Kitab al-Fitan · Nu'aym ibn Hammad

إن بعدكم فتنا كقطع الليل المظلم، يصبح الرجل فيها مؤمنا ويمسي كافرا، ويمسي مؤمنا ويصبح كافرا

It was narrated from Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“Before the Hour comes, there will be tribulation like pieces of black night, when a man will wake up as a believer but be a disbeliever by evening, or he will be a believer in the evening but will be a disbeliever by morning. And the one who is sitting will be better than the one who is standing, and the one who is standing will be better than the one who is walking, and the one who is walking will be better than the one who is running. So break your bows, cut their strings and strike your swords against rocks, and if anyone enters upon anyone of you, let him be like the better of the two sons of Adam. (i.e. the one killed, not the killer).”

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هذه فتن قد أظلت كقطع الليل المظلم، كلما ذهب منها رسل بدا رسل آخر، يصبح الرجل فيها مؤمنا ويمسي كافرا، ويمسي مؤمنا ويصبح كافرا، يبيع فيها أقوام دينهم بعرض من الدنيا قليل

Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:"Before the Hour there shall be Fitan like a portion of the dark night. Morning will come upon a man as a believer, who will be a disbeliever in the evening, and evening will come upon a believer, who will be a disbeliever in the morning, people will sell their religion for goods of the world

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هل ترون ما أرى؟ إني لأرى مواقع الفتن خلال بيوتكم كمواقع القطر

Usama reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) climbed up a battlement amongst the battlements of Medina and then said:You do not see what I am seeing and I am seeing the places of turmoil between your houses as the places of rainfall

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نعم قال: فقلت: فهل بعد ذلك الشر من خير؟ قال: نعم قال: قلت: فهل بعد ذلك الشر من خير؟ قال: نعم، وفيه دخن قلت: وما دخنه؟ قال: قوم يستنون بغير سنتي، ويهتدون بغير هدي، تعرف منهم وتنكر قلت: فهل بعد ذلك الخير من شر؟ قال: نعم، دعاة إلى أبواب جهنم، من أجابهم إليها قذفوه فيها قال: قلت: صفهم لي يا رسول الله؟ قال: هم من جلدتنا، ويتكلمون بألسنتنا

Yes, he said: So I said: Is there any good after that evil? He said: Yes. He said: I said: Is there any good after that evil? He said: Yes, and it contains smoke. I said: What is its smoke? He said: A people who follow other than my Sunnah and are guided by other than guidance. You recognize them and disavow. I said: Is there any evil after that good? He said: Yes, they are called to the gates of Hell. Whoever responds to them, they will throw him into it. He said: I said: Describe them for me, O Messenger of Allah? He said: They are of our kind, and they speak in our tongues

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ألا أنه لم يبق من الدنيا إلا بلاء وفتنة

Mu’awiyah said:“I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: ‘There is nothing left of this world except trials and tribulations.’”

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إن بين يدي الساعة لأياما ينزل فيها الجهل، ويكثر فيها الهرج قالوا: وما الهرج يا رسول الله؟ قال: القتل إلا أن أبا معاوية لم يذكر حذيفة

There are days before the Hour in which ignorance will descend and hoopla will increase. They said: What is the hoopla, O Messenger of Allah? He said: Murder, except that Abu Muawiyah did not mention Hudhayfah

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فتنة الرجل في أهله، وماله، وولده، وجاره، تكفرها الصلاة، والصدقة، والأمر بالمعروف، والنهي عن المنكر فقال: ليس عن هذا أسألك، ولكن عن التي تموج كموج البحر، فقلت: لا تخف يا أمير المؤمنين، فإن بينك وبينها بابا مغلقا، قال: فيكسر الباب أو يفتح؟ قال: قلت: بل يكسر، فقال عمر: إذا لا يغلق أبدا، قلت: أجل، قال: قلنا: فهل يعلم عمر من الباب؟ قال: نعم، كما يعلم أن دون غد ليلة، وذلك أني حدثته حديثا ليس بالأغاليط ، قال شقيق: فهبنا أن نسأله: من الباب؟ فأمرنا مسروقا فسأله، فقال: الباب عمر

