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ahmad:20490Rawḥ > ʿUthmān al-Shaḥḥām > Muslim b. Abū Bakarah from his father

There would soon be turmoil. Behold! there would be turmoil in which the one who would be seated would be better than one who would stand and the one who would stand would be better than one who would run. Behold! when the turmoil comes or it appears, the one who has camel should stick to his camel and he who has sheep or goat should stick to his sheep and goat and he who has land should stick to the land. A person said: 'Messenger of Allah, what is your opinion about one who has neither camel nor sheep nor land? Thereupon, he said: He should take hold of his sword and beat its edge with the help of stone and then try to find a way of escape. O Allah, I have conveyed (Thy Message) ; O Allah, I have conveyed (Thy Message) ; O Allah, I have conveyed (Thy Message). A person said: Messenger of Allah, what is your opinion if I am drawn to a rank in spite of myself, or in one of the groups and made to march and a man strikes with his sword or there comes an arrow and kills me? Thereupon he said: He will bear the punishment of his sin and that of yours and he would be one amongst the denizens of Hell. (Using translation from Muslim 2887a)   

أحمد:٢٠٤٩٠حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ الشَّحَّامُ حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ فِتَنٌ ثُمَّ تَكُونُ فِتْنَةٌ أَلَا فَالْمَاشِي فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّاعِي إِلَيْهَا أَلَا وَالْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَائِمِ فِيهَا أَلَا وَالْمُضْطَجِعُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَاعِدِ أَلَا إِذَا نَزَلَتْ فَمَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ غَنَمٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِغَنَمِهِ أَلَا وَمَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِأَرْضِهِ أَلَا وَمَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ إِبِلٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِإِبِلِهِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ جَعَلَنِي اللهُ فِدَاءَكَ أَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ لَيْسَتْ لَهُ غَنَمٌ وَلَا أَرْضٌ وَلَا إِبِلٌ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ؟ قَالَ لِيَأْخُذْ سَيْفَهُ ثُمَّ لِيَعْمِدْ بِهِ إِلَى صَخْرَةٍ ثُمَّ لِيَدُقَّ عَلَى حَدِّهِ بِحَجَرٍ ثُمَّ لِيَنْجُ إِنْ اسْتَطَاعَ النَّجَاءَ اللهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ؟ اللهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ؟ إِذْ قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ جَعَلَنِي اللهُ فِدَاءَكَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ أُخِذَ بِيَدِي مُكْرَهًا حَتَّى يُنْطَلَقَ بِي إِلَى أَحَدِ الصَّفَّيْنِ أَوْإِحْدَى الْفِئَتَيْنِ عُثْمَانُ يَشُكُّ فَيَحْذِفُنِي رَجُلٌ بِسَيْفِهِ فَيَقْتُلَنِي مَاذَا يَكُونُ مِنْ شَأْنِي؟ قَالَ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِهِ وَيَكُونُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ  


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muslim:2887aAbū Kāmil al-Jaḥdarī Fuḍayl b. Ḥusayn > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿUthmān al-Shaḥḥām > Ānṭalaqt

There would soon be turmoil. Behold! there would be turmoil in which the one who would be seated would be better than one who would stand and the one who would stand would be better than one who would run. Behold! when the turmoil comes or it appears, the one who has camel should stick to his camel and he who has sheep or goat should stick to his sheep and goat and he who has land should stick to the land. A person said: 'Messenger of Allah, what is your opinion about one who has neither camel nor sheep nor land? Thereupon, he said: He should take hold of his sword and beat its edge with the help of stone and then try to find a way of escape. O Allah, I have conveyed (Thy Message) ; O Allah, I have conveyed (Thy Message) ; O Allah, I have conveyed (Thy Message). A person said: Messenger of Allah, what is your opinion if I am drawn to a rank in spite of myself, or in one of the groups and made to march and a man strikes with his sword or there comes an arrow and kills me? Thereupon he said: He will bear the punishment of his sin and that of yours and he would be one amongst the denizens of Hell.  

