Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1049
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ سَلْمَانَ، عَنْ سَيَّارٍ أَبِي الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ طَارِقٍ قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ جُلُوسًا، فَجَاءَ آذِنُهُ فَقَالَ: قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلاَةُ، فَقَامَ وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ، فَدَخَلْنَا الْمَسْجِدَ، فَرَأَى النَّاسَ رُكُوعًا فِي مُقَدَّمِ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَكَبَّرَ وَرَكَعَ، وَمَشَيْنَا وَفَعَلْنَا مِثْلَ مَا فَعَلَ، فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ مُسْرِعٌ فَقَالَ: عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلاَمُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ اللَّهُ، وَبَلَّغَ رَسُولُهُ، فَلَمَّا صَلَّيْنَا رَجَعَ، فَوَلَجَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ، وَجَلَسْنَا فِي مَكَانِنَا نَنْتَظِرُهُ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ: أَيُّكُمْ يَسْأَلُهُ؟ قَالَ طَارِقٌ: أَنَا أَسْأَلُهُ، فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ: عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ: تَسْلِيمُ الْخَاصَّةِ، وَفُشُوُّ التِّجَارَةِ حَتَّى تُعِينَ الْمَرْأَةُ زَوْجَهَا عَلَى التِّجَارَةِ، وَقَطْعُ الأَرْحَامِ، وَفُشُوُّ الْقَلَمِ، وَظُهُورُ الشَّهَادَةِ بِالزُّورِ، وَكِتْمَانُ شَهَادَةِ الْحَقِّ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Tariq said: We were sitting with Abdullah when his doorkeeper came and said, “The prayer is about to begin.” Abdullah stood, and we stood with him. We entered the mosque and saw people bowing at the front. He said the opening takbir and bowed, and we walked forward and did as he had done. A man hurried past and said, “Peace be upon you, Abu Abd al-Rahman.” Abdullah replied, “Allah has spoken the truth, and His Messenger conveyed it.” When we had prayed, he returned and went inside to his family. We remained in our place, waiting for him to come out. We said to one another, “Which of you will ask him?” Tariq said, “I will ask him,” and did so. Abdullah said, transmitting from the Prophet ﷺ: “Before the Hour, there will be greetings reserved for particular people; trade will become widespread until a woman helps her husband in trade; family ties will be severed; writing will become widespread; false testimony will appear; and true testimony will be concealed.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
تَسْلِيمُ الْخَاصَّةِ literally refers to greeting particular people; the likely sense is greetings restricted to acquaintances or an elite circle. فُشُوُّ الْقَلَمِ literally means the widespread use of the pen (writing).
تَسْلِيمُ الْخَاصَّةِ
The Arabic phrase means greetings limited to a particular group or acquaintances; it does not specify one individual.
Should this be rendered as greetings restricted to acquaintances or a select group?
فُشُوُّ الْقَلَمِ
The Arabic refers literally to the spread of writing/the pen, not knowledge generally.
Should this be translated as the spread of writing or literacy?