[The Book of Tribulations, May Allah Protect Us From Them] - Libri i Trazirave, Allahu na ruajtë prej tyre - [كِتَابُ الْفِتَنِ أَعَاذَنَا اللَّهُ مِنْهَا]

11957 - On the authority of 'Ismah bin Qays al-Sulami, a companion of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), [from the Prophet (pbuh)], that he used to seek refuge from the trial of the East. It was said to him: "Then how about the trial of the West?" He said: "That is greater and greater."

11958 - And in a narration by him also: "That he (pbuh) used to seek refuge in his prayer from the trial of the West."

11959 - And from Al-Qasim, who said: Abdullah said: None of you should say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from fitnah (trial)," for there is none among you but that he is encompassed by fitnah. However, whoever seeks refuge, let him seek refuge from its misleading aspects, for Allah - Mighty and Majestic - says: "Your wealth and your children are only a trial."

11960 - On the authority of Abu Huraira, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Seek refuge with Allah from the beginning of the year seventy, and from the rule of children." And he said: "The world shall not pass away until it belongs to Luka' bin Luka'."

11961 - On the authority of 'Uqbah ibn 'Amir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from an evil day, and from an evil night, and from an evil hour, and from an evil companion, and from an evil neighbor in the place of permanent residence."

11962 - On the authority of Abu al-Darda', from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Everything decreases except for evil, for indeed it is increased."

11963 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Beware of quarreling with people, for indeed it buries dignity and exposes faults."

11964 - From Jabir ibn Atik, who said: Abdullah ibn Umar came to us in Bani Mu'awiya—a village among the villages of the Ansar—and said: "Do you know where the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) prayed in this mosque of yours?" I said: "Yes." Then he pointed to a corner of it. He said: "Do you know the three things for which he supplicated therein?" I said: "Yes." He said: "Then inform me of them." I said: He supplicated "that He should not grant victory over them to an enemy from outside their own ranks, and that He should not destroy them by years of famine." These two were granted to them. And he supplicated "that He should not cause their strife to be among themselves," but he was denied it. He (Ibn Umar) said: "You have spoken the truth; therefore, chaos (al-Harj) shall continue until the Day of Resurrection."

11965 - And on the authority of Shaddad ibn Aws, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah folded the earth for me, so I saw its eastern and western parts, [and indeed, the dominion of my nation shall reach that which was folded for me of it]. And I have been given the two treasures: the white and the red. And I asked my Lord - Mighty and Majestic is He - that He not destroy my nation with a general famine, and that He not grant authority over them to an enemy who would destroy them all, and that He not confuse them into factions, and that He not let some of them taste the violence of others. So He said: 'O Muhammad, indeed, when I decree a decree, it is not overturned. And I have granted you for your nation that I shall not destroy them with a general famine, and that I shall not grant authority over them to an enemy [from other than themselves] who would destroy them all, until some of them destroy others, and some of them kill others, and some of them take others captive.'" He said: And the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, I do not fear for my nation except the misleading leaders; and when the sword is placed among my nation, it shall not be lifted from them until the Day of Resurrection."

11966 - And from Abu Basrah al-Ghifari, the companion of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "I asked my Lord - Mighty and Majestic is He - for four things; He granted me three and denied me one. I asked Allah - Mighty and Majestic is He - that my nation should not unite upon misguidance, and He granted it to me. I asked Allah - Mighty and Majestic is He - that He should not destroy them with famine as He destroyed the nations before them, and He granted it to me. I asked Allah - Mighty and Majestic is He - that He should not allow an enemy to prevail over them, and He granted it to me. And I asked Allah - Mighty and Majestic is He - that He should not confuse them as factions and make some of them taste the violence of others, but He denied it to me."

11967 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "I asked my Lord for four qualities for my nation, so He granted me three and denied me one. I asked Him that my nation should not disbelieve all at once, and He granted it to me; I asked Him that He should not grant an enemy from other than themselves authority over them, and He granted it to me; I asked Him that He should not punish them with that which He punished the nations before them, and He granted it to me; and I asked Him that He should not make their violence be among themselves, but He denied it to me."

11968 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I asked my Lord - Mighty and Majestic is He - for three traits, and He granted me two and withheld one from me. I asked Him that He not grant an enemy from other than themselves power over my nation, and He granted it to me. I asked Him that He not destroy my nation by famine, and He granted it to me. And I asked Him that He not confuse them into sects, but He refused me."

11969 - And on the authority of Ali that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "I asked my Lord - Mighty and Majestic is He - for three characteristics, and He granted me two and denied me one. I said: O Lord, do not destroy my nation through hunger; He said: This is for you. I said: O Lord, do not grant an enemy from other than themselves - meaning the people of polytheism - authority over them to eradicate them; He said: That is for you. I said: O Lord, do not make their violence among themselves, but He denied me this."

11970 - And on the authority of Jabr ibn ‘Atik, who said: “The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) asked for three things in the mosque of Bani Mu‘awiyah; he was granted two and was denied one. He asked Him that He not destroy his nation by hunger, and that He not grant an enemy dominance over them, so he was granted both of them. And he asked Him that He not place their violence among themselves, but he was denied it.”

11971 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: "Muhammad (pbuh) asked his Lord that He should not confuse them with dissensions, nor make them taste the violence of one another, but He refused."

11972 - And on the authority of Nafi' bin Khalid al-Khuza'i, from his father, who said: "When the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) prayed while people were around him, he would pray a light prayer that was complete in its bowing and prostration. One day, he sat and prolonged the prostration until some of us signaled to one another: 'Be quiet, for revelation is being sent down to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh).' When he finished, some of the people said: 'O Messenger of Allah, you prolonged the sitting until some of us signaled to one another that revelation was being sent down to you?' He said: 'No, rather it was a prayer of hope and fear. I asked Allah therein for three things; He granted me two and denied me one. I asked Him not to punish you with a punishment with which He punished those before you, and I asked Him not to grant an enemy power over the masses of you who would uproot you, and He granted those two to me. And I asked Him not to confuse you into sects and make some of you taste the violence of others, but He denied me that.'" I said to him: "Did your father hear it from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)?" He said: "Yes, I heard him saying that he heard it from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) as many times as these ten fingers of mine."

11973 - On the authority of Abdullah bin Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When my companions are mentioned, then refrain."

11974 - And on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever honors me regarding my companions shall arrive at my Cistern, and whoever does not honor me regarding my companions shall not see me on the Day of Resurrection except from afar."

11975 - And on the authority of Tariq bin Shihab that there was a dispute between Khalid bin al-Walid and Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas. Khalid was mentioned in the presence of Sa'd, and he said: "Stop! For indeed, what is between us has not reached the level of affecting our religion."

11976 - And from Urwa—meaning Ibn al-Zubayr—that Ali bin Abi Talib met Al-Zubayr in the market, and they reproached one another concerning something of the affair of Uthman. Then Abdullah bin al-Zubayr spoke harshly to him, so Ali said to him: "Do you not hear what he is saying to me?" Thereupon, Al-Zubayr struck him until he fell.

11977 - And on the authority of Abu Rashid, who said: Men from among the people of Basra came to 'Ubayd bin 'Umayr and said: "Indeed, your brothers from among the people of Basra ask you regarding 'Ali and 'Uthman." He asked: "Has nothing brought you here other than this?" They said: "Yes." He said: "That was a nation that has passed away. It will have what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do."

11978 - And on the authority of Tariq bin Ashyam, that he heard the Prophet (pbuh) saying: "For my companions, being killed is sufficient."

11979 - And from Sa'id bin Zaid that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There will be after me tribulations in which there will be [this] and [that]." So we said: "If we reach that, we will perish." He said: "Sufficient for my companions is being killed."

11980 - And in a narration: "People will depart during it with the quickest departure."

11981 - And from Az-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam regarding the statement of Allah - the Exalted -: "And fear a trial which will not strike those who have wronged among you exclusively" [Al-Anfal: 25], he said: "We used to talk during the time of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman, and we did not think that we were its subjects until it befell us."

And on the authority of 'Abd al-Rahman bin 'Awf, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The Hour will not be established until two great groups fight one another, their claim being one and the same."

11983 - And on the authority of Umm Habibah, from the Prophet (pbuh), that he said: "I saw what my nation will encounter after me and the bloodshed among some of them; and that had been predestined by Allah—Mighty and Majestic is He—just as it was predestined for the nations of the past. So I asked Him to grant me the right of intercession for them on the Day of Resurrection, and He did so."

And on the authority of Abdullah bin Yazid al-Khatmi, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The punishment of my nation is in its worldly life."

11985 - And from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "My nation is a nation shown mercy; punishment has been lifted from them except for the punishment they inflict upon one another with their own hands."

11986 - And from Ma'qil ibn Yasar that he entered upon Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad to visit him, and he said to him: "But the Hour is their appointment, and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter."

11987 - And on the authority of Abu Burda, who said: I came out from the presence of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad and saw him being punished with a severe punishment, so I sat with a man from the companions of the Prophet (pbuh). He said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The punishment of this nation is by the sword."

11988 - And on the authority of Abu Burda, who said: "The heads of these Kharijites began to be brought, and I would say: 'To the Fire!' Then Abdullah bin Yazid said to me: 'How do you know? I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Allah has placed the punishment of this nation in their worldly life."'"

11989 - On the authority of Jabir, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) mentioned a tribulation, and Abu Bakr said: "Will I live to see it?" He said: "No." Umar said: "Will I, O Messenger of Allah, live to see it?" He said: "No." Then Uthman said: "O Messenger of Allah, will I live to see it?" He said: "Through you they shall be tested."

11990 - And from 'Uthman, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, you will be put to trial after me, so do not fight."

11991 - And from ‘Abdullah ibn Hawalah, who said: “I came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) while he was sitting in the shade of a doum palm tree, and he had a scribe to whom he was dictating. He said: ‘Shall I not write you down, O Ibn Hawalah?’ I said: ‘I do not know what Allah and His Messenger have chosen for me,’ so he turned away from me. Isma’il said once: [In the first instance: ‘Shall we write you down, O Ibn Abi Hawalah?’ I said: ‘I do not know in what, O Messenger of Allah,’ so he turned away from me.] Then he leaned over his scribe, dictating to him, then said: ‘Shall we write you down, O Ibn Hawalah?’ I said: ‘I do not know what Allah and His Messenger have chosen for me,’ so he turned away from me and leaned over his scribe, dictating to him. He said: ‘I looked and saw ‘Umar in the book, so I knew that ‘Umar would not be written down except for something good.’ Then he said: ‘Shall we write you down, O Ibn Hawalah?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘O Ibn Hawalah, how will you act during tribulations that emerge from the ends of the earth as if they were the horns of cattle?’ I said: ‘I do not know what Allah and His Messenger have chosen for me.’ He said: ‘Then how will you act during another that emerges after it, as if the former compared to it was like the startle of a rabbit?’ I said: ‘I do not know what Allah and His Messenger have chosen for me.’ He said: ‘Follow this man,’ while a man was walking away with his back turned at that time. So I went and hurried, and I took him by his shoulder and turned his face toward the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: ‘This one?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ And it was ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan.”

11992 - And in a narration: "We were with the Prophet (pbuh) on one of his journeys, and the people halted at a camping place, while the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) halted in the shade of a large tree. He saw me approaching from attending to a need of mine, and there was no one with him except his scribe." And he said therein: "And behold, at the beginning of the document were Abu Bakr and Umar." And he said therein: "What should I do, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "You must go to Syria." And he said therein: "I do not know what he said regarding the Hereafter, and if I had known what he said regarding the Hereafter, it would have been more beloved to me than such and such."

11993 - And from Shaqiq, he said: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf met al-Walid ibn ‘Uqbah, and al-Walid said to him: "Why do I see that you have shunned the Commander of the Faithful, Uthman?" He said: "Inform him on my behalf that I did not flee on the Day of ‘Aynayn — Asim said: the Day of Uhud — and I did not stay behind from Badr, and I did not abandon the Sunnah of ‘Umar." He said: So he went and informed Uthman of that. He said: So he [Uthman] said: "As for his saying: 'I did not flee on the Day of ‘Aynayn,' how can he reproach me for a sin that Allah has already forgiven?" and he recited: {Indeed, those of you who turned back on the day the two armies met, it was Satan who caused them to slip because of some [sins] they had earned. And Allah has already forgiven them} [Al 'Imran: 155]. "And as for his saying: 'I stayed behind on the Day of Badr,' I was nursing Ruqayyah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), until she died, and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) assigned a share [of the spoils] for me, and whoever the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) assigns a share for is considered to have been present. And as for his saying: 'I did not abandon the Sunnah of ‘Umar,' indeed neither I nor he could endure it. So go to him and inform him of that."

11994 - And from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, who said: Uthman had a doorkeeper who would walk before him to the prayer. He said: So he went out one day and prayed while the doorkeeper was before him. Then he came and the doorkeeper sat to the side, rolled up his cloak and placed it under his head, and lay down, and placed the whip before him. Then Ali approached wearing a lower garment and a cloak, with a staff in his hand. When the doorkeeper saw him from a distance, he said: "This is Ali approaching." So Uthman sat up and adjusted his cloak upon himself. Ali came until he stood over him and said: "You have purchased the estate of the family of so-and-so, yet the endowment of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) has a right to its water; indeed, I knew that no one but you would purchase it." So Uthman stood up, and words passed between them that I shall not narrate until I meet Allah - the Mighty and Sublime. Then al-Abbas came and intervened between them; Uthman raised the whip against Ali, and Ali raised the staff against Uthman. Al-Abbas began to calm them down, saying to Ali: "He is the Commander of the Faithful," and saying to Uthman: "He is your cousin." He continued until they both fell silent. On the following day, I saw them both, each holding the hand of his companion, and they were conversing with one another.

11995 - And from Abu 'Awn al-Ansari that 'Uthman ibn 'Affan said to Ibn Mas'ud: "Will you desist from that which has reached me concerning you?" Whereupon he offered him some excuses. 'Uthman then said: "Woe to you! Indeed, I have memorized and heard, and it is not as you have heard. Verily, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'A leader will be killed and a usurper will seize power,' and indeed I am the one who will be killed, not 'Umar. Indeed, 'Umar was killed by only one individual, whereas they shall gather collectively against me."

And from Salim ibn Abi al-Ja'd, who said: "Uthman invited a group of people from the companions of the Prophet (pbuh), among whom was Ammar ibn Yasir. He said: 'I am asking you, and I would like you to be truthful with me. I adjure you by Allah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to favor Quraysh over the rest of the people, and favor the Banu Hashim over the rest of Quraysh?' The people remained silent. Uthman said: 'If the keys to Paradise were in my hand, I would have given them to the Banu Umayya until the very last of them had entered.' Then he sent for Talhah and al-Zubayr, and Uthman said: 'Shall I not tell you both about him?' — meaning Ammar — 'I was coming with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) while he was holding my hand, and we were walking in al-Batha' until he came upon his father and mother while they were being tortured. The father of Ammar said: "O Messenger of Allah, will it be like this forever?" The Prophet (pbuh) said to him: "Be patient," then he said: "O Allah, forgive the family of Yasir, and indeed I have done so."'"

11997 - And on the authority of Ibrahim — meaning the son of Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf — who said: Uthman said: "If you find in the Book of Allah — Mighty and Majestic — that you should place my leg in shackles, then place it."

11998 - And from Aslam, the freed slave of 'Umar, who said: I witnessed 'Uthman on the day he was besieged at the place of funerals, and if a stone were thrown, it would not have fallen except on the head of a man. I saw 'Uthman looking out from the small door that is adjacent to the Station of Jibril (pbuh), and he said: "O people, is Talhah among you?" They remained silent. Then he said: "O people, is Talhah among you?" Then Talhah ibn 'Ubayd Allah stood up, and 'Uthman said to him: "Do I see you here? I did not think that you would be among a group of people who hear my call for the last of three times and then do not answer me. I adjure you by Allah, O Talhah, do you remember the day when you and I were with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) in such and such a place, and no one of his companions was with him except me and you?" He said: "Yes." Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to you: "O Talhah, there is no prophet except that he has a companion from his nation in Paradise, and indeed this 'Uthman ibn 'Affan—meaning me—is my companion in Paradise"? Talhah said: "O Allah, yes." Then he departed.

11999 - On the authority of Ubadah ibn Azhar Abu Rawwa', who said: I heard Uthman delivering a sermon, saying: "By Allah, we accompanied the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) in travel and at home; he used to visit our sick, follow our funeral processions, participate in military expeditions with us, and console us with both the small and the large. Yet, indeed, some people are trying to teach me about him, while perhaps not one of them has ever seen him."

And from Abu Sa'id, the freed slave of Abu Usayd, who said: It reached Uthman that a delegation of the people of Egypt had approached. He met them in a village of his outside Medina, as he disliked for them to enter upon him—or as the narrator said. When they learned of his location, they approached him and said, "Call for the Mushaf (the Quran) for us." So he called for it—meaning he brought it—and said, "Open it." He read until he reached this verse: "Say, 'Have you seen what Allah has sent down to you of provision, and you have made of it lawful and unlawful?' Say, 'Has Allah permitted you, or are you inventing [lies] against Allah?'" [Yunus: 59]. They said, "The protected pasture (Al-Hima) of Allah, did He permit you for it, or are you inventing [lies] against Allah?" He said, "Move on [continue reading]; it was revealed concerning such and such. As for the protected pasture, indeed Umar protected the pasture for the camels of charity (Sadaqah). When I was given authority, I did what he did, and I did not increase upon what he increased." And the narrator thought he said: "And I was on that day such and such years old." He [Abu Sa'id] said: Then they asked him about things, to which he began saying, "Move past it, it was revealed regarding such and such." Then they asked him about things he recognized for which he had no excuse, so he said, "I seek forgiveness from Allah." Then he said, "What do you want?" They said, "We want the people of Medina not to take the stipend (Al-Ata'), for this wealth is for those who fought for it and for these elders from the Companions of Muhammad (pbuh)." He said: So he agreed, and they agreed. He said: And they took a pledge from him. He said: And they wrote a document against him, and he took a pledge from them that they would not break the staff (cause division) nor separate from the community. He said: So he was satisfied, and they were satisfied. He said: They then approached Medina with him, and he praised Allah and extolled Him, then said, "By Allah, I have not seen a delegation better than this delegation. Behold, whoever has crops, let him join his crops; and whoever has livestock, let him milk them. Behold, there is no wealth for you with us; rather, this wealth is for those who fought for it and for these elders from the Companions of Muhammad (pbuh)." He said: The people became angry and said, "This is the deception of the Umayyads." The delegation returned satisfied, but when they were partway on the road, a rider began to intercept them, then leave them, then return to them and insult them. They seized him and said, "What is the matter with you? You surely have a purpose." He said, "I am the messenger of the Commander of the Faithful to his governor in Egypt." They searched him and found a letter attributed to Uthman bearing his seal: that he should crucify them, or strike their necks, or cut off their hands and feet. He said: So they returned and said, "He has broken the covenant, and Allah has made his blood lawful." They arrived in Medina and went to Ali and said, "Have you not seen the enemy of Allah? He wrote concerning us such and such. Stand with us against him." He said, "By Allah, I will not stand with you." They said, "Then why did he write to us?" He said, "By Allah, he never wrote a letter to you at all." They looked at one another, then some said, "Is it for this that you fight, or for this that you are angry?" Ali went out and stayed in a village outside Medina. They went to Uthman and said, "Did you write concerning us such and such?" He said, "There are only two options: either you produce two witnesses, or an oath by Allah that I did not write, nor dictate, nor did I know. And you know that a letter can be written in a man's name and a seal can be engraved upon a seal." He said: So they besieged him. One day he looked out at them and said, "Peace be upon you," but I did not hear anyone return the greeting except for a man returning it to himself. He said, "I adjure you by Allah, do you know that I bought the well of Rumah from my own wealth to make it sweet, and I made my bucket in it like the bucket of any man among the Muslims?" It was said, "Yes." He said, "Then why do you prevent me from drinking from its water until I must break my fast with sea water?" He said, "I adjure you by Allah, do you know that I bought such and such from my wealth and added it to the Mosque?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Do you know of anyone being prevented from praying in it before me?" Then he mentioned something that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to him. The narrator said: And I believe he mentioned his writing of the Mufassal with his own hand. He said: Then the news spread, and it was said, "Go easy on the Commander of the Faithful."

12001 - And on the authority of al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah that he entered upon 'Uthman while he was besieged, and said: "You are the leader of the general public, and there has descended upon you what you see. I present to you three options, so choose one of them: either you go out and fight them, for you have numbers and strength with you, and you are upon the truth while they are upon falsehood; or you break open a door for yourself other than the door they are at, mount your riding beasts, and join Mecca, for they will never violate your sanctity while you are there; or you join al-Sham, for they are the people of al-Sham and among them is Mu'awiyah." 'Uthman said: "As for going out and fighting them, I shall not be the first to succeed the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) among his nation by shedding blood. As for going out to Mecca, [thinking] that they will not violate my sanctity therein, I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'A man from Quraysh will commit heresy in Mecca, upon whom shall be half the punishment of the entire world,' and I will not be that person. As for joining al-Sham because they are the people of al-Sham and among them is Mu'awiyah, I shall never depart from the land of my emigration and the proximity of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)."

12002 - And from al-Nu'man bin Bashir, who said: A man among us died called Kharijah bin Zaid, so we covered him with a garment. I stood up to pray when I heard a commotion, so I finished my prayer. Suddenly, I found him moving, and he said: "The strongest of the people and the most moderate of them is the servant of Allah, 'Umar, the Commander of the Faithful, strong in his body, strong in the command of Allah—the Mighty and Majestic. 'Uthman bin 'Affan, the Commander of the Faithful, the chaste and self-restrained, who pardons many sins. Two nights have passed and four remain, and the people have disagreed, and there is no order for them. O people, turn towards your Imam, listen, and obey. This is the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and Ibn Rawahah." Then he said: "And what did Zaid bin Kharijah do?"—meaning his father—then he said: "The Well of Aris was taken unjustly," then the voice fell silent.

