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مسند أحمد
الإمام أحمد بن حنبل (ت ٢٤١ هـ)

Musnad Ahmad 3870

مسند عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله تعالى عنه
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Musnad AhmadHadith 3870Ungradedمسند أحمدرقم ٣٨٧٠مسند عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله تعالى عنه

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حدثنا أبو أحمد الزبيري، حدثنا بشير بن سلمان، عن سيار، عن طارق بن شهاب، قال: كنا عند عبد الله، جلوسا، فجاء رجل، فقال: قد أقيمت الصلاة. فقام وقمنا معه، فلما دخلنا المسجد، رأينا الناس ركوعا، في مقدم المسجد، فكبر وركع، وركعنا ثم مشينا، وصنعنا مثل الذي صنع، فمر رجل يسرع، فقال: عليك السلام يا أبا عبد الرحمن، فقال: صدق الله ورسوله ، فلما صلينا ورجعنا، دخل إلى أهله، جلسنا، فقال بعضنا لبعض: أما سمعتم رده على الرجل: صدق الله، وبلغت رسله، أيكم يسأله؟ فقال طارق: أنا أسأله، فسأله حين خرج، فذكر عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: " أن بين يدي الساعة تسليم الخاصة، وفشو التجارة، حتى تعين المرأة زوجها على التجارة، وقطع الأرحام، وشهادة الزور، وكتمان شهادة الحق، وظهور القلم "

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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 #3870 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.

[Core Subject]: The breakdown of family and community bonds before the Hour: severing ties of kinship (qati'at al-rahim), mistreating neighbors, giving false testimony, and concealing truthful witness.

[Described Characteristics]: In authentic narrations from Abdullah ibn Mas'ud and Anas (Musnad Ahmad 3870, al-Mustadrak 7043), the Prophet ﷺ counted among the signs before the Hour: the severing of blood ties, bad neighborliness, the spread of false testimony (shahadat al-zur), and the hiding of true testimony.

[Timeline & Context]: Grouped among the social and moral minor signs that spread when trust (amanah) is lost.

[Prophetic Practice]: Maintain family ties even with those who cut you off, honor your neighbor, and stand firm as a witness for justice (Qur'an 4:135).

[Core Subject]: Markets drawing close together (taqarub al-aswaq), the universal spread of trade until a woman assists her husband in commerce, the proliferation of writing ('the pen'), and greeting only those one knows.

[Described Characteristics]: The Prophet ﷺ said: 'The Hour will not be established until trials appear, lying increases, markets draw close together, time contracts, and harj increases' (Musnad Ahmad 10724). And: 'Before the Hour is greeting only specific people, the spread of trade until a woman helps her husband in trade... and the appearance of the pen' (Musnad Ahmad 3870, al-Mustadrak 7043).

[Timeline & Context]: Part of the minor signs that spread together with the contraction of time (taqarub al-zaman) and abundance of wealth.

[Prophetic Practice]: Spread the greeting of peace (salam) to both those you know and those you do not know, and keep commerce honest and truthful.

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