Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 7068
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ، قَالَ أَتَيْنَا أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ فَشَكَوْنَا إِلَيْهِ مَا نَلْقَى مِنَ الْحَجَّاجِ فَقَالَ " اصْبِرُوا، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ زَمَانٌ إِلاَّ الَّذِي بَعْدَهُ شَرٌّ مِنْهُ، حَتَّى تَلْقَوْا رَبَّكُمْ ". سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ نَبِيِّكُمْ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Translation
Al-Zubayr ibn ʿAdī said: “We went to Anas ibn Mālik and complained to him about what we were suffering at the hands of al-Ḥajjāj. He said: ‘Be patient. No time will come upon you but that the time after it will be worse than it, until you meet your Lord.’ I heard this from your Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.”