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ibnmajah:3961ʿImrān b. Mūsá al-Laythī > ʿAbd al-Wārith b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. Juḥādah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Tharwān > Huzayl b. Shuraḥbīl > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

“Before the Hour comes, there will be tribulation like pieces of black night, when a man will wake up as a believer but be a disbeliever by evening, or he will be a believer in the evening but will be a disbeliever by morning. And the one who is sitting will be better than the one who is standing, and the one who is standing will be better than the one who is walking, and the one who is walking will be better than the one who is running. So break your bows, cut their strings and strike your swords against rocks, and if anyone enters upon anyone of you, let him be like the better of the two sons of Adam. (i.e. the one killed, not the killer).”  

ابن ماجة:٣٩٦١حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى اللَّيْثِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُحَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَرْوَانَ عَنْ هُزَيْلِ بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَائِمِ وَالْقَائِمُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمَاشِي وَالْمَاشِي فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّاعِي فَكَسِّرُوا قِسِيَّكُمْ وَقَطِّعُوا أَوْتَارَكُمْ وَاضْرِبُوا بِسُيُوفِكُمُ الْحِجَارَةَ فَإِنْ دُخِلَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ فَلْيَكُنْ كَخَيْرِ ابْنَىْ آدَمَ  


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abudawud:4259Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wārith b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. Juḥādah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Tharwān > Huzayl > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Before the Last Hour there will be commotions like pieces of a dark night in which a man will be a believer in the morning and an infidel in the evening, or a believer in the evening and infidel in the morning. He who sits during them will be better than he who gets up and he who walks during them is better than he who runs. So break your bows, cut your bowstrings and strike your swords on stones. If people then come in to one of you, let him be like the better of Adam's two sons.  

أبو داود:٤٢٥٩حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُحَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَرْوَانَ عَنْ هُزَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَائِمِ وَالْمَاشِي فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّاعِي فَكَسِّرُوا قِسِيَّكُمْ وَقَطِّعُوا أَوْتَارَكُمْ وَاضْرِبُوا سُيُوفَكُمْ بِالْحِجَارَةِ فَإِنْ دُخِلَ يَعْنِي عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ فَلْيَكُنْ كَخَيْرِ ابْنَىْ آدَمَ  

abudawud:4262Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Fāris > ʿAffān b. Muslim > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Abū Kabshah > Abū Mūsá

The Prophet ﷺ said: Before you there will be commotions like pieces of a dark night in which a man will be a believer in the morning and an infidel in the evening. He who sits during them will be better than he who gets up, and he who gets up during them is better than he who walks, and he who walks during them is better than he who runs. They (the people) said: What do you order us to do? He replied: Keep to your houses.  

أبو داود:٤٢٦٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ الأَحْوَلُ عَنْ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا مُوسَى يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَائِمِ وَالْقَائِمُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمَاشِي وَالْمَاشِي فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّاعِي قَالُوا فَمَا تَأْمُرُنَا قَالَ كُونُوا أَحْلاَسَ بُيُوتِكُمْ  

ahmad:19662And Qāl

The Prophet ﷺ said: Before you there will be commotions like pieces of a dark night in which a man will be a believer in the morning and an infidel in the evening. He who sits during them will be better than he who gets up, and he who gets up during them is better than he who walks, and he who walks during them is better than he who runs. They (the people) said: What do you order us to do? He replied: Keep to your houses. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4262)  

أحمد:١٩٦٦٢قَالَ

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَائِمِ وَالْقَائِمُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمَاشِي وَالْمَاشِي فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّاعِي قَالُوا فَمَا تَأْمُرُنَا؟ قَالَ كُونُوا أَحْلَاسَ بُيُوتِكُمْ  

ahmad:19730ʿAbd al-Ṣamad from my father > Muḥammad b. Juḥādah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Tharwān > Huzayl b. Shuraḥbīl > Abū Mūsá

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Before the Last Hour there will be commotions like pieces of a dark night in which a man will be a believer in the morning and an infidel in the evening, or a believer in the evening and infidel in the morning. He who sits during them will be better than he who gets up and he who walks during them is better than he who runs. So break your bows, cut your bowstrings and strike your swords on stones. If people then come in to one of you, let him be like the better of Adam's two sons. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4259)  

أحمد:١٩٧٣٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُحَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَرْوَانَ عَنْ هُزَيْلِ بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَائِمِ وَالْقَائِمُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمَاشِي وَالْمَاشِي فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّاعِي فَاكْسِرُوا قِسِيَّكُمْ وَقَطِّعُوا أَوْتَارَكُمْ وَاضْرِبُوا بِسُيُوفِكُمُ الْحِجَارَةَ فَإِنْ دُخِلَ عَلَى أَحَدِكُمْ بَيْتَهُ فَلْيَكُنْ كَخَيْرِ ابْنَيْ آدَمَ  

hakim:8360Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh > Abū Dāwud Sulaymān b. al-Ashʿath al-Sijistānī > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Abū Kabshah > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

