Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 276

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Mishkat al-Masabih 276
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ لَا يَبْقَى مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ إِلَّا اسْمُهُ وَلَا يَبْقَى مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ إِلَّا رَسْمُهُ مَسَاجِدُهُمْ عَامِرَةٌ وَهِيَ خَرَابٌ مِنَ الْهُدَى عُلَمَاؤُهُمْ شَرُّ مَنْ تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ عِنْدِهِمْ تَخْرُجُ الْفِتْنَةُ وَفِيهِمْ تَعُودُ» . رَوَاهُ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ فِي شُعَبِ الْإِيمَان
Translation

‘Ali reported God’s messenger as saying, “ A time is soon coming tomankind when nothing of Islam but its name will remain and only thewritten form of the Qur’an will remain. Their mosques will be in finecondition but will be devoid of guidance, their learned men will be theworst people under heaven, corruption coming forth from them andreturning among them.” Baihaqi transmitted it in Shu'ab al-iman.