَهْلِ ذَلِكَ الزَّمَان ويخلف هنات مِنَ النَّاس يَحْسب أَكثرهم أَنَّهُم عَلَى شَىْءٍ وَلَيْسُوا عَلَى شَىْءٍ".