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bukhari:3517ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > Thawr b. Zayd > Abū al-Ghayth > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The hour will not be established unless a man from the tribe of Qahtan appears, driving the people with his stick (ruling them with violence and oppression)."  

البخاري:٣٥١٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْغَيْثِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَحْطَانَ يَسُوقُ النَّاسَ بِعَصَاهُ  


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bukhari:7117ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh > Sulaymān > Thawr > Abū al-Ghayth > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The Hour will not be established till a man from Qahtan appears, driving the people with his stick."  

البخاري:٧١١٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ ثَوْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْغَيْثِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَحْطَانَ يَسُوقُ النَّاسَ بِعَصَاهُ  

muslim:2910Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / Ibn Muḥammad > Thawr b. Zayd > Abū al-Ghayth > Abū Hurayrah

The Last Hour would not come before a person of Qahtan comes forth driving people with his stick.  

مسلم:٢٩١٠وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْغَيْثِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَحْطَانَ يَسُوقُ النَّاسَ بِعَصَاهُ  

tabarani:13198ʿAlī b. Saʿīd al-Rāzī > al-Ḥusayn b. ʿĪsá b. Maysarah al-Rāzī > Salamah b. al-Faḍl > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man from the Qahtan tribe will drive people with a stick."  

الطبراني:١٣١٩٨حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيَسُوقَنَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَحْطَانَ النَّاسَ بِعَصًا»