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سنن ابن ماجه
الإمام محمد بن يزيد ابن ماجه القزويني (ت ٢٧٣ هـ)

Sunan Ibn Majah 4040

4041
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith 4040SahihNarrated by It wasسنن ابن ماجهرقم ٤٠٤٠

حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، وَأَبُو هِشَامٍ الرِّفَاعِيُّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَصِينٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ بُعِثْتُ أَنَا وَالسَّاعَةُ كَهَاتَيْنِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَ إِصْبَعَيْهِ ‏.‏

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“I and the Hour have been sent like these two,” and he held up his two fingers together

Grading (tahqiq)

Sahih
  • Al-AlbaniSahih
  • Muhammad Fouad Abd al-BaqiSahih
  • Shuaib Al ArnautSahih
  • Zubair Ali ZaiSahih Bukhari

Hadith commentary (sharh)

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Scholarly Commentary & Context

Synthesized commentary, isnad grading & cross-references

[Collection & Reference]: Narration #4040 in Sunan Ibn Majah.

[Isnad Grading & Assessment]: Scholar verdicts : Al-Albani: Sahih | Muhammad Fouad Abd al-Baqi: Sahih | Shuaib Al Arnaut: Sahih | Zubair Ali Zai: Sahih Bukhari.

[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 sending of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ as the Final Messenger - and his subsequent passing - are counted by scholars as the very first signs of the Hour's approach.

[Described Characteristics]: The Prophet ﷺ joined his index and middle fingers and said, 'I and the Hour have been sent like these two.' In the battle of Tabuk, he told Awf ibn Malik: 'Count six signs before the Hour: my death, then the conquest of Baitul Maqdis...'

[Timeline & Context]: At the very opening of the Islamic era (11 AH / 632 CE for his passing), inaugurating the sequence of early foretold signs.

[Prophetic Practice]: Hold fast to the Prophet's ﷺ Sunnah and remember that console in every calamity is found by remembering the calamity of his passing.

Commentaries by classical hadith scholars. The Arabic texts are shown as published.