46. Book of Tribulations and Great Wars
٤٦۔ كِتَابُ الْفِتَنِ وَالْمَلَاحِمِ
[Machine] "He informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The Hour will not be established until a fire comes out of the land of Hijaz, which will illuminate the necks of camels in Busra.' Adh-Dhahabi remained silent about it in his summary."
أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ نَارٌ بِأَرْضِ الْحِجَازِ تُضِيءُ مِنْهَا أَعْنَاقُ الْإِبِلِ بِبُصْرَى» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
[Machine] "I do not fight until they come to me with a sword that has two eyes, a tongue, and lips, recognizing the disbeliever from the believer. I have strived and I know what Jihad is, and I do not prevail by myself if there is a man better than me."
«لَا أُقَاتِلُ حَتَّى يَأْتُونِي بِسَيْفٍ لَهُ عَيْنَانِ وَلِسَانٌ وَشَفَتَانِ يَعْرِفُ الْكَافِرَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِ قَدْ جَاهَدْتُ وَأَنَا أَعْرِفُ الْجِهَادَ وَلَا أَنْجَعُ بِنَفْسِي إِنْ كَانَ رَجُلًا خَيْرًا مِنِّي»
[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said, "The Ummah (Muslim nation) will continue to be on the right path as long as three things do not occur: the knowledge is not lost among them, the offspring of evil do not increase among them, and the Qassarun do not emerge among them." They asked, "Who are the Qassarun, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "They are people who will appear near the end of time, and their greeting to each other will be cursing."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تَزَالُ الْأُمَّةُ عَلَى شَرِيعَةٍ مَا لَمْ تَظْهَرْ فِيهِمْ ثَلَاثٌ مَا لَمْ يُقْبَضْ مِنْهُمُ الْعِلْمُ وَيَكْثُرُ فِيهِمْ وَلَدُ الْخَبَثِ وَيَظْهَرُ فِيهِمُ السَّقَّارُونَ قَالُوا وَمَا السَّقَّارُونَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «بَشَرٌ يَكُونُونَ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ تَكُونُ تَحِيَّتُهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا تَلَاقَوِا التَّلَاعُنُ»
The Prophet ﷺ said: This people of mine is one to which mercy is shown. It will have no punishment in the next world, but its punishment in this world will be trials, earthquakes and being killed. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4278)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أُمَّتِي أُمَّةٌ مَرْحُومَةٌ لَا عَذَابَ عَلَيْهَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ عَذَابَهَا فِي الدُّنْيَا الْقَتْلَ وَالزَّلَازِلَ وَالْفِتَنَ»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Lightning strikes will increase as the Hour approaches. The people will wake up and say, 'So-and-so was struck yesterday,' and they will say, 'So-and-so has been struck.'"
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «تَكْثُرُ الصَّوَاعِقُ عِنْدَ اقْتِرَابِ السَّاعَةِ فَيُصْبِحُ الْقَوْمُ فَيَقُولُونَ مِنْ صُعِقَ الْبَارِحَةَ فَيَقُولُونَ صُعِقَ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ»
[Machine] It was said: "O Abu Abdullah, what do you command us to do when the worshippers are being killed?" He said: "I command you to look for the farthest house from your location and take refuge in it. If the enemy enters upon you, you say: 'Oh no, this sin is mine and yours,' and you will be like the son of Adam."
قِيلَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَا تَأْمُرُنَا إِذَا اقْتَتَلَ الْمُصَلُّونَ؟ قَالَ آمُرُكَ أَنْ تَنْظُرَ أَقْصَى بَيْتٍ مِنْ دَارِكَ فَتَلِجُ فِيهِ فَإِنْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْكَ فَتَقُولُ هَا بُؤْ بِإِثْمِي وَإِثْمِكَ فَتَكُونُ كَابْنِ آدَمَ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The Hour will not come until sections of the Arabs are swallowed up, and it will be said, 'Who is left from the tribe of so and so?'” He said, "So I knew when he said 'sections' that he was referring to the Arabs, because non-Arabs are ascribed to their villages."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُخْسَفَ بِقَبَائِلَ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ فَيُقَالُ مَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْ بَنِي فُلَانٍ قَالَ «فَعَرَفْتُ حِينَ قَالَ قَبَائِلَ أَنَّهَا الْعَرَبُ لِأَنَّ الْعَجَمَ تُنْسَبُ إِلَى قُرَاهَا»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "In my ummah there will be disasters, transformations, and throwing." If Abu Zubayr heard from Abdullah bin Umar, then it is authentic according to the condition of Muslim, and they did not exclude it according to the condition of Muslim.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فِي أُمَّتِي خَسْفٌ وَمَسْخٌ وَقَذْفٌ» إِنْ كَانَ أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ سَمِعَ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ فَإِنَّهُ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ على شرط مسلم
[Machine] It is as if I am a traveler who has arrived among you, in a situation between orphans and widows, and between what Allah has bestowed upon their fathers. So the wealth says to us...
