Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 116

Arabic hadith text

عَن نَافِع أَن ابْن عمر جَاءَهُ رجل فَقَالَ إِنَّ فُلَانًا يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَحْدَثَ فَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ أَحْدَثَ فَلَا تُقْرِئْهُ مِنِّي السَّلَامَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُول يكون فِي هَذِه الْأمة أَو فِي أمتِي الشَّك مِنْهُ خَسْفٌ أَوْ مَسْخٌ أَوْ قَذْفٌ فِي أَهْلِ الْقَدَرِ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ

Translation

Nāfiʿ reported: A man came to Ibn ʿUmar and said, ‘So-and-so sends you greetings of peace.’ Ibn ʿUmar replied, ‘I have heard that he has introduced an innovation. If he has, do not convey greetings of peace from me to him, for I heard the Messenger of God say, “There will occur in this community—or in my community; the narrator was unsure—a sinking, a transformation, or a pelting among the people of the divine decree.”’ Al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Mājah transmitted it. Al-Tirmidhi said: ‘This is a sound, good, uncommon hadith.’