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1795
كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 1796

علامات الساعة بعد طلوع الشمس من مغربها
1797
Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 642Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٦٤٢ · عن مكحولعلامات الساعة بعد طلوع الشمس من مغربها

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

حدثنا يحيى بن سليم الطائفي، عن الحجاج بن فرافصة، عن مكحول، قال: قال أعرابي: يا رسول الله، متى الساعة؟ فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «ما المسئول عنها بأعلم من السائل، ولكن أشراطها تقارب الأسواق، ومطر ولا نبات، وظهور الغيبة، وظهور أولاد الغية، والتعظيم لرب المال، وعلو أصوات الفساق في المساجد، وظهور أهل المنكر على أهل المعروف، فمن أدرك ذلك الزمان فليرغ بدينه، وليكن حلسا من أحلاس بيته»

Whoever is asked about it knows no better than the questioner, but its signs are the approaching of the markets, rain and no vegetation, the appearance of backbiting, the appearance of the children of unrighteousness, glorification of the owner of money, the loudness of the voices of the immoral in the mosques, and the rise of the people of evil over the people of good.

يحيى بن سليم الطائفيالحجاج بن فرافصةمكحولالنبي ﷺautomatic reading, unverified

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Ungraded

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Scholarly Commentary & Context

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #1796 in Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad).

[Scholarly Verification Notice]: Recorded in Nu'aym ibn Hammad's Kitab al-Fitan (d. 228 AH). Hadith scholars classify this historical compilation as ungraded and weak overall; its isolated reports are not accepted as established doctrine unless corroborated by standard Sahih works.

[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]: Markets drawing close together (taqarub al-aswaq), the universal spread of trade until a woman assists her husband in commerce, the proliferation of writing ('the pen'), and greeting only those one knows.

[Described Characteristics]: The Prophet ﷺ said: 'The Hour will not be established until trials appear, lying increases, markets draw close together, time contracts, and harj increases' (Musnad Ahmad 10724). And: 'Before the Hour is greeting only specific people, the spread of trade until a woman helps her husband in trade... and the appearance of the pen' (Musnad Ahmad 3870, al-Mustadrak 7043).

[Timeline & Context]: Part of the minor signs that spread together with the contraction of time (taqarub al-zaman) and abundance of wealth.

[Prophetic Practice]: Spread the greeting of peace (salam) to both those you know and those you do not know, and keep commerce honest and truthful.

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