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صحيح مسلم
الإمام مسلم بن الحجاج النيسابوري (ت ٢٦١ هـ)

Sahih Muslim 2910

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Sahih MuslimHadith 2910SahihNarrated by Abu Hurairaصحيح مسلمرقم ٢٩١٠

وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ - عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ، زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْغَيْثِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَحْطَانَ يَسُوقُ النَّاسَ بِعَصَاهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messengar (ﷺ) as saying:The Last Hour would not come before a person of Qahtan comes forth driving people with his stick

Grading (tahqiq)

SahihSahih by inclusion in Sahih Muslim

Hadith commentary (sharh)

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Scholarly Commentary & Context

Synthesized commentary, isnad grading & cross-references

[Collection & Reference]: Narration #2910 in Sahih Muslim.

[Authenticity & Isnad]: Authentic (Sahih) by consensus of the scholars through its inclusion in the Sahihayn.

[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]: A man from the tribe of Qahtan (the southern Arabs of Yemen) will rise and lead people with his stick.

[Described Characteristics]: 'Driving people with his stick' means he will rule them and they will obey him. The narration says nothing more about whether he is good or bad.

[Timeline & Context]: No order is given. Ibn Hajar mentions views that he comes after the Mahdi or in the time after Isa (AS).

[Prophetic Practice]: Leave the identity of foretold figures to the time when they appear.

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