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مسند أحمد
الإمام أحمد بن حنبل (ت ٢٤١ هـ)

Musnad Ahmad 4306

مسند عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله تعالى عنه
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Musnad AhmadHadith 4306Ungradedمسند أحمدرقم ٤٣٠٦مسند عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله تعالى عنه

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حدثنا حسين بن علي، عن زائدة، عن سليمان، عن شقيق، قال: كنت مع عبد الله، وأبي موسى، وهما يتحدثان، فذكرا عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال: " قبل الساعة أيام يرفع فيها العلم، وينزل فيها الجهل، ويكثر فيها الهرج "، قال: قالا: الهرج : القتل

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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 #4306 in Musnad Ahmad.

[Core Subject]: Al-harj means much killing. The Prophet ﷺ said it will increase before the Hour.

[Described Characteristics]: Killing becomes so common that the killer does not know why he killed and the victim does not know why he was killed.

[Timeline & Context]: It spreads among people over time, alongside other signs.

[Prophetic Practice]: In times of fitnah the Prophet ﷺ advised: be like the better of Adam's two sons, the one who is killed rather than the one who kills.

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