1,988 narrations
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
إن للفتنة وقفات وبعثات، فمن استطاع أن يموت في وقفاتها فليفعل
Sedition has pauses and resurrections, so whoever is able to die during its pauses should do so
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
وقفاتها إذا أغمد السيف، وبعثاتها إذا سل السيف
Its stances are when the sword is sheathed, and its resurrections are when the sword is unsheathed
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
للفتنة وقفات وبعثات، فمن استطاع منكم أن يموت في وقفاتها فليفعل
Sedition has its stops and resurrections, so whoever of you is able to die during its stops should do so
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
لموت ولدي وأهلي أهون علي من هذا ، قال: فوالله ما درينا ما أراد بذلك حتى وقعت الفتن، فقلنا: هذا حذر عليهم
The death of my son and my family is easier for me than this. He said: By Allah, we did not know what he meant by that until temptations occurred, so we said: This is a warning to them.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
كأنكم تغبطونني بهم؟ قلنا: والله إن مثل هؤلاء غبط بهم الرجل المسلم، فرفع رأسه إلى سقف بيت له قصير وقد عشش فيه الخطاف وباض فيه، فقال: والذي نفسي بيده، لأن أكون قد نفضت يدي عن تراب قبورهم، أحب إلي من أن يخر عش هذا الخطاف فينكسر بيضه قال ابن المبارك: خوفا عليهم من الفتن
As if you envy me with them? We said: By Allah, the Muslim man was pleased with people like these, so he raised his head to the roof of a short house in which the hawk nested and laid eggs. Then he said: By the One in whose hand is my soul, for me to have cleaned my hands from the dust of their graves is more beloved to me than for this hawk’s nest to collapse and its eggs to be broken. Ibn al-Mubarak said: For fear of temptation on their part.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
كيف أنت وفتنة، أفضل الناس فيها كل غني خفي؟ فقال ابن الطفيل: كيف، وإنما هو عطاء أحدنا يطرح به كل مطرح، ويرمي به كل مرمى؟ فقال حذيفة: كن إذا كابن مخاض لا حلوبة فيحلب، ولا ركوبة فيركب
How are you when there is a temptation in which the best people are all rich and hidden? Ibn al-Tufayl said: How, but it is the gift of one of us with which he throws every place, and throws every goal with it? Hudhayfah said: Then be like a son in labor, with no milk to be milked, nor a ride to be ridden
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
العبادة في الهرج والفتنة كالهجرة إلي
Worshiping in chaos and strife is like migration to me
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
أحب شيء إلى الله تعالى الغرباء ، قيل: أي شيء الغرباء؟ قال: الذين يفرون بدينهم، يجمعون إلى عيسى ابن مريم عليه السلام
The most beloved thing to Allah Almighty is the strangers who flee from their religion and gather to Jesus, son of Mary, peace be upon him
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
مع مواليهم ، قلنا: فإن موالينا مع علي، قال: وكأنما ألقمناه حجرا، فمكثنا ساعة ثم قال: لقد حذرنا هذا
With their loyalists. We said: Our loyalists are with Ali. He said: It is as if we had thrown a stone at him. We stayed for an hour, then he said: This man has warned us.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
لوددت أني مت قبل هذا بعشرين سنة
I wish I had died twenty years earlier
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
لود علي أنه لم يعمل ما عمل، ولود عمار أنه لم يعمل ما عمل، ولود طلحة أنه لم يعمل ما عمل، ولود الزبير أنه لم يعمل ما عمل، هبطوا على قوم متوشحي مصاحفهم، أهل آخرة، فسيفوا بينهم
Ali said that he did not do what he did, Ammar said that he did not do what he did, Talha said that he did not do what he did, and Al-Zubair said that he did not do what he did. They descended on a people who were wearing their Qur’an, the people of the afterlife, and they will disperse among them.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
كنت أقرأ هذه الآية {إنك ميت وإنهم ميتون ثم إنكم يوم القيامة عند ربكم تختصمون} [الزمر: 31] وكنت أرى أنها في أهل الكتاب، حتى كبح بعضنا وجوه بعض بالسيوف، فعرفنا أنها فينا
I was reading this verse {You are dead and they are dead, then on the Day of Resurrection you will dispute with your Lord} [Al-Zumar: 31] and I saw that it was among the People of the Book, until some of us blocked each other’s faces with swords, so we knew that it was among us.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
حدثنا ابن المبارك، عن يزيد بن إبراهيم، عن الحسن، في قوله تعالى: {واتقوا فتنة لا تصيبن الذين ظلموا منكم خاصة} [الأنفال: 25] قال: والله لقد علم أقوام حين نزلت أنه يشخص لها فوج "
Ibn al-Mubarak told us, on the authority of Yazid ibn Ibrahim, on the authority of al-Hasan, in the Almighty’s saying: {And fear a trial that will not strike those of you who have wronged in particular} [Al-Anfal: 25]. He said: By Allah, people knew when it was revealed that a group would be assigned to them.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
ما عهد إلي في ذلك عهدا لم يعهده إلى الناس، ولكن الناس وثبوا على عثمان رضي الله عنه فقتلوه، فكانوا فيه أسوأ صنيعا وأسوأ فعلا مني، فرأيت أني أحق بها فوثبت عليها، فالله أعلم أخطأنا أو أصبنا
He did not entrust me with a covenant regarding this matter that he did not entrust to the people, but the people attacked Othman, (may Allah be pleased with him), and killed him. They were worse in deed and worse in deed than me, so I saw that I had more right to it, so I stood firm in it. Allah knows whether we were wrong or right.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
ما عهد إلينا في الإمارة عهدا نأخذ به، إنما هو شيء رأيته، فإن يك صوابا فمن الله، وإن يك خطأ فمن قبل أنفسنا
What was entrusted to us in the Emirate is a covenant that we should adhere to, but it is something that I have seen. If it is right, it is from Allah, and if it is wrong, then it is from ourselves.
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
أصابتنا فتنة بعد أبي بكر وعمر رضي الله عنهما، فهو ما شاء الله
A trial befell us after Abu Bakr and Omar, (may Allah be pleased with them), so it is what Allah willed
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
يا حسن، لوددت أني مت قبل هذا بعشرين سنة
Oh Hassan, I wish I had died twenty years earlier
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
يا حسن، ليتني مت قبل هذا اليوم بعشرين سنة
Oh Hassan, I wish I had died twenty years before this day
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
أراد أمير المؤمنين علي أمرا، فتتابعت الأمور، فلم يجد منزعا
The Commander of the Faithful Ali wanted something, so things continued, but he found no solution
Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.
يا حسن، أكل هذا فينا؟ فياليتني مت قبل هذا بعشرين أو أربعين سنة
Oh Hassan, did this eat away at us? I wish I had died twenty or forty years before this
Bukhari and Muslim are sahih by inclusion. For the others the bar follows al-Albani's verdict where he graded, then Zubair Ali Zai. Every verdict is on each card.