Al Fitan

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1805
كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 1806

علامات الساعة بعد طلوع الشمس من مغربها
ThemesThe Hour
1807
Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 642Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٦٤٢ · عن رسول الله صلي الله عليه وسلمعلامات الساعة بعد طلوع الشمس من مغربها

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

قال معمر: وأخبرنا زيد بن أسلم، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «مثلي ومثل الساعة كمثل قوم بعثوا عينا فبصر بالعدو، فخاف أن يسبقه العدو إلى أصحابه فألاح بسيفه أتيتم، وإني جئت مبعوثا بين يدي الساعة»

My example and the example of the Hour is the example of a people who sent an eye and it saw the enemy, but feared that the enemy would precede him to his companions, so he brandished his sword. You have come, and I have come as an envoy before the Hour.

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Scholarly Commentary & Context

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #1806 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.

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