Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3953
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ ابْنَةِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ حَبِيبَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتِ اسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ وَهُوَ مُحْمَرٌّ وَجْهُهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ " لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَيْلٌ لِلْعَرَبِ مِنْ شَرٍّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ فُتِحَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ رَدْمِ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ " . وَعَقَدَ بِيَدَيْهِ عَشَرَةً . قَالَتْ زَيْنَبُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَهْلِكُ وَفِينَا الصَّالِحُونَ قَالَ " إِذَا كَثُرَ الْخَبَثُ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
It was narrated from Zaynab bint Jahsh that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ awoke from sleep with his face flushed, saying: ‘There is no god but Allah. Woe to the Arabs from an evil that has drawn near! Today an opening has been made in the barrier of Gog and Magog.’ He joined his hands, forming ten with his fingers. Zaynab said: ‘I asked, “Messenger of Allah, will we be destroyed while righteous people are among us?” He said, “When corruption becomes widespread.”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَعَقَدَ بِيَدَيْهِ عَشَرَةً .
The source says he formed or counted ten with his hands, but does not specify the gesture’s shape.
Should this gesture be rendered literally as forming ten with his fingers, or interpreted as indicating the opening’s size?