كَأَنِّي بِرَاكِبٍ قَدْ نَزَلَ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ حَالَ بَيْنَ الْيَتَامَى وَالْأَرَامِلِ وَبَيْنَ مَا أَفَاءَ اللَّهُ عَلَى آبَائِهِمْ فَقَالَ الْمَالُ لَنَا
[Machine] The prayer was performed, so he stood up and we stood up with him. We entered the mosque and saw people in Rukoo' (bowing). He recited the Takbeer (saying "Allahu Akbar"), performed Rukoo' and walked. We did the same as he did. Then, a man hurriedly passed by and said, "Peace be upon you, O Abu Abdur Rahman." He replied, "May Allah make it true, and may His Messenger ﷺ convey it." After we finished praying, he returned home and his family entered. We sat in our places waiting for him until he came out. Some of us said to each other, "Who will ask him?" Tariq said, "I will ask him." So Tariq asked him and he replied, "The man gave you the Salutation and you returned it, 'May Allah make it true, and may His Messenger ﷺ convey it.'" Abdullah said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Before the Hour comes, there will be private greetings and widespread trade, until a woman will help her husband in business and a man will take his wealth to the corners of the earth and return saying, 'I have not gained anything.'" At this point, Ath-Thahabi remained silent in his summarization.
قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَقَامَ وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ فَدَخَلْنَا الْمَسْجِدَ فَرَأَى النَّاسَ رُكُوعًا فِي مُقَدَّمِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَكَبَّرَ وَرَكَعَ وَمَشَى وَفَعَلْنَا مِثْلَ مَا فَعَلَ قَالَ فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ مُسْرِعٌ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَبَلَّغَ رَسُولُهُ ﷺ فَلَمَّا صَلَّيْنَا رَجَعَ فَوَلَجَ أَهْلَهُ وَجَلَسْنَا فِي مَكَانِهِ نَنْتَظِرُهُ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ أَيُّكُمْ يَسْأَلُهُ؟ قَالَ طَارِقٌ أَنَا أَسْأَلُهُ فَسَأَلَهُ طَارِقٌ فَقَالَ سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكَ الرَّجُلُ فَرَدَدْتَ عَلَيْهِ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَبَلَّغَ رَسُولُهُ ﷺ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ تَسْلِيمَ الْخَاصَّةِ وَفُشُوَّ التِّجَارَةِ حَتَّى تُعِينَ الْمَرْأَةُ زَوْجَهَا عَلَى التِّجَارَةِ وَحَتَّى يَخْرُجَ الرَّجُلُ بِمَالِهِ إِلَى أَطْرَافِ الْأَرْضِ فَيَرْجِعُ فَيَقُولُ لَمْ أَرْبَحْ شَيْئًا سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
[Machine] "I entered the mosque with Abdullah one day, and we found the people in the state of bowing in prayer. A man passed by and greeted us, saying, 'May Allah and His Messenger be truthful.' I asked him about this, and he said, 'The Hour (Day of Judgment) will not come until the mosques are used as roads, and a person greets another person based on their acquaintance, and women and their husbands engage in trade openly, and horses and women become widespread, and then they will commit wrongdoings until the Day of Resurrection.'"
