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مسند أحمد
الإمام أحمد بن حنبل (ت ٢٤١ هـ)

Musnad Ahmad 23328

حديث حذيفة بن اليمان (1) عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
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Musnad AhmadHadith 23328Ungradedمسند أحمدرقم ٢٣٣٢٨حديث حذيفة بن اليمان (1) عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم

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حدثنا أبو المغيرة، حدثنا صفوان، حدثنا السفر بن نسير الأزدي، وغيره، عن حذيفة بن اليمان أنه قال: يا رسول الله، إنا كنا في شر فذهب الله بذلك الشر، وجاء بالخير على يديك، فهل بعد الخير من شر؟ قال: " نعم "، قال: ما هو؟ قال: " فتن كقطع الليل المظلم يتبع بعضها بعضا، تأتيكم مشتبهة كوجوه البقر لا تدرون أيا من أي "

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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 #23328 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.

Commentaries by classical hadith scholars. The Arabic texts are shown as published.