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ahmad:24009-72Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > al-Ḥasan > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Qays Katab > Qays b. al-Haytham Ḥīn Māt Yazīd b. Muʿāwiyah Salām ʿAlayk Ammā Baʿd Faʾinnī

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: "Indeed, before the Hour, there will be trials like the dark night, and there will be trials like a piece of smoke. In these trials, a person's heart dies just as his body dies. In the morning, a person may be a believer, and by the evening, he becomes a disbeliever. And in the evening, a person may be a believer, and by the morning, he becomes a disbeliever. People will sell their religion and their morals for a small worldly gain. Verily, Yazid ibn Muawiyah has already died, and you are our brothers and our followers. So do not rush ahead of us in anything until we consult with ourselves."  

أحمد:٢٤٠٠٩-٧٢حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ أَنَّ الضَّحَّاكَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ كَتَبَ إِلَى قَيْسِ بْنِ الْهَيْثَمِ حِينَ مَاتَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ وَفِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ الدُّخَانِ يَمُوتُ فِيهَا قَلْبُ الرَّجُلِ كَمَا يَمُوتُ بَدَنُهُ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا يُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا يَبِيعُ فِيهَا أَقْوَامٌ خَلَاقَهُمْ وَدِينَهُمْ بِعَرَضٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٍ وَإِنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَدْ مَاتَ وَأَنْتُمْ إِخْوَتُنَا وَأَشِقَّاؤُنَا فَلَا تَسْبِقُونَا بِشَيْءٍ حَتَّى نَخْتَارُ لِأَنْفُسِنَا  


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ahmad:15753ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > al-Ḥasan > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Qays Katab > Qays b. al-Haytham Ḥīn Māt Yazīd b. Muʿāwiyah Salām ʿAlayk Ammā Baʿd Faʾinnī

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Indeed, before the Hour there will be tribulations like the dark pieces of the night, tribulations like the pieces of smoke. In it, the heart of a man will die just as his body dies. A person will wake up in the morning as a believer and by evening become a disbeliever, or will wake up in the evening as a believer and become a disbeliever in the morning. People will sell their morals and religion for a worldly possession. Verily, Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah has already died and you are our brothers and companions, so do not precede us until we consult among ourselves."  

أحمد:١٥٧٥٣حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ أَنَّ الضَّحَّاكَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ كَتَبَ إِلَى قَيْسِ بْنِ الْهَيْثَمِ حِينَ مَاتَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ الدُّخَانِ يَمُوتُ فِيهَا قَلْبُ الرَّجُلِ كَمَا يَمُوتُ بَدَنُهُ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا يَبِيعُ أَقْوَامٌ خَلَاقَهُمْ وَدِينَهُمْ بِعَرَضٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَدْ مَاتَ وَأَنْتُمْ إِخْوَانُنَا وَأَشِقَّاؤُنَا فَلَا تَسْبِقُونَا حَتَّى نَخْتَارَ لِأَنْفُسِنَا  

ahmad:18439Ismāʿīl > Yūnus > al-Ḥasaniʾan al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr Katab > Qays b. al-Haytham Innakum Ikhwānunā And ʾAshiqqāʾunā Waʾinnā Shahidnā Walam Tashhadūā

"Before the Hour there shall be Fitan like a portion of the dark night. Morning will come upon a man as a believer, who will be a disbeliever in the evening, and evening will come upon a believer, who will be a disbeliever in the morning, people will sell their religion for goods of the world." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2197)   

أحمد:١٨٤٣٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِأَنَّ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ كَتَبَ إِلَى قَيْسِ بْنِ الْهَيْثَمِ إِنَّكُمْ إِخْوَانُنَا وَأَشِقَّاؤُنَا وَإِنَّا شَهِدْنَا وَلَمْ تَشْهَدُوا

وَسَمِعْنَا وَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنًا كَأَنَّهَا قِطَعُ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيَبِيعُ فِيهَا أَقْوَامٌ خَلَاقَهُمْ بِعَرَضٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا  

hakim:8355al-Shaykh Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb And Qad > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Baḥr b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith And Ibn Lahīʿah > Zayd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Sinān b. Saʿd > Anas b. Mālik

"Before the Hour there shall be Fitan like a portion of the dark night. Morning will come upon a man as a believer, who will be a disbeliever in the evening, and evening will come upon a believer, who will be a disbeliever in the morning, people will sell their religion for goods of the world." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2197)   

الحاكم:٨٣٥٥حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْخُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ وَقَدْ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ وَابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ سِنَانِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنٌ كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا يَبِيعُ أَقْوَامٌ دِينَهُمْ بِعَرَضٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٍ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص  

hakim:6234al-Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al-Muzanī Imlāʾ > Abū Khalīfah al-Qāḍī > Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > al-Ḥasan > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Qays Katab > Qays b. al-Haytham Ḥayth Māt Yazīd b. Muʿāwiyah Salām ʿAlayk Ammā Baʿd Faʾinnī

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: "Indeed, before the Hour there will be trials like pieces of dark smoke. The heart of a person will die from it, just as his body dies. In the morning, a person will be a believer, and in the evening, he will be a disbeliever. Similarly, a person will be a believer in the evening, and in the morning, he will be a disbeliever. People will sell their religion for a small worldly gain."

