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tabarani:21249 – [Chain 1] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī And ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ b. al-Jarrāḥ > Um Ghurāb > Āmraʾah Yuqāl Lahā ʿAqīlah > Salāmah b. al-Ḥur Ukht Kharshah b. al-Ḥur

[Machine] About Salamah bint al-Hurr, the sister of Kharshah bint al-Hurr, she said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'A time will come upon people when they will stand for prayer and not find an Imam to lead them.'"  

الطبراني:٢١٢٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ وَعُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ ثنا وَكِيعُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ حَدَّثَتْنَا أُمُّ غُرَابٍ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا عَقِيلَةُ

عَنْ سَلَامَةَ بِنْتِ الْحُرِّ أُخْتِ خَرْشَةَ بِنْتِ الْحُرِّ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ يَقُومُونَ سَاعَةً لَا يَجِدُونَ إِمَامًا يُصَلِّي لَهُمْ»  

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abudawud:581 – Hārūn b. ʿAbbād al-Azdī > Marwān > Ṭalḥah Um Ghurāb > ʿAqīlah Āmraʾah from Banī Fazārah Mawlāh Lahum > Salāmah b. al-Ḥur Ukht Kharashah b. al-Ḥur al-Fazārī

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: One of the signs of the Last Hour will be that people in a mosque will refuse to act as imam and will not find an imam to lead them in prayer.  

أبو داود:٥٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الأَزْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ حَدَّثَتْنِي طَلْحَةُ أُمُّ غُرَابٍ

عَنْ عَقِيلَةَ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ بَنِي فَزَارَةَ مَوْلاَةٌ لَهُمْ عَنْ سَلاَمَةَ بِنْتِ الْحُرِّ أُخْتِ خَرَشَةَ بْنِ الْحُرِّ الْفَزَارِيِّ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يَتَدَافَعَ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ لاَ يَجِدُونَ إِمَامًا يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ  

ibnmajah:982 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Um Ghurāb > Āmraʾah Yuqāl Lahā ʿAqīlah > Salāmah b. al-Ḥur Ukht Kharashah

“I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: ‘A time will come when the people will stand for a long time and will not be able to find any Imam to lead them in prayer.”  

ابن ماجة:٩٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ أُمِّ غُرَابٍ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا عَقِيلَةُ عَنْ سَلاَمَةَ بِنْتِ الْحُرِّ أُخْتِ خَرَشَةَ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ يَقُومُونَ سَاعَةً لاَ يَجِدُونَ إِمَامًا يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ  

ahmad:27137 – Wakīʿ > Um Ghurāb > Āmraʾah Yuqāl Lahā ʿAqīlah > Salāmah b.at al-Ḥur

“I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: ‘A time will come when the people will stand for a long time and will not be able to find any Imam to lead them in prayer.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 982)   

أحمد:٢٧١٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ غُرَابٍ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا عَقِيلَةُ عَنْ سَلَامَةَ بْنَتِ الْحُرِّ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ يَقُومُونَ سَاعَةً لَا يَجِدُونَ إِمَامًا يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