Kitab al-Fitan · Nu'aym ibn Hammad

يوشك أن يكون خير مال امرئ غنم يتبع بها شعف الجبال، أو شعب الجبال، أو مواقع القطر، يفر بدينه من الفتن

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "There will come a time when the best property of a Muslim will be sheep which he will take to the tops of mountains and the places of rainfall so as to flee with his religion from the afflictions

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خير مال الرجل يومئذ فرسه وسلاحه، يزول معهما حيث زالا

A man's best wealth on that day is his horse and his weapon, and they will go away with them wherever they go

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لأنا على أمتي في اللبن أخوف مني عليهم في الخمر قالوا: وكيف يا رسول الله؟ قال: يحبون اللبن فيتباعدون من الجماعات ويضيعونها

Because I am more afraid of my nation regarding milk than I am of them regarding wine. They love milk, so they distance themselves from the groups and waste them

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يوشك أن يكون خير مال المسلم غنم يتبع بها شعف الجبال ومواقع القطر، يفر بدينه من الفتن

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "There will come a time when the best property of a Muslim will be sheep which he will take to the tops of mountains and the places of rainfall so as to flee with his religion from the afflictions

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بينما رجل بمصر في فتنة ابن الزبير ينكت في الأرض إذ قام عليه رجل فقال له: بأي شيء تحدث نفسك أبا الدنيا؟ قال: بل أتفكر في الذي نزل بالناس، قال: فإن الله نجاك منها بتفكرك فيها من الذي سأل الله فلم يعطه ، أو اتكل عليه فلم يكفه

While a man was in Egypt during the turmoil of Ibn al-Zubayr, he was making jokes on the ground when a man stood up to him and said to him: What are you talking about, father of the world? He said: Rather, think about what has befallen the people. He said: Allah has saved you from it through your thinking about it, from the one who asked Allah and He did not give Him, or relied on Him and He was not sufficient for Him.

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خير المال يومئذ فرس صالح، وسلاح صالح، يزول عليه العبد أين ما زال

The best money on that day is a good horse and a good weapon, with which the servant may travel wherever he remains

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من أدركته الفتنة فعليه فيها بذكر خامل

Whoever is overtaken by temptation must remember it inactively

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خير الناس في الفتن رجل أخذ برأس فرسه يخيف العدو ويخيفونه، أو رجل معتزل يؤدي حق الله تعالى عليه

The best people in turmoil are a man who takes the head of his horse to frighten the enemy and make them afraid, or a man who is isolated and fulfills the rights of Allah Almighty upon him.

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خير الناس في الفتن رجل يأكل من فيء سيفه في سبيل الله، ورجل في رأس شاهقة يأكل من رسل غنمه

The best people in turmoil are a man who eats from the droppings of his sword in the name of Allah, and a man on a high mountain who eats from the messengers of his sheep.

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ستكون أمور، فمن رضيها ممن غاب عنها كان كمن شهدها، ومن كرهها ممن شهدها فهو كمن غاب عنها

Things will happen, and whoever is satisfied with them among those who are absent from them is like one who witnessed them, and whoever dislikes them from those who witnessed them is like one who was absent from them

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إن الرجل ليشهد المعصية يعمل بها فيكرهها فيكون كمن غاب عنها، ويغيب عنها فيرضاها فيكون كمن شهدها

A man witnesses a sin being committed and dislikes it, so he is like one who was absent from it, and he is absent from it and accepts it, so he is like one who witnessed it.

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إذا رأيت المنكر فلم تستطع له غيرا فحسبك أن يعلم الله تعالى أنك تنكره بقلبك

If you see an evil and you cannot do anything else to do it, it is sufficient for you that Allah Almighty knows that you denounce it in your heart

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الرجل يسكت في الفتنة فلا يبدو منه شيء

The man remains silent during the temptation, so nothing appears from him

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ينجو في ذلك الزمان كل مؤمن نومة

In that time, every believer will be saved from sleep