And that you should consider him dead while you are his brothers and his companions amongst those trials.  

الحاكم:٦٢٣٤مَا حَدَّثَنَاهُ الشَّيْخُ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُزَنِيُّ إِمْلَاءً ثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ الْقَاضِي ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلُ ثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ أَنَّ الضَّحَّاكَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ كَتَبَ إِلَى قَيْسِ بْنِ الْهَيْثَمِ حَيْثُ مَاتَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ الدُّخَانِ يَمُوتُ مِنْهَا قَلْبُ الرَّجُلِ كَمَا يَمُوتُ بَدَنُهُ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا يَبِيعُ فِيهَا أَقْوَامٌ دِينَهُمْ بِعَرَضٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٍ» وَأَنْ يَزِيدَ قَدْ مَاتَ وَأَنْتُمْ إِخْوَانُنَا وَأَشِقَّاؤُنَا وَمِنْهَا  

tabarani:11075ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ṣāliḥ al-Tirmidhī > Jarīr > Layth > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās

"Before the Hour there shall be Fitan like a portion of the dark night. Morning will come upon a man as a believer, who will be a disbeliever in the evening, and evening will come upon a believer, who will be a disbeliever in the morning, people will sell their religion for goods of the world." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2197)  

الطبراني:١١٠٧٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا صَالِحٌ التِّرْمِذِيُّ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا يَبِيعُ فِيهَا قَوْمٌ دِينَهُمْ بِعَرَضٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا»  

tabarani:8135Abū Khalīfah al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb al-Jumaḥī > Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥumayd > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > al-Ḥasan > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Qays Katab > Qays b. al-Haytham Ḥīn Māt Yazīd b. Muʿāwiyah Salām ʿAlayk Ammā Baʿd Faʾinnī

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Verily, before the Hour, there will be tribulations like pieces of a dark night, in which a person's heart dies just as their body dies. In it, a man will wake up as a believer and by the evening he will be a disbeliever. And in it, a person will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening. People will sell their religion and their manners for a small worldly gain." And indeed, Yazid bin Mu'awiyah has already died, and you are our brothers and our companions, so do not rush ahead of us in anything until we consult ourselves.  

الطبراني:٨١٣٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْجُمَحِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ أَنَّ الضَّحَّاكَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ كَتَبَ إِلَى قَيْسِ بْنِ الْهَيْثَمِ حِينَ مَاتَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ الدُّخَانِ يَمُوتُ فِيهَا قَلْبُ الرَّجُلِ كَمَا يَمُوتُ بَدَنُهُ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا يَبِيعُ فِيهَا أَقْوَامٌ أَخْلَاقَهُمْ وَدِينَهُمْ بِعَرَضٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا» وَإِنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَدْ مَاتَ وَأَنْتُمْ إِخْوَانُنَا وَأَشِقَّاؤُنَا فَلَا تَسْبِقُونَا بِشَيْءٍ حَتَّى نَخْتَارَ لِأَنْفُسِنَا  

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السيوطي:٦٤٣٧a

"إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَى السَّاعةِ فتنًا كقطع الليل المظلم، فِتنًا كَقِطَع الدُّخَانِ، يمُوتُ فيها قَلْبُ الرَّجُلِ كما يموتُ بَدَنُهُ، يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فيها مُؤْمنًا ويمسِى كافِرًا، وَيُمْسِى مؤْمنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كِافرًا، يبيعُ فيها أَقوامٌ خَلَاقَهمُ وَدينَهُمْ بِعَرَضٍ من الدنيا".  

ابن سعد، [حم] أحمد [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن الضحاك بن قيس
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السيوطي:٤٣٠-٤٣b

"عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: هَذهِ فِتْنَةٌ قَدِ اطَّلَعَتْ كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْل الْمُظْلِم كُلَّمَا ذَهَبَ مِنْهَا رَسْلٌ بَدَا رَسْلٌ آخَر، يَمُوتُ فِيهَا قَلْبُ الرَّجُل كَمَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا بَدَنُهُ، يُصْبحُ الرَّجُلُ فيَهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِى كَافِرًا، وَيُمْسِى مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبحُ كَافِرًا، يَبيعُ فيهَا أقْوَامٌ دِينَهُمْ بعَرَضٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٍ".  

نعيم بن حماد في الفتن