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مسند أحمد
الإمام أحمد بن حنبل (ت ٢٤١ هـ)

Musnad Ahmad 4066

مسند عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله تعالى عنه
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Musnad AhmadHadith 4066Ungradedمسند أحمدرقم ٤٠٦٦مسند عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله تعالى عنه

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حدثنا مؤمل، حدثنا سفيان، حدثنا الأعمش، عن زيد بن وهب، عن عبد الله، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: " إنها ستكون فتن وأمور تنكرونها "، قالوا: يا رسول الله، فما تأمرنا؟ قال: " تؤدون الحق الذي عليكم، وتسألون الله عز وجل الذي لكم "

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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 #4066 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.

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