[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