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الإمام أحمد بن حنبل (ت ٢٤١ هـ)

Musnad Ahmad 21064

حديث خباب بن الأرت (1) عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
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Musnad AhmadHadith 21064Ungradedمسند أحمدرقم ٢١٠٦٤حديث خباب بن الأرت (1) عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم

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حدثنا إسماعيل، أخبرنا أيوب، عن حميد بن هلال، عن رجل، من عبد القيس كان مع الخوارج، ثم فارقهم، قال: دخلوا قرية، فخرج عبد الله بن خباب، ذعرا يجر رداءه، فقالوا: لم ترع؟ قال: والله لقد رعتموني. قالوا: أنت عبد الله بن خباب صاحب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم؟ قال: نعم. قال: فهل سمعت من أبيك، حديثا يحدثه عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم تحدثناه؟ قال: نعم، سمعته يحدث عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: أنه ذكر فتنة القاعد فيها خير من القائم، والقائم فيها خير من الماشي، والماشي فيها خير من الساعي، قال: " فإن أدركت ذاك، فكن عبد الله المقتول، قال أيوب: ولا أعلمه إلا قال، ولا تكن عبد الله القاتل ". قالوا: أنت سمعت هذا من أبيك يحدثه عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم؟ قال: نعم. قال: فقدموه على ضفة النهر، فضربوا عنقه فسال دمه كأنه شراك نعل ما ابذقر، وبقروا أم ولده عما في بطنها

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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 #21064 in Musnad Ahmad.

[Core Subject]: The Prophet ﷺ warned of trials (fitan) that will come like pieces of a dark night, one after another, so confusing that a man is a believer in the morning and a disbeliever by evening.

[Described Characteristics]: People sell their religion for a small worldly gain. In such trials, the one sitting is better than the one standing, and the one standing better than the one running toward it.

[Timeline & Context]: They began after the Prophet's ﷺ death and continue in waves.

[Prophetic Practice]: 'Hasten to good deeds before trials like pieces of a dark night.' Seek refuge from the trials, the seen and the unseen.

[Core Subject]: The Prophet ﷺ foretold a group who would recite the Quran but it would not go past their throats, and who would leave the religion as an arrow leaves its target. They appeared as the Khawarij.

[Described Characteristics]: Their prayer and fasting would make the Companions' look small, yet they would kill the people of Islam and leave the idol-worshippers alone. Among them would be a man with a deformed arm like a woman's breast.

[Timeline & Context]: They broke away from Ali (RA) after Siffin in 37 AH. Ali fought them at Nahrawan in 38 AH, and the man with the deformed arm was found among the dead, as described.

[Prophetic Practice]: Worship without understanding and mercy can go badly wrong. Be slow to judge other Muslims.

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