12003 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Rafi', on the authority of his mother, who said: Al-Sa'bah bint al-Hadrami went out, and we heard her saying to her father, Talhah bin 'Ubaydullah: "Indeed, 'Uthman's siege has become severe, so if only you would speak regarding him so that it might be eased for him." He said: And Talhah was washing one of the two sides of his head, so he did not answer her. Then she put her hands into the sleeve of her gown and bared her breasts and said: "I ask you by that which I carried you and nursed you, that you must do so." So he stood up and twisted the side of his hair until he tied it while it was still washed, then he went out until he came to 'Ali while he was sitting at the side of his house. Then Talhah said—while he was accompanied by his mother and the mother of Abdullah bin Rafi'—: "If only you would divert the people from this man, for his siege has become severe." He said: Then he ['Ali] tapped with a cup in his hand three times, then he raised his head and said: "By Allah, I do not like anything of this that he ['Uthman] dislikes."

12004 - And from Muhammad ibn Sirin that Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfah ibn Utbah ibn Rabi'ah and Ka'b boarded a ship at sea, and Muhammad said: "O Ka'b, do you find this ship of ours in the Torah and how it sails?" He said: "No, but I find in it a man, the most wretched of the youths of Quraysh, who leaps among the youths as a donkey leaps; so beware, lest you be him." Ibn Sirin said: "And they claimed that it was indeed he."

12005 - And on the authority of Fatimah bint Ali and Abdullah bin Ja'far, they both said: Ali bin Abi Talib entered upon Ammar bin Yasir while he was grabbing the clothes of al-Hasan bin Ali at the neck. Ali said to him: "What is the matter with you? What is the matter with you and your nephew?" He said: "He claims that Uthman does not disbelieve." Ali said to him: "Do you believe in that which Uthman disbelieves in, and do you disbelieve in that which Uthman believes in?" He said: "No." He said: "Then release your nephew." When al-Hasan left, Ali said to him: "O Ammar, do you not know that Uthman believed in Allah and disbelieved in al-Lat and al-Uzza?" He said: "Indeed."

And from Waththab, who was among those reached by the manumission of Uthman and who used to stand before Uthman, he said: Uthman sent me, so I summoned al-Ashtar for him—Ibn 'Awn said: I think he said:—so I placed a cushion for him and a cushion for the Commander of the Faithful. He said: "O Ashtar, what do the people want from me?" He replied: "Three things, none of which can be avoided." He asked: "What are they?" He replied: "They give you the choice between relinquishing their affair to them, saying: 'This is your affair, so choose for it whom you wish'; or that you submit yourself to retribution; and if you refuse, the people will kill you." He said: "Is there no escape from one of them?" He replied: "There is no escape from one of them." He said: "As for relinquishing their affair to them, I was not to take off a garment with which I have been clothed." He said: And al-Hasan said: He said: "By Allah, to be brought forward and have my neck struck is more beloved to me than relinquishing the command of the nation of Muhammad (pbuh) while some of them leap upon others—and this is more similar to the speech of Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). As for submitting myself to retribution, by Allah, I have known that my two companions [Abu Bakr and Umar] used to punish, but my body cannot withstand retribution. As for them killing me, by Allah, if you kill me, you will never love one another after me, nor will you ever fight an enemy together after me." Then al-Ashtar stood and departed. We stayed for a while and said: "Perhaps the people [will disperse]," when a man resembling a wolf appeared and looked through a door then returned. Then Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr came with thirteen men until they reached Uthman. He seized his beard and pulled it this way and that until I heard the clashing of his teeth. He said: "What did Mu'awiya avail you? What did Ibn 'Amir avail you? What did your letters avail you?" He said: "Release my beard, O son of my brother [release my beard, O son of my brother]." He said: Then I saw him summon a specific man from the group, who approached him with a broad-headed arrow and stabbed him with it in his head. I said: "Then what?" He said: "They cooperated against him, by Allah, until they killed him."

And on the authority of Na’ilah bint al-Furafisah, the wife of ‘Uthman, who said: The Commander of the Faithful, ‘Uthman, became drowsy and dozed off, then he woke up and said: "The people will surely kill me." I said: "No, if Allah wills, it will not reach that point; your subjects have only sought to reproach you." He said: "I saw the Prophet (pbuh), Abu Bakr, and ‘Umar, and they said: 'You shall break your fast with us tonight.'"

12008 - And from Kathir bin al-Salt, who said: Uthman slept on the day in which he was killed, which was a Friday. When he awoke, he said: "Were it not that people would say Uthman has expressed his wishful desire, I would have narrated a report to you." He said: We said: "Narrate to us, may Allah rectify your condition, for we do not say what the people say." He said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) in this sleep of mine, and he said: 'Indeed, you shall witness the Friday prayer with us.'"

12009 - And on the authority of Ibn Umar, that Uthman began the morning narrating to the people, saying: "I saw the Prophet (pbuh) in a dream, and he said: 'O Uthman, break your fast with us.'" So he started the day fasting and was killed on that same day—may Allah be pleased with him and honor his countenance.

12010 - And on the authority of Muslim Abu Sa'id, the freed slave of Uthman ibn Affan, that Uthman ibn Affan emancipated twenty slaves, and he called for trousers and fastened them upon himself—and he had never worn them during the pre-Islamic period nor in Islam—and he said: "Indeed, I saw the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) last night in a dream, as well as Abu Bakr and Umar, and they said to me: 'Be patient, for you shall break your fast with us tomorrow night.'" Then he called for a Mushaf and spread it before him, and he was killed while it was before him.

12011 - And from Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqil, who said: Uthman was killed in the year thirty-five, and the civil war lasted five years, four months of which were the reign of al-Hasan.

12012 - And on the authority of Abu al-'Aliyah, who said: We were at the door of 'Uthman during the ten days of al-Adha.

12013 - And on the authority of Abu Ma'shar, who said: Uthman was killed [on Friday] when eighteen nights had passed of Dhu al-Hijjah in the year thirty-five, and his caliphate lasted twelve years less twelve days.

12014 - And on the authority of Abu Uthman al-Nahdi, that Uthman was killed in the middle of the days of Tashriq.

12015 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Farrukh, who said: I witnessed Uthman being buried in his clothes with his blood, and he was not washed.

12016 - And from Qatadah, he said: Al-Zubayr prayed over Uthman and buried him, and he [Uthman] had appointed him as his executor.

12017 - On the authority of Abu Thawr al-Huddani - from a tribe of Murad - who said: I came upon Hudhayfah and Abu Mas'ud while they were in the mosque of Kufa during the days of al-Jara'ah, when the people did to Sa'id ibn al-'As what they did. Abu Mas'ud was teaching the people and saying: "By Allah, I do not think it will return to its former state until blood is shed in it." Thereupon, Hudhayfah said: "By Allah, it shall indeed return to its former state, and not even a cupping-glass of blood will be shed in it; and I do not know anything regarding it today except that I knew of it while Muhammad (pbuh) was alive."

12018 - And in a narration: On the authority of Abu Thawr al-Huddani, who said: "I went to Hudhayfah and Abu Mas'ud in the mosque, and Abu Mas'ud was saying: 'By Allah, I did not think that it would turn back on its heels without even a cupping-vessel's amount of blood being shed in it.' Hudhayfah said: 'However, I have known that it will turn back on its heels and that a cupping-vessel's amount of blood will be shed in it. Indeed, a man will reach the morning as a believer and reach the evening as a disbeliever, and reach the evening as a believer and reach the morning as a disbeliever. His heart will be overturned such that his rear becomes topmost; he fights in the fitnah (strife) today, and Allah kills him tomorrow.' Abu Mas'ud said: 'You have spoken the truth; this is how the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) narrated to us regarding the fitnah (strife).'"

12019 - From Al-Hasan - meaning Al-Basri - who said: I heard Jundub narrating from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) that he said: "How will you be with peoples whose leaders enter Paradise, while their followers enter the Fire?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah, even if they performed the likes of their deeds?" He said: "Even if they performed the likes of their deeds." They said: "And how can that be, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Their leaders enter Paradise by what has preceded for them, and the followers enter the Fire by what they have newly introduced."

12020 - And on the authority of Hudhayfa bin al-Yaman, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "My companions will commit a lapse for which Allah will forgive them because of their companionship, but a people after them will follow their example, and Allah will cast them upon their nostrils into the Fire."

12021 - And from Hudhayfah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "A leader of tribulation shall certainly enter Paradise, and those with him shall certainly enter the Fire."

12022 - And on the authority of Abu Bakrah, who said: "It was said: 'What prevented you from fighting on the Day of the Camel?' He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "A doomed people will emerge who will not succeed; their leader is a woman; their leader is in Paradise."' I say: In the Sahih, he has: 'A people who entrust their affairs to a woman will never succeed.'"

And on the authority of Ali bin Abi Talib, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, there will be disagreement and affairs [after me]; so if you are able to be the peace, then do so."

12024 - And from Abu Rafi' that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to Ali ibn Abi Talib: "There will be a matter between you and Aisha." He said: "Me, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Then I would be the most wretched of them, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "No, but when that happens, return her to her place of safety."

12025 - And from Qais bin Abi Hazim, that when Aisha arrived at Al-Haw'ab, she heard the barking of dogs, so she said: "I do not think of myself but that I am returning; I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying to us: 'Which of you is it that the dogs of Al-Haw'ab will bark at?'" Az-Zubayr said to her: "Are you returning? Perhaps Allah will bring reconciliation between the people through you."

12026 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to his wives: "I wish I knew which of you will be the companion of the hairy camel, who shall go forth and the dogs of Haw'ab will bark at her; many will be killed on her right and on her left, and she will then survive after having nearly perished."

12027 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'id—meaning al-Khudri—who said: "We were at the house of the Prophet (pbuh) among a group of the Muhajirun and the Ansar, and he said: 'Shall I not inform you of the best among you?' They said: 'Yes.' He said: 'The best among you are those who fulfill [their obligations] and are wholesome/pleasant; indeed, Allah loves the welcoming and the God-fearing.' He said: And Ali bin Abi Talib passed by, so he said: 'The truth is with this one, the truth is with this one.'"

12028 - And on the authority of Abu Jarw al-Mazini, who said: "I witnessed Ali and al-Zubayr when they confronted each other. Ali said to him: 'O Zubayr, I adjure you by Allah, did you hear the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Verily, you shall fight him while you are in the wrong?"' He replied: 'Yes, and I did not remember it until this very moment of mine.' Then he departed."

And from Ali, that he ascended the pulpit on Friday and delivered a sermon. Then al-Ash’ath stood up and said to him: "The red-skinned ones (the non-Arabs) have overcome us for your attention." Ali replied: "Who will excuse me from these heavy-bodied, indolent people? One of them stays behind, tossing and turning upon his soft cushions, while these people set out early for the remembrance of Allah. If I were to drive them away, I would surely be among the wrongdoers. By Allah, I certainly heard him (pbuh) say: 'They will surely strike you for the sake of the religion in return, just as you struck them for it in the beginning.'"

12030 - And from 'Abbad ibn 'Abdullah al-Asadi, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, that Zayd ibn Suhan was with him on a Friday while he was delivering a sermon on a pulpit made of baked bricks, and the mawali (non-Arab clients) were around him. A man stood up and spoke words—I do not know what they were—and 'Ali became so angry that his face turned red. While we were in that state, al-Ash'ath ibn Qays arrived, stepping over the people, and said: "These fair-skinned ones (al-Humayra') have overcome us in reaching your face." Zayd ibn Suhan struck my thigh and said: "To Allah we belong; by Allah, the Arabs shall certainly manifest what they used to conceal." Then 'Ali said: "Who will excuse me from these coarse, indolent ones? One of them turns over on his bed while a people set out early for the remembrance of Allah. What then do you command me? Should I drive them away and thus become one of the wrongdoers? By the One who split the grain and created the soul, I certainly heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'They will surely strike you for the religion in the end as you struck them for it in the beginning.'"

12031 - And on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Taymi, that a certain individual entered Madinah as a pilgrim, and the people came to him to offer their greetings. Sa'd entered and offered his greeting, whereupon the individual said: "And this one did not assist us in our right against the falsehood of others." He said: Sa'd remained silent for a moment. The individual then asked: "What is the matter with you that you do not speak?" Sa'd replied: "A tribulation and darkness broke out, so I said to my camel: 'Ikh, ikh' [a command to kneel], and I made it kneel until it dissipated." The man said: "I have read the Book of Allah from its beginning to its end, and I did not see 'Ikh, ikh' within it." Sa'd became angry and said: "Since you have said that, I indeed heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'Ali is with the truth, or the truth is with Ali wherever he may be.'" The man asked: "Who heard that?" Sa'd replied: "He said it in the house of Umm Salama." He then sent word to Umm Salama to ask her, and she replied: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) did indeed say it in my house." The man then said to Sa'd: "You have never been more blameworthy in my sight than you are now." Sa'd asked: "And why?" He replied: "Had I heard this from the Prophet (pbuh), I would have remained a servant to Ali until I died."

12032 - And from Zayd ibn Wahb, who said: While we were around Hudhayfah, he said: "How will you be when the household of your Prophet (pbuh) emerges as two factions, striking each other's faces with the sword?" We said: "O Abu Abd Allah, is that truly to occur?" Some of his companions said: "O Abu Abd Allah, so what should we do if we reach that time?" He said: "Look for the faction that calls to the cause of Ali and adhere to it, for indeed it is upon the guidance."

12033 - And on the authority of Zahdam al-Jarmi, who said: We were in the evening gathering of Ibn Abbas, and he said: "I am going to narrate to you a narration that is neither a secret nor public: When what occurred regarding the matter of this man—meaning Uthman—occurred, I said to Ali: 'Withdraw, for even if you were in a hole, you would be sought until you were brought out.' But he disobeyed me. By Allah, Mu'awiyah shall certainly rule over you, and that is because Allah—Exalted is He—says: {And whoever is killed unjustly, We have given his heir authority, but let him not exceed limits in [taking] life. Indeed, he has been supported.} [Al-Isra: 33]. And the Quraysh will certainly lead you according to the ways of the Persians and the Romans, and the Jews, Christians, and Magians will certainly be entrusted over you. So whoever among you [on that day] adheres to what he recognizes [to be truth] has been saved, and whoever abandons [it]—and you shall be abandoners—you will be like a generation among the generations [among those] who perished."

12034 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: When word reached the companions of Ali as they were marching toward Basra that the people of Basra had gathered in support of Talha and al-Zubayr, it distressed them and weighed heavily on their hearts. Thereupon Ali said: "By the One besides whom there is no other deity, he shall surely prevail over the people of Basra, and Talha and al-Zubayr shall surely be killed, and six thousand five hundred and fifty men — or five thousand five hundred and fifty men, al-Ahlaj was uncertain — shall surely come forth to you from Kufa." Ibn Abbas said: "That stayed in my mind." He [Ali] then said: "O people of Kufa." When the people of Kufa arrived, I went out and said: "I shall certainly see; if it is as he says, then it is a matter he heard [from the Prophet], otherwise it is the deception of war." I then met a man from the army and questioned him, and by Allah, he did not hesitate to state exactly what Ali had said. Ibn Abbas said: "And this was among the things that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to inform him of."

12035 - And on the authority of Qays bin ‘Adi, who said: I heard ‘Amr bin Thabit on the day of Basra saying: I swear by Allah, the multitude shall certainly be defeated and they shall turn their backs. A man from an-Nakha‘ said: I seek refuge in Allah from polytheism, O Abu Yaqzan, that you should say what you have no knowledge of. He replied: I would be more evil than a camel dragging its halter between Najd and Tihama if I were saying what I have no knowledge of.

12036 - And on the authority of Yazid ibn Mu'awiya al-Bakka'i, who said: I was sitting with Abdullah ibn Mas'ud and Hudhayfa, and they passed by them with a woman and a man upon a camel whose faces had been turned away from each other. One of the two said to his companion: "This is what we used to talk about; indeed, with that is the al-bariqah (the flash of the sword/strife)."

12037 - And on the authority of 'Umayr ibn Sa'id, who said: We were sitting with Ibn Mas'ud, and Abu Musa was with him. The governor seized a man, struck him, and carried him upon a camel. The people began to say: "The camel! The camel!" A man said: "O Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, is this the camel which we used to hear about?" He replied: "Then where is the flashing [of swords]?"

12038 - And from Sa'id bin Kuz, he said: I was with my master on the Day of the Camel, and a horseman approached and said: O Mother of the Believers. Aisha said: Ask him who he is? It was said: Who are you? He said: I am Ammar bin Yasir. She said: Say to him: What do you want? He said: I adjure you by Allah Who revealed the Book to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) in your house, do you know that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) appointed Ali as an executor (Wasi) over his family and among his family? She said: O Allah, yes. He said: Then what is the matter with you? She said: I seek the blood of Uthman, the Commander of the Faithful. He said: Then he spoke, then four horsemen came and a man among them called out to them. He said: Aisha said: The son of Abi Talib, by the Lord of the Kaaba, ask him what he wants? They said: Who are you? He said: I am Ali bin Abi Talib. She said: Ask him what he wants? They said: What do you want? He said: I adjure you by Allah Who revealed the Book to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) in your house, do you know that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) appointed me as an executor (Wasi) over his family and among his family? She said: O Allah, yes. He said: Then what is the matter with you? She said: I seek the blood of the Commander of the Faithful Uthman. He said: Show me the killers of Uthman. Then he turned away and the fighting intensified. He said: And I saw Hilal bin Waki', the leader of Banu Tamim, and with him was an Abyssinian slave of his like a Jinn, and he was fighting in front of Aisha while saying: I strike them with a sharp sword, since Awn and Abu Himat have fled, and the people have deviated from the path. He said: Then I happened to glance, and he and his slave had been crushed.

12039 - And on the authority of Abu Bakrah, who said: When it was the Day of the Camel, Ali saw heads falling [severed], so he took the hand of al-Husayn and placed it upon his belly, then said: "What good remains after this?"

12040 - And on the authority of Muhammad ibn Qays, who said: The Day of the Camel was mentioned to Aisha, and she asked: "And do the people call it: the Day of the Camel?" They replied: "Yes." She said: "I wish that I had remained as my companions remained, and it would have been more beloved to me to have given birth to more than ten children for the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), all of them being like Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham and like Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr."

12041 - On the authority of 'Amir al-Sha'bi, who said: When Ali set out for Siffin, he appointed Abu Mas'ud as his deputy over Kufa. There were men from the people of Kufa who had hidden themselves [from Ali]. When he departed, they emerged. People would come to Ibn Mas'ud and say: "By Allah, Allah has destroyed his enemies and granted victory to the believers." Ibn Mas'ud would say: "By Allah, I do not consider it a victory or a state of wellbeing that one of the two parties should prevail over the other." They asked: "Then what [should it be]?" He replied: "That there be a reconciliation between the people." When Ali returned, they mentioned that to him, so Ali said: "Withdraw from our service." He asked: "And why is that?" Ali said: "Indeed, we found that you do not exercise sound judgment." He replied: "As for me, what I know of my intellect remains; as for the other, it is evil."

12042 - And on the authority of Ali, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) charged me with fighting the oath-breakers (al-Nakithin), the unjust (al-Qasitin), and the renegades (al-Mariqin)."

12043 - And in a narration: I was commanded to fight the oath-breakers (al-Nakithin). And then he mentioned it.

12044 - And from Abdullah bin Mas'ud who said: "Ali was commanded to fight the oath-breakers, the unjust, and the renegades."

12045 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'id 'Uqaysa, who said: I heard 'Ammar, while we were heading towards Siffin, saying: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) commanded me to fight the breakers of the pledge (al-Nakithin), the unjust (al-Qasitin), and the renegades (al-Mariqin)."

12046 - And on the authority of Qays bin Abi Hazim, who said: Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "March forth to the remnants of the confederates; march forth with us to what Allah and His Messenger (pbuh) have said. Verily, we say: 'Allah and His Messenger (pbuh) have spoken the truth,' while they say: 'Allah and His Messenger (pbuh) have lied.'"

And from Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) came to the mother of Abdullah bin Amr one day, and she was a woman who was kind to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). He said: "How are you, O mother of Abdullah?" She said: "Well, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah; how are you?" He said: "Well." She said: "Abdullah is a man who has renounced the world." He asked: "And how so?" She said: "He has forbidden sleep for himself so he does not sleep, he does not break his fast, he does not eat meat, and he does not fulfill the rights of his wife." He asked: "Where is he?" She said: "He went out and is expected back shortly." He said: "When he returns, keep him here." She said: Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) left and Abdullah came, then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) returned shortly after and said: "O Abdullah bin Amr, what is this that has reached me concerning you?" He asked: "And what is that, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "It has reached me that you do not sleep and do not break your fast." He replied: "I intended by that safety from the Day of the Greatest Terror." He said: "And it has reached me that you do not eat meat." He replied: "I intended by that food better than it in Paradise." He said: "And it has reached me that you do not fulfill the rights of your wife." He replied: "I intended by that women who are better than her in Paradise." He said: "O Abdullah bin Amr, indeed you have in the Messenger of Allah an excellent example. For the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) fasts and breaks his fast, sleeps and stands in prayer, eats meat, and fulfills the rights of his wife. O Abdullah, indeed Allah has a right over you, your body has a right over you, and your family has a right over you." He said: "O Messenger of Allah, do you command me to fast five days and break my fast one day?" He said: "No." He asked: "Then should I fast four days and break my fast one day?" He said: "No." He asked: "Then should I fast three days and break my fast one day?" He said: "No." He asked: "Then should I fast two days and break my fast one day?" He said: "No." He asked: "Should I then fast one day and break my fast one day?" He said: "That is the fast of my brother David, O Abdullah bin Amr. And what will become of you when you remain among the dregs of people whose covenants and trusts have been corrupted and they became like this," and he intertwined his fingers. He asked: "What do you command me?" He said: "Adhere to what you recognize as good, leave what you reject as evil, concern yourself with your own private affairs, and leave the people and their general affairs." Then he took his hand and proceeded to walk with him until he placed his hand in the hand of his father, saying: "Obey your father."

When the day of Siffin occurred, his father said to him: "O Abdullah, go out and fight." He replied: "O my father, do you command me to go out and fight when you heard what you heard on the day the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) gave me the charge he gave?" He said: "I adjure you by Allah, O Abdullah bin Amr, was not the last thing the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) charged you with that he took your hand, placed it in mine, and then said: 'Obey your father'?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Then I command you to go out and fight." So he went out girded with a sword, and when the fighting broke out, Amr bin al-As began reciting:

The war was kindled, so I prepared for it... a horse with hardened withers and a sturdy back
It joins one charge to another, and when... the rope leaps from the strain, it gallops swiftly
Its bones are massive and its midsection wide... and when it is drenched with water, it carries the load.

And Abdullah bin Amr began reciting:

If Jamel had witnessed my position and my presence... at Siffin one day, her forelocks would have turned gray
On the evening when the people of Iraq came as if they were... spring clouds lifted by the south winds
And we came to them charging as if our ranks... were waves of the sea, its tide swelling and crashing
When I said: They have turned away in haste, there appeared to us... battalions of them, and other battalions loomed large
Our millstone turned and their millstone turned... during the heat of the day, the shoulders did not turn away
They said to us: We believe you should pledge allegiance to Ali... so we said: We do not believe you should strike us.

12048 - And from Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami, who said: We were present with ‘Ali at Siffin, and we had entrusted two men to watch over his horse. Whenever one of the men was inattentive, ‘Ali would spur his horse, and suddenly he would be within the enemy's camp. He would then return to us with his sword stained with blood, saying: "O my companions, excuse me, excuse me." When we had a truce, these people would enter the camp of those people. ‘Ammar ibn Yasir was a banner for the companions of Muhammad (pbuh); ‘Ammar would not take any path among the valleys of Siffin except that the companions of Muhammad (pbuh) followed him. We eventually reached Hashim ibn ‘Utbah ibn Abi Waqqas, who had planted the standard. ‘Ammar said: "What is the matter with you, O Hashim? Are you one-eyed and a coward? There is no good in a one-eyed man who does not charge at the people." So Hashim pulled up the standard, saying: "A one-eyed man seeks a place for his family... he has grappled with life until he grew weary... he must either break [the enemy] or be broken." ‘Ammar said to him: "Advance, for Paradise is beneath the flashes [of the swords], and the wide-eyed maidens (al-hur al-‘in) are adorned with Muhammad (pbuh) and his party in the Highest Companion." They did not return until they were both killed. When we had a truce, these people would enter the camp of those people and those people into the camp of these. I looked and saw four men riding: Mu‘awiyah, Abu al-A‘war al-Sulami, ‘Amr ibn al-‘As, and his son. I said to myself: "If I take two to my right, I will not hear their conversation." So I chose for myself to spur my horse and split between them. I did so, placing two on my right and two on my left. I began to listen carefully, sometimes to Mu‘awiyah and Abu al-A‘war, and sometimes to ‘Amr ibn al-‘As and ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr. I heard ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr saying to his father: "O my father, we have killed this man, and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said about him what he said." He said: "Which man?" He replied: "‘Ammar ibn Yasir. Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say on the day of building the Mosque, while we were carrying bricks one by one and ‘Ammar was carrying two by two, while you were washing [the dust] off: 'Indeed, the transgressing party will kill you, and you are among the people of Paradise'?" Mu‘awiyah said: "Be silent! By Allah, you are still wallowing in your own urine. Did we kill him? Rather, those who brought him and threw him between our spears killed him." He said: They then called out in Mu‘awiyah's camp: "‘Ammar was only killed by those who brought him."

12049 - And from Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm, who said: When Ammar ibn Yasir was killed, Amr ibn Hazm entered upon Amr ibn al-As and said, "Ammar has been killed, and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) had said: 'The rebellious group shall kill him.'" Thereupon, Amr ibn al-As stood up [in alarm], reciting the phrase of returning to Allah, until he entered upon Muawiyah. Muawiyah said: "[What is the matter with you? He replied: Ammar has been killed.]" Muawiyah said: "Ammar has been killed, so what of it?" Amr said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'The rebellious group shall kill him.'" Muawiyah then said to him: "You have slipped in your own urine! Is it we who killed him? Indeed, it was only Ali and his companions who killed him; they brought him until they threw him between our spears," or he said, "between our swords."

12050 - And on the authority of Muhammad bin Umara bin Khuzayma bin Thabit, who said: My grandfather continued to withhold his weapon until Ammar was killed at Siffin, whereupon he drew his sword and fought until he was killed. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "The transgressing party shall kill him."

12051 - And from 'Amr ibn al-'As that he gave gifts to some people and favored 'Ammar ibn Yasir. When he was questioned regarding this, he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "The rebellious group will kill him."

12052 - And on the authority of Zayd ibn Wahb, who said: Ammar had become persistently embroiled in conflict with the Quraysh and they with him. They set upon him one morning and beat him. Uthman then went out carrying a staff and ascended the pulpit; he praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: "O people, what is the matter between me and the Quraysh? May Allah deal with the Quraysh accordingly! They set upon a man and beat him, whereas I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying to Ammar: 'The rebellious group shall kill you.'"

12053 - And on the authority of Anas that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was building the mosque, and Ammar bin Yasir was carrying two rocks, so he said: "Woe to the son of Sumayyah, he will be killed by the rebellious group."

12054 - And on the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: I do not find myself grieving over anything except that I did not fight the transgressing party alongside Ali.

12055 - And on the authority of Ammar ibn Yasir, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) struck me in my flank and said: 'A believing flank! The transgressing group will kill you, and your last provision will be a diluted drink of milk.'"

12056 - And from Abdullah bin Salama, who said: I saw Ammar on the day of Siffin as a very old man, dark-skinned and tall; he took the spear in his hand while his hand was trembling and said: By the One in Whose hand is my soul, I have fought with this banner alongside the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) three times, and this is the fourth. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, even if they were to strike us until they reached the mountain peaks of Hajar, I would know that our righteous ones are upon the truth and that they are upon misguidance.

12057 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Salamah, who said: It was said to Ammar: Abu Musa has emigrated. [Ammar replied:] By Allah, his army shall indeed be forsaken, his effort shall surely fail, and his covenant shall certainly be broken. By Allah, I see a people who will strike you with such a strike that those who follow falsehood will doubt. By Allah, even if they fought us until they drove us to the mountain peaks of Hajar, I would know that our companion is upon the truth and they are upon falsehood.

12058 - And on the authority of Sayyar Abu al-Hakam, who said: The tribe of Banu 'Abs said to Hudhayfah: "Indeed, the Commander of the Faithful, 'Uthman, has been killed, so what do you command us to do?" He said: "I command you to adhere to 'Ammar." They said: "Indeed, 'Ammar does not separate from 'Ali." He said: "Indeed, envy is what destroys the body. It is only his proximity to 'Ali that repels you from 'Ammar. By Allah, 'Ali is more virtuous than 'Ammar by a distance further than that between the soil and the clouds. Indeed, 'Ammar is among the righteous." And he knew that if they adhered to 'Ammar, they would be with 'Ali.

And on the authority of 'Abdullah - meaning Ibn Mas'ud - from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "If the people differ, then the son of Sumayyah is with the truth." The son of Sumayyah is 'Ammar.

12060 - On the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I have incited them with Ammar; he calls them to Paradise, and they call him to the Fire."

12061 - And from Abu al-Bakhtari, who said: Ammar said on the day of Siffin: "Bring me a drink of milk, for the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'The last drink you will drink in this world is a drink of milk.'" So, a drink of milk was brought to him and he drank it, then he advanced and was killed.

12062 - And from Kulthum ibn Jabr who said: We were at Wasit al-Qasab with Abd al-A’la [ibn Abd Allah] ibn Amir, and there was a man with him called Abu al-Ghadivah who asked for a drink. He was brought a vessel adorned with silver, but he refused to drink from it and mentioned the Prophet (pbuh). He said: So he mentioned [this] hadith: "Do not return after me as disbelievers or astray—Ibn Abi Adi was in doubt—striking the necks of one another." Then there was a man reviling so-and-so, so I said: By Allah, if Allah enables me to reach you in a battalion [I shall do so]. On the Day of Siffin, I came across him and he was wearing armor. He said: I noticed an opening in the joints of the armor, so I stabbed him and killed him, and it turned out he was Ammar ibn Yasir. He said: I said: [And what hands have done this!] He dislikes drinking from a vessel adorned with silver, yet he has killed Ammar ibn Yasir.

12063 - And on the authority of Hanzalah bin Khuwaylid al-Anbari, who said: While I was in the presence of Mu'awiyah, two men came to him disputing over the head of 'Ammar, each of them saying: "I killed him." Thereupon, Abdullah bin 'Amr said: "Let one of you yield it graciously to his companion, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'The rebellious group shall kill him.'" Mu'awiyah said: "Then what is the matter with you being with us?" He replied: "Indeed, my father complained about me to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and he said: 'Obey your father as long as he is alive and do not disobey him.' So I am with you, but I am not fighting."

12064 - And on the authority of Abu Ghadia, who said: Ammar was killed, and Amr ibn al-As was informed, so he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Verily, his killer and his plunderer are in the Fire." It was said to Amr: "Yet here you are fighting him?" He said: "He only said: 'his killer and his plunderer'."

12065 - And on the authority of Qays bin ‘Abbad, who said: We were with ‘Ali, and whenever he attended a battlefield, or ascended a hill, or descended into a valley, he would say: "Glory be to Allah! Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth." So I said to a man from Banu Yashkur: "Let us go to the Commander of the Faithful to ask him about his saying: 'Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth'?" So we went to him and said: "O Commander of the Faithful, we have seen that whenever you attend a battlefield, or descend into a valley, or overlook a hill, you say: 'Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth.' Did the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) entrust you with something specifically regarding that?" He said: He turned away from us, but we persisted in asking him. When he saw that, he said: "By Allah, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) did not entrust me with any covenant except for something he entrusted to the people. However, the people fell upon ‘Uthman and killed him, and there were those other than me who were in a worse state or action regarding him than I. Then, I saw that I was the most entitled among them to this matter, so I took charge of it. Allah knows best whether we were correct or mistaken."

12066 - And from 'Umayr ibn Zudi, who said: 'Ali addressed them, and they interrupted his sermon, so he said: "Indeed, I only became weak the day 'Uthman was killed." And he struck for them a parable like that of three bulls [lion] that gathered in a thicket: a black one, a red one, and a white one. Whenever the lions wanted one of them, they would gather together against them and thus defend themselves. So the lions said to the black and the red ones: "Verily, this white one only exposes us and makes us conspicuous in this thicket of ours. So leave me so that I may eat him, for your colors are like my color, and my color is like your colors." So the lion attacked him and it was not long before he killed him. Then he said to the black one: "Verily, this red one only exposes us in this thicket of ours. So leave me so that I may eat him, for my color is like your color, and your color is like my color." So he attacked him and killed him. Then he said to the black one: "Indeed, I am going to eat you." He said: "Let me cry out three times." He then said: "Lo! Verily, I was eaten the day the white one was eaten! Lo! Verily, I was eaten the day the white one was eaten! Lo! Verily, I was eaten the day the white one was eaten! Lo! Indeed, I only became weak the day 'Uthman was killed."

12067 - Al-Tabarani said: Usayd bin Malik Abu ‘Amrah; and it is said: Yasir bin ‘Amr bin Mihsan; and it is said: Tha‘labah bin ‘Amr bin Mihsan; and it is said: ‘Amr bin Mihsan from the Banu Mazin bin al-Najjar. It is said that Abu ‘Amrah gave ‘Ali one hundred thousand dirhams to assist him on the Day of the Camel. Killed on the Day of Siffin were Jabalah bin ‘Amr and al-Hajjaj bin ‘Amr bin Ghaziya, and he was the one who used to say during the fighting: "O assembly of the Ansar, do you want us to say to our Lord when we meet Him: 'Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our masters and our dignitaries, and they led us astray from the [right] way' [Al-Ahzab: 67]?" Also [mentioned were] Hanzalah bin al-Nu'man, Khalid bin Abi Khalid, Khalid bin Abi Dujanah, and Khuwaylid bin ‘Amr—a veteran of Badr from the Banu Salamah—as well as Rabi‘ah bin Qays bin ‘Adwan and Rabi‘ah bin ‘Abbad al-Du’ali.

12068 - And on the authority of Muhammad ibn ‘Umarah ibn Khuzaymah ibn Thabit, who said: Khuzaymah ibn Thabit fought on the Day of Siffin until he was killed.

12069 - On the authority of Suwayd bin Ghafalah, who said: I heard Abu Musa al-Ash'ari saying: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There will be in this nation two misguided arbiters; anyone who follows them is misguided." So I said: "O Abu Musa, take heed so that you are not one of them."

And on the authority of Abu Maryam, who said: I heard Ammar bin Yasir saying: "O Abu Musa, did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'Whoever lies about me intentionally, let him take his seat in the Fire'? I am asking you about a narration, and if you speak the truth, those of the companions of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) who press you for confirmation shall not blame you. I then adjure you by Allah, is it not that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) meant you specifically when he said: 'There will be a tribulation in my nation; you, O Abu Musa, during it, one who is sleeping is better than you when sitting, one who is sitting is better than you when standing, and one who is standing is better than you when walking'? Thus the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) singled you out and did not generalize it to the people." Abu Musa then left and did not respond to him with anything.

12071 - And in a narration by al-Tabarani: On the authority of Ammar bin Yasir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to a man.

And from Muhammad bin al-Dahhak al-Harami, who said: Ali stood upon the pulpit of Kufa when the two arbitrators disagreed and said: "I had forbidden you from this arbitration, but you disobeyed me." A tan-skinned youth stood up to him and said: "By Allah, you did not forbid us; rather, you commanded us and destroyed us. Then, when it resulted in what you dislike, you absolved yourself and attributed your sin to us." Ali said to him: "What have you to do with this talk? May Allah disfigure you! By Allah, the community was united while you were obscure within it, but when the tribulation arose, you sprouted like the horns of a goat." Then he turned toward the people and said: "To Allah belongs the station taken by Sa'd ibn Malik and Abdullah ibn Umar. By Allah, if it was a sin, it is surely a small one that is forgiven, and if it was a good deed, it is surely a great one that is appreciated."

12073 - On the authority of Abdullah ibn Salam, who said when the people were agitated regarding the matter of Uthman: "O people, do not kill this elderly man, and seek to make amends with him. For indeed, no nation kills its Prophet and their affairs are set right until the blood of seventy thousand of them is shed; and no nation kills its Caliph and their affairs are set right until the blood of forty thousand is shed." However, they did not heed what he said and they killed him. Then, he sat in the path of Ali and asked: "Where do you intend to go?" Ali replied: "I intend for the land of Iraq." He said: "Do not go to Iraq; stay by the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)." Some of Ali's companions sprang toward him and intended to harm him, but Ali said: "Leave him be, for he is from us, the People of the House." When Ali was killed, Abdullah said to Ibn Ma'qil: "This is the head of the forty thousand, and at its conclusion, there will be a reconciliation. No nation kills its Prophet except that seventy thousand are killed because of him, and no nation kills its Caliph except that forty thousand are killed because of him."

12074 - And on the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, this son of mine – meaning Al-Hasan – is a leader, and Allah – the Mighty and Sublime – shall reconcile through him between two groups of the Muslims."

12075 - And from Abu Mijlaz, who said: Amr and al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah said to Mu'awiyah: "Indeed, al-Hasan ibn Ali is an inarticulate man, yet he possesses speech and opinion. We have indeed learned his manner of speaking, so we shall speak as he speaks and he will find no words to respond." He said: "Do not do so." But they refused him. Then Amr ascended the pulpit, mentioned Ali, and disparaged him. Then al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah ascended, praised Allah and extolled Him, then disparaged Ali. Then it was said to al-Hasan ibn Ali: "Ascend." He said: "I will not ascend nor speak until you grant me that if I speak the truth, you will believe me, and if I speak falsehood, you will deny me." They granted him that. So he ascended the pulpit, praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: "I adjure you both by Allah, O Amr and O Mughirah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'May Allah curse the leader and the rider,' one of whom was so-and-so?" They both said: "By Allah, yes." He said: "I adjure you by Allah, O Mu'awiyah and O Mughirah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) cursed Amr with a curse for every rhyme he composed?" They both said: "By Allah, yes." He said: "I adjure you by Allah, O Amr and O Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, do you know that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) cursed the people of this one?" They said: "Yes." Al-Hasan said: "Then I praise Allah, who caused you to disparage one who is dissociated from this." He said, and he mentioned the rest of the Hadith.

12076 - And on the authority of Isa ibn Yazid, who said: Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays sought permission to enter upon Mu'awiyah in Kufa, and he [Mu'awiyah] kept him waiting for a long while. Present with him were Ibn Abbas and al-Hasan ibn Ali. He [al-Ash'ath] said: "Was it because of these two that you kept me waiting, O Commander of the Faithful? You know that their companion came to us and filled us with lies"—referring to Ali. Ibn Abbas replied: "By Allah, he possesses the mastery of your grandfather, and a thrust into your father's backside." He [al-Ash'ath] said: "O Commander of the Faithful, do you not hear what he says?" He [Mu'awiyah] replied: "You were the one who started it."

12077 - And on the authority of Shaddad ibn Aws that he entered upon Mu'awiyah while he was sitting, and Amr ibn al-Aas was sitting on his cushion. Shaddad sat between them and said: "Do you both know what makes me sit between you? Indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: 'If you see them both together, then separate them, for by Allah, they never gather except for an act of treachery.' So I desired to separate you."

12078 - From Muhammad ibn Sirin, who said: When Mu'awiyah intended to appoint Yazid as his successor, he sent word to the governor of Medina, saying, "Send to me whomever you wish." He said: So Amr ibn Hazm al-Ansari went as an envoy to him and requested permission to enter. Mu'awiyah's chamberlain came to seek permission for him, saying, "This is Amr ibn Hazm, who has come seeking permission to enter." Mu'awiyah said, "What do they need from me?" The chamberlain said, "O Commander of the Faithful, he has come seeking your favor." Mu'awiyah said, "If you are truthful, let him write whatever he wishes, and I will give him whatever he wishes, but I will not see him." He said: The chamberlain went out to him and said, "What is your need? Write down whatever you wish." Amr replied, "Glory be to Allah! I come to the door of the Commander of the Faithful and I am barred from him?! I wish to meet him and speak to him." Mu'awiyah said to the chamberlain, "Promise him such-and-such a day; let him come when he has prayed the morning prayer." He said: When Mu'awiyah had prayed the morning prayer, he ordered a couch [to be placed] in a hall of his, then he dismissed the people from his presence, so that no one remained with him except for a chair placed for Amr. Amr came and requested permission, and it was granted to him. He greeted him with peace and then sat on the chair. Mu'awiyah said to him, "What is your need?" He said: Amr praised Allah and extolled Him, then said, "By my life, the son of Mu'awiyah has become of central noble lineage among the Quraysh, in no need of kingship, yet in need of every good. Indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'Allah does not entrust a servant with the care of subjects except that He will question him about them [as to how he acted regarding them].' And I remind you of Allah, O Mu'awiyah, regarding the Ummah of Muhammad (pbuh) and whom you appoint as a successor over them." He said: Mu'awiyah was overcome by a heavy breathing and began to breathe heavily on a cold morning, and he started wiping the sweat from his face three times. Then he recovered, praised Allah and extolled Him, and then said, "To proceed: Verily, you are a man who gives sincere counsel; you have spoken your view to the fullest extent. Indeed, there remains no one except my son and their sons, and my son is more deserving than their sons. What is your need?" Amr said, "I have no need." He said: Then his brother said to him, "We only came from Medina, exhausting the camels, for the sake of a few words." Amr replied, "You did not come except for words." He said: Mu'awiyah then ordered their rewards for them, and the like of it was issued for Amr.

12079 - And on the authority of al-Haytham ibn 'Adi, who said: Sulayman ibn Surad perished in the year sixty-five. Muhammad ibn 'Ali—meaning Ibn al-Madini Fustuqah—said: And it reached me that Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza'i set out, he and al-Musayyab ibn Najabah al-Fazari, with four thousand men, and they encamped at al-Nukhaylah seeking to avenge the blood of al-Husayn ibn 'Ali. Sulayman ibn Surad was in command over them, and that was at the beginning of Rabi' al-Akhir in the year sixty-five. Then they marched towards 'Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad and met his vanguard, and they fought. Sulayman ibn Surad and al-Musayyab were killed, and that was at the beginning of Rabi' al-Akhir.

12080 - And from Muhammad ibn Sa'id—meaning Ibn Rummanah—that when Mu'awiya was on his deathbed, he said to Yazid ibn Mu'awiya: "I have smoothed the lands for you and prepared the people for you, and I do not fear anyone for you except the people of the Hijaz. If you sense any trouble from them, then dispatch Muslim ibn 'Uqba al-Murri to them, for I have tested him more than once and found none like him in his obedience and sincerity." So when news of the opposition of Ibn al-Zubayr and his call for himself reached Yazid, he summoned Muslim ibn 'Uqba al-Murri, who had been afflicted with paralysis, and said: "The Commander of the Faithful entrusted to me during his illness that if I sensed trouble from the people of the Hijaz, I should send you to them, and I have sensed it." He replied: "I am as the Commander of the Faithful thought; grant me the commission and mobilize the armies." He said: So he arrived at Medina and halted there for three days, then he called them to pledge allegiance to Yazid on the basis that they were his absolute slaves in obedience to Allah and in disobedience to Him. They responded to him in that regard except for one man from Quraysh whose mother was an Umm Walad. He said to him: "Pledge allegiance to Yazid on the basis that you are a slave in obedience to Allah and in disobedience to Him." He replied: "No, rather in obedience to Allah." So he refused to accept that from him and killed him. His mother then swore an oath that if Allah empowered her over Muslim, alive or dead, she would burn him with fire. When Muslim ibn 'Uqba departed from Medina, his illness intensified and he died. The mother of the Qurayshi man went out with some slaves of hers to the grave of Muslim and ordered that it be dug up from the side of his head. When they reached him, there was a large serpent coiled around his neck, gripping the tip of his nose and sucking it. He said: The people recoiled from him and said: "O our mistress, turn away, for Allah has sufficed you from his evil," and they informed her. She said: "No, until I fulfill for Allah what I promised Him." Then she said: "Dig from the side of the feet." They dug, and there was the serpent coiling its tail around his feet. He said: So she moved aside and prayed two rak'ahs, then she said: "O Allah, if You know that I have only become angry at Muslim ibn 'Uqba today for Your sake, then leave no barrier between me and him." Then she took a stick and approached the tail of the serpent, and it slipped away from the back of his head and exited the grave. Then she ordered him to be taken out of the grave and he was burned with fire.

12081 - And from Abu Harun al-Abdi, who said: I saw Abu Sa'id al-Khudri with a plucked beard. He asked: "Are you playing with your beard?" He replied: "No, this is what I experienced from the oppressors among the people of al-Sham. They entered upon me during the time of al-Harrah and took whatever belongings or household goods were in the house. Then another group entered and found nothing in the house, so they were aggrieved to leave without anything. They said: 'Lay the old man down.' So they laid me down, and each of them began to pull out a tuft of my beard."

12082 - And from Iyad ibn al-Walid who said: Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr wrote to Ibn Abbas regarding the pledge of allegiance, but he refused to pledge to him. Yazid ibn Muawiya thought that he only abstained from him because of his position, so Yazid ibn Muawiya wrote: "[To] Ibn Abbas, as for what follows: It has reached me that the atheist Ibn al-Zubayr has called you to his pledge of allegiance to bring you into his obedience, so you would be a supporter of falsehood and a partner in sin. But you abstained from him and held back because of what Allah made you recognize within yourself regarding our right, the People of the House. May Allah reward you with the best reward for those who maintain family ties and fulfill their covenants. Whatever I may forget of things, I shall never forget your kindness, your maintaining of ties, and your excellent reward which you deserve in obedience, honor, and kinship to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). So look to those of your people before you and those who come to you from the horizons who are enchanted by Ibn al-Zubayr's tongue and his flowery speech, and discourage them from him, for they are more obedient to you and listen to you more than they do to the atheist, the breaker of ties, the renegade. Peace."

Then Ibn Abbas wrote back to him: "As for what follows: Your letter has reached me, in which you mention Ibn al-Zubayr's invitation to me for that which he called me to, and that I abstained from him out of recognition of your right. If that were the case, it is not your kindness I seek by that, but Allah is Knower of what I intend. You wrote to me to urge the people toward you and discourage them from Ibn al-Zubayr; no, and there is no joy or gladness. May your mouth be filled with dust and may you have stones. You are the one far from hope if your soul has tempted you, and you are indeed the lost, the ruined one. You wrote to me to hasten my kindness and gift; then hold back, O man, your kindness and gift from me, for I am holding back my affection and support from you. By my life, you do not give us from what is in your hand of what belongs to us except a little, while you withhold the vast and extensive. May you have no father! Do you think I have forgotten your killing of Husayn and the youths of the sons of Abd al-Muttalib, the lamps of the darkness and the stars of guidance? Your horses abandoned them by your command, so they became fallen on a single stretch of ground, shrouded in blood, stripped in the open, neither shrouded nor pillowed, the winds blowing dust over them, the wolves raiding them, and the limping hyenas frequenting them, until Allah provided for them a people who did not share in their blood, so they shrouded them and buried them. And by them, by Allah, and by me, Allah bestowed favor upon you, so you sat in your seat in which you are. And whatever I may forget of things, I shall not forget your empowering over them the pretender, the son of the pretender, the son of the immoral fornicatress, distant in kinship, base in father and mother, for whom your father earned shame, sin, humiliation, and disgrace in this world and the Hereafter by claiming him, for the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'The child belongs to the marriage bed, and for the fornicator is the stone.' Yet your father claimed that the child belongs to other than the marriage bed and it does not harm the fornicator, and his child is attached to him just as the child of a righteous woman is attached. Your father killed the Sunnah out of ignorance and revived misleading innovations intentionally. And whatever I may forget of things, I shall not forget your driving Husayn from the sanctuary of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) to the sanctuary of Allah, and your sending men to him and your secret instructions to them to entrap him. You continued with that until you drove him from Mecca to the land of Kufa, while your horses and soldiers roared at him like lions out of your enmity to Allah, His Messenger, and the People of His House. Then you wrote to the son of Marjanah to meet him with horses, men, spears, and swords. Then you wrote to him to deal with him and not to prolong it until you killed him and those with him from the youths of the sons of Abd al-Muttalib, the People of the House from whom Allah has removed impurity and purified with a thorough purification. We are thus, unlike your fathers, the crude, the harsh, the livers of donkeys. You knew that he was the most honored of the people of al-Batha in al-Batha of old, and the most honored therein recently. They defiled the two sanctuaries as a dwelling place and permitted fighting therein, but he hated to be the one to permit fighting in the sanctuary of Allah, the sanctuary of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and the sanctity of the Sacred House. Husayn asked you for a truce and requested to return, but you took advantage of the fewness of his supporters and the eradication of his family, as if you were killing a family from the Turks or Kabul. And how can you find me upon your affection, and seek my support, when you have killed the sons of my father, and your sword is dripping with my blood, while you seek my revenge? If Allah wills, my blood shall not be in vain before you, nor shall you precede me in my revenge. And if you precede us in it, then we have accepted what the Prophets and the families of the Prophets were killed for; their blood was sought in the blood, and the appointment is with Allah, and Allah suffices as a helper for the oppressed against the oppressors, an avenger. And wonder of all wonders, as long as you live time shall show you wonders: your carrying the daughters of Abd al-Muttalib and your carrying their sons, young children, to you in Sham, showing the people that you have conquered us and that you humiliate us. Yet by them, by Allah, and by me, Allah bestowed favor upon you and upon your father and your mother from being captives. By Allah, you spend your mornings and evenings safe from the wounds of my hand, but your wound from my tongue, my fingers, my undoing, and my firming shall indeed be great. Let not vanity deceive you, for Allah shall not grant you respite after your killing the progeny of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) except a little, until Allah seizes you with a painful seizing and takes you out of the world sinful and condemned. So live, may you have no father, as you wish, for what you have committed has ruined you before Allah."

When Yazid read the letter, he said: "Ibn Abbas was indeed poured into evil."

And from Urwa ibn al-Zubayr, who said: When Mu'awiya died, Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr was slow to obey Yazid ibn Mu'awiya and openly expressed his insults toward him. When this reached Yazid, he swore that he would not be brought to him except in shackles, or he would send an army against him. It was said to Ibn al-Zubayr: "Shall we not make for you silver shackles that you can wear under your garment, thereby fulfilling his oath? For peace is more becoming of you." He replied: "May Allah not fulfill his oath!" Then he recited:
"I shall not yield to anything but the truth that I ask for... until the stone yields to the molar of the chewer."
Then he said: "By Allah, a blow with a sword in honor is more beloved to me than a blow with a whip in humiliation." He then called people to himself and openly declared his opposition to Yazid ibn Mu'awiya. Yazid ibn Mu'awiya then dispatched Muslim ibn Uqba al-Murri with the army of the people of Syria and ordered him to fight the people of Medina, and once finished with that, to march to Mecca.
He said: Muslim ibn Uqba entered Medina, and on that day, the remaining companions of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) fled from him. He committed atrocities and was excessive in killing therein, then he departed. While on a certain path, he died and appointed Husayn ibn Numayr al-Kindi as his successor, saying: "O son of a donkey's saddlecloth, beware of the deceptions of the Quraysh, and treat them only with the spear-point and then the harvest." Husayn proceeded until he arrived at Mecca and fought Ibn al-Zubayr there for several days. Ibn al-Zubayr pitched a tent in the Mosque, where women would give water to the wounded, treat them, feed the hungry, and hide the injured among them.
Husayn said: "A lion continues to emerge against us from that tent as if emerging from his lair. Who will suffice me against him?" A man from the people of Syria said: "I will." When night fell, he placed a candle at the tip of his spear, then spurred his horse and pierced the tent, which burst into flames. The Kaaba at that time was draped with tapestries, and on its top were striped Yemeni cloths. The wind carried the flames to the Kaaba until it caught fire. On that day, the two horns of the ram with which Isaac was ransomed were burned within it. He said: The news of Yazid ibn Mu'awiya's death reached Husayn ibn Numayr, so he fled. When Yazid ibn Mu'awiya died, Marwan ibn al-Hakam called for allegiance to himself, and the people of Homs, Jordan, and Palestine answered him. Ibn al-Zubayr sent Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri against him with a hundred thousand men. They met at Marj Rahit, while Marwan was then with five thousand from the Umayyads, their clients, and followers from the people of Syria. Marwan said to a client of his named Kida: "Charge whichever of the two sides you wish." He replied: "How can I charge against these given their great numbers?" Marwan said: "They are between those forced and those hired. Charge against them, may you have no mother, for the clear piercing of spears will suffice you; they themselves will suffice you, for these are but slaves of the dinar and dirham." So he charged them and shook them, Dahhak ibn Qays was killed, and the army was shattered. Regarding this, Zufar says:
"The battle of Rahit has left for Marwan prostrate bodies far apart between us."
"Do you forget my weapon, may you have no father, for I see that war only increases in its persistence."
"Pasture may grow upon the dung of the soil, but the grudges of the souls remain as they are."
And regarding this, he also said:
"Is it by right that Bahdal and the son of Bahdal live, while the son of al-Zubayr is killed?"
"You have lied, by the House of Allah, you shall not kill him, while there has not yet been a day of glory and prominence."
"And while there has not yet been for the Mashrafi swords among you a radiance like the light of the sun when it departs."
He said: Then Marwan died, and Abd al-Malik called for allegiance to himself and stood, and the people of Syria answered him. He delivered a sermon on the pulpit and said: "Who among you is for Ibn al-Zubayr?" Al-Hajjaj said: "I am, O Commander of the Faithful." He silenced him, then he repeated it, and he silenced him, then he repeated it again and said: "I am, O Commander of the Faithful, for I saw in a dream that I stripped off his garment and wore it." So he appointed him over the army to Mecca until he arrived there against Ibn al-Zubayr and fought him. Ibn al-Zubayr said to the people of Mecca: "Guard these two mountains, for you will remain in a state of good and honor as long as they do not gain mastery over them." It was not long before al-Hajjaj and those with him gained mastery over Abu Qubays and set up the catapult upon it, using it to stone Ibn al-Zubayr and those with him in the Mosque.
On the morning Ibn al-Zubayr was killed, he visited his mother, Asma bint Abi Bakr, who was then a hundred years old; she had not lost a tooth nor had she lost her sight. She said to her son: "O Abd Allah, what have you done regarding your party?" He said: "They have reached such-and-such a place." He said: Ibn al-Zubayr laughed and said: "Indeed, in death there is rest." She said: "O my son, perhaps you desire it for me? I do not wish to die until I see one of your two outcomes: either you rule and my eyes are comforted by that, or you are killed and I seek reward from Allah for your loss." He said: Then he bid her farewell. She said to him: "O my son, beware of surrendering any portion of your religion for fear of being killed."
He left her and entered the Mosque, having placed two door-leaves over the Black Stone to protect himself from being hit by the catapult. A man came to Ibn al-Zubayr while he was sitting by the Black Stone and said: "Shall we not open the door of the Kaaba for you so you may ascend into it?" Abd Allah looked at him and said: "From everything you protect your brother except from himself—meaning his appointed time—and does the Kaaba have a sanctity that this place does not? By Allah, if they found you clinging to the curtains of the Kaaba, they would kill you." It was said to him: "Will you not speak to them regarding a peace treaty?" He said: "Is this a time for peace? By Allah, if they found you in it, they would slaughter you all." And he recited:
"I am not one to purchase life with disgrace, nor one who climbs a ladder out of fear of death."
"I contend with an arrow that is unerring; it meets the fates regardless of which direction it takes."
Then he turned to the family of al-Zubayr, exhorting them and saying: "Let each of you shield his sword as he shields his face so it does not break, and defend himself with his hand as if he were a woman. By Allah, I never encountered a battle except in the first rank, and I never felt the pain of a wound except the pain of medicine."
He said: While they were thus, people entered upon them from the Gate of Banu Jumah, among them a black man. He asked: "Who are these?" It was said: "The people of Homs." He charged them carrying two swords, and the first he met was the black man, whom he struck with his sword until he cut off his leg. The black man said to him: "Ugh, O son of a fornicatress!" Ibn al-Zubayr said to him: "Be gone, O son of Ham! Is Asma a fornicatress?" Then he drove them out of the Mosque and turned away. Suddenly, a group entered from the Gate of Banu Sahm. He asked: "Who are these?" It was said: "The people of Jordan." He charged them while saying:
"I am not unaccustomed to a raid like the flood... whose dust does not clear until nightfall."
He drove them out of the Mosque, but then a group entered from the Gate of Banu Makhzum. He charged them while saying:
"If my equal were one, I would have sufficed against him."
He said: And on the roof of the Mosque were some of his supporters throwing bricks and other things at the enemy. He charged them, and a brick struck him on the crown of his head, splitting it open. He stood saying:
"Our wounds do not bleed upon our heels... but upon our feet, the blood drips down."
He said: Then he fell, and two of his clients leaned over him saying:
"The slave protects his master and is protected."
He said: Then they moved toward him and severed his head.

12084 - And from Ibn Sirin, who said: Ibn al-Zubayr said: There is nothing that Ka'b used to narrate to us except that what he said has come to pass for me, except for his saying: "A youth of Thaqif shall kill me," and here is his head before me—meaning al-Mukhtar. Ibn Sirin said: And he did not realize that Abu Muhammad had been hidden for him—meaning al-Hajjaj.

12085 - And on the authority of Ishaq ibn Abi Ishaq, who said: I was present at the killing of Ibn al-Zubayr on the day he was killed in the Sacred Mosque. The armies began to enter through the gates of the mosque, and whenever a group entered from a gate, he charged at them alone until he drove them out. While he was in that state, a battlement from the battlements of the mosque fell upon his head and knocked him down, and he was reciting these verses: "Asma' says: Will you not weep for me? ... Naught remains but my noble lineage and my religion, and a sharp sword that my right hand has wielded with ease."

12086 - And on the authority of Abu Nawfal ibn Abi 'Aqrab al-'Aranji, who said: Al-Hajjaj crucified Ibn al-Zubayr on the slope of Medina in order to show that to the Quraysh. When they dispersed, they began to pass by without stopping for him, until 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar passed by him and stood before him, saying: "Peace be upon you, O Aba Khabib"—he said it three times—"I had indeed forbidden you from this"—he said it three times—"Indeed, you used to fast much, pray much at night, and uphold the ties of kinship." Word reached Al-Hajjaj about the stance of 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, so he sent for the body and had it taken down, then he cast it into the graveyards of the Jews. He then sent for Asma' bint Abi Bakr to come to him—and she had lost her sight—but she refused. So he sent word to her: "Either you come, or I shall send someone to drag you by your braids." She said: "No, by Allah, I will not come to you until you send someone who will drag me by my braids." His messenger returned and informed him, so he said: "O boy, hand me my leather sandals." He handed him his sandals, and he stood up, seething with anger, until he reached her and said: "How have you seen what Allah has done to the enemy of Allah?" She replied: "I have seen that you ruined his worldly life, while he has ruined your Hereafter. As for your taunting him regarding 'the one with the two waistbands', yes, I did have two waistbands: one waistband with which I covered the food of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) from ants, and another waistband that women cannot do without. And I indeed heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: 'Truly, in Thaqif there shall be a destroyer and a liar.' As for the liar, we have already seen him, and as for the destroyer, that is you." He [the narrator] said: "Then he left."

12087 - And from Abu al-Muhayyah - meaning al-Mukhtar - from his father, who said: I arrived in Mecca three days after Ibn al-Zubayr had been crucified - or killed. Then his mother, Asma' bint Abi Bakr, spoke to al-Hajjaj and said: "Has it not yet come for this rider to dismount?" He said: "The hypocrite?" She said: "No, by Allah, he was not a hypocrite; rather, he was one who fasted much and stood long in prayer." He said: "Keep silent, for you are an old woman who has lost her mind." She said: "I have not lost my mind [since I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'From Thaqif there shall emerge a liar and a destroyer.' As for the liar, we have already seen him - meaning al-Mukhtar - and as for the destroyer, it is you.]" Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah added: "So al-Hajjaj said in his narration: 'A destroyer of the hypocrites.']"

12088 - And from Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, who said: Asma bint Abi Bakr came with some female attendants of hers, and she had lost her sight, and said: "Where is Al-Hajjaj?" We said: "He is not here." She said: "Then command him to order these bones [the remains] for us, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbidding mutilation." We said: "When he comes, we will tell him." She said: "When he comes, then inform him that I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: 'There shall emerge from Thaqif a liar and a destroyer.'"

12089 - And from 'Aqil ibn Khalid that his father was with al-Hajjaj when Ibn al-Zubayr was killed, so he sent him to Asma' bint Abi Bakr and said to him: Say to her: al-Hajjaj says to you: Set aside whatever wealth belonged to you from the wealth of 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr. She said: Do so, O son of Asma'. [I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Two men shall emerge from this tribe of Thaqif; one of them is a liar, and the other is a destroyer."] As for the liar, we have already known him, and I do not reckon him to be anything but the destroyer. So I returned to him and informed him, and he did not dislike that.

12090 - And from Abu Ma'shar, who said: When Mu'awiyah ibn Yazid died, all the people of Sham gave the pledge of allegiance to Ibn al-Zubayr except for the people of Jordan. When the leaders of Banu Umayya and some of the people and nobles of Sham saw that, among whom was Rawh ibn al-Zinba' al-Judhami, some of them said to others: "The kingship was among us, the people of Sham; shall it then be transferred to the people of the Hijaz? We do not accept that."

12091 - On the authority of Abd al-Rahman bin Awf, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The adornment of the world will be taken away in the year one hundred and twenty-five."

12092 - On the authority of Al-Mustawrid ibn Shaddad, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Every nation has a term, and indeed the term of my nation is one hundred years. So when one hundred years have passed for my nation, there shall come to it that which Allah - Mighty and Majestic - has promised it."

12093 - And in a narration also recorded by al-Tabarani: On the authority of al-Mustawrid, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Indeed, for every nation there is a term, and indeed the term for my nation is one hundred years. So, when one hundred years have passed for my nation, that which Allah—Mighty and Majestic—has promised it shall come to it."

12094 - And on the authority of Thawban, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "And everything you are promised is within a hundred years."

12095 - On the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: A man was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) as having great prowess against the enemy and being diligent in worship. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I do not recognize this man." They said: "But his description is such and such." He said: "I do not recognize him." While we were in that state, the man appeared, and they said: "He is this one, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "I did not recognize this man; this is the first horn I have seen in my Ummah, for indeed, upon him is a dark mark from Satan." When the man approached, he offered greetings, and he (pbuh) returned them. Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to him: "I adjure you by Allah, did you say to yourself when you appeared before us that there is no one among the people better than you?" He said: "By Allah, yes." He then entered the mosque and prayed. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to Abu Bakr: "Rise and kill him." Abu Bakr entered and found him standing in prayer. Abu Bakr said to himself: "Indeed, prayer has a sanctity and a right; if only I were to seek further command from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)." He came to him, and the Prophet (pbuh) said to him: "Did you kill him?" He said: "No, I saw him standing in prayer, and I saw that prayer has a sanctity and a right; but if you wish for me to kill him, I shall kill him." He said: "You are not the one for it; go, you, O Umar, and kill him." Umar entered the mosque and found him prostrating, so he waited for him for a long time. Then Umar said to himself: "Indeed, prostration has a right; if only I were to seek further command from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), for the one who is better than me has already sought his command." He came to the Prophet (pbuh) and he said: "Did you kill him?" He said: "No, I saw him prostrating, and I saw that prostration has a right; but if you wish for me to kill him, I shall kill him." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "You are not the one for it; rise, O Ali, you are the one for it if you find him." He entered, but found that the man had already left the mosque. He returned to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who asked: "Did you kill him?" He said: "No." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Had he been killed, no two men from my Ummah would have differed until the Dajjal appears." Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) spoke to them about the nations, saying: "The nation of Moses split into seventy-one sects, seventy of which are in the Fire and one in Paradise. And the nation of Jesus split into seventy-two sects, seventy-one of which are in the Fire and one in Paradise." Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "And my nation will surpass both groups by one sect: seventy-two in the Fire and one in Paradise." It was asked: "Who are they, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "The main bodies (Al-Jama'at)." Yaqub bin Zaid said: Whenever Ali bin Abi Talib narrated this Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), he would recite the Quranic verses: {And among the people of Moses is a community which guides by truth and by it establishes justice} [Al-A'raf: 159]. Then he mentioned the nation of Jesus and said: {And if only the People of the Scripture had believed and feared Allah, We would have done away with their misdeeds and admitted them to Gardens of Pleasure} [Al-Ma'idah: 65]. Then he mentioned our nation and said: {And among those We created is a community which guides by truth and by it establishes justice} [Al-A'raf: 181].

12096 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "The Children of Israel split into seventy-one sects, and the Christians split into seventy-two sects, and my nation will increase over them by one sect; all of them are in the Fire except for the great majority."

12097 - And on the authority of Sa’d—meaning Ibn Abi Waqqas—who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The Children of Israel split into seventy-one sects, and the nights and days shall not pass until my nation splits into the like thereof."

12098 - And from Ibn Umar, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Indeed, in my nation there are seventy-some callers, all of them calling to the Fire. If I wished, I would have informed you of their fathers, their mothers, and their tribes."

12099 - And on the authority of Abu al-Darda’, Abu Umamah, Wathilah bin al-Asqa’, and Anas bin Malik, they said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) came out to us one day while we were disputing regarding a matter of religion, and he became severely angry, such as he had never been angry before. Then he rebuked us and said: 'Desist, O nation of Muhammad! Indeed, those who came before you were only destroyed by this. Leave disputation due to its lack of goodness. Leave disputation, for the believer does not dispute. Leave disputation, for the disputant's loss has surely grown. Leave disputation, for it is sufficient sin for you to remain a disputant. Leave disputation, for I shall not intercede for the disputant on the Day of Resurrection. Leave disputation, for I am a guarantor of three houses in Paradise—in its outskirts, its middle, and its highest part—for whoever leaves disputation even while he is truthful. Leave disputation, for the first thing my Lord forbade me from after the worship of idols was disputation and drinking wine. Leave disputation, for Satan has despaired of being worshipped, but he is pleased with provocation among you, and that is disputation. Leave disputation, for the Children of Israel split into seventy-one sects, and the Christians into seventy-two sects, all of them are upon misguidance except the Great Mass (Al-Sawad al-A'zam).'" They asked: "O Messenger of Allah, who are the Great Mass?" He said: "Those who are upon what I and my companions are upon; those who do not dispute in the religion of Allah, and do not declare anyone from the people of Monotheism (Tawhid) to be an unbeliever for a sin that may be forgiven." Then he said: "Indeed, Islam began as something strange and will return to being strange." They asked: "O Messenger of Allah, and who are the strangers?" He said: "Those who rectify when the people have become corrupt, and they do not dispute in the religion of Allah, nor do they declare anyone from the people of Monotheism to be an unbeliever for a sin."

And from 'Amr bin 'Awf, who said: "We were sitting around the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) in a mosque in Medina, when Gabriel (peace be upon him) came with the revelation. He (the Prophet) covered himself with his cloak and remained for a long time until the state of revelation departed from him. Then he uncovered his cloak, and behold, he was sweating profusely and clutching something in his hand. He said: 'Which of you knows what comes out of the palm tree?' We said: 'We do, O Messenger of Allah—may our fathers and mothers be sacrificed for you—there is nothing that comes out of the palm tree except that we know it, for we are people of palm trees.' Then he opened his hand, and behold, there were date stones in it. He said: 'What is this?' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, date stones.' He said: 'Date stones of what?' They said: 'Date stones of a year.' He said: 'You have spoken the truth. Gabriel (peace be upon him) came to look after your religion. You shall surely follow the paths of those before you, exactly as one shoe matches the other, and you shall take as they took, span by span, cubit by cubit, and fathom by fathom, until even if they entered a lizard's hole, you would enter it. Indeed, the Children of Israel split under Moses (peace be upon him) into seventy sects, all of them astray except one: Islam and their community. Then they split under Jesus (peace be upon him) into seventy-one sects, all of them astray except one: Islam and their community. Then you shall be upon seventy-two sects, all of them in the Fire except one: Islam and their community.'"

12101 - And from Ibn Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) entered and said, "O son of Mas'ud." I said, "At your service, O Messenger of Allah" — he said this three times. He said, "Do you know which of the people is best?" I said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "Indeed, the best of people are the best of them in deeds when they possess understanding of their religion." Then he said, "O son of Mas'ud." I said, "At your service, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Do you know which of the people is most knowledgeable?" I said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "Indeed, the most knowledgeable of people is the one with the clearest insight into the truth when the people differ, even if he is falling short in his deeds, and even if he crawls on his backside. And those who were before me split into seventy-two sects; three of them were saved and the rest perished. One sect confronted the kings and fought them for their religion and the religion of Jesus, son of Mary; they were captured, killed, and cut into pieces with saws. Another sect had no power to confront the kings nor to reside among them to call them to Allah and the religion of Jesus, son of Mary, so they traveled through the land and practiced monasticism." He said, "And they are those of whom Allah — Mighty and Majestic — said: {…and monasticism they innovated; We did not prescribe it for them except [that they did it] seeking the pleasure of Allah} [Al-Hadid: 27], the verse. Then the Prophet (pbuh) said: 'Whoever believes in me, affirms my truth, and follows me has observed it with its due observance; and whoever does not follow me, then those are the ones who perish.'"

12102 - And in a narration: "A group remained among the kings and the tyrants and called to the religion of Jesus; they were seized, killed with saws, and burned with fires, yet they remained patient until they met Allah." And the rest is similar to it.

12103 - On the authority of Sahl ibn Sa'd al-Ansari, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, you shall surely follow the ways of those who were before you, exactly like them."

12104 - And on the authority of Shaddad ibn Aws, regarding a tradition of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "The worst of this nation shall certainly follow the ways of those who passed before them from among the People of the Scripture, exactly as one arrow-feather matches another."

12105 - And on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "You will certainly follow the ways of those who were before you, span by span, cubit by cubit, and fathom by fathom, until even if one of them were to enter the hole of a lizard, you would enter it; and even if one of them were to have intercourse with his mother, you would do so."

12106 - And on the authority of Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas’ud—who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "You are the nation that most closely resembles the Children of Israel. You will certainly follow their path, feather by feather, until there is nothing found among them except that its like will be among you; even to the point that a woman would pass by a group of people, and one of them would stand up to her and have intercourse with her, then return to his companions, laughing at them and they laughing at him."

And on the authority of Al-Mustawrid bin Shaddad that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "This nation will not leave any of the traditions of those who came before until they have practiced it."

12108 - On the authority of Abd al-Rahman al-Hadrami, who said: I was informed by one who heard the Prophet (pbuh) say: "Indeed, in my nation are a people who shall be given the like of the rewards of the first of them; they forbid the evil."

12109 - On the authority of Abu Umamah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, this religion has a period of advancement and a period of decline. Lo, and indeed, among the advancement of this religion is that an entire tribe gains religious understanding until there remains within it only one or two wicked persons who are humiliated; if they speak, they are overcome and oppressed. And indeed, among the decline of this religion is that an entire tribe turns harsh and ignorant, so there remains within it only one or two jurists, and they are humiliated; if they speak, they are overcome and oppressed. And the last of this Ummah will curse its first. Lo, and the curse has befallen them until they drink wine openly, and until a woman passes by a group of people and one of them stands up to her and lifts her hem as the tail of a ewe is lifted. Someone on that day will say: 'Should you not hide her behind the wall?' He on that day, among them, is like Abu Bakr and Umar among you. So whoever commands what is right on that day and forbids what is wrong will have the reward of fifty of those who saw me, believed in me, obeyed me, and pledged allegiance to me."

On the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "If you see my nation being afraid to say to the oppressor: 'You are an oppressor,' then they have been forsaken."

12111 - On the authority of Abu Musa, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "By Him in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, virtue and vice are two creations that will be set up for the people on the Day of Resurrection. As for virtue, it gives glad tidings to its companions and promises them good. As for vice, it will say: 'Away from me, away from me!', yet they will not be able to do anything except cling to it."

12112 - And on the authority of Ibn 'Umar that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "The people of virtue in this world are the people of virtue in the Hereafter, and the people of vice in this world are the people of vice in the Hereafter."

12113 - And on the authority of Qabisah ibn Burmah al-Asadi, who said: I was sitting with the Prophet (pbuh) when I heard him say: "The people of good in this world are the people of good in the Hereafter, and the people of evil in this world are the people of evil in the Hereafter."

12114 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The people of virtue in this world are the people of virtue in the Hereafter, and the people of vice in this world are the people of vice in the Hereafter."

12115 - And on the authority of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The people of virtue in this world are the people of virtue in the Hereafter, and the people of vice in this world are the people of vice in the Hereafter."

12116 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The people of virtue in this world are the people of virtue in the Hereafter, and the people of vice in this world are the people of vice in the Hereafter."

12117 - And on the authority of Salman, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the people of good in this world are the people of good in the Hereafter, and indeed, the people of evil in this world are the people of evil in the Hereafter."

12118 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the people of goodness in this world are the people of goodness in the Hereafter, and indeed, the first of the people of Paradise to enter Paradise are the people of goodness."

12119 - And on the authority of Durrah bint Abi Lahab, she said: "A man stood up to the Prophet (pbuh) while he was on the pulpit and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which of the people is the best?' He said: 'The best of the people are those most proficient in recitation, the most God-fearing, the most frequent in commanding what is right, the most frequent in forbidding what is wrong, and the most diligent in maintaining the ties of kinship.'"

12120 - On the authority of Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The believer is the mirror of the believer."

Narrated from 'Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or oppressed. If he is an oppressor, then restrain him, and if he is oppressed, then take back his rights for him."

12122 - On the authority of Abd al-Rahman bin Awf, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I witnessed the alliance of Banu Hashim, Zuhrah, and Taym, and it would not please me to violate it even if I were to possess red camels; and if I were invited to it today, I would respond, on the condition that it commands what is right, forbids what is wrong, and takes for the oppressed from the oppressor."

12123 - And on the authority of Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas'ud—who attributed it to the Prophet (pbuh) saying: "The world is accursed, and accursed is what is in it, except for commanding what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and the remembrance of Allah."

And on the authority of Sahl bin Sa'd that he pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), he along with Abu Dharr, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, Muhammad bin Maslamah, and another man, on the condition that they would not let the blame of any blamer affect them regarding Allah.

12125 - And from Yazid bin Abi Habib that he narrated to Muhammad bin Yazid bin Abi Ziyad, who said: Qays bin Kharashah and Ka'b accompanied one another until they reached Siffin. Ka'b stood for a while and said: "There is no god but Allah; surely, a quantity of the Muslims' blood will be shed in this spot the likes of which is not shed in any other spot on earth." Qays became angry and then said: "And what makes you know this, O Abu Ishaq? This is from the Unseen which Allah has kept exclusively to Himself." Ka'b replied: "There is not a single span of the earth except that it is written in the Torah which Allah revealed to Moses what will occur upon it and what will come forth from it until the Day of Resurrection." Muhammad bin Yazid said: "And who is Qays bin Kharashah?" He replied: "A man from Qays. Do you not know him, when he is a man from your own land?" He said: "By Allah, I do not know him." He said: "Verily, Qays bin Kharashah came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: 'I pledge allegiance to you upon what has come to you from Allah and that we speak the truth.' The Prophet (pbuh) said: 'O Qays, perhaps if your life is extended, rulers will govern you after me with whom you will not be able to speak the truth.' Qays said: 'By Allah, I shall not pledge allegiance to you upon anything except that I fulfill it for you.' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Then nothing shall harm you.'" He said: "So Qays used to find fault with Ziyad and his son Ubaydullah bin Ziyad. [The ruler] sent for him and said: 'Are you the one who fabricates lies against Allah and His Messenger?' He replied: 'No, but if you wish, I shall inform you of who fabricates lies against Allah and His Messenger: he who abandons acting upon the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh).'"

12126 - And on the authority of Abu Dharr, who said: "My close friend (pbuh) advised me that the blame of a blamer should not affect me regarding Allah, and that I should look at those who are below me and not look at those who are above me. He advised me to love the poor and to be close to them, and he advised me to speak the truth even if it is bitter, and he advised me to maintain the ties of kinship even if they turn away, and he advised me not to ask people for anything, and he advised me to frequently say: 'There is no might nor power except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great,' for indeed it is from the treasures of Paradise."

12127 - And from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to me: "O Abu Hurayrah, do not enter upon a ruler; but if you are compelled to do so, then do not exceed my Sunnah, and do not fear his sword or his whip such that you fail to command them with the consciousness of Allah and His obedience."

12128 - And on the authority of Abu Sa’id al-Khudri, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "Let not the fear of people prevent any one of you from speaking the truth when he sees it or from reminding of something significant; for indeed, speaking the truth or reminding of something significant neither brings one's appointed time of death closer nor distances one from his provision."

12129 - And on the authority of Aisha, from the Prophet (pbuh): "Moses said: 'O Lord, inform me of the most honored of Your creation to You.' He replied: 'The one who hastens to My pleasure as swiftly as an eagle to its nest; and the one who is as devoted to My righteous servants as a child is devoted to people; and the one who becomes angry when My sacred limits are violated with the anger of a leopard for itself, for indeed, when the leopard becomes angry, it does not care whether the people are few or many.'" It was narrated by al-Tabarani in al-Awsat, and it contains Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Urwah, and he is abandoned (matruk).

12130 - And from Ibn ‘Abbas, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The master of the martyrs is Hamzah bin ‘Abd al-Muttalib, and a man who stood up to a tyrannical leader, commanded him and forbade him, and so he killed him."

12131 - And on the authority of Abu Ja'far al-Khatmi that his grandfather, 'Umayr bin Habib bin Hamashah—who had reached the age of puberty during the time of the Prophet (pbuh)—exhorted his son, saying: O my son, beware of sitting with fools, for indeed sitting with them is a disease. Whoever is forbearing toward a fool shall be gladdened, and whoever responds to him shall regret it. Whoever is not satisfied with the little that comes from a fool shall be satisfied with much. And when one of you intends to enjoin what is right or forbid what is wrong, let him prepare himself for patience upon harm and trust in the reward from Allah the Exalted. For indeed, whoever trusts in the reward from Allah—the Mighty and Majestic—the touch of harm shall not harm him.

12132 - And from Aisha, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) entered upon me, and I recognized in his face that something had prompted him. He performed ablution and then went out without speaking to anyone. I drew near to the apartments and heard him say: "O people, indeed Allah says: Enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil before you call upon Me and I do not respond to you, and you ask of Me and I do not give to you, and you seek My victory and I do not grant you victory." I said: Ibn Majah narrated a portion of it.

12133 - And on the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "O people, enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong before you call upon Allah and He does not respond to you, and before you seek His forgiveness and He does not forgive you. Verily, enjoining what is right does not hasten the appointed time of death, and indeed, when the rabbis among the Jews and the monks among the Christians abandoned enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, Allah cursed them through the tongues of their Prophets and the affliction encompassed them all."

12134 - And from Abu Hurayrah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "You must certainly enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, or Allah will surely give authority over you to the worst among you, then the best among you will supplicate, but they will not be answered."

12135 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Your Lord - Mighty and Majestic is He - said: 'By My Might and My Majesty, I shall surely take vengeance upon the oppressor in his immediate life and his hereafter, and I shall surely take vengeance upon the one who saw an oppressed person and was capable of helping him but did not do so.'"

12136 - And on the authority of Sahl ibn Hunayf, from the Prophet (pbuh) that he said: "Whoever has a believer humiliated in his presence and does not support him while he is able to support him, Allah - Mighty and Majestic - will humiliate him before the heads of creation on the Day of Resurrection."

12137 - And from 'Adi bin 'Adi al-Kindi, who narrated from Mujahid: He said: A freed slave of ours narrated to us that he heard my grandfather saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Verily, Allah - Mighty and Majestic - does not punish the general public for the actions of the specific few until they see evil in their midst while they are capable of denouncing it but do not denounce it. If they do that, Allah punishes both the specific few and the general public."

12138 - And from Jabir and Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, they said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "No man forsakes a Muslim in a situation where his honor is disparaged and his sanctity is violated, except that Allah will forsake him in a situation where he would desire His support. And no man supports a Muslim in a situation where his honor is disparaged and his sanctity is violated, except that Allah will support him in a situation where he would desire His support."

12139 - And it is narrated from Imran bin Husain that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever supports his brother in his absence while he is capable of supporting him, Allah will support him in this world and the Hereafter."

12140 - And on the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "A man was entered into his grave, and two angels came to him and said to him: 'We are going to strike you one blow.' He said to them: 'For what are you striking me?' So they struck him a blow that caused his grave to be filled with fire. Then they left him until he regained consciousness and the terror had left him. He said to them: 'For what did you strike me?' They said: 'Verily, you performed a prayer while you were not in a state of purification, and you passed by an oppressed man and did not help him.'"

12141 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When a sin remains hidden, it harms none but its perpetrator; but when it becomes manifest and is not changed, it harms the general public."

12142 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Mas'ud, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "There is no man who is among a people and commits acts of disobedience against Allah among them, while they are more numerous and more powerful than him, yet they treat his matter with compromise [and do not intervene], except that Allah will punish them."

12143 - And on the authority of Al-Urs ibn Amira, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah does not punish the general public for the actions of the elite until the elite commit an act that the general public has the power to change but they do not change it. At that moment, Allah permits the destruction of both the general public and the elite."

And from Ibn Abbas, who said: It was said, "O Messenger of Allah (pbuh), will the village be destroyed while the righteous are among them?" He said, "Yes." It was said, "Why, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "By their witnessing and their silence regarding the acts of disobedience to Allah."

12145 - And on the authority of Umm Salama, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "If acts of disobedience become manifest in my Ummah, Allah will encompass them with a punishment from Himself." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, will there not be righteous people among them?" He said: "Indeed." I asked: "Then how will they be dealt with?" He said: "They will be afflicted by what afflicts the people, then they will proceed to forgiveness from Allah and His pleasure."

And from Aisha, who attributed it to the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "If evil becomes manifest in a land, Allah - the Mighty and Majestic - sends down His punishment upon the people of that land." She said: "Even if there are people of obedience to Allah among them?" He said: "Yes, then they return to the mercy of Allah."

12147 - And on the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When Allah sends down a punishment upon a people, the punishment afflicts whoever is among them, then Allah resurrects them according to their deeds."

And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: Mention was made during the time of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) of an earth-collapse toward the East. A man then said: "O Messenger of Allah, will a land in which there are Muslims be swallowed?" He replied: "Yes, when wickedness (al-khabath) is prevalent among its people."

And from Umm Habiba, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) entered upon me while he was saying: "Indeed, to Allah we belong and to Him we shall return. Woe to the Arabs from an evil that has drawn near; an opening has been made in the barrier of Gog and Magog like this," and he formed a circle representing ninety. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, shall we be destroyed while the righteous are among us?" He said: "Yes, when wickedness increases."

12150 - And on the authority of Buraidah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "No people break a covenant except that killing occurs among them, and no immorality ever becomes manifest among a people except that Allah subjects them to death, and no people ever withhold the Zakat except that Allah withholds from them the rain."

12151 - And on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, who attributed it to the Prophet (pbuh) saying: "The seal is suspended from the pillar of the Throne. When the womb (ties of kinship) complains, and acts of disobedience are committed, and audacity is shown against Allah, Allah sends the seal, and it stamps upon his heart, so that he understands nothing after that."

12152 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Whoever performs acts of disobedience in the midst of a people while being one of them, and they do not prevent them from that until they change the evil, then the protection of Allah is dissociated from them."

On the authority of Abu Musa, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Indeed, among those who were before you from the Children of Israel, when a wrongdoer among them committed a sin, the one forbidding him would do so merely to fulfill a formal excuse. However, on the following day, he would sit with him, eat with him, and drink with him as if he had not seen him commit a sin the day before. When Allah—the Exalted—beheld that behavior from them, He struck the hearts of some of them against others through the tongue of David and Jesus, the son of Mary; that was because they disobeyed and used to transgress. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, you shall surely enjoin what is right and you shall surely forbid what is wrong, and you shall surely take hold of the hands of the wrongdoer and firmly direct him toward the truth, or else Allah will surely strike the hearts of some of you against others and curse you just as He cursed them."

12154 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "If you see my nation afraid to say to the oppressor: 'You are an oppressor,' then they have been forsaken."

12155 - And on the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When you see my nation fearing the oppressor such that they refrain from saying to him: 'You are an oppressor,' then they have been forsaken."

12156 - On the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Allah revealed to an angel among the angels: 'Overturn such and such city upon its people.' He said: 'Indeed, therein is Your servant so-and-so, who has not disobeyed You for the blink of an eye.' He said: 'Overturn it upon him and upon them, for his face never once changed [with displeasure] for My sake.'"

12157 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There will be after me successors who act according to what they know and do what they are commanded. And there will be after me successors who act according to what they do not know and do what they are not commanded. So whoever denounces them is absolved, and whoever restrains his hand is safe; but [the sin is upon] those who are pleased and follow."

12158 - And on the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, there will be rulers over you who act according to what they know and do what they are commanded, and there will be after them rulers who act according to what they do not know and do what they are not commanded. Whoever disapproves is safe, but [the one who is not safe is] whoever is pleased and follows."

12159 - On the authority of Mu'adh ibn Jabal, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, you are upon a state of mindfulness from your Lord as long as two intoxications do not appear among you: the intoxication of ignorance and the intoxication of the love of life. You enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and strive in the cause of Allah. But when the love of this world appears among you, you will not enjoin what is right, nor forbid what is wrong, nor will you strive in the cause of Allah. Those who speak according to the Book and the Sunnah on that day will be like the foremost, the first [to embrace Islam] from the Muhajirun and the Ansar."

12160 - And from Abu Umama who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, this religion has an advancement and a decline. Verily, among the signs of the advancement of this religion is that an entire tribe attains understanding of the religion until there remains in it only a wicked person or two who are humiliated; if they speak, they are overcome and oppressed. And among the signs of the decline of this religion is that an entire tribe becomes coarse until there remains in it only a scholar or two who are humiliated; if they speak, they are overcome and oppressed. The latter part of this nation will curse the first part of it. Behold, upon them the curse has fallen, until they drink wine openly, and until a woman passes by a group of people and one of them stands up to her and lifts her hem just as the tail of a ewe is lifted. A speaker on that day will say: 'Would that you had hidden her behind this wall.' Such a person among them on that day is like Abu Bakr and 'Umar among you. So whoever commands what is right and forbids what is wrong on that day, for him is the reward of fifty of those who saw me, believed in me, obeyed me, and pledged allegiance to me."

12161 - And on the authority of Abd al-Rahman bin al-Hadrami, who said: I was informed by someone who heard the Prophet (pbuh) say: "Indeed, among my nation are a people who will be given rewards like the rewards of the first of them; they forbid the evil."

12162 - On the authority of Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas’ud—who said: "Indeed, among the greatest of sins is for a man to say to his brother: 'Fear Allah,' and he responds: 'Mind your own self; are you the one to command me?'"

12163 - And on the authority of 'Abdullah also, he said: "It is sufficient sin for a man that when it is said to him: 'Fear Allah,' he becomes angry."

12164 - On the authority of Samurah that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The best Jihad is that truth be spoken in the presence of a ruler," or he said: "in the presence of a tyrannical ruler."

12165 - And on the authority of Abdullah ibn Abbas, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The master of martyrs on the Day of Resurrection is Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, and a man who stood before an oppressive ruler, commanding him and forbidding him, and was killed by him."

12166 - And from Abu 'Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah, who said: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which of the martyrs is most honored by Allah - the Mighty and Majestic?' He (pbuh) said: 'A man who stood before an unjust ruler, commanded him toward good and forbade him from evil, and was killed by him.' It was asked: 'Then which of the people will face the severest punishment?' He (pbuh) said: 'A man who killed a prophet or killed a man who enjoined him to do good and forbade him from evil.' Then he recited: {And they kill the prophets without right and kill those who enjoin justice from among the people. So give them tidings of a painful punishment} [Al-Imran: 21]. Then he (pbuh) said: 'O Abu 'Ubaydah, the Children of Israel killed forty-three prophets in a single hour; then one hundred and twelve men from among the worshippers of the Children of Israel stood up and commanded what was right and forbade what was wrong, and they were all killed.'"

From Al-Mu’alla ibn Ziyad, who said: When Yazid ibn al-Muhallab defeated the people of Basra, Al-Mu’alla said: I feared sitting in the circle of Al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Hasan lest I be found in it and recognized. So I went to Al-Hasan at his home and entered upon him. He (Al-Mu’alla) said: O Abu Sa’id, what is the case with this verse from the Book of Allah? He said: Which verse from the Book of Allah? I said: The word of Allah in this verse: "And you see many of them hurrying into sin and aggression and their consuming of illicit gain. Wretched is what they have been doing" [Al-Ma'idah: 62]. He said: O servant of Allah, the people have brandished the sword, and the sword prevented speech. I said: O Abu Sa’id, do you know of any merit for one who speaks out? He said: No. Al-Mu’alla said: Then he narrated two Hadiths. He said: Abu Sa’id al-Khudri narrated to us from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) a Hadith, saying: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Let not the fear of people prevent any of you from speaking the truth if he sees it or reminding of a great matter, for it does not hasten the appointed time of death nor does it distance one from sustenance." He said: Then Al-Hasan narrated another Hadith, saying: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "It is not for the believer to humiliate himself." It was asked: And how does he humiliate himself? He said: "He exposes himself to an affliction that he cannot endure." I said: O Abu Sa’id, what of Yazid al-Dabbi and his speaking during the prayer? He said: Indeed, he did not leave prison until he regretted it. Al-Mu’alla said: So I stood up from the assembly of Al-Hasan and went to Yazid and said: O Abu Mawdud, while Al-Hasan and I were conversing, your matter was brought up distinctly. He said: Stop, O Abu al-Hasan. I said: I have already done so. He said: What did he say? I said: He said: "Indeed, he did not leave prison until he regretted his statement." Yazid said: I did not regret my statement, and by Allah, I stood in a position in which I risked my life. Yazid said: So I went to Al-Hasan and said: O Abu Sa’id, we have been overcome in everything, even our prayers are being overcome. He said: O servant of Allah, you have done nothing; you are merely exposing yourself to them. Then I went to him again and he said the same as his previous statement. He (Yazid) said: So I stood up on Friday in the mosque while Al-Hakam ibn Ayyub was delivering the sermon, and I said: May Allah have mercy on you, the prayer! When I said that, men surrounded me, taking turns at me; they grabbed my beard and my collar, and began striking my stomach with the scabbards of their swords. He said: They took me toward the enclosure, and I did not reach it until I thought they would kill me before I got there. He said: Then the door of the enclosure was opened for me. He said: I stood before Al-Hakam while he was silent. He said: Are you mad? We were not in prayer. I said: May Allah rectify the leader, is there any speech better than the Book of Allah? He said: No. I said: May Allah rectify the leader, do you think that if a man spread a copy of the Quran reading it from morning until night, would that fulfill his prayer for him? He said: By Allah, I think you are mad. He said: And Anas ibn Malik was sitting under his pulpit, silent. I said: O Anas, O Abu Hamzah, I adjure you by Allah, for you served the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and accompanied him, did I speak a good deed or an evil one? Did I speak truth or falsehood? He (Yazid) said: By Allah, he did not answer me with a word. Al-Hakam ibn Ayyub said to him: O Anas. He said: At your service, may Allah rectify you. He (Yazid) said: And the time for prayer had gone. He (Yazid) said: A remnant of the sun remained. He (Al-Hakam) said: Imprison him. Yazid said: I swear to you, O Abu al-Hasan—referring to Al-Mu’alla—that what I encountered from my companions was harder on me than my statement; some of them said: "A show-off," and some said: "A madman." He said: Al-Hakam wrote to Al-Hajjaj: "A man from Banu Dabbah stood up on Friday and said 'The prayer!' while I was preaching, and just witnesses have testified before me that he is mad." Al-Hajjaj wrote to him: "If just witnesses have established that he is mad, then let him go; otherwise, cut off his hands and feet, gouge out his eyes, and crucify him." He said: So they testified before Al-Hakam that I was mad, and he let me go. Al-Mu’alla narrated from Yazid al-Dabbi: A brother of ours died, so we followed his funeral and prayed over him. When he was buried, I stepped aside with a group, and we remembered Allah and remembered our return. While we were thus engaged, we saw the forelocks of horses and spears. When my companions saw them, they stood up and left me alone. Al-Hakam came until he stood over me and said: What were you doing? I said: May Allah rectify the leader, a companion of ours died, so we prayed over him and buried him, and we sat remembering our Lord and our return and remembering what he has gone to. He said: What prevented you from fleeing as they fled? I said: May Allah rectify the leader, I am innocent of that and I feel safe from the leader to flee. He said: Al-Hakam remained silent. Then Abd al-Malik ibn al-Muhallab, who was over his guard, said: Do you know who this is? He said: Who is this? He said: This is the speaker on Friday. He said: Al-Hakam became angry and said: Indeed, you are bold; take him. He said: So I was taken and he struck me four hundred lashes; I did not know when he left me due to the severity of the beating. He said: And he sent me to Wasit, and I remained in the dungeon of Al-Hajjaj until Al-Hajjaj died.

12168 - On the authority of Ali ibn Zayd, who said: I was in the palace with al-Hajjaj while he was reviewing the people because of Ibn al-Ash'ath, when Anas ibn Malik came until he drew near. Al-Hajjaj said to him: "Hah, you wicked one, you roamer in tribulations; once with Ali ibn Abi Talib, once with Ibn al-Zubayr, and once with Ibn al-Ash'ath. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, I shall surely uproot you as resin is uprooted, and I shall surely skin you as a lizard is skinned." He [Anas] said: "Whom does the commander mean, may Allah rectify him?" Al-Hajjaj said: "I mean you, may Allah deafen your hearing." He [Anas] then recited: "To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return." Then he left from his presence and said: "Were it not that I remembered my children and feared for them, I would have spoken to him in my position with words such that he would never have been able to respond to me ever again."

12169 - And on the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: I heard al-Hajjaj delivering a sermon, and he spoke words that I disapproved of. I intended to change them, but I remembered the statement of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh): "It is not fitting for the believer to humiliate himself." He said: I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, how does he humiliate himself?" He said: "He exposes himself to an affliction that he cannot endure."

12170 - And from 'Ali, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "It is not for the Muslim to humiliate himself." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, how does he humiliate himself?" He said: "He exposes himself to such affliction that he cannot endure."

12171 - On the authority of 'Ubada bin al-Samit, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Indeed, there will be tribulations in which the believer will not be able to change anything with his hand nor with his tongue." Ali bin Abi Talib said: "O Messenger of Allah, will that diminish anything from their faith?" He said: "No, except as a drop diminishes from a water-skin." He said: "And why is that?" He said: "Because they hate it with their hearts."

12172 - And on the authority of 'Ubadah bin al-Samit, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "How will you be when you are among the dregs of people, and they have differed until they are like this?" and he interlaced his fingers. He said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "Take what you recognize as right and leave what you reject as wrong."

12173 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "It is sufficient for a person who sees an evil that he is unable to change, that Allah knows that he detests it."

12174 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "If you see a matter that you are unable to change, then be patient until it is Allah who changes it."

12175 - And on the authority of Tariq ibn Shihab, who said: 'Itris ibn 'Urqub al-Shaybani came to 'Abdullah and said: "He who does not enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong has perished." He ['Abdullah] replied: "Rather, he has perished whose heart does not recognize what is right and does not reject what is wrong."

12176 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Mas'ud, who said: "People are of three types, and there is no good in anyone besides them: a man who saw a group fighting in the cause of Allah, so he strove with his person and his wealth; a man who strove with his tongue, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong; and a man who recognized the truth with his heart."

And from him, he said: If you see the wicked person and you are unable to change him, then meet him with a stern and frowning face.

On the authority of Abdullah bin Busr, who said: I heard a narration a long time ago: If you are among a group of twenty men, or fewer, or more, and you scan their faces but do not see among them a single man who is held in awe for the sake of Allah - Mighty and Majestic - then know that the matter has become frail.

12179 - On the authority of al-Walid ibn 'Uqba, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, some people from the people of Paradise will look upon some people from the people of the Fire and say: 'By what did you enter the Fire? For by Allah, we did not enter Paradise except through what we learned from you.' They will say: 'We used to speak and not act.'"

12180 - And from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I came across, on the night I was taken on the Night Journey, men whose lips were being clipped with shears of fire. I said: 'Who are these, O Gabriel?' He said: 'These are the orators of your nation who command people to righteousness and forget themselves, while they recite the Book; do they not then understand?'"

12181 - And in a narration: "Their tongues are clipped with shears of fire." Or he said: "of iron."

12182 - And in a narration: "I came upon the lowest heaven on the night I was taken on the Night Journey, and I saw therein men whose tongues and lips were being cut," and he mentioned the like of it.

12183 - And on the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever calls the people to a statement or an action while he himself does not act upon it shall remain under the wrath of Allah until he ceases, or acts according to what he said or what he called towards."

12184 - And on the authority of 'Amir bin Shahr, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Take the word of Quraysh and leave their action."

12185 - On the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: "We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, should we not enjoin what is right until we act upon it, and should we not forbid what is wrong until we avoid all of it?' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Rather, enjoin what is right even if you do not act upon it, and forbid what is wrong even if you do not avoid all of it.'"

12186 - On the authority of Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The people of 'La ilaha illa Allah' (There is no god but Allah) will continue to be in a state of goodness as long as they are concerned with what is diminished from the affairs of their religion for the sake of the prosperity of their worldly life. But when they no longer care about what is diminished from the affairs of their religion for the sake of the prosperity of their worldly life, it shall be rejected back upon them, and it will be said to them: 'You are not truthful.'"

12187 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The declaration 'There is no god but Allah' continues to repel [harm] from its utterer as long as its utterers do not care what befalls them in their worldly life as long as their religion remains safe for them. But if its utterers do not care what befalls their religion for the sake of the safety of their worldly life, and then they say 'There is no god but Allah', it is said to them: 'You have lied.'"

12188 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The statement 'There is no god but Allah' protects the servant from the wrath of Allah, so long as they do not prefer their worldly transactions over their religion. For if they do that and then say 'There is no god but Allah,' Allah says: 'You have lied.'"

12189 - On the authority of Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Indeed, faith began as something strange and it will return to being strange just as it began, so glad tidings on that day for the strangers when the people have become corrupt. By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Abu al-Qasim, faith shall certainly retreat to between these two mosques just as a snake retreats to its hole."

12190 - And on the authority of Abdur-Rahman bin Sannah that he heard the Prophet (pbuh) saying: "Islam began as something strange, then it will return to being strange as it began, so glad tidings to the strangers." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, and who are the strangers?" He said: "Those who rectify when the people have become corrupt. And by Him in Whose Hand is my soul, faith shall certainly retreat to Medina as a flood recedes, and by Him in Whose Hand is my soul, Islam shall retreat between these two mosques as a snake retreats to its hole."

12191 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said one day while we were with him: "Glad tidings to the strangers." It was asked: "Who are the strangers, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Righteous people among evil people; those who disobey them are more numerous than those who obey them."

And from Ibn Umar, from the Prophet (pbuh), he said: "Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being strange as it began, so glad tidings to the strangers."

12193 - And from Sahl bin Sa'd al-Sa'idi, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being strange just as it began, so glad tidings to the strangers." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, and who are the strangers?" He said: "Those who rectify [matters] when the people have become corrupt."

12194 - And on the authority of Jabir ibn Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being something strange, so glad tidings to the strangers." He asked: "O Messenger of Allah, and who are the strangers?" He replied: "Those who bring about reform when the people have become corrupt."

12195 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being strange, so glad tidings to the strangers." He then mentioned the hadith, and it is forthcoming.

12196 - And from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being something strange just as it began; so glad tidings to the strangers."

12197 - And on the authority of Salman, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being strange."

12198 - And on the authority of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The Hour will not be established until the earth is saturated with blood and Islam becomes a stranger," and he mentioned the hadith.

12199 - On the authority of 'Alqamah bin 'Abdullah al-Muzani, who said: A man narrated to me, saying: I was in a gathering in which 'Umar bin al-Khattab was present in Madinah, and he said to a man from the people: O so-and-so, how did you hear the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) describe Islam? He replied: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Indeed, Islam began as a jadha', then a thani, then a raba'i, then a sadis, then a bazil." Thereupon 'Umar said: "And there is nothing after reaching full maturity (al-buzul) except decline."

12200 - On the authority of Ibn Umar, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "How will you be, O Abdullah bin Umar, when you remain among the dregs of people whose covenants and trusts have become corrupted, and they have differed and become like this?" — and he intertwined his fingers. He asked: "What should I do then, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Take what you recognize as good, leave what you reject as evil, attend to your own private affairs, and leave their common folk."

12201 - And on the authority of Sahl bin Sa'd al-Sa'idi, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) came out to us one day while we were in a gathering of 'Amr bin al-'As and his two sons, and he said: 'What is your opinion when you are delayed until a time of the dregs of people, whose covenants and vows have become muddled, so they became entangled and were like this?' And he intertwined his fingers. They said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'Take what you recognize [as good], and leave what you reject [as evil], and let each of you attend to his own private affairs and leave the affairs of the general public.'"

12202 - And in a narration: "And beware of inconsistency in the religion of Allah."

12203 - And on the authority of 'Ubadah bin al-Samit, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "How will you be when you are among the dregs of people, and they have differed until they became like this?" and he interlaced his fingers. He said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: "Take what you recognize as good, and leave what you reject as evil."

12204 - And on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud, he said: "Mingle with the people and deal cordially with them according to what they desire, but as for your religion, do not let it be compromised."

12205 - And in a narration: Mix with the people and remain distinct from them.

12206 - On the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, who narrated from the Prophet (pbuh) that he said: "A guest stayed with a man from the Children of Israel, and in his house was a pregnant dog. The dog said: 'By Allah, I shall not bark at my family's guest.' He said: 'Then her puppies howled in her womb.' He said: 'It was asked: What is this?' He said: 'Then Allah—the Mighty and Majestic—revealed to a man among them: This is the likeness of a nation that will come after you, whose foolish ones will overpower their forbearing ones.'"

12207 - On the authority of Abu Bakrah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "A time will come upon the people in which they will not enjoin what is right, nor will they forbid what is wrong."

12208 - And from Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas'ud—who said: The righteous will pass away, and the people of doubts will remain, those who do not recognize what is right nor denounce what is wrong.

12209 - And from Abdul Aziz bin Abi Bakrah that Abu Bakrah married a woman from the tribe of Banu 'Ulathah, and she passed away. He carried her to the cemetery, but her brothers intervened between him and the funeral prayer. He said to them: "Do not do this, for I have more right to lead the prayer than you." They said: "The companion of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) has spoken the truth," so he performed the prayer over her. Then, he entered the grave, but they pushed him with a violent shove, so he fell and lost consciousness. He was carried to his family, and on that day, twenty of his sons and daughters wailed over him. Abdul Aziz said: "And I was among the youngest of them on that day." Then he regained consciousness and said to them: "Do not wail over me, for by Allah, there is no soul whose departure is more beloved to me than the soul of Abu Bakrah." The people were alarmed and said: "Why, O our father?" He said: "I fear that I might reach a time when I am unable to enjoin what is right or forbid what is wrong, and there is no good in living on such a day."

12210 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "How will it be for you, O people, if your women transgress and your young men commit wickedness?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah, will this indeed happen?" He said: "Yes, and something even more severe than that; how will it be for you when you abandon enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah, will this indeed happen?" He said: "Yes, and something even more severe than that; how will it be for you when you see the wrong as right and the right as wrong?"

12211 - On the authority of Abu Umamah al-Bahili, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), he said: "The bonds of Islam will surely be undone, bond by bond. Every time a bond is undone, the people will cling to the one that follows it. The first of them to be undone is governance, and the last of them is the prayer."

On the authority of Shaddad Abu 'Ammar, who said: A neighbor of Jabir bin Abdullah narrated to me, saying: I returned from a journey, and Jabir came to greet me. I began to tell him about the division of the people and the innovations they had introduced. Jabir began to weep, then said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Indeed, people entered into the religion of Allah in crowds, and they shall leave it in crowds."

12213 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "O children of Hashim, indeed you will be afflicted after me with harshness, so seek assistance against it through the most tender-hearted of people."

12214 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Woe to the Arabs from an evil that has drawn near; tribulations like portions of the dark night. A man wakes up as a believer and becomes a disbeliever by evening. A people will sell their religion for a meager gain of this world. The one who holds firmly to his religion is like one grasping a burning ember." Or he said: "upon thorns," and in one narration: "at the beating of thorns."

12215 - And from Utba bin Ghazwan—who was among the Companions—that the Prophet of Allah (pbuh) said: "Ahead of you are the days of patience; for the one who holds fast during those days to that which you are upon, there is a reward equal to that of fifty of you." They said: "O Prophet of Allah, or fifty of them?" He said: "Rather, fifty of you." They said: "O Prophet of Allah, or fifty of them?" He said: "Rather, fifty of you," [repeating it] three or four times.

12216 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, ahead of you are days of patience, patience during which is like grasping a hot coal. For the one who acts during them is the reward of fifty." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, the reward of fifty of them or fifty of us?" He said: "Fifty of you."

12217 - And on the authority of Hudhayfah, he said: Accustom yourselves to patience, for it is imminent that affliction will descend upon you, yet no affliction shall strike you more severe than that which struck us with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh).

12218 - And from Abdullah – meaning Ibn Mas'ud – who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "A time will surely come upon you in which you will envy a man for the lightness of his burden just as you envy him today for the abundance of wealth and children, until one of you passes by the grave of his brother and rolls himself upon it as a beast rolls in its pastures, saying: 'O, would that I were in your place,' not out of a longing for Allah nor for a righteous deed he has sent forward, but only because of the affliction that has descended upon him."

12219 - And from him, he said: "A time will surely come upon you when a man will pass by a grave and say: 'Would that I were in the place of this [deceased person],' not out of a love for meeting Allah, but because of the severity of the trials he sees." It was said: "What thing is best at that time?" He said: "A sturdy horse and a sturdy weapon, with which a man moves wherever it moves."

12220 - And on the authority of Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "O Abu Dharr, how will you be when you are among the dregs of people?" and he interlaced his fingers. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, what do you command me?" He said: "Be patient, be patient; deal with people according to their manners, but differ from them in their deeds."

And on the authority of Thawban, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "Whoever introduces an innovation or shelters an innovator, or claims lineage to other than his father, or takes as patrons other than his own patrons, then upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all of mankind; neither obligatory nor supererogatory deeds shall be accepted from him." And the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "How will you be among a people whose covenants and trusts have become corrupted and they have become as dregs?" and he interlaced his fingers. They said: "What should we do, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Be patient, be patient; interact with the people according to their manners, but differ from them in their actions."

12222 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "How will you be, O Abdullah bin Amr, when you are among the dregs of people?" He asked: "And what is that, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied: "That is when their trusts and their covenants are corrupted and they become like this," and he interlaced his fingers. He asked: "What should I do then, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied: "Act according to what you know to be right, abandon what you reject, attend to your own personal affairs, and leave the general public."

12223 - And on the authority of Umar ibn al-Khattab that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "You will be sifted until you become among the dregs of people whose covenants have become corrupted and whose trustworthiness has been ruined." So one of us said: "So how should we be, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Act upon what you recognize to be right, and leave what you find objectionable, and say: One, One, grant us victory over those who have wronged us and suffice us against those who have transgressed against us."

12224 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (pbuh), and on the authority of Abd Allah bin Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There will be after me selfishness and matters that you will disapprove of." They said: "What do you command those who reach that time to do, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Fulfill the right that is due from you and ask Allah for that which is due to you."

12225 - And from Umm Salama, that she heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "A time will surely come upon the people in which the truthful one is belied, the liar is believed, the trustworthy one is accused of treachery, and the treacherous one is trusted. A man will give testimony even if he is not called to testify, and a man will swear an oath even if he is not asked to take an oath. And the most fortunate of people in the worldly life will be the ignoble son of the ignoble, who does not believe in Allah and His Messenger."

12226 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, preceding the Dajjal there will be deceptive years, in which the truthful one will be called a liar and the liar will be believed, the trustworthy one will be accused of betrayal and the treacherous one will be trusted, and the Ruwaybidah will speak." It was asked: "And what is the Ruwaybidah?" He said: "The immoral person who speaks regarding the affairs of the general public."

12227 - And on the authority of 'Amr ibn 'Awf, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, preceding the Hour there will be deceptive years; in them the liar will be believed, the truthful will be disbelieved, the treacherous will be trusted, the trustworthy will be deemed treacherous, and the Ruwaybidah will speak." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, and what is the Ruwaybidah?" He said: "The insignificant man who speaks concerning the affairs of the general public."

Ibn Ishaq said: And Abdullah bin Dinar narrated to me, from Anas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said similar to it.

12229 - And on the authority of Anas who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Among the signs of the Hour are obscenity, the use of foul language, the severing of kinship ties, the accusing of the trustworthy of treachery, and the entrusting of the treacherous."

12230 - And from Abu Sabrah, who said: I met Abdullah bin 'Amr, and he narrated to me what he heard from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and dictated it to me, so I wrote it with my own hand, and I did not add a letter nor did I subtract a letter. He narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah does not love obscenity—or He hates the obscene and the one who affects obscenity—and the Hour will not be established until obscenity, mutual obscenity, the severing of kinship ties, and bad neighborliness become prevalent, and until the treacherous one is trusted and the trustworthy one is considered treacherous."

12231 - And on the authority of Hudhayfah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A time will come upon the people in which they will long for the Dajjal." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, why is that?" He said: "Because of the hardship and suffering they shall encounter."

12232 - And from Abu Umamah al-Bahili from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "Indeed, people are a fruit-bearing tree, and they are about to return to being a thorny tree. If you challenge them, they will challenge you; if you leave them, they will not leave you; and if you flee from them, they will seek you." He asked: "So what is the way out of that, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "You lend them your honor for the day of your need."

12233 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Matters will only increase in severity, wealth will only increase in abundance, people will only increase in greed, and the Hour will not be established except upon the worst of people."

12234 - And on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud, who said: Verily, you are in a time in which the prayer is long and the sermon is short, its scholars are many and its orators are few. There shall come upon the people a time in which the prayer is short and the sermon is long, its orators are many and its scholars are few. They will delay the prayer—the afternoon prayer—until the sun's final rays before setting. So, whoever among you reaches that time, let him perform the prayer at its appointed time and then offer it with them as a voluntary prayer. Indeed, you are in a time in which a man is envied for the fewness of his dependents and the lightness of his burden. I leave behind no one among my family whose death is more beloved to me than theirs, not even a household of dung beetles, and yet I love them as you love your families.

12235 - And on the authority of Muhammad ibn Zayd ibn Khulaydah that Abdullah entered upon him while he had set up furnishings in his house. Abdullah said: "Lighten the belongings of your house, for indeed the people are soon to be upon camel-saddles."

12236 - On the authority of Khaythama, who said: Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas'ud—said to his wife: "Is today better or yesterday?" She replied: "I do not know." He said: "But I know; yesterday was better than today, and today is better than tomorrow, and it will remain so until the Hour is established."

On the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If the believer were in a lizard's hole, [Allah] would appoint for him therein someone who would harm him." Or he said: "a hypocrite who would harm him."

12238 - On the authority of Hudhayfah, who said: I said to the Prophet (pbuh): O Messenger of Allah, when will the commanding of right and the forbidding of wrong be abandoned, while they are the masters of the actions of the people of righteousness? He said: "When what befell the Children of Israel befalls you." I said: O Messenger of Allah, and what befell the Children of Israel? He said: "When your best people flatter your profligates, and religious understanding resides with the worst of you, and sovereignty resides with your youngest; at that point, a tribulation will enshroud you, in which you will charge and be charged against."

And on the authority of Mu'adh bin Jabal, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There will be in the end of times people who are brothers in public but enemies in private." He asked: "O Messenger of Allah, how will that be?" He replied: "Due to their mutual desire for one another and their mutual fear of one another."

12240 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There will come groups of people in the end of times whose faces are the faces of human beings, but whose hearts are the hearts of devils. They are like predatory wolves; there is no mercy in their hearts. They are shedders of blood and do not desist from foul deeds. If you follow them, they hide their true selves from you, and if you withdraw from them, they backbite you. If they speak to you, they lie to you, and if you entrust them, they betray you. Their children are insolent, their youth are cunning, and their elderly do not enjoin good nor forbid evil. Seeking honor through them is humiliation, and seeking what is in their hands is poverty. The forbearing person among them is considered straying, the one who enjoins good among them is accused, the believer among them is deemed weak, and the profligate among them is honored. The Sunnah among them is innovation, and innovation among them is Sunnah. At that time, Allah will give power over them to the worst among them, and the best among them will supplicate, but they will not be answered."

And from Salman who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When speech prevails and action is withheld, and tongues differ while hearts harbor mutual hatred, and every kinsman severs his ties of kinship, at that point Allah curses them, so He makes them deaf and blinds their vision."

12242 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik: "A time will come upon the people when they are wolves; so whoever is not a wolf, the wolves will eat him."

12243 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "A time will come upon the people in which a man will be given the choice between incapacity and wickedness; so whoever lives to see that time, let him choose incapacity over wickedness."

12244 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying to Thawban: "How will it be with you, O Thawban, when the nations summon one another against you just as you summon one another to a bowl of food to partake of it?" Thawban said: "May my father and mother be ransomed for you, O Messenger of Allah! Is it because of our small number at that time?" He said: "No, you will be numerous on that day, but 'al-wahn' (feebleness) will be cast into your hearts." They asked: "And what is 'al-wahn', O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Your love of the world and your dislike of fighting."

12245 - On the authority of Mu'awiya, who said: O people of Sham, the Ansari—Shu'bah said: meaning Zayd ibn Arqam—narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A group from my nation will not cease to be manifest upon the truth." [Mu'awiya said]: "And I truly hope that you are them, O people of Sham."

12246 - And on the authority of Jabir ibn Samurah, who said: I was informed that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "This religion will not cease to be established, with a group of Muslims fighting for it until the Hour is established."

12247 - And in a narration from Jabir ibn Samurah, from someone who narrated to him, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), then he mentioned it. I say: It is in the Sahih from the narration of Jabir ibn Samurah himself.

12248 - And from Abu Umama, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A group of my Ummah will continue to be manifest upon the religion, prevailing over their enemy; those who oppose them will not harm them, except for the hardship that afflicts them, until the command of Allah comes while they are in that state." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, and where are they?" He said: "In Bayt al-Maqdis and the surrounding areas of Bayt al-Maqdis." Narrated by Abdullah as a finding (wijadah) from his father's handwriting, and by al-Tabarani, and its narrators are trustworthy.

12249 - And from Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A group from my nation will continue to remain manifest upon the truth until the Hour is established."

12250 - And on the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A group of my Ummah will not cease to be victorious upon the truth until Jesus son of Mary descends; then their leader will say: 'Come forward [to lead],' so he will say: 'You are more deserving; some of you are leaders over others, a matter by which He has honored this Ummah.'"

12251 - And on the authority of Anas who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Men from my nation will reach Jesus, son of Mary, and they will witness the fighting of the Dajjal."

12252 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "This matter — or [upholding] this matter — will not cease to be [upheld by] a group from my nation; the opposition of those who oppose them will not harm them until the decree of Allah comes to them."

12253 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "A group of my Ummah will not cease to fight at the gates of Damascus and its surroundings, and at the gates of Bayt al-Maqdis and its surroundings; they will not be harmed by the desertion of those who desert them, remaining victorious until the Day of Resurrection."

12254 - And on the authority of Murrah al-Bahzi that he heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "A group of my nation will continue to be upon the truth, prevailing over those who oppose them, and they are like a vessel among eaters, until the command of Allah comes while they are in that state." We said: "O Messenger of Allah, and where are they?" He said: "In the surrounding areas of Bayt al-Maqdis." He said: "And he narrated to me that al-Ramlah is the elevated land (al-rabwah), and that is because it is exposed to both the setting and the rising sun."

12255 - On the authority of Jabir ibn Abdillah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The throne of Iblis is upon the sea, then he sends out his detachments and they sow trials; the greatest of them in his estimation is the one who causes the greatest trial."

12256 - On the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah—Mighty and Majestic—says: 'I take vengeance upon those whom I hate by means of those whom I hate, then I shall consign them all to the Fire.'"

12257 - On the authority of Jarir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The quickest of the earth to fall into ruin is its left side, then its right side."

12258 - On the authority of Jubayr ibn Nufayr, who said: A man from the companions of Muhammad (pbuh) narrated to us from the Prophet (pbuh) that he said: "The Levant (al-Sham) will be opened for you; so if you are given the choice of dwellings therein, you must choose a city called Damascus, for it is the stronghold of the Muslims during the Great Battles, and its encampment is in a land called al-Ghouta."

12259 - And on the authority of Abu al-Darda, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "While I was sleeping, I saw the pillar of the Book being taken from beneath my head, so I thought it was being taken away. I followed it with my sight, and it was directed toward ash-Sham. Behold, indeed faith, when tribulations occur, is in ash-Sham."

12260 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: "Sa‘d approached the Prophet (pbuh). When he saw him, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Indeed, in the face of Sa‘d there is goodness.' He said: 'Khosrau has been killed.' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'May Allah curse Khosrau; indeed, the first of the people to perish are the Arabs, then the people of Persia.'"

12261 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Woe to the Arabs from an evil that has drawn near."

12262 - On the authority of al-Husayn—meaning the son of Ali—and I do not know it except from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Whoever witnesses a matter and dislikes it is like one who was absent from it, and whoever is absent from a matter and is pleased with it is like one who witnessed it."

12263 - And from 'Awn—meaning Ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Utbah—who said: I said to 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz: Ibn Mas'ud used to say: "Indeed, there will be ambiguous matters; so whoever is pleased with them among those who are absent from them is like the one who witnessed them, and whoever dislikes them among those who witnessed them is like the one who was absent from them." And it pleased him.

12264 - On the authority of Imran ibn Husayn that the Prophet (pbuh) forbade the sale of weapons during civil strife (fitnah).

12265 - On the authority of Abu Bakrah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) came upon a group of people passing an unsheathed sword among themselves, and he said: 'May Allah curse whoever did this. Have I not forbidden this?' Then he said: 'If one of you draws his sword and looks at it, and then wishes to hand it to his brother, let him sheathe it and then hand it to him.'"

12266 - And on the authority of Bannah al-Juhani, that the Prophet of Allah (pbuh) passed by a group of people in the mosque—or in the gathering—unsheathing a sword among themselves—passing it between one another—while it was unsheathed. He said: "May Allah curse whoever does that. Had I not forbidden you from this? If you draw the sword, the man should sheathe it and then hand it over in that manner."

12267 - And on the authority of Jabir, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) passed by a group of people in a gathering who were unsheathing a sword and passing it among themselves while it was unsheathed. He said: "Did I not forbid this? When one of you draws a sword, let him sheath it, and then give it to his brother." I say: A portion of it is in the Sahih.

12268 - On the authority of Abu Musa, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever among you passes through these markets and has arrows with him, let him hold onto the arrowheads."

12269 - On the authority of Abu Bakr that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If a Muslim brandishes a weapon against his brother, the angels of Allah do not cease to curse him until he sheathes it from him."

12270 - And on the authority of Samurah, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to forbid that a Muslim should unsheathe a weapon against another Muslim.

12271 - And on the authority of Amr ibn Awf, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever draws a weapon against us is not of us."

12272 - And from Ibn al-Zubayr, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "He is not of us who carries weapons against us."

12273 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Whoever carries weapons against us is not of us."

12274 - And on the authority of Sahl ibn Sa'd al-Sa'idi, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "None of you should brandish a sword against his brother, for perhaps Satan may incite a slip in his hand, and he would then fall into a pit of the pits of the Fire."

12275 - From 'Alqama bin Abi 'Alqama, from his brother in a story, he said: He mentioned it. Then he said: I heard 'Aisha, who heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Whoever points a piece of iron at one of the Muslims intending to kill him, his blood has become lawful."

12276 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever shoots arrows at us is not of us."

12277 - On the authority of Buraydah that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Whoever shoots at us by night is not of us."

12278 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Ja'far that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Whoever shoots at us by night is not of us, and whoever sleeps on a roof that has no wall and falls and dies, then his blood is shed in vain."

12279 - And on the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever shoots at us by night is not of us." It was reported by al-Tabarani in al-Awsat with the chain of narration of the one preceding it.

12280 - On the authority of Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The worst person slain between two ranks is one where one of them seeks kingship."

12281 - And from Tharwan bin Milhan, who said: We were sitting in the mosque when 'Ammar bin Yasir passed by us. We said: Tell us what you heard from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "There will be after me a people who take the kingdom, some of them killing others over it." He said: We said to him: Had anyone other than you told us this, we would not have believed him. He said: Indeed, it shall come to pass.

12282 - And on the authority of Yahya bin Hibban that he was with Abdullah bin Umar, and that Abdullah bin Umar said to him: "During the time of civil strife (al-Fitna), you do not consider killing to be anything significant."

12283 - On the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever avoids four shall enter Paradise: blood, wealth, private parts, and drinks."

١٢٢٨٤ - On the authority of 'Uqba bin Khalid al-Laythi, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) dispatched a military detachment which raided a people. A man from among the people fled, and a man from the detachment pursued him with his sword drawn. Then the man [from the people] said: "Indeed, I am a Muslim! Indeed, I am a Muslim!" But he did not pay heed to what he said, and he struck him and killed him. He said: The report was conveyed to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and he spoke sternly regarding it, which reached the killer. He said: While the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was delivering a sermon, the killer said: "O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, he only said what he said to seek refuge from being killed." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) turned away from him and from those before him among the people and continued his sermon. He said: Then he repeated it, saying: "O Messenger of Allah, he only said what he said to seek refuge from being killed." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) turned away from him and from those before him among the people. He could not restrain himself from saying it a third time, so he [the Prophet] turned toward him—and one could recognize the displeasure in his face—and said: "Indeed, Allah - the Mighty and Majestic - has forbidden me from killing a believer," three times.

12285 - And on the authority of Jundub bin Sufyan, who said: I was with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) when a messenger of good news arrived from an expedition he had dispatched, and informed him of the victory that Allah had granted his expedition and the conquest that Allah had opened for them. He said: So he mentioned a narration similar to a previous one from Jundub bin Sufyan, and added: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) then said at that moment: "There will be after me trials like segments of a dark night, clashing like the impact of protector-camels and stallions of bulls, wherein a man will be a Muslim in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening, and a Muslim in the evening and a disbeliever in the morning." A man from among the Muslims asked: "What should we do in such a situation, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied: "Enter your houses and suppress your renown." Then a man from among the Muslims asked: "What do you say if someone enters upon one of us in his house?" The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Let him withhold his hand and be the killed servant of Allah, and not be the killing servant of Allah; for indeed, a man may be within the dome of Islam yet consumes the property of his brother, sheds his blood, disobeys his Lord, disbelieves in his Creator, and Hellfire becomes mandatory for him."

12286 - And from Abu ‘Imran, who said: I said to Jundub: "I have pledged allegiance to these people—meaning Ibn al-Zubayr—and they want me to go out with them to al-Sham." He said: "Refrain." I said: "They refuse [to let me stay]." He said: "Ransom yourself with your wealth." I said: "They refuse unless I strike with the sword alongside them." Jundub then said: "So-and-so narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'The murdered person will come with his murderer on the Day of Resurrection and say: "O Lord, ask this person why he killed me?"'" Shu'bah said: "And I think he said: '[Allah asks:] "For what did you kill him?" and he will say: "I killed him for the kingdom of so-and-so."'" He said: Then Jundub said: "So beware of it."

12287 - And it is narrated from 'Ubadah bin Qurs that a man from among the Muslims charged at a man from among the disbelievers and stabbed him with a spear. The man turned toward him and said: "I am a Muslim," yet he killed him. This was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and he said: "Did you kill him after he said: 'I am a Muslim'?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah, I had [already] stabbed him with the spear." He turned away from me and said: "He has refused, He has refused me concerning one who kills a Muslim."

12288 - And from Al-Hasan, who said: When he died, his people buried him, but the earth cast him out. Then they buried him again, and the earth cast him out, repeating this three times. Consequently, they threw him between two bends of a mountain and cast stones over him, and the predatory beasts ate him. Ibn Abi al-Zinad said: It reached me that when the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was informed that the earth had cast him out, he said: "Indeed, the earth accepts those who are worse than him, but Allah intended to show you the gravity of blood in His sight."

12289 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah and Abu Sa'id, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) delivered a sermon and said: "What day is this?" They said: "A sacred day." He said: "Indeed, your blood and your property are sacred to you, as the sanctity of this day of yours, in this month of yours, in this city of yours." I said: The Hadith of Abu Sa'id was narrated by Ibn Majah.

12290 - And from Ammar bin Yasir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) addressed us and said: "What day is this?" We said: "The Day of Sacrifice." He said: "What month is this?" We said: "Dhu al-Hijjah, a sacred month." He said: "What land is this?" We said: "A sacred land." He said: "Indeed, your blood, your property, and your honor are sacred to you, as sacred as this day of yours, in this month of yours, in this land of yours. Verily, let the one who is present convey it to the one who is absent."

12291 - And on the authority of al-Bara' and Zayd ibn Arqam, who both said: We heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Indeed, your blood and your wealth are sacred to you, like the sanctity of this day of yours, in this month of yours, in this city of yours."

12292 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A murderer does not commit murder while he is a believer, nor does a fornicator commit fornication while he is a believer, nor does an intoxicant-drinker drink wine while he is a believer, nor does a plunderer commit a robbery while he is a believer; faith is stripped away from him just as he strips off his garment, then if he returns to faith, it returns to him, and when he returns, faith returns to him."

And on the authority of Abd Allah - meaning Ibn Mas'ud - that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Do not revert after me as disbelievers, striking the necks of one another."

12294 - And on the authority of Al-Sunabihi, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, I shall outnumber the nations through you, so do not return after me as disbelievers, some of you striking the necks of others."

12295 - And from Jabir bin 'Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, you are today upon a religion, and I shall outnumber the nations through you, so do not turn back on your heels after me."

12296 - And on the authority of Anas, from the Prophet (pbuh), that he said to his companions: "Let me not find you returning after me as disbelievers, striking the necks of one another."

12297 - And on the authority of Usama bin Zaid, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Do not return after me as disbelievers, striking the necks of one another."

12298 - And from 'Ubadah ibn al-Samit, from the Prophet (pbuh), he said: "Every sin, it is expected that Allah may forgive it, except for one who dies as a polytheist or kills a believer intentionally."

12299 - And on the authority of Amir al-Sha'bi, who said: When Marwan fought al-Dahhak bin Qays, he sent for Ayman bin Khuraym al-Asadi and said: "Indeed, we would like for you to fight with us." He replied: "Verily, my father and my uncle participated in the Battle of Badr, and they both charged me that I should not fight anyone who testifies that there is no god but Allah. So, if you can bring me an exoneration from the Fire, I will fight with you." Marwan said: "Begone!" and he disparaged and reviled him. So Ayman began to recite:
And I am not one to fight a man who prays... for the sake of the dominion of another from Quraysh.
To him belongs his dominion while upon me is my sin... I seek refuge with Allah from ignorance and recklessness.
Shall I fight a Muslim for no cause... then my living would not benefit me for as long as I live.

12300 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'id, who said: "A person was killed during the time of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), so the Prophet (pbuh) ascended as a speaker and said: 'Do you not know who killed this person among you?' [He said it] three times. They said: 'O Allah, no.' So he said: 'By Him in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, if the inhabitants of the heavens and the inhabitants of the earth were to gather together to kill a believer, Allah would enter them all into Hell, and no one hates us, the People of the House, except that Allah flings him into the Fire.'"

12301 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: "A person was killed during the era of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and his killer was not known. Thereupon, he ascended his pulpit and said: 'O people, is a person killed while I am in your midst and it is not known who killed him? If the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth were to conspire in the killing of a Muslim, Allah would certainly punish them without measure or account.'"

12302 - And on the authority of Abu Bakrah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "If the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth were to gather to kill a Muslim, Allah would cast them all on their faces into the Fire."

12303 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "If the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth were to gather together to kill a believer, Allah would cast them headlong into the Fire."

12304 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Umar, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "If a man walks towards another man and kills him, then the one killed is in Paradise and the killer is in the Fire."

12305 - And on the authority of 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "The murdered person will come holding his murderer, with his jugular veins gushing blood before the Possessor of Might, and he will say: 'O Lord, ask this man why he killed me?' He will say: 'Why did you kill him?' He will reply: 'I killed him so that glory might belong to so-and-so.' It was said: 'It belongs to Allah.'"

12306 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, that a questioner asked him, saying: "O Abu al-Abbas, is there any repentance for a murderer?" Ibn Abbas, as if marveled by his inquiry, said: "What are you saying?" So the questioner repeated his question to him. Ibn Abbas said: "What are you saying?" two or three times. Then Ibn Abbas said: "I heard your Prophet (pbuh) saying: 'The murdered person will come holding his head with one of his hands and grabbing his murderer by the collar with the other hand, while his jugular veins are gushing blood, until he brings him to the Throne. Then the murdered person will say to the Lord of the Worlds: "This one killed me." Thereupon, Allah will say to the murderer: "Perish you!" and he will be taken to the Fire.'"

12307 - And on the authority of Abu Huraira, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "There is no sin except in the killing of a Muslim." [He repeated this] three times.

12308 - And from Jundab ibn Abd Allah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever is able to prevent a handful of blood—which he sheds as if he were slaughtering a chicken—from coming between him and Paradise, such that whenever he is presented to one of the gates of Paradise, it intervenes between him and it, then let him do so. And whoever among you is able to put nothing but that which is good and lawful into his stomach, let him do so, for the first part of a human being to rot is his stomach."

12309 - And from al-Hasan, from Jundab, who said: I sat with him during the governorship of al-Mus'ab, and he said: "Indeed, these people have lapped up blood, allied themselves over worldly matters, and competed in constructing tall buildings. And I swear by Allah, only a short time shall pass before a sturdy camel and two ropes for a saddle will be more beloved to one of you than a great estate." Then he mentioned the like of it.

12310 - And on the authority of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, who said: I used to sit with Barirah in Medina before I assumed this authority. She used to say: O Abd al-Malik, indeed I see in you certain qualities, and it is likely that you will rule this Ummah. So, if you are granted authority over it, beware of bloodshed. For indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "A man shall be pushed away from the gate of Paradise, prevented from even looking at it, because of a cupping-glass worth of blood that he shed from a Muslim without right."

12311 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Indeed, Allah - the Mighty and Majestic - did not make lawful during a time of tribulation anything that He had prohibited before that. What is the matter with one of you that he approaches his brother and greets him with peace, then comes after that and kills him?"

And on the authority of Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas'ud—who said: A man continues to remain in a state of latitude within his religion as long as he does not shed prohibited blood; but once he sheds prohibited blood, modesty is stripped away from him.

And in a narration: The servants continue to be within the expanse of Allah’s — Mighty and Majestic — protection as long as they establish worship and do not shed forbidden blood.

12314 - And on the authority of Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas'ud—who attributed it to the Prophet (pbuh), saying: "Let not one who is profuse in shedding blood impress you, for indeed, he has with Allah a killer that does not die. And let not a man who has acquired wealth through unlawful means impress you; for if he spends from it, it will not be accepted from him, and if he retains it, it will not be blessed for him, and if he dies and leaves it behind, it will be his provision to the Fire."

12315 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever participates in unlawful blood by even half a word, he will come on the Day of Resurrection with 'Despairing of the mercy of Allah' written between his eyes."

12316 - And on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud, who said: When people fall into strife and they say, "Come out, for you have an example in the people," then say, "I have no example in evil."

12317 - And on the authority of Humayd bin Hilal, who said: When the civil strife broke out, 'Imran bin Husayn said to Hujayr bin al-Rabi' al-Adawi: "Go to your people and forbid them from the civil strife." He replied: "I am discredited among them," and he did not obey. He ('Imran) said: "Then convey it from me and forbid them from it." He (the narrator) said: And I heard 'Imran swearing by Allah: "That I should be a black Abyssinian slave with a few goats on the peak of a mountain, tending them until my death overtakes me, is more beloved to me than shooting an arrow at either of the two ranks, whether I miss or hit."

12318 - And on the authority of Ibn Sirin, he said: When it was said to Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas: "Will you not fight? Indeed, you are of the people of the Shura, and you are more entitled to this matter than others." He said: "I will not fight until they bring me a sword that has two eyes, a tongue, and two lips, which distinguishes the believer from the disbeliever. For I have indeed performed Jihad, and I know [what constitutes] Jihad."

12319 - On the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The most wretched of people are three: the slayer of the she-camel of Thamud, and the son of Adam who killed his brother; no blood is shed on the earth except that a portion of its burden reaches him because he was the first to establish the practice of killing."

12320 - On the authority of Marthad ibn ‘Abdullah al-Yazani, from a man among the companions of the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was asked about the killer and the commander [who orders the killing]. He said: 'I have divided the Fire into seventy parts; sixty-nine are for the commander and one part is for the killer, and it is sufficient for him.'"

12321 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah has divided the Fire into seventy parts; sixty-nine are for the one who commands and one part is for the killer, and that is sufficient for him."

12322 - And on the authority of Abu al-Darda', from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The killer and the killed will be brought on the Day of Resurrection, and he [the killed] will say: 'O Lord, ask this one why he killed me?' He [the killer] will say: 'O Lord, this one commanded me.' Then they will both be seized by their hands and cast into the Fire."

12323 - And from Abu ad-Darda', he said: The Prophet (pbuh) said: "The slain person will sit by the road, and when the killer passes by him, he will seize him and say: 'O my Lord, this person cut off my fasting and my prayer.' He said: 'Then He will punish the killer and the one who commanded it.'"

On the authority of Kharashah ibn al-Hurr, and he was among the companions of the Prophet (pbuh), from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "None of you should ever witness the killing of a person, for perhaps he might have been killed unjustly, and divine wrath would strike him."

12325 - On the authority of Kharashah ibn al-Hurr, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "There will be after me a tribulation in which the one sleeping is better than the one awake, and the one sitting is better than the one striving. So whoever encounters it, let him take his sword to a large rock and strike it with it until it breaks, then let him lie down for it until it clears away in whatever manner it clears."

12326 - And from Abu al-Ash'ath al-San'ani, who said: Yazid bin Mu'awiya sent me to Abdullah bin Abi Awfa while I was with a group of the companions of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). I arrived and said: "What do you command the people to do?" He replied: "Abu al-Qasim (pbuh) instructed me that if I were to live to see any of this [tribulation], I should head to Mount Uhud and break my sword, and remain in my house. If someone were to enter upon me in my house, he said: 'Sit in your private chamber; then if he enters upon you, kneel upon your knees and say: "Draw upon yourself my sin and your sin, and you will be among the companions of the Fire, for that is the recompense of the wrongdoers."' So I have indeed broken my sword, and if someone enters upon me in my house, I enter my private chamber, and if someone enters upon me in my private chamber, I kneel upon my knees and say what the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) commanded me to say."

12327 - And on the authority of Muhammad ibn Maslamah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If you see the people fighting one another over the world, then take your sword to the largest rock in the Harrah and strike it against it until it breaks; then stay in your house until a sinful hand comes to you or a preordained death arrives." So I did what the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) commanded me to do.

And on the authority of Sa'id ibn Zayd al-Ashhali that he gifted to the Prophet (pbuh) a sword from Najran, or a sword from Najran was gifted to the Prophet (pbuh); [and when it was brought to him] he gave it to Muhammad ibn Maslamah and said: "Strive with this in the cause of Allah, but when the necks of the people differ (in discord), strike the stone with it, then enter your house and be like a discarded piece of floor-mat until a sinful hand kills you or an inevitable death comes to you."

12329 - And from Ibn Abbas that the Prophet (pbuh) gave Muhammad ibn Maslamah a sword and said: "Fight the polytheists as long as they are being fought, but if you see two swords clashing between the Muslims, then strike with it until it is notched, and stay in your house until an inevitable death comes to you or a sinning hand." Then I came to Ibn Umar and he followed for me a similar pattern from the Prophet (pbuh).

12330 - And from Ibn al-Hakam ibn 'Amr al-Ghifari, who said: My grandfather narrated to me, saying: "I was sitting with al-Hakam ibn 'Amr when the messenger of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib came to him and said: 'Indeed, you are the most deserving of those who should assist us in this matter.' He replied: 'I heard my close friend, your cousin (pbuh), say: "If it is like this or like that, then take a sword of wood," so I have indeed taken a sword of wood.'"

12331 - And on the authority of Hudhayfah, who attributed it to the Prophet (pbuh), saying: "Trials have come upon you like portions of the dark night; a man begins the morning as a believer and reaches the evening as a disbeliever, and reaches the evening as a believer and begins the morning as a disbeliever. One of you sells his religion for a meager gain of this world." I said: "So what should we do, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Break your hand." I said: "And if it is mended?" He said: "Break the other." I said: "And if it is mended?" He said: "Break your leg." I said: "And if it is mended?" He said: "Break the other." I said: "Until when?" He said: "Until a sinful hand comes to you or a decisive death."

12332 - And from Rib'i, who said: I heard a man at the funeral of Hudhayfah saying: I heard the occupant of this bier saying: I have no concern regarding what I heard from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh); and if you were to fight one another, I would surely enter my house, and if someone were to enter upon me, I would certainly say: Here, bear my sin and your sin.

12333 - And on the authority of Wabisah al-Asadi, who said: I was in Kufa in my home when I heard at the door of the house: "Peace be upon you, may I enter?" I said: "And upon you be peace, [so enter]." When he entered, behold, it was Abdullah ibn Mas'ud. I said: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman, what time of visitation is this, [and that] at the peak of the midday heat?!" He said: "The day felt long for me, so I remembered someone I could converse with." He said: So he began narrating to me from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and I narrated to him. He said: Then he began to narrate to me, saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "There will be a tribulation in which the one sleeping is better than the one lying down, and the one lying down is better than the one sitting, and the one sitting is better than the one standing, and the one standing is better than the one walking, and the one walking is better than the one riding, and the one riding is better than the one running. All of those slain in it are in the Fire." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, and when is that?" He said: "That is during the days of al-Harj." I said: "And when are the days of al-Harj?" He said: "When a man does not feel safe with his companion." I said: "Then what do you command me to do if I live to see that?" He said: "Restrain your hand and your tongue and enter your house." He said: I said: "O Messenger of Allah, what if a man enters my house upon me?" He said: "Then enter your inner chamber." He said: I said: "What if he enters my inner chamber upon me?" He said: "Then enter your place of prayer and do like this — and he grasped his wrist with his right hand — and say: 'My Lord is Allah,' until you die upon that." I said: Abu Dawud narrated it in an abridged form.

And on the authority of Khalid bin 'Urfutah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to me: "O Khalid, indeed after me there will be incidents, tribulations, and discord. So if you are able to be the slain servant of Allah rather than the killer, then do so."

12335 - And on the authority of a man from Abd al-Qays who was with the Kharijites and then separated from them, who said: They entered a village, and Abdullah bin Khabbab came out startled, dragging his cloak. They said: "Why are you startled?" He said: "By Allah, you have indeed startled me." They said: "Are you Abdullah bin Khabbab, the companion of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)?" He said: "Yes." They said: "Then have you heard a Hadith from your father which he narrated from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) that you may narrate to us?" He said: "Yes, I heard him narrating from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) that he mentioned a tribulation (fitnah) in which the one sitting is better than the one standing, the one standing is better than the one walking, and the one walking is better than the one running." He said: "If you reach that, then be the servant of Allah who is killed—I think he said—and do not be the servant of Allah who kills." They said: "Did you hear this from your father narrating it from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)?" He said: "Yes." He [the narrator] said: So they brought him forward to the bank of the river and struck his neck, and his blood flowed as if it were a straight, unscattered stream like a sandal strap, and they ripped open his Umm Walad (concubine) for what was in her womb. In another narration: "ma ibdhaqarra"—meaning it did not scatter—and he said: "And do not be the servant of Allah who kills" without any doubt. It was narrated by Ahmad, Abu Ya’la, and al-Tabarani, and its beginning is: "When the people split, I accompanied a people; I had never accompanied a people more beloved to me than them. We traveled along the bank of a river, and a mosque appeared before us in which there was a man. When he saw the forelocks of the horses, he came out terrified, dragging his garment. Our leader said to him: 'Why are you startled?'" And at its end: "I never accompanied a people more hateful to me than them, until I found an opportunity and escaped."

12336 - And from Jundab bin Sufyan, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There will be tribulations after me like patches of the dark night; a man will wake up in the morning as a believer and reach the evening as a disbeliever." A man from among the Muslims asked: "What should we do at that time, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Enter your houses and keep your presence obscure." He asked: "What if someone enters upon one of us in his house?" The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Let him withhold his hand, and let him be the slain servant of Allah and not the slayer servant of Allah. For indeed, a man may be within the dome of Islam yet he consumes the wealth of his brother, sheds his blood, disobeys his Lord, disbelieves in his Creator, and the Fire becomes mandatory for him."

12337 - And on the authority of Abu Waqid al-Laythi that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said while we were sitting on a carpet: "Indeed, there will be a trial." They said: "So what should we do, O Messenger of Allah?" So he extended his hand to the carpet and grasped it, saying: "You do like this." And the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) mentioned to them one day: "Indeed, there will be a trial." Many of the people did not hear him, so Mu'adh ibn Jabal said: "Do you not hear what the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) is saying?" They said: "What did he say?" He said: "Indeed, there will be a trial." They said: "So how should we proceed, O Messenger of Allah? And what should we do?" He said: "You return to your original state."

12338 - And from Mukhowwal al-Bahzi, who said: It became evening while the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was speaking to us, and he said: "Indeed, a time will come upon the people when the best of the people's wealth will be sheep among trees; they eat the foliage and frequent the waters. Their owners eat of their milk-provisions, drink of their milk, and clothe themselves with their hair"—or he said: "from their wool—while tribulations will be seething among the roots of the Arabs. They will be put to trial, by Allah; they will be put to trial, by Allah; they will be put to trial, by Allah." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said this three times.

12339 - And on the authority of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Verily, there will be tribulations after me; a man will wake as a believer and reach the evening as a disbeliever, and he will reach the evening as a believer and wake as a disbeliever." I said: "May my father and mother be ransomed for you, so which of the men is more rightly guided?" He said: "A man between these two Sanctuaries in solitude, who establishes the prayer at its appointed times, performs the Hajj and the Umrah, and continues in that state until a sinful hand strikes him or an ordained death reaches him."

12340 - And on the authority of Abu al-Ghadiya al-Muzani, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There will be thick and severe tribulations, the best of people during them are the Muslims of the desert-dwellers who do not stain themselves with anything of the blood of the people nor their wealth."

12341 - And from 'Amr ibn al-Hamiq, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There will be a trial in which the safest of people—or the best of people—within it will be the Western Army." Ibn al-Hamiq said: "And for that reason, I have come to you in Egypt."

12342 - On the authority of Mukhowwal al-Bahzi, then al-Sulami, who said: "Snares were set for me at al-Abwa’, and a deer fell into one of the ropes but then escaped. I went out tracking it and found a man who had captured it. We disputed over it, so we brought one another to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). We found him encamped at al-Abwa’ under a tree, seeking shade under a leather mat. We presented our dispute to him, and he judged that it be divided between us into two halves. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we encounter camels that have milk and are tied (to prevent milking), and we are in need.' He said: 'Call out to the owner of the camels three times; if he comes, [it is his], otherwise untie its binding, then drink, then tie it back and leave some milk to stimulate more.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, stray animals come to us; do we receive a reward for giving them water?' He said: 'Yes, in every living creature there is a reward.' Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) began to speak to us, saying: 'A time will come upon the people when the best of wealth will be sheep between the two Mosques, eating from the trees and coming to the water. Their owner eats from their produce, drinks from their milk, and wears from their wool—or he said: their hair—while tribulations (fitan) surge among the dwellings of the Arabs. By Allah, you will not care.' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said this three times. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, advise me.' He said: 'Establish the prayer, give the Zakat, fast Ramadan, perform Hajj to the House, perform Umrah, be dutiful to your parents, maintain the ties of kinship, show hospitality to the guest, enjoin the good, forbid the evil, and turn with the truth wherever it turns.'"

12343 - On the authority of Abu Malik al-Ash'ari, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, tribulation is sent forth, and along with it are sent desire and patience. Thus, whoever follows desire, his death shall be black; and whoever follows patience, his death shall be white."

12344 - On the authority of Abu al-Darda', from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Do not approach tribulation when it has intensified, and do not expose yourselves to it when it presents itself, and strike when it approaches."

12345 - On the authority of Kurz bin 'Alqamah al-Khuza'i, who said: A man asked, "O Messenger of Allah, does Islam have an end?" He (pbuh) replied, "Yes; whichever household among the Arabs or the non-Arabs Allah intends good for, He brings Islam to them, then trials will occur as if they were overhanging clouds." The man said, "Nay, by Allah, if Allah wills [it shall not be]." He (pbuh) said, "Indeed, by the One in Whose Hand is my soul, you will then return during them as black snakes, rising to strike, with some of you striking the necks of others."

12346 - And in a narration: "The best of people is a believer who secludes himself in one of the mountain paths, fearing his Lord (Exalted and Glorified) and sparing people from his evil."

12347 - And on the authority of Abu Barzah al-Aslami—I do not know it except as being from the Prophet (pbuh)—who said: "Indeed, I only fear for you the lusts of transgression regarding your bellies and your private parts, and the misleading trials."

12348 - And in a narration: "And the misguidances of desire."

12349 - And on the authority of Wathilah bin al-Asqa', who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) came out to us and said: "You claim that I will be the last of you to die; indeed, I am the first of you to die, and you shall follow me in disparate groups, some of you destroying others."

12350 - And on the authority of Salamah ibn Nufayl al-Sakuni, who said: "We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) when a speaker said: 'O Messenger of Allah, have you been brought food from heaven?' He said: 'Yes.' He asked: 'And with what?' He replied: 'With a warm dish.' He asked: 'Was there any leftover from you?' He said: 'Yes.' He asked: 'Then what was done with it?' He said: 'It was taken up, and it has been revealed to me that I am to be taken away and will not remain among you for long, and you will not remain after me except for a short while until you say: "When?" And you will come to me in diverse groups, some of you destroying others, and before the Hour there will be a severe mortality, followed by years of earthquakes.'"

12351 - And on the authority of Mu'awiya, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "You claim that I shall be among the last of you to pass away; indeed, I shall be among the first of you to pass away, and you shall follow me in disjointed groups, striking one another's necks." It was narrated by Abu Ya'la and al-Tabarani in al-Awsat and al-Kabir, and the wording in it is: From Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, who said: "We were sitting in the mosque when the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) came out to us and said: 'You talk among yourselves that I shall be among the last of you to pass away; indeed, I shall be among the first of you to pass away, and you shall follow me in disjointed groups, some of you destroying others.' Then he recited this verse: {Say, 'He is the [one] Able to send upon you punishment from above you or from beneath your feet...'} [al-An'am: 65] until he reached {...'For every news is a fixed time, and you will come to know.'} [al-An'am: 67]. Then he said: 'A group from my nation will not cease to fight for the truth, prevailing; they do not care about the desertion of those who desert them nor those who oppose them, until the command of Allah comes while they are in that state.' Then he recited this verse: {O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection} [Al 'Imran: 55]."

12352 - And on the authority of Wathilah bin al-Asqa‘, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Indeed, you claim that I am the last of you to die, but truly I am the first of you to depart; then you will come after me in divided groups, killing one another."

12353 - On the authority of Talhah bin 'Ubayd Allah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Never has there been a prophethood except that after it followed killing and crucifixion."

12354 - And on the authority of al-Mustawrid bin Shaddad, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Verily, for every nation there is a term, and for my nation, it is a hundred years. Thus, when a year has passed for my nation, what Allah—Mighty and Majestic—has promised it shall come to it." Ibn Lahi'ah said: "Meaning the abundance of tribulations."

And on the authority of Bilal, tracing it back to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: He raised his gaze toward the sky and said: "Glory be to the One Who sends tribulations down upon them like the falling of raindrops."

12356 - And on the authority of Jarir, from the Prophet (pbuh), that he raised his sight toward the heaven and said: "Glory be to the One who sends down upon them tribulations like the falling of rain."

12357 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin ‘Amr, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There will be a fitnah in which a man will separate from his brother and his father. The fitnah will fly into the hearts of men from among them until the Day of Resurrection, to the extent that a man will be shamed for it just as an adulteress is shamed for her adultery."

12358 - And with his chain of narration, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The Quray'ah has come to you." We asked: "And what is it, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied: "A fitnah (trial) in which there is something like an egg."

12359 - And from Khalid bin al-Walid, who said: The Commander of the Faithful—meaning Umar bin al-Khattab—wrote to me when Syria had yielded its riches and honey—and Affan once doubted and said: when Syria yielded such and such—so he commanded me to march to al-Hind, and al-Hind to us in those days was Basra. He said: And I was averse to that. He said: Then a man stood up and said: Fear Allah, O Abu Sulayman, for indeed the trials have appeared. He said: So he said: While the son of al-Khattab is still alive! They will only occur after him when people are in [the state of] Dhi Billiyan—and Dhi Billiyan is in such and such a place—such that a man will look and reflect whether he can find a place where there has not descended the like of what has descended upon his current place of trial and evil, but he will not find it. And those are the days that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) mentioned before the Hour, the days of al-Harj (turmoil/killing); so we seek refuge in Allah from those days reaching us and you.

12360 - And from 'Imran bin Husayn that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There will be four tribulations after me: a tribulation in which blood is made permissible, a second in which blood and wealth are made permissible, and a third in which blood, wealth, and private parts are made permissible."

12361 - And on the authority of Ali ibn Abi Talib, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There will be a tribulation at the end of time, in which people will be refined just as gold and silver are refined from the ore."

12362 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "My nation will be afflicted by the disease of the nations." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, and what is the disease of the nations?" He said: "Insolence, arrogance, turning one's back on one another, vying for worldly gain, mutual hatred, and miserliness, until there is transgression, then Harj (killing and chaos)."

12363 - And from Ammar bin Yasir, who said: "We were sitting with the Prophet (pbuh) among a number of his companions—Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Talhah, al-Zubayr, Abd al-Rahman, Mu'adh, Hudhayfah, and Sa'd—eight years after the Hijrah, in the ninth year. Hudhayfah said to him: 'May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah, speak to us regarding the tribulations.' He said: 'O Hudhayfah, indeed a time will come upon the people when the one standing therein is better than the one walking, and the one sitting therein is better than the one standing; the killer and the killed are in the Fire.'"

12364 - And from al-Hasan, that al-Dahhak ibn Qays wrote to Qays ibn al-Haytham when Yazid ibn Mu'awiya died: Peace be upon you. To proceed: Indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Indeed, before the Hour there will be tribulations like patches of the dark night, tribulations like patches of smoke, in which the heart of a man dies just as his body dies. A man will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening, and a believer in the evening and a disbeliever in the morning. People will sell their share of the Hereafter and their religion for a fleeting gain of this world." And indeed, Yazid ibn Mu'awiya has died, and you are our brothers and our full brothers, so do not precede us until we choose for ourselves.

12365 - And on the authority of Al-Nu'man bin Bashir, who said: We accompanied the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and heard him saying: "Verily, preceding the Hour there will be tribulations like patches of dark night, wherein a man will wake up as a believer and reach the evening as a disbeliever, and he will reach the evening as a believer then wake up as a disbeliever. Groups of people will sell their portion [of the Hereafter] for a [meager] gain of the world" [or "for the gain of the world"]. Al-Hasan said: "By Allah, we have seen them as forms without intellects and bodies without discernment; moths of fire and wolves of greed, going out in the morning for two dirhams and returning in the evening for two dirhams, one of them selling his religion for the price of a goat."

12366 - And on the authority of a man from the people of ash-Sham called 'Ammar, who said: We went on a military expedition for a year, then we returned, and among us was an elderly man from the tribe of Khath'am. Al-Hajjaj was mentioned, and he reviled and cursed him. I said to him: "Why do you curse him when he is fighting the people of Iraq in obedience to the Commander of the Faithful?" He replied: "It is he who has declared them to be disbelievers." Then he said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'There will be five trials (fitan) in this nation; four have passed, and one remains, which is the Saylam (the uprooting calamity), and it shall be among you, O people of ash-Sham. If you live to see it, then if you are able to be a stone, then be so; and do not be with either of the two factions. Lo, take for yourself a tunnel in the earth.'"

12367 - And in a narration: "We said: 'Did you hear this from the Prophet (pbuh)?' He replied: 'Yes'."

12368 - And from Hudhayfah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was asked about the Hour, and he said: "Its knowledge is with my Lord; none shall reveal its time except Him, but I shall inform you of its signs and what shall occur before it. Indeed, before it there shall be trials and Harj." They asked: "O Messenger of Allah, we have known what trials are, but what is Harj?" He said: "In the language of the Abyssinians, it means killing." He added: "And mutual estrangement shall be cast among the people, such that hardly anyone shall recognize another."

12369 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being strange just as it began, so glad tidings to the strangers. And indeed, preceding the Hour, there will be tribulations like patches of the dark night; a man will be a believer in the evening and become a disbeliever by the morning, and he will be a believer in the morning and become a disbeliever by the evening. People will sell their religion for a fleeting gain of the world."

12370 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Tribulations shall surely afflict my Ummah after me like pieces of the dark night; a man will wake up as a believer and enter the evening as a disbeliever, and enter the evening as a believer and wake up as a disbeliever; people will sell their religion for a small portion of worldly gain."

12371 - And on the authority of Maymunah, who said: "The Prophet of Allah (pbuh) said to us one day: 'What will be your state when religion becomes corrupted, blood is shed, adornment becomes manifest, buildings are raised high, brothers differ, and the Ancient House is burned?'" And in one narration: "and the scholars differ" instead of "the brothers."

12372 - And on the authority of Abu Sa’id: The Hour will not be established until al-harj increases among you—[saying it] three times. They said: And what is al-harj? He said: Killing.

12373 - And on the authority of Fairuz al-Daylami, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There will be a sound in Ramadan." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, in its beginning, its middle, or its end?" He said: "Rather, in the middle of Ramadan. If the night of the middle is a Friday night, there will be a sound from the sky by which seventy thousand will be struck unconscious, [seventy thousand will be rendered mute, seventy thousand will be rendered blind], and seventy thousand will be rendered deaf." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, who among your nation will be safe?" He said: "Whoever stays in his house, seeks refuge through prostration, and proclaims the greatness of Allah (Takbir) loudly. Then it will be followed by another sound; the first sound is the voice of Gabriel and the second is the voice of Satan. The sound is in Ramadan, the turmoil is in Shawwal, the tribes will be distinguished in Dhu al-Qi'dah, the pilgrims will be raided in Dhu al-Hijjah, and Muharram—and what is Muharram! Its beginning is an affliction upon my nation and its end is a relief for my nation. A riding beast [in that time] with its saddle, upon which a believer finds escape, is better for him than a fortified estate that yields a hundred thousand."

12374 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "In the month of Ramadan there will be a sound, in Dhu al-Qi'dah the tribes will distinguish themselves, and in Dhu al-Hijjah the pilgrim will be robbed."

12375 - On the authority of Samurah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The time is near when Allah—the Mighty and Majestic—will fill your hands with the non-Arabs, then they will be like lions who do not flee; they will kill your fighters and consume your spoils."

12376 - And on the authority of Anas that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "It is imminent that Allah will fill your hands with the non-Arabs, then He will make them lions who do not flee; they will fight your warriors and consume your spoils."

12377 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "It is imminent that Allah will fill your hands with the non-Arabs, then He will make them like lions who do not flee; they will kill your combatants and consume your spoils."

12378 - And on the authority of Hudhayfah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "It is imminent that Allah will fill your hands with the non-Arabs, then He will make them into lions who do not flee, and they will strike your necks and consume your spoils."