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ahmad:7872 – Isḥāq b. Sulaymān > Ḥanẓalah b. Abū Sufyān > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "Ma adri kam ra'aytu aba hurayrata qa'iman fi as-suq yaqulu yuqbadu al-'ilmu wa tazharu al-fitnu wa yakthuru al-harju qala qila ya rasulallahi wama al-harju? Qala biyadihi hakadha wa harrafaha."

"I do not know how many times I saw Abu Huraira standing in the market saying, 'Knowledge will be taken away, turmoil will appear, and arguments will increase.' It was asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, what is turmoil?' He replied, by indicating with his hand, 'It is like this,' and he twisted his fingers."  

أحمد:٧٨٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ

مَا أَدْرِي كَمْ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَائِمًا فِي السُّوقِ يَقُولُ يُقْبَضُ الْعِلْمُ وَتَظْهَرُ الْفِتَنُ وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ قَالَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا الْهَرْجُ؟ قَالَ بِيَدِهِ هَكَذَا وَحَرَّفَهَا  

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ahmad:7549 – Ibn Numayr > Ḥanẓalah > Sālim > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Knowledge will be withdrawn, and turmoil will prevail, and disputes will increase." It was asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what is turmoil?" He said, "Killing."  

أحمد:٧٥٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمًا قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُقْبَضُ الْعِلْمُ وَتَظْهَرُ الْفِتَنُ وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا الْهَرْجُ؟ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ  

ahmad:10788 – Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ḥanẓalah > Sālim > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Knowledge will be taken away, turmoil will appear, and there will be much dispute." It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is turmoil?" He said, "By His hand, it means killing."  

أحمد:١٠٧٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا حَنْظَلَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمًا يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يُقْبَضُالْعِلْمُ وَتَظْهَرُ الْفِتَنُ وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا الْهَرْجُ؟ قَالَ بِيَدِهِ هَكَذَا يَعْنِي الْقَتْلَ