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tabarani:15210[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh from my father > Jarīr b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd [Chain 2] Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājy > Maḥmūd b. Zunbūr > Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ > Layth b. Abū Sulaym > Abū al-Yaqẓān > Zādhān > ʿĀbis al-Ghifārī

[Machine] We were with him above a rent he had, and a group passed by who were carrying something. He said, "Who are these?" It was said, "They are fleeing from the plague." He said, "Oh plague, take me, oh plague, take me, oh plague, take me." His cousin's son said to him, and he had a companion who wished for death, and I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "None of you should wish for death, for indeed, the death is the last action of the believer; it does not return, so he regrets it?" He said, "Oh son of my cousin, I hasten to something I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that will happen in the end of times that my nation will fear: the rule of fools, the abundance of police forces, the trivialization of blood, the severance of family ties, and a growth in which they will take the Quran as songs, and they will give precedence to a man who is not the most knowledgeable or the most understanding of their religion, and among them will be someone who is more knowledgeable and more understanding than him, but they will prefer him to entertain them with singing."  

الطبراني:١٥٢١٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ رَاهَوَيْهِ ثنا أَبِي ثنا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجيُّ ثنا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ زُنْبُورٍ ثنا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ لَيْثِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْيَقْظَانِ عَنْ زَاذَانَ عَنْ عَابِسٍ الْغِفَارِيِّ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَهُ فَوْقَ أَجَارٍ لَهُ فَمَرَّ قَوْمٌ يَتَحَمَّلُونَ فَقَالَ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قِيلَ يَفِرُّونَ مِنَ الطَّاعُونِ فَقَالَ يَا طَاعُونُ خُذْنِي يَا طَاعُونُ خُذْنِي يَا طَاعُونُ خُذْنِي فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ أَخٍ لَهُ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ تَمَنَّى الْمَوْتَ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَتَمَنَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ فَإِنَّ الْمَوْتَ آخِرُ عَمَلِ الْمُؤْمِنِ لَا يَرْجِعُ فَيُسْتَعْتَبُ؟» فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي إِنِّي أُبَادِرُ خِلَالًا سَمِعْتُهُنَّ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تَكُنَّ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ يَتَخَوَّفْهُنَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِهِ «إِمَارَةُ السُّفَهَاءِ وَكَثْرَةُ الشُّرَطِ واسْتِخْفَافٌ بِالدَّمِ وَقَطِيعَةُ الرَّحِمِ وَنَشْوٌ يَنْشَأُ يَتَّخِذُونَ الْقُرْآنَ مَزَامِيرَ يُقَدِّمُونَ الرَّجُلَ لَيْسَ بِأَفْقَهِهِمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَا بِأَعْلَمِهِمْ وَفِيهِمْ مَنْ هُوَ أَفْقَهُ مِنْهُمْ وَأَعْلَمُ يُقَدِّمُونَهُمْ لِيُغَنِّيَهُمْ غِنَاءً»  


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ahmad:16040Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sharīk b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmayr > Zādhān Abū ʿUmar > ʿUlaym

[Machine] We were sitting on a rooftop with a man from the companions of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ . He said, "I know only one of them, Abas Al-Ghafari, and people are going out during the plague." Abas said, "O plague, take me three times." Ali asked him, "Why do you say this? Did not the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'None of you should wish for death because of a calamity that befalls him; but if he has to wish for death, he should say: O Allah! Keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and let me die if death is better for me'?" Abas replied, "Indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Hasten to meet death in six instances: The rule of fools, abundance of police, selling judgments, belittling of bloodshed, cutting off kinship ties, and when people make the Qur'an into songs, and they consider it as if they are singing it, even if there are others among them who have more knowledge than them.'"  

أحمد:١٦٠٤٠حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ زَاذَانَ أَبِي عُمَرَ عَنْ عُلَيْمٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عَلَى سَطْحٍ مَعَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ يَزِيدُ لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا عَبْسًا الْغِفَارِيَّ وَالنَّاسُ يَخْرُجُونَ فِي الطَّاعُونِ فَقَالَ عَبَسٌ يَا طَاعُونُ خُذْنِي ثَلَاثًا يَقُولُهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عُلَيْمٌ لِمَ تَقُولُ هَذَا؟ أَلَمْ يَقُلْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَتَمَنَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ فَإِنَّهُ عِنْدَ انْقِطَاعِ عَمَلِهِ وَلَا يُرَدُّ فَيُسْتَعْتَبَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ بَادِرُوا بِالْمَوْتِ سِتًّا إِمْرَةَ السُّفَهَاءِ وَكَثْرَةَ الشُّرَطِ وَبَيْعَ الْحُكْمِ وَاسْتِخْفَافًا بِالدَّمِ وَقَطِيعَةَ الرَّحِمِ وَنَشْوًا يَتَّخِذُونَ الْقُرْآنَ مَزَامِيرَ يُقَدِّمُونَهُ يُغَنِّيهِمْ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَقَلَّ مِنْهُمْ فِقْهًا  

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السيوطي:٦٥٤-١١١b

"عَنْ زَاذَنَ، عَنْ عَلِيمٍ، قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَهُ عَلَى سَطْحٍ، وَمَعَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي أَيَّامِ الطَّاعُونِ، فَجَعَلَتِ الْجَنَائِزُ تَمُرُّ، فَقَالَ: يَا طَاعُونُ خُذْنِي، فَقَالَ عَلِيمٌ: ألَمْ يَقُلْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَتَمَنَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ، فَإِنَّهُ عِنْدَ انْقِطَاعِ عَمَلِهِ وَلا يُرَدُّ فيستعتب، فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: بَادرُوا بِالَمْوتِ سِتًا: إِمْارَةَ السُّفَهَاءِ، وَكَثْرَةَ الشرطِ، وَبَيْعَ الْحُكْمِ، وَاسْتِخْفَافًا بِالدَّمِ، وَنُشُوءًا يَتَّخذِوُن الْقُرْآنَ "مَزَامِيرَ" "من أمير" يُقدمُونَهُ ليغنيهم، وَإنْ كَانَ أَقَلَّهُمْ فِقْهًا".  

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