“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] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, before the Hour, there will be turmoil." They asked: "What is the turmoil?" He said: "Killing." They said: "More than how we kill each other normally?" He said: "Yes, we will kill every year more than seventy thousand. However, it will not be your killing of the polytheists, but rather killing among yourselves." They asked: "Will we have intellects at that time?" He said: "No, at that time intellects will be taken away from the people and they will be left like the dust, and most of them will think that they are upon something while they are upon nothing." A'ffan mentioned this hadith and Abu Musa said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, I do not find for me and you a way out of it, if it reaches us, except that we leave it as we entered it – without shedding blood or taking wealth."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ الْهَرْجَ قَالُوا وَمَا الْهَرْجُ؟ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ قَالُوا أَكْثَرُ مِمَّا نَقْتُلُ إِنَّا لَنَقْتُلُ كُلَّ عَامٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِقَتْلِكُمُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَكِنْ قَتْلُ بَعْضِكُمْ بَعْضًا قَالُوا وَمَعَنَا عُقُولُنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ؟ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَتُنْزَعُ عُقُولُ أَهْلِ ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ وَيُخَلَّفُ لَهُ هَبَاءٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَحْسِبُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَلَيْسُوا عَلَى شَيْءٍ قَالَ عَفَّانُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا أَجِدُ لِي وَلَكُمْ مِنْهَا مَخْرَجًا إِنْ أَدْرَكَتْنِي وَإِيَّاكُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ نَخْرُجَ مِنْهَا كَمَا دَخَلْنَا فِيهَا لَمْ نُصِبْ مِنْهَا 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".