The temptation of a man regarding his family, his wealth, his children, and his neighbour, is expiated by prayer, charity, enjoining good, and forbidding evil. He said: I am not asking you about this, but about the one that waves like the waves of the sea. I said: Do not be afraid, O Commander of the Faithful, for there is a closed door between you and it. He said: Will the door be broken or opened? He said: I said: Rather, it will be broken. Omar said: Then it will never close. I said: Yes. He said: We said: Does Omar know from the door? He said: Yes, just as he knows that there is a night before tomorrow, and that is because I told him a hadith that is not full of errors. Shaqiq said: So we decided to ask him: From the door? So we ordered Masruq and asked him, and he said: The door is Omar

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إن بين يدي الساعة فتنا كأنها قطع الليل المظلم، يصبح الرجل فيها مؤمنا ويمسي كافرا، ويمسي مؤمنا ويصبح كافرا، يبيع قوم فيها خلاقهم بعرض من الدنيا يسير، أو بعرض من الدنيا قال الحسن: فوالله الذي لا إله إلا هو، لقد رأيتهم صورا ولا عقول، وأجساما ولا أحلام، فراش نار، وذبان طمع، يغدون بدرهمين، ويروحون بدرهمين، يبيع أحدهم دينه بثمن عنز

In the hands of the Hour there is a tribulation as if it were pieces of a dark night. A man becomes a believer in the morning and comes in the evening as a disbeliever, and a believer in the evening and becomes an unbeliever in the evening. A people sells their creation for a small offer of this world, or a small offer of this world. Al-Hasan said: By Allah, there is no god but Him. I have seen them as images and minds, and bodies and dreams, a bed of fire, and greedy flies. They begin for two dirhams and go for two dirhams. One of them sells his religion for the price of a goat.

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فتنة الرجل في أهله، وماله، وجاره، يكفر ذلك الصوم، والصلاة، والصدقة ، فقال عمر: ليس هذا أريد، ولكن قوله في الفتنة التي تموج كموج البحر يتبع بعضها بعضا، قال: قلت: فلا تخفها يا أمير المؤمنين، فإن بينك وبينها بابا مغلقا، فقال: كيف بالباب، أيفتح أو يكسر؟ قال: بل يكسر، ثم لا يغلق إلى يوم القيامة

A man's temptation in his family, his money, and his neighbour, is expiated by fasting, prayer, and charity. Omar said: This is not what I want, but what he said about the temptation that ripples like the waves of the sea following one another. He said: I said: Do not fear it, O Commander of the Faithful, for there is a closed door between you and it. So he said: How about the door? Will it be opened or broken? He said: Rather, it will be broken, then it will not be closed until the Day of Resurrection

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إن بين يدي الساعة لهرجا قلت: وما الهرج؟ قال: القتل قلنا: أكثر ممن يقتل اليوم؟ قال: والمسلمون في فروجهم يومئذ؟ قال: ليس بقتلكم الكفار ولكن يقتل بعضكم بعضا، حتى يقتل الرجل أخاه، وابن عمه، وجاره قال: فأبلس القوم حتى ما يبدي رجل منا عن واضحة

There is a commotion before the Hour. I said: What is the commotion? He said: Murder. We said: More than those killed today? He said: And the Muslims in their private parts that day? He said: Not by killing infidels, but by killing each other, until a man kills his brother, his cousin, and his neighbor. He said: So the people became foolish, so much so that not a single man among us spoke clearly.

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لا تقوم الساعة حتى تقتلوا إمامكم، وتجتلدوا بأسيافكم، ويرث دنياكم شراركم

It was narrated from Hudhaifah bin Yaman that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“The Hour will not begin until you kill your ruler and fight one another with swords, and your world is inherited by the worst of you.”

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