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ibnmajah:3959Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > ʿAwf > al-Ḥasan > Asīd b. al-Mutashammis > Abū Mūsá

“Before the Hour comes there will be Harj.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah, what is Harj?” He said: “Killing.” Some of the Muslims said: “O Messenger of Allah, now we kill such and such a number of idolaters in one year.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “That will not be like killing the idolaters, rather you will kill one another, until a man will kill his neighbor and son of the cousin and a relative.” Some of the people said: “O Messenger of Allah, will we be in our right minds that day?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “No, reason will be taken away from most of the people at that time, and there will be left the insignificant people who have no reason.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٩٥٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ حَدَّثَنَا أَسِيدُ بْنُ الْمُتَشَمِّسِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى

حَدَّثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ السَّاعَةِ لَهَرْجًا قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْهَرْجُ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نَقْتُلُ الآنَ فِي الْعَامِ الْوَاحِدِ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ بِقَتْلِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَكِنْ يَقْتُلُ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا حَتَّى يَقْتُلَ الرَّجُلُ جَارَهُ وَابْنَ عَمِّهِ وَذَا قَرَابَتِهِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَعَنَا عُقُولُنَا ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تُنْزَعُ عُقُولُ أَكْثَرِ ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ وَيَخْلُفُ لَهُ هَبَاءٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ لاَ عُقُولَ لَهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ الأَشْعَرِيُّ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَظُنُّهَا مُدْرِكَتِي وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ مَا لِي وَلَكُمْ مِنْهَا مَخْرَجٌ إِنْ أَدْرَكَتْنَا فِيمَا عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا نَبِيُّنَا ﷺ إِلاَّ أَنْ نَخْرُجَ كَمَا دَخَلْنَا فِيهَا  


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ahmad:19492ʿAbd al-Ṣamad And ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbdullāh al-Raqāshī > al-Ashʿarī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, before the Hour, there will be turmoil." They asked: "What is the turmoil?" He said: "Killing." They said: "More than how we kill each other normally?" He said: "Yes, we will kill every year more than seventy thousand. However, it will not be your killing of the polytheists, but rather killing among yourselves." They asked: "Will we have intellects at that time?" He said: "No, at that time intellects will be taken away from the people and they will be left like the dust, and most of them will think that they are upon something while they are upon nothing." A'ffan mentioned this hadith and Abu Musa said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, I do not find for me and you a way out of it, if it reaches us, except that we leave it as we entered it – without shedding blood or taking wealth."  

أحمد:١٩٤٩٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ حِطَّانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الرَّقَاشِيِّ عَنِ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ الْهَرْجَ قَالُوا وَمَا الْهَرْجُ؟ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ قَالُوا أَكْثَرُ مِمَّا نَقْتُلُ إِنَّا لَنَقْتُلُ كُلَّ عَامٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِقَتْلِكُمُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَكِنْ قَتْلُ بَعْضِكُمْ بَعْضًا قَالُوا وَمَعَنَا عُقُولُنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ؟ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَتُنْزَعُ عُقُولُ أَهْلِ ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ وَيُخَلَّفُ لَهُ هَبَاءٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَحْسِبُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَلَيْسُوا عَلَى شَيْءٍ قَالَ عَفَّانُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا أَجِدُ لِي وَلَكُمْ مِنْهَا مَخْرَجًا إِنْ أَدْرَكَتْنِي وَإِيَّاكُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ نَخْرُجَ مِنْهَا كَمَا دَخَلْنَا فِيهَا لَمْ نُصِبْ مِنْهَا دَمًا وَلَا مَالًا  

ahmad:19717ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbdullāh al-Raqāshī > Abū Mūsá

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Indeed, before the Hour, there will be turmoil." They asked, "What is the turmoil?" He said, "Killing." They said, "More than what we kill? We kill more than seventy thousand in a year." He said, "It is not your killing of polytheists, but killing one another." They asked, "What will be our condition then?" He said, "The minds of most people during that time will be taken away, and they will be left with nothing but emptiness. They will think they are upon something, but they are not upon anything." Abu Musa said, "By the One in whose hand my soul is, I do not find a way for you out of it other than that we come out as we entered, without shedding blood or taking any wealth."  

أحمد:١٩٧١٧حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ حِطَّانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الرَّقَاشِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ الْهَرْجَ فَقَالُوا وَمَا الْهَرْجُ؟ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ قَالُوا أَكْثَرُ مِمَّا نَقْتُلُ إِنَّا لَنَقْتُلُ فِي الْعَامِ الْوَاحِدِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِقَتْلِكُمُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَكِنْ قَتْلُ بَعْضِكُمْ بَعْضًا قَالُوا وَمَعَنَا عُقُولُنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ؟ قَالَ إِنَّهُ يُنْزَعُ عُقُولُ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ وَيُخَلَّفُ لَهُ هَبَاءٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَحْسَبُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ أَنَّهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَلَيْسُوا عَلَى شَيْءٍ قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا أَجِدُلِي وَلَكُمْ مِنْهَا مَخْرَجًا إِنْ أَدْرَكَتْنِي وَإِيَّاكُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ نَخْرُجَ مِنْهَا كَمَا دَخَلْنَاهَا لَمْ نُصِبْ فِيهَا دَمًا وَلَا مَالًا  

hakim:8587Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Musaddad > al-Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > Ḥumayd > al-Ḥasan > Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbdullāh al-Raqāshī > Um Aqbalūā Maʿ Abū Mūsá Ghuzāh Falammā Nazalūā Manzil > Kunnā

[Machine] "Before the Day of Judgment, there will be chaos," they asked, "What is the chaos, O Amir?" He replied, "Killing." We said, "We already kill. We kill more than one hundred thousand a year, if Allah wills." He said, "I am not referring to your killing of the polytheists, but rather killing each other." We said, "But we have our minds at that time." Abu Musa said, "Most people will lose their minds at that time, and they will be replaced with worthless people who think they are on something, but they are on nothing. By Allah, I do not find any guidelines for me or for you if that happens to me and to you, in what we recite from our Lord's book and what our prophet entrusted to us, to avoid going astray as others did."  

الحاكم:٨٥٨٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى ثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حُمَيْدًا ثَنَا الْحَسَنُ حَدَّثَنِي حِطَّانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّقَاشِيُّ أَنَّهُمْ أَقْبَلُوا مَعَ أَبِي مُوسَى غُزَاةً فَلَمَّا نَزَلُوا مَنْزِلًا قَالَ «كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ

أَنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ هَرْجًا» قَالُوا وَمَا الْهَرْجُ أَيُّهَا الْأَمِيرُ؟ قَالَ «الْقَتْلُ» قُلْنَا أَكْثَرُ مَا نَقْتُلُ إِنَّا نَقْتُلُ فِي السَّنَةِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ أَلْفٍ قَالَ «لَيْسَ قَتْلُكُمُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَكِنْ قَتْلُ بَعْضِكُمْ بَعْضًا» قَالَ قُلْنَا وَمَعَنَا عُقُولُنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى «تُنْزَعُ عُقُولُ أَكْثَرِ ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ وَيُخَلَّفُ هَبَاءً مِنَ النَّاسِ يَحْسَبُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَلَيْسُوا عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَجِدُ لِي وَلَكُمْ إِنْ هِيَ أَدْرَكَتْنِي وَإِيَّاكُمْ فِيمَا نَقْرَأُ مِنْ كِتَابِ رَبِّنَا وَفِيمَا عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا نَبِيُّنَا أَنْ لَا نَخْرُجَ مِنْهَا كَمَا دَخَلْنَا فِيهَا»  

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