مسلم:٢٨٨٧aحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ فُضَيْلُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ الشَّحَّامُ قَالَ انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَفَرْقَدٌ السَّبَخِيُّ إِلَى مُسْلِمِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ وَهُوَ فِي أَرْضِهِ فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْنَا هَلْ سَمِعْتَ أَبَاكَ يُحَدِّثُ فِي الْفِتَنِ حَدِيثًا قَالَ نَعَمْ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ فِتَنٌ أَلاَ ثُمَّ تَكُونُ فِتْنَةٌ الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمَاشِي فِيهَا وَالْمَاشِي فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّاعِي إِلَيْهَا أَلاَ فَإِذَا نَزَلَتْ أَوْ وَقَعَتْ فَمَنْ كَانَ لَهُ إِبِلٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِإِبِلِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ غَنَمٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِغَنَمِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِأَرْضِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ إِبِلٌ وَلاَ غَنَمٌ وَلاَ أَرْضٌ قَالَ يَعْمِدُ إِلَى سَيْفِهِ فَيَدُقُّ عَلَى حَدِّهِ بِحَجَرٍ ثُمَّ لْيَنْجُ إِنِ اسْتَطَاعَ النَّجَاءَ اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ أُكْرِهْتُ حَتَّى يُنْطَلَقَ بِي إِلَى أَحَدِ الصَّفَّيْنِ أَوْ إِحْدَى الْفِئَتَيْنِ فَضَرَبَنِي رَجُلٌ بِسَيْفِهِ أَوْ يَجِيءُ سَهْمٌ فَيَقْتُلُنِي قَالَ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِهِ وَإِثْمِكَ وَيَكُونُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ  

hakim:8361Abū Dāwud al-Sijistānī > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Abū Dāwud > Sahl b. Bakkār > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿUthmān al-Shaḥḥām > Muslim b. Abū Bakrah > Abū Bakrah

There would soon be turmoil. Behold! there would be turmoil in which the one who would be seated would be better than one who would stand and the one who would stand would be better than one who would run. Behold! when the turmoil comes or it appears, the one who has camel should stick to his camel and he who has sheep or goat should stick to his sheep and goat and he who has land should stick to the land. A person said: 'Messenger of Allah, what is your opinion about one who has neither camel nor sheep nor land? Thereupon, he said: He should take hold of his sword and beat its edge with the help of stone and then try to find a way of escape. O Allah, I have conveyed (Thy Message) ; O Allah, I have conveyed (Thy Message) ; O Allah, I have conveyed (Thy Message). A person said: Messenger of Allah, what is your opinion if I am drawn to a rank in spite of myself, or in one of the groups and made to march and a man strikes with his sword or there comes an arrow and kills me? Thereupon he said: He will bear the punishment of his sin and that of yours and he would be one amongst the denizens of Hell. (Using translation from Muslim 2887a)   

الحاكم:٨٣٦١فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ ثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّ ثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ ثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ جَمِيعٌ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ الشَّحَّامِ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَلَا إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ فِتَنٌ ثُمَّ تَكُونُ فِتْنَةٌ الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَائِمِ وَالْقَائِمُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمَاشِي وَالْمَاشِي فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّاعِي إِلَيْهَا فَإِذَا نَزَلَتْ فَمَنْ كَانَ لَهُ إِبِلٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِإِبِلِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَ لَهُ غَنْمٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِغَنَمِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِأَرْضِهِ» فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ إِبِلٌ وَلَا غَنْمٌ وَلَا أَرْضٌ؟ قَالَ «فَلْيَأْخُذْ حَجَرًا فَلْيَدُقَّ بِهِ عَلَى حَدِّ سَيْفِهِ ثُمَّ لِيَنْجُ إِنِ اسْتَطَاعَ النَّجَاةَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ» ثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ أُكْرِهْتُ حَتَّى يُنْطَلَقَ بِي إِلَى أَحَدِ الصَّفَّيْنِ أَوْ إِلَى أَحَدِ الْفِئَتَيْنِ فَيَرْمِينِي رَجُلٌ بِسَهْمٍ أَوْ يَضْرِبُنِي بِسَيْفٍ فَيَقْتُلُنِي قَالَ «يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِهِ وَإِثْمِكَ فَيَكُونُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ» قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًاصحيح  

bayhaqi:16797[Chain 1] Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAmr al-Razzāz > Muḥammad b. ʿUbaydullāh > Ibn al-Munādī > Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > al-Ḥārith b. Abū Usāmah > Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah > ʿUthmān al-Shaḥḥām > Muslim b. Abū Bakrah > Abū Bakrah

