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ذِكْرُ تَخَوِّفِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ عَلَى أُمَّتِهِ مُجَانَبَتِهِمُ الطَّرِيقَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ بِانْقِيَادِهِمْ لِلْأَئِمَّةِ الْمُضِلِّينَ

ibnhibban:4570Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Yūsuf Abū Ḥamzah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Zanjūwayh > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Ashʿath al-Ṣanʿānī > Shaddād b. Aws

[Machine] "The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, 'Verily, I do not fear for my nation except for the misguided leaders. And when the sword is brandished among my people, it will not be lifted from them until the Day of Resurrection.'"  

ابن حبّان:٤٥٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ أَبُو حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ زَنْجُوَيْهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَشْعَثِ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ قَالَ قَالَ

نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَا أَخَافُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي إِلَّا الْأَئِمَّةَ الْمُضِلِّينَ وَإِذَا وُضِعَ السَّيْفُ فِي أُمَّتِي لَمْ يُرْفَعْ عَنْهُمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»  


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tirmidhi:2202Qutaybah > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū Asmāʾ > Thawbān

"When the sword is imposed on my Ummah, it shall not be removed from it until the Day of Resurrection."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٢٠٢حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا وُضِعَ السَّيْفُ فِي أُمَّتِي لَمْ يُرْفَعْ عَنْهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ  

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