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bukhari:5301ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān

(a companion of Messenger of Allah ﷺ) Messenger of Allah ﷺ, holding out his middle and index fingers, said, "My advent and the Hour's are like this (or like these)," namely, the period between his era and the Hour is like the distance between those two fingers, i.e., very short.  

البخاري:٥٣٠١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ

أَبُو حَازِمٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بُعِثْتُ أَنَا وَالسَّاعَةَ كَهَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ أَوْ كَهَاتَيْنِ وَقَرَنَ بَيْنَ السَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى