Chapter 15: To seek refuge with Allah from Al-Fitan - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Anas:
وَقَالَ لِي خَلِيفَةُ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، وَمُعْتَمِرٌ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، أَنَّ أَنَسًا، حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِهَذَا وَقَالَ عَائِذًا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّ الْفِتَنِ.
The above hadith is narrated on the authority of Anas thorugh another chain and he said (with the wording) "seeking refuge with Allah from the evil of afflictions."
The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up beside the pulpit (and pointed with his finger towards the East) and said,
"Afflictions are there! Afflictions are there, from where the side of the head of Satan comes out," or
said, "..the side of the sun.."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 212
Hadith 7093
Chapter 16: “Al-Fitnah will appear from the east.” - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْوَ مُسْتَقْبِلٌ الْمَشْرِقَ يَقُولُ
" أَلاَ إِنَّ الْفِتْنَةَ هَا هُنَا مِنْ حَيْثُ يَطْلُعُ قَرْنُ الشَّيْطَانِ ".
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) while he was facing the East, saying, "Verily! Afflictions are there, from
where the side of the head of Satan comes out."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Sham! O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on
our Yemen." The People said, "And also on our Najd." He said, "O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on
our Sham (north)! O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Yemen." The people said, "O Allah's
Apostle! And also on our Najd." I think the third time the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There (in Najd) is the place
of earthquakes and afflictions and from there comes out the side of the head of Satan."
`Abdullah bin `Umar came to us and we hoped that he would narrate to us a good Hadith. But before
we asked him, a man got up and said to him, "O Abu `Abdur-Rahman! Narrate to us about the battles
during the time of the afflictions, as Allah says:--
'And fight them until there is no more afflictions (i.e. no more worshipping of others besides Allah).'"
(2.193) Ibn `Umar said (to the man), "Do you know what is meant by afflictions? Let your mother
bereave you! Muhammad used to fight against the pagans, for a Muslim was put to trial in his religion
(The pagans will either kill him or chain him as a captive). His fighting was not like your fighting
which is carried on for the sake of ruling."
I heard Hudhaifa saying, "While we were sitting with `Umar, he said, 'Who among you remembers the
statement of the Prophet (ﷺ) about the afflictions?' Hudhaifa said, "The affliction of a man in his family,
his property, his children and his neighbors are expiated by his prayers, Zakat (and alms) and
enjoining good and forbidding evil." `Umar said, "I do not ask you about these afflictions, but about
those afflictions which will move like the waves of the sea." Hudhaifa said, "Don't worry about it, O
chief of the believers, for there is a closed door between you and them." `Umar said, "Will that door
be broken or opened?" I said, "No. it will be broken." `Umar said, "Then it will never be closed," I
said, "Yes." We asked Hudhaifa, "Did `Umar know what that door meant?" He replied, "Yes, as I
know that there will be night before tomorrow morning, that is because I narrated to him a true
narration free from errors." We dared not ask Hudhaifa as to whom the door represented so we
ordered Masruq to ask him what does the door stand for? He replied, "`Umar."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 216
Hadith 7097
Chapter 17: Al-Fitnah that will move like the waves of the sea - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari:
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ شَرِيكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى حَائِطٍ مِنْ حَوَائِطِ الْمَدِينَةِ لِحَاجَتِهِ، وَخَرَجْتُ فِي إِثْرِهِ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ الْحَائِطَ جَلَسْتُ عَلَى بَابِهِ وَقُلْتُ لأَكُونَنَّ الْيَوْمَ بَوَّابَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلَمْ يَأْمُرْنِي فَذَهَبَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ، وَجَلَسَ عَلَى قُفِّ الْبِئْرِ، فَكَشَفَ عَنْ سَاقَيْهِ وَدَلاَّهُمَا فِي الْبِئْرِ، فَجَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَيْهِ لِيَدْخُلَ فَقُلْتُ كَمَا أَنْتَ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْذِنَ لَكَ، فَوَقَفَ فَجِئْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَيْكَ. قَالَ " ائْذَنْ لَهُ، وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ ". فَدَخَلَ فَجَاءَ عَنْ يَمِينِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَكَشَفَ عَنْ سَاقَيْهِ وَدَلاَّهُمَا فِي الْبِئْرِ، فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ فَقُلْتُ كَمَا أَنْتَ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْذِنَ لَكَ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " ائْذَنْ لَهُ، وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ ". فَجَاءَ عَنْ يَسَارِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَكَشَفَ عَنْ سَاقَيْهِ فَدَلاَّهُمَا فِي الْبِئْرِ، فَامْتَلأَ الْقُفُّ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ مَجْلِسٌ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ عُثْمَانُ فَقُلْتُ كَمَا أَنْتَ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْذِنَ لَكَ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " ائْذَنْ لَهُ، وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ، مَعَهَا بَلاَءٌ يُصِيبُهُ ". فَدَخَلَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ مَعَهُمْ مَجْلِسًا، فَتَحَوَّلَ حَتَّى جَاءَ مُقَابِلَهُمْ عَلَى شَفَةِ الْبِئْرِ، فَكَشَفَ عَنْ سَاقَيْهِ ثُمَّ دَلاَّهُمَا فِي الْبِئْرِ. فَجَعَلْتُ أَتَمَنَّى أَخًا لِي وَأَدْعُو اللَّهَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ. قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ فَتَأَوَّلْتُ ذَلِكَ قُبُورَهُمُ اجْتَمَعَتْ هَا هُنَا وَانْفَرَدَ عُثْمَانُ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) went out to one of the gardens of Medina for some business and I went out to follow him.
When he entered the garden, I sat at its gate and said to myself, "To day I will be the gatekeeper of the
Prophet though he has not ordered me." The Prophet (ﷺ) went and finished his need and went to sit on the
constructed edge of the well and uncovered his legs and hung them in the well. In the meantime Abu
Bakr came and asked permission to enter. I said (to him), "Wait till I get you permission." Abu Bakr
waited outside and I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Prophet! Abu Bakr asks your permission
to enter." He said, "Admit him, and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise." So Abu Bakr
entered and sat on the right side of the Prophet (ﷺ) and uncovered his legs and hung them in the well.
Then `Umar came and I said (to him), "Wait till I get you permission." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Admit him
and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise." So `Umar entered and sat on the left side of the
Prophet and uncovered his legs and hung them in the well so that one side of the well became fully
occupied and there remained no place for any-one to sit. Then `Uthman came and I said (to him),
"Wait till I get permission for you." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Admit him and give him the glad tidings of
entering Paradise with a calamity which will befall him." When he entered, he could not find any
place to sit with them so he went to the other edge of the well opposite them and uncovered his legs
and hung them in the well. I wished that a brother of mine would come, so I invoked Allah for his
coming. (Ibn Al-Musaiyab said, "I interpreted that (narration) as indicating their graves. The first three
are together and the grave of `Uthman is separate from theirs.")
Someone said to Usama, "Will you not talk to this (Uthman)?" Usama said, "I talked to him (secretly)
without being the first man to open an evil door. I will never tell a ruler who rules over two men or
more that he is good after I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'A man will be brought and put in Hell (Fire)
and he will circumambulate (go around and round) in Hell (Fire) like a donkey of a (flour) grinding
mill, and all the people of Hell (Fire) will gather around him and will say to him, O so-and-so! Didn't
you use to order others for good and forbid them from evil?' That man will say, 'I used to order others
to do good but I myself never used to do it, and I used to forbid others from evil while I myself used to
do evil.' "
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Hadith 7099
Chapter 18: Chapter - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Abu Bakra:
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ، قَالَ لَقَدْ نَفَعَنِي اللَّهُ بِكَلِمَةٍ أَيَّامَ الْجَمَلِ لَمَّا بَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ فَارِسًا مَلَّكُوا ابْنَةَ كِسْرَى قَالَ
" لَنْ يُفْلِحَ قَوْمٌ وَلَّوْا أَمْرَهُمُ امْرَأَةً ".
During the battle of Al-Jamal, Allah benefited me with a Word (I heard from the Prophet). When the
Prophet heard the news that the people of the Persia had made the daughter of Khosrau their Queen
(ruler), he said, "Never will succeed such a nation as makes a woman their ruler."
When Talha, AzZubair and `Aisha moved to Basra, `Ali sent `Ammar bin Yasir and Hasan bin `Ali
who came to us at Kufa and ascended the pulpit. Al-Hasan bin `Ali was at the top of the pulpit and
`Ammar was below Al-Hasan. We all gathered before him. I heard `Ammar saying, "`Aisha has
moved to Al-Busra. By Allah! She is the wife of your Prophet in this world and in the Hereafter. But
Allah has put you to test whether you obey Him (Allah) or her (`Aisha).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 220
Hadith 7101
Chapter 18: Chapter - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Abu Wail:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي غَنِيَّةَ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، قَامَ عَمَّارٌ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ الْكُوفَةِ، فَذَكَرَ عَائِشَةَ وَذَكَرَ مَسِيرَهَا وَقَالَ إِنَّهَا زَوْجَةُ نَبِيِّكُمْ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ، وَلَكِنَّهَا مِمَّا ابْتُلِيتُمْ.
`Ammar stood on the pulpit at Kufa and mentioned `Aisha and her coming (to Busra) and said, "She is
the wife of your Prophet in this world and in the Hereafter, but you people are being put to test in this
issue."
Abu Musa and Abii Mas`ud went to `Ammar when `Ali had sent him to Kufa to exhort them to fight
(on `Ali's side). They said to him, "Since you have become a Muslim, we have never seen you doing a
deed more criticizable to us than your haste in this matter." `Ammar said, "Since you (both) became
Muslims, I have never seen you doing a deed more criticizable to me than your keeping away from
this matter." Then Abu Mas`ud provided `Ammar and Abu Musa with two-piece outfits to wear, and
one of them went to the mosque (of Kufa).
I was sitting with Abu Mas`ud and Abu Musa and `Ammar. Abu Mas`ud said (to `Ammar), "There is
none of your companions but, if I wish, I could find fault with him except with you. Since you joined
the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) I have never seen anything done by you more criticizable by me than your
haste in this issue." `Ammar said, O Abu Mas`ud ! I have never seen anything done by you or by this
companion of yours (i.e., Abu Musa) more criticizable by me than your keeping away from this issue
since the time you both joined the company of the Prophet."
Then Abu Mas`ud who was a rich man, said (to his servant), "O boy! Bring two suits." Then he gave
one to Abu Musa and the other to `Ammar and said (to them), "Put on these suits before going for the
Friday prayer. "
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 223
Hadith 7108
Chapter 19: If Allah sends a punishment upon a nation - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنِي حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" إِذَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ عَذَابًا، أَصَابَ الْعَذَابُ مَنْ كَانَ فِيهِمْ، ثُمَّ بُعِثُوا عَلَى أَعْمَالِهِمْ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If Allah sends punishment upon a nation then it befalls upon the whole
population indiscriminately and then they will be resurrected (and judged) according to their deeds. "
When Al-Hasan bin `Ali moved with army units against Muawiya, `Amr bin AL-As said to Muawiya,
"I see an army that will not retreat unless and until the opposing army retreats." Muawiya said, "(If the
Muslims are killed) who will look after their children?" `Amr bin Al-As said: I (will look after them).
On that, `Abdullah bin 'Amir and `Abdur-Rahman bin Samura said, "Let us meet Muawaiya and
suggest peace." Al-Hasan Al-Basri added: No doubt, I heard that Abu Bakra said, "Once while the
Prophet was addressing (the people), Al-Hasan (bin `Ali) came and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'This son of mine
is a chief, and Allah may make peace between two groups of Muslims through him."
