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bukhari:5577Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas

I heard from Messenger of Allah ﷺ a narration which none other than I will narrate to you. The Prophet, said, "From among the portents of the our are the following: General ignorance (in religious affairs) will prevail, (religious) knowledge will decrease, illegal sexual intercourse will prevail, alcoholic drinks will be drunk (in abundance), men will decrease and women will increase so much so that for every fifty women there will be one man to look after them."  

البخاري:٥٥٧٧حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا لاَ يُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِهِ غَيْرِي قَالَ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ وَيَقِلَّ الْعِلْمُ وَيَظْهَرَ الزِّنَا وَتُشْرَبَ الْخَمْرُ وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ وَيَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِخَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً قَيِّمُهُنَّ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ  


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bukhari:81Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas > Lʾuḥaddithannakum Ḥadīth Lā Yuḥaddithukum Aḥad Baʿdī

I will narrate to you a Hadith and none other than I will tell you about after it. I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: From among the portents of the Hour are (the following): -1. Religious knowledge will decrease (by the death of religious learned men). -2. Religious ignorance will prevail. -3. There will be prevalence of open illegal sexual intercourse. -4. Women will increase in number and men will decrease in number so much so that fifty women will be looked after by one man.  

البخاري:٨١حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

لأُحَدِّثَنَّكُمْ حَدِيثًا لاَ يُحَدِّثُكُمْ أَحَدٌ بَعْدِي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يَقِلَّ الْعِلْمُ وَيَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ وَيَظْهَرَ الزِّنَا وَتَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِخَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً الْقَيِّمُ الْوَاحِدُ  

bukhari:5231Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar al-Ḥawḍī > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas

I will narrate to you a Habith I heard from Messenger of Allah ﷺ and none other than I will tell you of it. I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "From among the portents of the Hour are the following: Religious knowledge will be taken away; General ignorance (in religious matters) will increase; illegal Sexual intercourse will prevail: Drinking of alcoholic drinks will prevail. Men will decrease in number, and women will increase in number, so much so that fifty women will be looked after by one man."  

البخاري:٥٢٣١حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْحَوْضِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

لأُحَدِّثَنَّكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِهِ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ وَيَكْثُرَ الْجَهْلُ وَيَكْثُرَ الزِّنَا وَيَكْثُرَ شُرْبُ الْخَمْرِ وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ وَيَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِخَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً الْقَيِّمُ الْوَاحِدُ  

bukhari:6808Dāwud b. Shabīb > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

I will narrate to you a narration which nobody will narrate to you after me. I heard that from the Prophet. I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "The Hour will not be established" or said: "From among the portents of the Hour is that the religious knowledge will betaken away (by the death of religious Scholars) and general ignorance (of religion) will appear; and the drinking of alcoholic drinks will be very common, and (open) illegal sexual intercourse will prevail, and men will decrease in number while women will increase so much so that, for fifty women there will only be one man to look after them."  

البخاري:٦٨٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَنَسٌ قَالَ

لأُحَدِّثَنَّكُمْ حَدِيثًا لاَ يُحَدِّثُكُمُوهُ أَحَدٌ بَعْدِي سَمِعْتُهُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ وَإِمَّا قَالَ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ وَيَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ وَيُشْرَبَ الْخَمْرُ وَيَظْهَرَ الزِّنَا وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ وَيَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِلْخَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً الْقَيِّمُ الْوَاحِدُ  

tirmidhi:2205Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

"I shall narrate a Hadith to you that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, which none after me shall narrate that he heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." [He said:] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Indeed, among the signs of the Hour are that knowledge shall be raised up, ignorance shall be rampant, Zina shall abound, Khamr shall be drunk, women shall increase and men shall decrease such that fifty women will be supported by one man."  

الترمذي:٢٢٠٥حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ أُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يُحَدِّثُكُمْ أَحَدٌ بَعْدِي أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ وَيَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ وَيَفْشُوَ الزِّنَا وَتُشْرَبَ الْخَمْرُ وَيَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِخَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً قَيِّمٌ وَاحِدٌ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ibnmajah:4045Muḥammad b. Bashhār And Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

“Shall I not tell you a Hadith that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, which no one will tell you after me? I heard it from him (saying): ‘Among the portents of the Hour are that knowledge will be taken away and ignorance will prevail, illegal sex will become widespread and wine will be drunk, and men will disappear and women will be left, until there is one man in charge of fifty women.”  

ابن ماجة:٤٠٤٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

أَلاَ أُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِهِ أَحَدٌ بَعْدِي سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ وَيَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ وَيَفْشُوَ الزِّنَا وَيُشْرَبَ الْخَمْرُ وَيَذْهَبَ الرِّجَالُ وَيَبْقَى النِّسَاءُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِخَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً قَيِّمٌ وَاحِدٌ  

ahmad:14078Bahz > Hammām > Qatādahuʿan Anas

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Among the signs of the Hour is that Hamaam said, and it may be said, 'The Hour will not happen.' Hamaam said, 'Both of them I have heard, until knowledge is taken away, and ignorance appears, and wine is drunk, and fornication appears, and men decrease, and women increase, until there are fifty women for each male leader.'"  

أحمد:١٤٠٧٨حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُعَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ قَالَ هَمَّامٌ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ قَالَ هَمَّامٌ كِلَاهُمَا قَدْ سَمِعْتُ حَتَّى يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ وَيَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ وَتُشْرَبَ الْخَمْرُ وَيَظْهَرَ الزِّنَا وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ وَيَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِخَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً الْقَيِّمُ الْوَاحِدُ  

ahmad:13095Yazīd > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

“Shall I not tell you a Hadith that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, which no one will tell you after me? I heard it from him (saying): ‘Among the portents of the Hour are that knowledge will be taken away and ignorance will prevail, illegal sex will become widespread and wine will be drunk, and men will disappear and women will be left, until there is one man in charge of fifty women.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4045)   

أحمد:١٣٠٩٥حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

لَأُحَدِّثَنَّكُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ لَا يُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِهِ أَحَدٌ بَعْدِي سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ وَيَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ وَيُشْرَبَ الْخَمْرُ وَيَظْهَرَ الزِّنَا وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ وَيَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ قَيِّمَ خَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ  

ahmad:13230ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > Hishām / Ibn Sanbar Abū ʿAbdullāh > Qatādah > Anas

"I shall narrate a Hadith to you that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, which none after me shall narrate that he heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." [He said:] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Indeed, among the signs of the Hour are that knowledge shall be raised up, ignorance shall be rampant, Zina shall abound, Khamr shall be drunk, women shall increase and men shall decrease such that fifty women will be supported by one man." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2205)   

أحمد:١٣٢٣٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَنْبَرٍ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

لَأُحَدِّثَنَّكُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ لَا يُحَدِّثُكُمُوهُ أَحَدٌ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدِي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ وَيَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ وَيُشْرَبَ الْخَمْرُ وَيَظْهَرَ الزِّنَا وَتَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ وَيَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ فِي الْخَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً الْقَيِّمُ الْوَاحِدُ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ قِلَّةِ الرِّجَالِ، وَكَثْرَةِ النِّسَاءِ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ

ibnhibban:6768al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Hudbah b. Khālid > Hammām b. Yaḥyá > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

"I shall narrate a Hadith to you that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, which none after me shall narrate that he heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." [He said:] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Indeed, among the signs of the Hour are that knowledge shall be raised up, ignorance shall be rampant, Zina shall abound, Khamr shall be drunk, women shall increase and men shall decrease such that fifty women will be supported by one man." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2205)   

ابن حبّان:٦٧٦٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَوْمًا أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ لَا يُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِهِ أَحَدٌ بَعْدِي سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ أَوْ مِنْ شَرَائِطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ وَيَكْثُرَ الْجَهْلُ وَيُشْرَبَ الْخَمْرُ وَيَظْهَرَ الزِّنَى وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ وَتَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِخَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً قَيِّمٌ وَاحِدٌ»