“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said, during the Farewell Pilgrimage: ‘Is not the most sacredof yourdays this day, is not the most sacred of your months thismonth, isnot the most sacred of your lands this land? Your blood andyourwealth are as sacred to you as this day of yours in this monthofyours. Have I not conveyed (the message)?’ They said: ‘Yes.”He said:‘O Allah, bear witness.’”

“The whole of the Muslim is sacred to his fellow Muslim, hisblood, his wealth and his honor.”

“Thebeliever is the one from whom their (people’s) wealth and lives aresafe, and the Muhajir is the one who forsakes mistakes and sins.”

“Make the peoplepayattention.” Then he said: “Do not turn back into disbelieversafter Iam gone, striking one another’s necks.”

“Whoever offers the morning prayer, he is under theprotection of Allah, so do not betray Allah by betraying those whoareunder His protection. Whoever kills him, Allah will seek him outuntilHe throws him on his face into Hell.”

“BeforetheHour comes there will be Harj.” I said: “O Messenger ofAllah, what isHarj?” He said: “Killing.” Some of the Muslimssaid: “O Messenger ofAllah, now we kill such and such a number ofidolaters in one year.”The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Thatwill not be like killing theidolaters, rather you will kill oneanother, until a man will kill hisneighbor and son of the cousin anda relative.” Some of the peoplesaid: “O Messenger of Allah, willwe be in our right minds that day?”The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “No, reason will be taken away frommost of the people atthat time, and there will be left theinsignificant people who haveno reason.”

“When ‘Ali bin Abu Talib came toBasrah, heentered upon my father and said: ‘O Abu Muslim, will younot help meagainst these people?’ He said: ‘Of course.’ So hecalled a slavewoman of his and said: ‘O slave woman, bring me mysword.’ So shebrought it, and he unsheathed it a span, and (I sawthat) it was madeof wood. He said: ‘My close friend and yourcousin (ﷺ) advised me,if tribulation (Fitnah) arose among theMuslims, that I should take asword of wood. If you wish I will goout with you.’ He said: ‘I haveno need of you or of yoursword.’”

“I entered upon Muhammad binMaslamah and he said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Therewill be tribulation, division and dissension. When that comes, takeyour sword to Uhud and strike it until it breaks, then sit in yourhouse until there comes to you the hand of the evildoer (to kill you)or a predestined (natural) death.’”"And that came to pass, and I did as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said."

“Whenone Muslim wields his weapon against his brother, both of them are atthe edge of Hell, and if one of them kills the other, they will bothenter it.”

“Thebest lifestyle is that of a man who holds onto the reins of his horsefor the sake of Allah, riding on its back. Every time he hears acommotion he rushes towards it, seeking death wherever he thinks hecan find it; and a man who tends sheep at the top of one of thesepeaks, or in the bottom of one of these valleys, establishing theprayer, paying the charity, and worshipping his Lord until theinevitable (death) comes to him and there is nothing between him andthe people except good.”

“There will be callers at the gates of Hell; whoeverresponds to them they throw them into it.” I said: “O MessengerofAllah, describe them to us.” He said: “They will be from ourpeople,speaking our language.” I said: “What do you command meto do, if Ilive to see that?” He said: “Adhere tothe main bodyof the Muslims andtheir leader. If there is no such body and noleader, then withdrawfrom all their groups, even if you bite ontothe trunk of a tree untildeath finds you in that state.”

“Soon the best wealth of a Muslim will be sheepwhich hefollows in the mountain peaks and places where rainfall isto befound, fleeing for the sake of his religion from tribulations.”

“There will be tribulations at the gates of which willbecallers (calling people) to Hell. Dying when you are biting ontothestump of a tree will be better for you than following anyone ofthem.”

‘The Children of Israel split into seventy-one sects, and mynation will split into seventy-two, all of which will be in Hellapartfrom one, which is the main body.”

“When the treasures of Persia andRome are openedfor you, what kind of people will you be?”‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Awfsaid: “We will say what Allah hascommanded us to say.” The Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) said: “Orsomething other than that. You will competewith one another, thenyou will envy one another, then you will turnyour backs on oneanother, then you will hate one another, orsomething like that. Thenyou will go to the poor among the Muhajirunand appoint some of themas leaders of others.”

‘I think you haveheard that Abu ‘Ubaidah has brought somethingfrom Bahrain?’ Theysaid: ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said: ‘Be ofgood cheerand hope for that which will make you happy. By Allah, I donot fearpoverty for you, rather I fear that you will enjoy ease andplentylike those who came before you, and that you will compete withoneanother as they did, and you will be destroyed as they were.’”

“No morning comes but two angels call out: ‘Woe to men fromwomen, and woe to women from men.’”

“O women, give in charity and pray a great dealforforgiveness, for I have seen that you form the majority of thepeopleof Hell.” A woman who was very wise said: “Why is it, OMessenger ofAllah, that we form the majority of the people of Hell?”He said: “Youcurse a great deal and you are ungrateful to yourhusbands, and I havenever seen anyone lacking in discernment andreligion moreoverwhelming to a man of wisdom than you.” She said:“O Messenger ofAllah, what is this lacking in discernment andreligion?” He said:“The lack of discernment is the fact that thetestimony of two womenis equal to the testimony of one man; this isthe lack of reason. And(a woman) spends several nights when she doesnot pray, and she doesnot fast in Ramadhan, and this is the lack inreligion.”

“Abu Bakr stood upand praised and glorified Allah, then he said: ‘O people, yourecite this Verse – “O you who believe! Take care of your ownselves. If you follow the (right) guidance no hurt can come to youfrom those who are in error.”[5:105] – but I heard the Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘If people see some evil but do not change it,soon Allah will send His punishment upon them all.’”(One of the narrators) Abu Usamah repeated: "Indeed I heard that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say."

“Ihave been commanded to fight the people until they say: La ilahaillallah. If they say: La ilaha illallah, then their blood and wealthare protected from me, except for a right that is due from it, andtheir reckoning will be with Allah.”