The Prophet ﷺ said: Before you there will be commotions like pieces of a dark night in which a man will be a believer in the morning and an infidel in the evening. He who sits during them will be better than he who gets up, and he who gets up during them is better than he who walks, and he who walks during them is better than he who runs. They (the people) said: What do you order us to do? He replied: Keep to your houses. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4262)  

الحاكم:٨٣٦٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ ثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْأَشْعَثِ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّ ثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ثَنَا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُ عَنْ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيَّ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَائِمِ وَالْقَائِمُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمَاشِي وَالْمَاشِي فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّاعِي إِلَيْهَا» قَالُوا فَمَا تَأْمُرُنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «كُونُوا أَحْلَاسَ بُيُوتِكُمْ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ وَهَكَذَا رَوَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺسكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ عِنْدَ الْفِتَنِ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَقْتُولًا لَا قَاتِلًا

ibnhibban:5962al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Jaʿfar b. Mihrān al-Sabbāk > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Muḥammad b. Juḥādah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Tharwān > Huzayl b. Shuraḥbīl > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

“Before the Hour comes, there will be tribulation like pieces of black night, when a man will wake up as a believer but be a disbeliever by evening, or he will be a believer in the evening but will be a disbeliever by morning. And the one who is sitting will be better than the one who is standing, and the one who is standing will be better than the one who is walking, and the one who is walking will be better than the one who is running. So break your bows, cut their strings and strike your swords against rocks, and if anyone enters upon anyone of you, let him be like the better of the two sons of Adam. (i.e. the one killed, not the killer).” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3961)  

ابن حبّان:٥٩٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ السَّبَّاكُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُحَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَرْوَانَ عَنْ هُزَيْلِ بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ لَفِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَائِمِ وَالْقَائِمُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمَاشِي وَالْمَاشِي خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّاعِي كَسِّرُوا قِسِيَّكُمْ وَقَطِّعُوا أَوْتَارَكُمْ وَاضْرِبُوا بِسُيُوفِكُمُ الْحِجَارَةَ فَإِنْ دُخِلَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ بَيْتَهُ فَلْيَكُنْ كَخَيْرِ ابْنَيْ آدَمَ»  

bayhaqi:16800Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wārith b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. Juḥādah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Tharwān > Huzayl > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Before the Last Hour there will be commotions like pieces of a dark night in which a man will be a believer in the morning and an infidel in the evening, or a believer in the evening and infidel in the morning. He who sits during them will be better than he who gets up and he who walks during them is better than he who runs. So break your bows, cut your bowstrings and strike your swords on stones. If people then come in to one of you, let him be like the better of Adam's two sons. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4259)   

البيهقي:١٦٨٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُحَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَرْوَانَ عَنْ هُزَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَائِمِ وَالْمَاشِي فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّاعِي فَكَسِّرُوا قِسِيَّكُمْ وَقَطِّعُوا أَوْتَارَكُمْ وَاضْرِبُوا سُيُوفَكُمْ بِالْحِجَارَةِ فَإِنْ دُخِلَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ فَلْيَكُنْ كَخَيْرِ ابْنَيْ آدَمَ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ هَذَا الْمَعْنَى  

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السيوطي:٦٤٣٦a

"إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَى السَّاعةِ فِتنًا كَقطَعٍ الَّليْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبحُ الرَّجُلُ فيها مُؤْمنًا، ويُمْسِى كَافرًا، ويُمْسِى مُؤْمنًا، ويُصْبحُ كَافِرًا، الْقَاعدُ فيها خَيْرٌ مِنَ القائم، والقائمُ فيها خيرٌ من الماشى، والماشى فيها خيرٌ من الساعى، فَكَسِّروا قِسِيَّكُمْ وقَطِّعُوا أَوْتاركم واضربُوا سيوفكم بالحجَارة، فإِن دُخِل على أَحدٍ منكم بَيْتُهُ فَلْيَكُنْ كَخَيْرِ ابْنَىْ آدَمَ".  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [هـ] ابن ماجة [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن أَبى موسى
suyuti:650-11bAbiá Mūsá
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السيوطي:٦٥٠-١١b

"عَنْ أَبِى مُوسَى قَالَ: إِنَّ بَعْدكُم فِتَنًا كَقِطَع اللَّيلِ المُظْلِم يُصْبِح الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِى كَافِرًا، وَيُمسى مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبح كَافِرًا، الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْر مِنَ الْقَائِم، وَالْقَائِم خَيْرٌ مَنِ الْمَاشِى، وَالْماشِى خَيْر مِنَ الراكِب، قَالُوا، فَمَا تَأمُرنَا؟ قَالَ: كُونُوا أَحْلَاسَ البُيُوتِ".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة ونعيم ابن حماد