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Musnad Ahmad 18439

حديث النعمان بن بشير (1) عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
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Musnad AhmadHadith 18439Ungradedمسند أحمدرقم ١٨٤٣٩حديث النعمان بن بشير (1) عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم

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حدثنا إسماعيل، عن يونس، عن الحسن، أن النعمان بن بشير، كتب إلى قيس بن الهيثم: إنكم إخواننا، وأشقاؤنا، وإنا شهدنا، ولم تشهدوا، وسمعنا، ولم تسمعوا، وإن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، كان يقول: " إن بين يدي الساعة فتنا كأنها قطع الليل المظلم، يصبح الرجل فيها مؤمنا، ويمسي كافرا، ويبيع فيها أقوام خلاقهم بعرض من الدنيا "

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Edition Musnad al-Imam Ahmad, ed. Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut et al., Mu'assasat al-Risala, 1995-2001 (OpenITI Shamela0025794); numbering of that edition. Al-Arna'ut's grading footnotes are not in the digital text.

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #18439 in Musnad Ahmad.

[Core Subject]: The Hour (al-Sa'ah) is the moment this world ends. Everything alive dies, the universe is undone, and then comes the resurrection. The Quran mentions it again and again, and the Prophet ﷺ spoke of the signs that come before it.

[Described Characteristics]: It comes suddenly, while people are busy with their lives: one man is selling cloth, another is fixing his water trough, another is lifting food to his mouth, and none of them finishes. Before it come signs, small ones that spread slowly and ten great ones that come close together.

[Timeline & Context]: Only Allah knows. The Quran says its knowledge is with Him alone, and when Jibril asked the Prophet ﷺ, he answered: the one asked knows no more than the one asking. Any date or countdown contradicts this.

[Prophetic Practice]: A man asked, 'When is the Hour?' The Prophet ﷺ asked back, 'What have you prepared for it?' The real question is our own preparation, not the date.

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