[Machine] The prophet of Allah ﷺ said: "There will be trials, and then there will be greater trials. Indeed, the one who walks in them is better than the one who runs towards them, and the one who sits in them is better than the one who stands in them, and the one who lies down in them is better than the one who sits. So when they come, let those who have livestock join their livestock, and let those who have land join their land, and let those who have camels join their camels." A man from the people said: "O Prophet of Allah, what about someone who has neither livestock nor camels, what should he do?" He said: "Let him take his sword and strike it against a rock, then let him hit the edge of it with a stone, then let him throw himself off with it, if he can, seeking to save himself. O Allah, have I conveyed (this message)? O Allah, have I conveyed (this message)?" Then a man said: "O Prophet of Allah, what if someone is taken against his will until he is brought to one of the two armies - 'Uthman doubtfully throws me, and a man kills me with his sword - what will be my status?" He said: "He will bear his sin and the sin of the one who forced him, and he will be among the people of the Fire."  

البيهقي:١٦٧٩٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرَّزَّازُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ هُوَ ابْنُ الْمُنَادِي ثنا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ ثنا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ الشَّحَّامُ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ فِتَنٌ ثُمَّ تَكُونُ فِتْنَةٌ أَلَا فَالْمَاشِي فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّاعِي إِلَيْهَا أَلَا وَالْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَائِمِ فِيهَا أَلَا وَالْمُضْطَجِعُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَاعِدِ أَلَا فَإِذَا نَزَلَتْ فَمَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ غَنَمٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِغَنَمِهِ أَلَا وَمَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِأَرْضِهِ أَلَا وَمَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ إِبِلٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِإِبِلِهِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ جَعَلَنِي اللهُ فِدَاءَكَ أَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ غَنَمٌ وَلَا إِبِلٌ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ؟ قَالَ فَلْيَأْخُذْ سَيْفَهُ ثُمَّ لِيَعْمَدْ بِهِ إِلَى صَخْرَةٍ ثُمَّ لِيَدُقَّهُ عَلَى حَدِّهِ بِحَجَرٍ ثُمَّ لِيَنْجُ بِهِ إِنِ اسْتَطَاعَ النَّجَاةَ اللهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ اللهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ جَعَلَنِي اللهُ فِدَاءَكَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ أُخِذَ بِيَدِي مُكْرَهًا حَتَّى يُنْطَلَقَ بِي إِلَى أَحَدِ الصَّفَّيْنِ أَوْ أَحَدِ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ عُثْمَانُ شَكَّ فَيَحْذِفُنِي رَجُلٌ بِسَيْفِهِ فَيَقْتُلُنِي مَاذَا يَكُونُ مِنْ شَأْنِي؟ قَالَ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِهِ وَيَكُونُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ  

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السيوطي:٧٩٥٣a

"إِنَّها ستكُونُ فِتنٌ، أَلَا ثُمَّ تكُون فتْنَةٌ، المضطجعُ فيها خيرٌ منَ الجالس، والجالسُ خيْرٌ مَنَ القائِم، والقائِمُ خيرٌ مِنَ الماشى، والماشى فيها خيرٌ من السَّاعى إِلْيها، أَلَا فإِذا نزلتْ أَوْ وَقَعتْ فمَنْ كانتْ له إِبِلٌ فلْيَلْحق بإِبله، ومَنْ كانتْ له غنمٌ فلْيلْحَق بغَنمه، ومَنْ كانتْ له أَرضٌ فلْيلْحَق بأَرْضه، ومن لم يكن له شئٌ من ذلك فلْيَعْمد إِلى سيْفهِ فيدُقَّ على حدِّه بحجرٍ، ثُمَّ لْينجُ إِنْ استطاع النجاءَ، اللهم هل بلَّغتُ اللهم هل بلغتُ".  

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