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tabarani:14630[Chain 1] Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Najdah al-Ḥawṭī from my father [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Zakariyyā al-Īādī > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Najdah al-Ḥawṭī > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > Ṣafwān b. ʿAmr > Azhar b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥarrārī

[Machine] "From the Prophet ﷺ that he used to seek refuge in Allah from the turmoil of the East. It was said to him, 'What about the turmoil of the West?' He said, 'That is greater and more severe.'"  

الطبراني:١٤٦٣٠حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ نَجْدَةَ الْحَوْطِيُّ ثَنَا أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا الْإِيادِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ الْحَوْطِيُّ ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَزْهَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَرَّارِيِّ عَنْ عِصْمَةََ بْنِ قَيْسٍ السُّلَمِيِّ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَعَوَّذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَشْرِقِ قِيلَ لَهُ فَكَيْفَ فِتْنَةُ الْمَغْرِبِ؟ قَالَ «تِلْكَ أَعْظَمُ وَأَعْظَمُ»  


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suyuti:468-2b
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السيوطي:٤٦٨-٢b

"عَنْ عِصْمَةَ بن قَيْس السَّلمىَّ صَاحِب رَسُولِ الله ﷺ أنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَعَوَّذُ بالله مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَشْرِقِ، فَقِيل لَهُ: فَمَا الْمَغْرِبُ؟ قَالَ: تِلْكَ أَطَمُّ وَأَطَمُّ".  

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suyuti:468-3bʿIṣmah b. Qays
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السيوطي:٤٦٨-٣b

"عَنْ عِصْمَةَ بن قَيْس أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَعَوَّذُ بِالله مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَشْرِقِ وفتْنَة الْمَغْرِبِ في صَلَاتِهِ".  

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