(Usama's Maula) Usama (bin Zaid) sent me to `Ali (at Kufa) and said, "`Ali will ask you, 'What has
prevented your companion from joining me?' You then should say to him, 'If you (`Ali) were in the
mouth of a lion, I would like to be with you, but in this matter I won't take any part.' " Harmala added:
"`Ali didn't give me anything (when I conveyed the message to him) so I went to Hasan, Hussain and
Ibn Ja`far and they loaded my camels with much (wealth).
When the people of Medina dethroned Yazid bin Muawiya, Ibn `Umar gathered his special friends
and children and said, "I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'A flag will be fixed for every betrayer on the Day
of Resurrection,' and we have given the oath of allegiance to this person (Yazid) in accordance with
the conditions enjoined by Allah and His Apostle and I do not know of anything more faithless than
fighting a person who has been given the oath of allegiance in accordance with the conditions
enjoined by Allah and His Apostle , and if ever I learn that any person among you has agreed to
dethrone Yazid, by giving the oath of allegiance (to somebody else) then there will be separation
between him and me."
When Ibn Ziyad and Marwan were in Sham and Ibn Az-Zubair took over the authority in Mecca and
Qurra' (the Kharijites) revolted in Basra, I went out with my father to Abu Barza Al-Aslami till we
entered upon him in his house while he was sitting in the shade of a room built of cane. So we sat with
him and my father started talking to him saying, "O Abu Barza! Don't you see in what dilemma the
people has fallen?" The first thing heard him saying "I seek reward from Allah for myself because of
being angry and scornful at the Quraish tribe. O you Arabs! You know very well that you were in
misery and were few in number and misguided, and that Allah has brought you out of all that with
Islam and with Muhammad till He brought you to this state (of prosperity and happiness) which you
see now; and it is this worldly wealth and pleasures which has caused mischief to appear among you.
The one who is in Sham (i.e., Marwan), by Allah, is not fighting except for the sake of worldly gain:
and those who are among you, by Allah, are not fighting except for the sake of worldly gain; and that
one who is in Mecca (i.e., Ibn Az-Zubair) by Allah, is not fighting except for the sake of worldly
gain."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 228
Hadith 7113
Chapter 21: Changing the words - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Abi Waih:
حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ وَاصِلٍ الأَحْدَبِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ، قَالَ إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ الْيَوْمَ شَرٌّ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانُوا يَوْمَئِذٍ يُسِرُّونَ وَالْيَوْمَ يَجْهَرُونَ.
Hudhaifa bin Al-Yaman said, 'The hypocrites of today are worse than those of the lifetime of the
Prophet, because in those days they used to do evil deeds secretly but today they do such deeds
openly.'
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 231
Hadith 7116
Chapter 23: Time will change until idols will be worshipped - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَضْطَرِبَ أَلَيَاتُ نِسَاءِ دَوْسٍ عَلَى ذِي الْخَلَصَةِ ". وَذُو الْخَلَصَةَ طَاغِيَةُ دَوْسٍ الَّتِي كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The Hour will not be established till the buttocks of the women of the tribe of
Daus move while going round Dhi-al-Khalasa." Dhi-al-Khalasa was the idol of the Daus tribe which
they used to worship in the Pre Islamic Period of ignorance.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 233
Hadith 7118
Chapter 24: The coming of the Fire - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ نَارٌ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحِجَازِ، تُضِيءُ أَعْنَاقَ الإِبِلِ بِبُصْرَى ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The Hour will not be established till a fire will come out of the land of Hijaz,
and it will throw light on the necks of the camels at Busra."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 234
Hadith 7119
Chapter 24: The coming of the Fire - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْكِنْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يُوشِكُ الْفُرَاتُ أَنْ يَحْسِرَ عَنْ كَنْزٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، فَمَنْ حَضَرَهُ فَلاَ يَأْخُذْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا ".
قَالَ عُقْبَةُ وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِثْلَهُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ " يَحْسِرُ عَنْ جَبَلٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Soon the river "Euphrates" will disclose the treasure (the mountain) of gold, so
whoever will be present at that time should not take anything of it." Al-A'raj narrated from Abii
Huraira that the Prophet (ﷺ) said the same but he said, "It (Euphrates) will uncover a mountain of gold
(under it).