دَخَلْتُ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَوْمًا الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا الْقَوْمُ رُكُوعٌ فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تُتَّخَذَ الْمَسَاجِدُ طُرُقًا وَحَتَّى يُسَلِّمَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ بِالْمَعْرِفَةِ وَحَتَّى تَتْجَرَ الْمَرْأَةُ وَزَوْجُهَا وَحَتَّى تَغْلُو الْخَيْلُ وَالنِّسَاءُ ثُمَّ تَرْخُصَ فَلَا تَغْلُو إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of people in times of trials is a man who holds onto the reins of his horse or camel, or he said, holds onto the knot of his horse's bridle, and goes behind the enemies of Allah, frightening them and being frightened by them. Or a man who isolates himself in a desert, fulfilling the rights of Allah the Exalted, which are on him."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ فِي الْفِتَنِ رَجُلٌ آخِذٌ بِعِنَانِ فَرَسِهِ أَوْ قَالَ بِرَسَنِ فَرَسِهِ خَلْفَ أَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ يُخِيفُهُمْ وَيُخِيفُونَهُ أَوْ رَجُلٌ مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي بَادِيَتِهِ يُؤَدِّي حَقَّ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ
I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The (system) of night and day would not end until the people have taken to the worship of Lat and 'Uzza. I said: Messenger of Allah, I think when Allah has revealed this verse:" He it is Who has sent His Messenger with right guidance, and true religion, so that He may cause it to prevail upon all religions, though the polytheists are averse (to it)" (ix. 33), it implies that (this promise) is going to be fulfilled. Thereupon he (Allah's Apostle) said: It would happen as Allah would like. Then Allah would send the sweet fragrant air by which everyone who has even a mustard grain of faith in Him would die and those only would survive who would have no goodness in them. And they would revert to the religion of their forefathers. (Using translation from Muslim 2907a)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَذْهَبُ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ حَتَّى تُعْبَدَ اللَّاتُ وَالْعُزَّى» فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَظُنُّ حِينَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ} [التوبة 33] أَنَّ ذَلِكَ يَكُونُ تَامًّا فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ رِيحًا طَيِّبًا فَيُتَوَفَّى مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَيَبْقَى مَنْ لَا خَيْرَ فِيهِ فَيَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى دَيْنِ آبَائِهِمْ»
[Machine] My family, when they enjoyed their dinner and settled down to sleep, woke up to find themselves dead on their beds. It was said, "O father of so-and-so, are you not rich?" He replied, "Yes, but I heard Abu Dhar saying that soon, my nephew, if you live long enough, you will see a man being envied for his comfortable situation, just like today people envy a rich man. And soon, if you live long enough, you will see a man whom the Sultan does not recognize, does not bring closer, and does not honor, being envied, just like today the Sultan recognizes him, brings him closer, and honors him." And soon, my nephew, if you live long enough, you will see a funeral passing through the market, and the man will raise his head and say, "I wish I were in their place." I asked, "Do you know what will happen to them?" He replied, "According to what they used to do." I said, "Indeed, that is in the presence of a great matter." He said, "Yes, indeed, a great, great, great matter."
أَنَّ أَهْلِي حِينَ تَعَشَّوْا عَشَاءَهُمْ وَاغْتَبَقُوا غَبُوقَهُمْ أَصْبَحُوا مَوْتَى عَلَى فُرُشِهِمْ قِيلَ يَا أَبَا فُلَانٍ أَلَسْتَ عَلَى غِنًى؟ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ يُوشِكُ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي إِنْ عِشْتَ إِلَى قَرِيبٍ أَنْ تَرَى الرَّجُلَ يُغْبَطَ بِخِفَّةِ الْحَالِ كَمَا يُغْبَطُ الْيَوْمَ أَبُو الْعَشَرَةِ الرِّجَالِ وَيُوشِكُ إِنْ عِشْتَ إِلَى قَرِيبٍ أَنْ تَرَى الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي لَا يَعْرِفُهُ السُّلْطَانُ وَلَا يُدْنِيهُ وَلَا يُكْرِمُهُ يُغْبَطُ كَمَا يُغْبَطُ الْيَوْمَ الَّذِي يَعْرِفُهُ السُّلْطَانُ وَيُدْنِيهِ وَيُكْرِمُهُ وَيُوشِكُ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي إِنْ عِشْتَ إِلَى قَرِيبٍ أَنْ يَمُرَّ بِالْجَنَازَةِ فِي السُّوقِ فَيَرْفَعُ الرَّجُلُ رَأْسَهُ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي عَلَى أَعْوَادِهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ تَدْرِي مَا بِهِمْ؟ قَالَ «عَلَى مَا كَانَ» قُلْتُ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَمْرٍ عَظِيمٍ قَالَ «أَجَلْ عَظِيمٌ عَظِيمٌ عَظِيمٌ»
[Machine] I heard Salamah bin Nufayl Al-Sakooni saying: "He was one of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ . We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when a man came and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, have you brought food from the sky?' He said, 'I have been brought cooked food.' The man asked, 'Did you receive any favor because of it?' He replied, 'Yes.' The man asked, 'What was done with it?' He said, 'It was raised up to the sky while it was being revealed to me that I will not stay among you for long, and you will not stay after me for long. Rather, you will continue until you start saying: 'How long will it take?' Then, new generations will come, and some of you will kill others, and there will be severe deaths before the Day of Judgment, and after that, there will be years of earthquakes."
