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tabarani:18160Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Anmāṭī > Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn > Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah > Ismāʿīl > Qays > al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Some of my followers will remain victorious (and on the right path) till the Last Day comes, and they will still be victorious." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3640)  

الطبراني:١٨١٦٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْأَنْمَاطِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ ثنا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَزَالُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرِينَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُمْ أَمْرُ اللهِ وَهُمْ ظَاهِرُونَ»  


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bukhari:3640ʿAbdullāh b. Abū al-Aswad > Yaḥyá > Ismāʿīl > Qays > al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Some of my followers will remain victorious (and on the right path) till the Last Day comes, and they will still be victorious."  

البخاري:٣٦٤٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسٌ سَمِعْتُ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَزَالُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرِينَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُمْ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ وَهُمْ ظَاهِرُونَ  

bukhari:7459Shihāb b. ʿAbbād > Ibrāhīm b. Ḥumayd > Ismāʿīl > Qays > al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Some people from my followers will continue to be victorious over others till Allah's Order (The Hour) is established." (See Hadith No. 414)  

البخاري:٧٤٥٩حَدَّثَنَا شِهَابُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ يَزَالُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي قَوْمٌ ظَاهِرِينَ عَلَى النَّاسِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُمْ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ  

bukhari:7311ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Ismāʿīl > Qays > al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "A group of my follower swill remain predominant (victorious) till Allah's Order (the Hour) comes upon them while they are still predominant (victorious).  

البخاري:٧٣١١حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَزَالُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرِينَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُمْ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ وَهُمْ ظَاهِرُونَ  

muslim:1921a[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ [Chain 2] Ibn Numayr > Wakīʿ Waʿabdah > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid [Chain 3] Ibn Abū ʿUmar > Marwān / al-Fazārī > Ismāʿīl > Qays > al-Mughīrah

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: A group of people from my Umma will continue to be triumphant over the people until the Command of Allah overtakes them while they are still triumphant.  

مسلم:١٩٢١aوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَعَبْدَةُ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ يَعْنِي الْفَزَارِيَّ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَنْ يَزَالَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرِينَ عَلَى النَّاسِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُمْ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ وَهُمْ ظَاهِرُونَ  

ahmad:18135Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd Abū Yūsuf > Ismāʿīl > Qays > al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: A group of people from my Umma will continue to be triumphant over the people until the Command of Allah overtakes them while they are still triumphant. (Using translation from Muslim 1921a)   

أحمد:١٨١٣٥حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ أَبُو يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَزَالُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي قَوْمٌ ظَاهِرِينَ عَلَى النَّاسِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُمْ أَمْرُ اللهِ وَهُمْ ظَاهِرُونَ  

ahmad:16912

[Machine] "And I heard him say, 'There will always be a group from my nation who will be upon the truth, unaffected by those who oppose them, until the command of Allah comes while they are still in that state among the people.'"  

أحمد:١٦٩١٢

وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لَا تَزَالُ أُمَّةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرِينَ عَلى الْحَقِّ لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ اللهِ وَهُمْ ظَاهِرُونَ عَلَى النَّاسِ  

ahmad:22403Yūnus > Ḥammād / Ibn Zayd > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū Asmāʾ > Thawbān

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A group among my Ummah will continue to follow the truth and prevail, and those who oppose them will not be able to harm them, until the command of Allah comes to pass." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 10)   

أحمد:٢٢٤٠٣حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا تَزَالُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي عَلَى الْحَقِّ ظَاهِرِينَ لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ اللهِ  

ahmad:18166Yazīd > Ismāʿīl / Ibn Abū Khālid > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim > al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "There will always be a group of people from my nation who will fight for the truth openly, until the command of Allah (swt) comes to them."  

أحمد:١٨١٦٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَزَالُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي يُقَاتِلُونَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ ظَاهِرِينَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُمْ أَمْرُ اللهِ ﷻ  

ahmad:18203Yaḥyá > Ismāʿīl > Qays > al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: A group of people from my Umma will continue to be triumphant over the people until the Command of Allah overtakes them while they are still triumphant. (Using translation from Muslim 1921a)   

أحمد:١٨٢٠٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَنْ يَزَالَ أُنَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرِينَ عَلَى النَّاسِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُمْ أَمْرُ اللهِ وَهُمْظَاهِرُونَ  

darimi:2476Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim > al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: A group of people from my Umma will continue to be triumphant over the people until the Command of Allah overtakes them while they are still triumphant. (Using translation from Muslim 1921a)   

الدارمي:٢٤٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرِينَ عَلَى النَّاسِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ وَهُمْ ظَاهِرُونَ»  

darimi:2477Abū Bakr b. Bashhār > Abū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī > Hammām > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah > Sulaymān b. al-Rabīʿ > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb > Samiʿtuh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There will always be people from my Ummah (nation) who will continue to be apparent upon the truth."  

الدارمي:٢٤٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَزَالُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرِينَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ»