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مسند أحمد
الإمام أحمد بن حنبل (ت ٢٤١ هـ)

Musnad Ahmad 7872

مسند أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه
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Musnad AhmadHadith 7872Ungradedمسند أحمدرقم ٧٨٧٢مسند أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه

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حدثنا إسحاق بن سليمان، قال: سمعت حنظلة بن أبي سفيان، سمعت سالم بن عبد الله، يقول: ما أدري كم رأيت أبا هريرة، قائما في السوق يقول: " يقبض العلم، وتظهر الفتن، ويكثر الهرج ". قال: قيل: يا رسول الله، وما الهرج؟ قال: بيده هكذا، وحرفها

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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 #7872 in Musnad Ahmad.

[Core Subject]: Among the signs of the Hour: ilm is taken away and ignorance spreads. Ilm here is understanding of the religion and the wisdom to make the right decision, which Allah gives and the scholars carry.

[Described Characteristics]: Allah does not snatch knowledge out of people's chests; He takes it by taking the scholars. When no scholar is left, people take ignorant men as leaders, who give rulings without knowledge, go astray and lead others astray.

[Timeline & Context]: It spreads gradually, alongside other signs that have no fixed order.

[Prophetic Practice]: Learn from living scholars while they are with us, and ask Allah: 'My Lord, increase me in knowledge.'

[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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