سَمِعْتُ سَلَمَةَ بْنَ نُفَيْلٍ السَّكُونِيَّ يَقُولُ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ هَلْ أُتِيتَ بِطَعَامٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ؟ فَقَالَ «أُتِيتُ بِطَعَامٍ مُسْخِنَةٍ» قَالَ فَهَلْ كَانَ فِيهِ فَضْلٌ عَنْكَ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ فَمَا فُعِلَ بِهِ؟ قَالَ «رُفِعَ حَتَّى إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ يُوحِي إِلَيَّ أَنَّنِي غَيْرُ لَابِثٍ فِيكُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا وَلَسْتُمْ لَابِثِينَ بَعْدِي إِلَّا قَلِيلًا بَلْ تَلْبَثُونَ حَتَّى تَقُولُوا حَتَّى مَتَى ثُمَّ تَأْتُونَ أَفْنَادًا وَيُفْنِي بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا وَبَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ مَوْتَانٌ شَدِيدٌ وَبَعْدَهُ سَنَوَاتُ الزَّلَازِلِ»
[Machine] "He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'The Hour will not be established upon my Ummah until some of its tribes join the disbelievers and until some of its tribes worship idols.' Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in his summary."
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَنْ تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي حَتَّى تَلْحَقَ قَبَائِلُ مِنْهَا بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ وَحَتَّى تَعْبُدَ قَبَائِلُ مِنْهَا الْأَوْثَانَ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
[Machine] "Beware of trials, for no one can withstand them. By Allah, no one has ever confronted a trial without being destroyed by it, just as a flood destroys a dam. It is deceptive at first, until the ignorant say, 'This is only a passing resemblance.' Then its true nature becomes clear. So when you see it, gather in your homes, break your swords, cut your bowstrings, and cover your faces."
«إِيَّاكَ وَالْفِتَنَ لَا يَشْخَصْ لَهَا أَحَدٌ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا شَخَصَ مِنْهَا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا نَسَفَتْهُ كَمَا يَنْسِفُ السَّيْلُ الدِّمَنَ إِنَّهَا مُشْبِهَةٌ مُقْبِلَةً حَتَّى يَقُولَ الْجَاهِلُ هَذِهِ تُشْبِهُ مُقْبِلَةً وَتَتَبَيَّنَ مُدْبِرَةً فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهَا فَاجْتَمِعُوا فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ وَاكْسِرُوا سُيُوفَكُمْ وَقَطِّعُوا أَوْتَارَكُمْ وَغَطُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ»
[Machine] "The first Fitnah occurred and none of those who witnessed the Battle of Badr remained, then the second Fitnah occurred and none of those who witnessed the Incident of Hudaybiyyah remained, and I believe that if a third Fitnah were to occur, it would not be resolved, as there are many evil people among the people." Ibn al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in his summary.
«ثَارَتِ الْفِتْنَةُ الْأُولَى فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ كَانَتِ الْفِتْنَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةَ أَحَدٌ وَأَظُنُّ لَوْ كَانَتْ فِتْنَةٌ ثَالِثَةٌ لَمْ تُرْفَعْ وَفِي النَّاسِ طَبَاخٌ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
[Machine] "From the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, that he said: There will be a fitnah (trial) in which the people will embrace Islam, or he said: The best of people will be those in it, the Western armies. Thus, I have come to Egypt."
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَتَكُونُ فِتْنَةٌ أَسْلَمُ النَّاسِ فِيهَا أَوْ قَالَ لَخَيْرُ النَّاسِ فِيهَا الْجُنْدُ الْغَرْبِيُّ «فَلِذَلِكَ قَدِمْتُ مِصْرَ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This religion will continue to stand, and Muslims will fight for it until the Hour is established."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ قَائِمًا يُقَاتِلُ عَلَيْهِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A group from my ummah will remain victorious on the truth until the Day of Judgment."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تَزَالُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرِينَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ»