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tabarani:349[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah > Misʿar > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Maysarah > Hilāl b. Yasāf > ʿAbdullāh b. Ẓālim > Saʿīd b. Zayd

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ mentioned a trial, meaning it was as dark as the darkest part of the night. He said, "People will disappear in it, as fast as a swift disappearance." It was asked, "Will all of them be destroyed?" He replied, "It will be enough for them to be killed."  

الطبراني:٣٤٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ثنا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يَسَافٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ ظَالِمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ

ذَكَرَ فِتْنَةً يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ فَقَالَ «يَذْهَبُ النَّاسُ فِيهَا أَسْرَعَ ذَهَابٍ» فَقِيلَ كُلُّهُمْ هَالِكٌ؟ قَالَ «حَسْبُهُمُ الْقَتْلُ»  


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Collected by Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
ahmad:1647Ḥammād b. Usāmah > Misʿar > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Maysarah > Hilāl b. Yisāf > ʿAbdullāh b. Ẓālim > Saʿīd b. Zayd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned trials like the darkness of the night that seems to be spreading. He said, "People may perish in it quickly." It was asked, "Will all of them perish or only some of them?" He said, "It will be enough for them or it will be decided by their murder."  

أحمد:١٦٤٧حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ أُسَامَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ هِلالِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ ظَالِمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ

ذَكَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِالْمُظْلِمِ أُرَاهُ قَالَ قَدْ يَذْهَبُ فِيهَا النَّاسُ أَسْرَعَ ذَهَابٍ قَالَ فَقِيلَ أَكُلُّهُمْ هَالِكٌ أَمْ بَعْضُهُمْ؟ قَالَ حَسْبُهُمْ أَوْ بِحَسْبِهِمْ الْقَتْلُ  

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السيوطي:١٤٩٨٩a

"سيكُونُ مِنْ بعْدِى فِتَنٌ كَقطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِم، يذْهبُ النَّاسُ فيهَا أسْرَعَ ذَهابٍ، فَقِيل: كُلهُمْ هالِكٌ؟ قَال: حَسْبُهُمُ الْقَتْلُ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن سعيد بن زيد