Tribulations

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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being strange. So glad tidings to the strangers.’

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Anas ibn Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being strange. So glad tidings to the strangers.’

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‘Abdullah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being strange. So glad tidings to the strangers.’ It was asked, ‘Who are the strangers?’ He said, ‘Those drawn away from their tribes.’

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‘Umar ibn al-Khattab went one day to the mosque of the Messenger of Allah and found Mu‘adh ibn Jabal sitting by the Prophet’s grave, weeping. He asked, ‘What makes you weep?’ Mu‘adh replied, ‘I weep over something I heard from the Messenger of Allah. I heard him say: “Even a little showing off is shirk. Whoever shows enmity to a devoted servant of Allah has declared war against Allah. Allah loves the righteous, pious, and discreet: those who, when absent, are not missed, and when present, are neither called upon nor recognized. Their hearts are lamps of guidance, and they emerge from every dark and dusty trial.”’

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‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘People are like a hundred camels among which you can hardly find one fit to be ridden.’

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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘The Jews split into seventy-one sects, and my community will split into seventy-three sects.’

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‘Awf ibn Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘The Jews split into seventy-one sects, one of which is in Paradise and seventy in the Fire. The Christians split into seventy-two sects, seventy-one of which are in the Fire and one in Paradise. By the One in whose hand is Muhammad’s soul, my community will split into seventy-three sects: one in Paradise and seventy-two in the Fire.’ It was asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, who are they?’ He said, ‘The community.’

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Anas ibn Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘The Children of Israel split into seventy-one sects, and my community will split into seventy-two. All of them will be in the Fire except one: the community.’

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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘You will surely follow the ways of those who came before you, handspan by handspan, forearm-length by forearm-length, and arm-length by arm-length, so that even if they entered a lizard’s burrow, you would enter it too.’ They asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, do you mean the Jews and Christians?’ He said, ‘Who else?’

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Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri said that the Messenger of Allah stood and addressed the people: ‘By Allah, people, I fear nothing for you except the worldly splendor that Allah brings forth for you.’ A man asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, can good bring about evil?’ The Messenger of Allah remained silent for a while, then asked, ‘What did you say?’ The man repeated, ‘Can good bring about evil?’ The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Good brings nothing but good—or is it truly good? Everything that spring vegetation grows can kill an animal if it overeats, or nearly do so, except the animal that eats the herbage until its flanks are full, then turns toward the sun, defecates and urinates, chews its cud, and returns to graze. Whoever acquires wealth rightfully will be blessed in it; whoever acquires wealth wrongfully is like one who eats but is never satisfied.’

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‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘As reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘When the treasures of Persia and Byzantium are opened to you, what sort of people will you be?’ ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf said, ‘We will be as Allah has commanded us.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Or will you be otherwise? You will vie with one another, then envy one another, turn away from one another, and hate one another—or something like that. Then you will go among the poor emigrants and set some of them over others.’

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‘Amr ibn ‘Awf—an ally of Banu ‘Amir ibn Lu’ayy who had fought at Badr with the Messenger of Allah—reported that the Messenger of Allah sent Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah to Bahrain to collect its jizyah. The Prophet had made a treaty with the people of Bahrain and appointed al-‘Ala’ ibn al-Hadrami over them. Abu ‘Ubaydah returned with wealth from Bahrain. When the Ansar heard of his arrival, they came to the dawn prayer with the Messenger of Allah. After praying, he turned and saw them waiting for him, and smiled. He said, ‘I think you have heard that Abu ‘Ubaydah has brought something from Bahrain.’ They said, ‘Yes, Messenger of Allah.’ He said, ‘Be glad and hope for what will please you. By Allah, I do not fear poverty for you; rather, I fear that worldly life will be spread out before you as it was for those before you, and that you will compete for it as they did, and it will destroy you as it destroyed them.’

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Usamah ibn Zayd reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘I will leave behind no trial more harmful to men than women.’

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Abu Sa‘id reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Every morning, two angels call out: “Woe to men because of women, and woe to women because of men.”’

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Abu Sa‘id reported that the Messenger of Allah stood to preach and said, among other things: ‘This world is fresh and sweet, and Allah is making you successors in it to see how you will act. So beware of this world, and beware of women.’

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‘A’ishah reported: While the Messenger of Allah was sitting in the mosque, a woman from Muzaynah entered, swaying proudly in her adornment. The Prophet said, ‘People, tell your women not to wear adornment and strut proudly in the mosque. The Children of Israel were not cursed until their women wore adornment and strutted in the mosques.’

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Abu Hurayrah met a woman wearing perfume who was heading to the mosque. He said, ‘O servant of the Compeller, where are you going?’ She said, ‘To the mosque.’ He asked, ‘And have you put on perfume?’ She said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah say: “Any woman who wears perfume and then goes out to the mosque will have her prayer unaccepted until she bathes.”’

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‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Women, give charity and ask forgiveness often, for I have seen that you make up most of the people of the Fire.’ A perceptive woman among them asked, ‘Why is it, Messenger of Allah, that we make up most of the people of the Fire?’ He said, ‘You curse often and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have never seen anyone described as deficient in reason and religion more able to overcome a discerning man than you.’ She asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, what is this deficiency in reason and religion?’ He said, ‘The deficiency in reason is that the testimony of two women is equivalent to the testimony of one man. That is the deficiency in reason. She also spends nights without praying and does not fast during Ramadan; that is the deficiency in religion.’

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‘A’ishah reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah say: ‘Enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong before you supplicate and your supplication is not answered.’

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Qays ibn Abi Hazim reported: Abu Bakr stood, praised and extolled Allah, then said, ‘People, you recite this verse: “Believers, you are responsible for yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you if you are guided” (Qur’an 5:105). We heard the Messenger of Allah say: “When people see wrongdoing and do not change it, Allah may soon encompass them all with His punishment.”’ Abu Usamah added another version: ‘For I heard the Messenger of Allah say…’