The Book of Tribulations and Portents of the Last Hour

كتاب الفتن وأشراط الساعة

Chapter 1: The Approach Of Tribulations And The Opening Of The Barrier Of Ya'juj And Ma'juj

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying

Today the wall (barrier) of Gog and Magog has been opened so much, and Wuhaib (in order to explain it) made the figure of ninety with the help of his hand.

Chapter 2: The Earth Swallowing Up The Army That Aims To Attack The Ka'bah

Harith b Abi Rabi'a and 'Abdullah b. Safwan both went to Umm Salama, the Mother of the Faithful, and they asked her about the army which would be sunk in the earth, and this relates to the time when Ibn Zubair (was the governor of Mecca). She reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had said that a seeker of refuge would seek refuge in the Sacred House and an army would be sent to him (in order to kill him) and when it would enter a plain ground, it would be made to sink. I said

Allah's Messenger, what about him who would be made to accompany this army willy nilly? Thereupon he said: He would be made to sink along with them but he would be raised on the Day of Resurrection on the basis of his intention. Abu Ja'far said. ' This plain, ground means the plain ground of Medina.

'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was startled in the state of sleep. We said

Allah's Messenger, you have done something in the state of your sleep which you never did before, Thereupon he said: Strange it is that some people of my Ummah would attack the House (Ka'ba) (for killing) a person who would belong to the tribe of the Quraish and he would try to seek protection in the House. And when they would reach the plain ground they would be sunk. We said: Allah's Messenger, all sorts of people throng the path. Thereupon he said: Yes, there would be amongst them people who would come with definite designs and those who would come under duress and there would be travellers also, but they would all be destroyed through one (stroke) of destruction. though they would be raised in different states (on the Day of Resurrection). Allah would, however, raise them according to their intention.

Chapter 3: Onset Of Tribulations Like Rainfall

Usama reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) climbed up a battlement amongst the battlements of Medina and then said

You do not see what I am seeing and I am seeing the places of turmoil between your houses as the places of rainfall.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying

There would be turmoil and the one who would sleep would be better than who would be awake and the one who would be awake would be better than one who would stand and one who would stand would be better than one who would run. So he who finds refuge or shelter should take that refuge or shelter.

Chapter 4: If Two Muslims Confront One Another With Their Swords

Abu Bakra reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

When two Muslims (confront each other) and the one amongst them attacks his brother with a weapon, both of them are at the brink of Hell-Fire. And when one of them kills his companion, both of them get into Hell-Fire.

Chapter 3: Onset Of Tribulations Like Rainfall

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters.

Chapter 4: If Two Muslims Confront One Another With Their Swords

Ahnaf b. Qais reported on the authority of Abu Bakra that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said

When two Muslims confront each other with their swords, both the slayer and the slain are doomed to Hell-Fire.

Chapter 5: (Parts of) This Ummah Will Destroy One Another

Thauban reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said. Verily, Allah drew the ends of the world near me until I saw its east and west, and He bestowed upon me two treasures, the red and the white. The rest of the hadith is the same.

Chapter 1: The Approach Of Tribulations And The Opening Of The Barrier Of Ya'juj And Ma'juj

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zainab bint Jahsh with a slight variation in the chain of transmitters.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with a different chain of transmitters.

Chapter 2: The Earth Swallowing Up The Army That Aims To Attack The Ka'bah

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Rufai, with the same chain of transmitters (but with the addition of these words)

" When I met Abu Ja'far I told him that she (simply) meant the plain ground. Thereupon Abu Ja'far said: No, by God, she meant the plain ground of Medina.

Abdullah b. Safwan reported the Mother of the Faithful as saying that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said

They would soon seek protection in this House, viz. Ka'ba (the defenceless), people who would have nothing to protect themselves in the shape of weapons or the strength of the people. An army would be sent to fight (and kill) them and when they would enter a plain ground the army would be sunk in it. Yusuf (one of the narrators) said: It was a people of Syria (hordes of Hajjaj) who had been on that day coming towards Mecca for an attack (on 'Abdulllah b. Zubair) and Abdullah b. Safwan said: By God, it does not imply this army.

Chapter 3: Onset Of Tribulations Like Rainfall

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Waki' with a slight variation of wording.

Chapter 4: If Two Muslims Confront One Another With Their Swords

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) many ahadith and one of them was this

The last Hour will not come until the two parties (of Muslims) confront each other and there is a large-scale massacre amongst them and the claim of both of them is the same.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

The last Hour will not come unless there is much bloodshed. They said: What is harj? Thereupon he said: Bloodshed. bloodshed.

Chapter 5: (Parts of) This Ummah Will Destroy One Another

'Amir b. Sa'd reported on the authority of his father that one day Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came from a high, land. He passed by the mosque of Banu Mu'awiya, went in and observed two rak'ahs there and we also observed prayer along with him and he made a long supplication to his Lord. He then came to us and said

I asked my Lord three things and He has granted me two but has withheld one. I begged my Lord that my Ummah should not be destroyed because of famine and He granted me this. And I begged my Lord that my Ummah should not be destroyed by drowning (by deluge) and He granted me this. And I begged my Lord that there should be no bloodshed among the people of my Ummah, but He did not grant it.

Amir b. Sa'd reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came with a group of his Companions and he passed by the mosque of Banu Mu'awiya. The rest of the hadith is the same.

Chapter 6: The Prophet's Foretelling Of What Will Happen Until The Hour Begins

Hudhaifa b. al-Yaman reported

By Allah, I have the best knowledge amongst people about every turmoil which is going to appear in the period intervening me and the Last Hour; and it is not for the fact that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told me something confidentially pertaining to it and he did not tell anybody else about it, but it is because of the fact that I was present in the assembly in which he had been describing the turmoil. and he especially made a mention of three turmoils which would not spare anything and amongst these there would be turmoils like storms in the hot season. Some of them would be violent and some of them would be comparatively mild. Hudhaifa said: All (who were present) except I have gone (to the next world).

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