Tribulations

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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘We have even more reason than Abraham to have no doubt, when he said, “My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead.” He said, “Do you not believe?” Abraham replied, “Yes indeed, but so that my heart may be reassured” (Qur’an 2:260). May Allah have mercy on Lot! He sought refuge in a strong support. Had I remained in prison as long as Joseph did, I would have answered the one who summoned me.’

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Anas ibn Malik reported: On the day of Uhud, one of the Messenger of Allah’s premolars was broken and he was wounded. Blood flowed down his face, and he wiped it away, saying, ‘How can a people prosper when they have stained their Prophet’s face with blood while he is calling them to Allah?’ Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: ‘You have no part in the decision’ (Qur’an 3:128).

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Anas reported: One day Jibril came to the Messenger of Allah while he was sitting sorrowfully, stained with blood after some people of Makkah had struck him. Jibril asked, ‘What is the matter?’ He replied, ‘These people have done this and that to me.’ Jibril asked, ‘Would you like me to show you a sign?’ He said, ‘Yes, show me.’ The Messenger of Allah looked at a tree beyond the valley and said, ‘Call that tree.’ He called it, and it came walking until it stood before him. Jibril said, ‘Tell it to return.’ He told it, and it returned to its place. The Messenger of Allah said, ‘That is enough for me.’

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Hudhayfah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Count for me everyone who has professed Islam.’ We said, ‘Messenger of Allah, are you afraid for us when we number between six and seven hundred?’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘You do not know; perhaps you will be tested.’ The narrator said: We were indeed tested, until a man among us would pray only in secret.

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Ubayy ibn Ka‘b reported that on the night of the Night Journey, the Messenger of Allah noticed a pleasant fragrance and asked, ‘Jibril, what is this pleasant fragrance?’ He replied, ‘It is the fragrance from the grave of the hairdresser, her two sons, and her husband.’ He said: ‘The story began when al-Khadir, one of the nobles of the Children of Israel, used to pass by a monk in his cell. The monk would come out to him and teach him Islam. When al-Khadir came of age, his father married him to a woman. Al-Khadir taught her and made her promise not to teach anyone else. He did not approach women, so he divorced her. Then his father married him to another woman. He taught her and made her promise not to teach anyone else. One woman kept the secret, while the other disclosed it against him. So he fled until he came to an island in the sea. Two men came by gathering firewood and saw him. One kept it secret, but the other disclosed it, saying, “I have seen al-Khadir.” He was asked, “Who saw him with you?” He named so-and-so, who was questioned but kept silent. In their religion, a liar was to be killed. He married the woman who had kept the secret. While she was combing Pharaoh’s daughter’s hair, her comb fell, and she said, “May Pharaoh perish!” The daughter told her father. The woman had two sons and a husband. He sent for them and tried to make the woman and her husband renounce their religion, but they refused. He said, “I will kill you.” They replied, “It would be a kindness from you if, when you kill us, you put us all in one house.” So he did. When the Prophet was taken on the Night Journey, he noticed the pleasant fragrance and asked Jibril about it, and Jibril told him.’

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Anas ibn Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘The greatness of the reward is in proportion to the greatness of the trial. When Allah loves a people, He tests them. Whoever is content will have contentment, and whoever is displeased will have displeasure.’

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Ibn ‘Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘The believer who lives among people and patiently bears their harm has a greater reward than the believer who does not live among people and does not patiently bear their harm.’

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Anas ibn Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Whoever has three qualities will taste faith’—Bundar said, ‘the sweetness of faith.’ ‘One who loves a person only for Allah’s sake; one for whom Allah and His Messenger are dearer than anything else; and one who would rather be cast into the Fire than return to disbelief after Allah has saved him from it.’

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Abu al-Darda’ reported: My close friend (the Prophet) advised me: ‘Do not associate anything with Allah, even if you are cut to pieces and burned. Do not deliberately abandon an obligatory prayer, for whoever deliberately abandons it forfeits the covenant of protection. And do not drink wine, for it is the key to every evil.’

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Mu‘awiyah reported that he heard the Prophet say: ‘Nothing remains of this world but trial and tribulation.’

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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Years of deception will come upon the people. The liar will be believed and the truthful person disbelieved; the treacherous will be trusted and the trustworthy accused of treachery; and the Ruwaybidah will speak.’ They asked, ‘What are the Ruwaybidah?’ He said, ‘A trifling man speaking about the affairs of the public.’

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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘By the One in whose hand is my soul, this world will not end before a man passes by a grave, rolls upon it, and says, “If only I were in the place of the person in this grave!” His wish will not be prompted by religious devotion; it will be due to affliction.’

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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘You will surely be sifted, as dates are selected from their clusters. The best of you will depart, and the worst will remain. So, if you can, die.’

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Anas ibn Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Affairs will only grow more severe, worldly life will only recede, people will only grow more miserly, and the Hour will come only upon the worst of people. The Mahdi will be none other than Jesus, son of Mary.’

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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘I and the Hour have been sent like these two’—and he joined his two fingers together.

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Hudhayfah ibn Asid reported: The Prophet looked out at us from a room while we were discussing the Hour. He said: ‘The Hour will not come until there are ten signs: the Dajjal, the smoke, and the sun rising from the west…’

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‘Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja‘i reported: I came to the Messenger of Allah during the Tabuk campaign while he was in a leather tent, and sat in front of it. He said, ‘Come in, ‘Awf.’ I asked, ‘With all of me, Messenger of Allah?’ He said, ‘With all of you.’ Then he said, ‘‘Awf, remember six events before the Hour. One of them is my death.’ I was deeply shaken by this. He said, ‘Count that as the first. Then the opening of Jerusalem; then a disease that will spread among you, through which Allah will grant martyrdom to your children and to you, and purify your wealth; then such abundance of wealth among you that a man will be given one hundred dinars and remain dissatisfied; then a tribulation among you that will enter every Muslim household; then a truce between you and the descendants of al-Asfar (the Byzantines), who will betray you and march against you under eighty banners, with twelve thousand beneath each banner.’’

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Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘The Hour will not come until you kill your leader, fight one another with your swords, and the worst among you inherit your worldly affairs.’

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Abu Hurayrah reported: One day the Messenger of Allah was out among the people when a man came and asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, when will the Hour come?’ He said, ‘The one asked about it knows no more than the one asking. But I will tell you some of its signs: when a slave woman gives birth to her mistress, that is one of its signs; when the barefoot and naked become leaders of the people, that is one of its signs; and when shepherds compete in constructing buildings, that is one of its signs. It is among five things known only to Allah.’ Then the Messenger of Allah recited: ‘Allah alone has knowledge of the Hour; He sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs…’ (Qur’an 31:34).

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Anas ibn Malik said: ‘Shall I tell you a report I heard from the Messenger of Allah, one that no one after me will tell you? I heard him say: “Among the signs of the Hour are that knowledge will be taken away, ignorance will become widespread, fornication will spread, wine will be drunk, men will disappear and women will remain, until one man is responsible for fifty women.”’