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مسند أحمد
الإمام أحمد بن حنبل (ت ٢٤١ هـ)

Musnad Ahmad 4144

مسند عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله تعالى عنه
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Musnad AhmadHadith 4144Ungradedمسند أحمدرقم ٤١٤٤مسند عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله تعالى عنه

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حدثنا عبد الرحمن، حدثنا شعبة، عن علي بن الأقمر، عن أبي الأحوص، عن عبد الله، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: " تقوم الساعة، أو لا تقوم الساعة إلا على شرار الناس "

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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 #4144 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 Hour will not come while anyone on earth still says 'Allah, Allah'. After the believers are taken by a gentle wind, only the worst of people remain, and the Hour comes on them.

[Described Characteristics]: The narrations describe people who no longer know good from evil, who live like animals and mate openly in the streets. Shaytan comes to them and leads them back to idol worship. Their provision still reaches them and their lives look comfortable, until the Trumpet is blown.

[Timeline & Context]: This is the very end: after Isa (AS) and the believers of his time have passed, after the gentle wind, and just before the Trumpet.

[Prophetic Practice]: Keep the remembrance of Allah alive in your home. As long as His name is remembered, the end has not come.

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