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قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَاتَّقُوا فِتْنَةً} [الأنفال: 25]

nasai-kubra:11142Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > al-Ḥasan > al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām

[Machine] When this verse was revealed [And fear a trial which will not strike those who have wronged among you exclusively] [Al-Anfal: 25], the Prophet ﷺ said, "And we are present on that day." I was amazed by this verse, what kind of trial is this? Until we saw it.  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١١٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {وَاتَّقُوا فِتْنَةً لَا تُصِيبَنَّ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْكُمْ خَاصَّةً} [الأنفال 25] الْآيَةَ قَالَ وَنَحْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُتَوَافِرُونَ قَالَ فَجَعَلْتُ أَتَعْجَبُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ أَيُّ فِتْنَةٍ تُصِيبُنَا مَا هَذِهِ الْفِتْنَةُ؟ حَتَّى رَأَيْنَاهَا  


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ahmad:1438Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Jarīr > al-Ḥasan

This verse was revealed when we were present with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ : ʿAnd fear the Fitnah (affliction and trial) which affects not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong (but it may afflict all the good and the bad people)ʿ. (al-Anfal [8:25]). We started saying: “What is this fitnah? And we never thought that it would happen as it did.”  

أحمد:١٤٣٨حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ قَالَ قَالَ

الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ وَنَحْنُ مُتَوَافِرُونَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ {وَاتَّقُوا فِتْنَةً لَا تُصِيبَنَّ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْكُمْ خَاصَّةً} [الأنفال 25] فَجَعَلْنَا نَقُولُ مَا هَذِهِ الْفِتْنَةُ؟ وَمَا نَشْعُرُ أَنَّهَا تَقَعُ حَيْثُ وَقَعَتْ آخِرُ حَدِيثِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