Chapters On Al-Fitan

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Ahmad ibn ‘Abdah al-Dabbi narrated to us: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Sa‘id, from Abu Umamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf, that ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan appeared above the people on the Day of the House and said, ‘I adjure you by Allah: do you know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “It is not lawful to shed the blood of a Muslim except in one of three cases: adultery after having been married; apostasy after accepting Islam; or unlawfully killing a person, in retribution for which he is killed”?’ By Allah, I have never committed adultery, whether in the pre-Islamic period or in Islam; I have not apostatized since pledging allegiance to the Messenger of Allah; and I have not killed a person whom Allah has made inviolable. So why are you killing me?’ Abu ‘Isa said: There are reports on this topic from Ibn Mas‘ud, ‘A’ishah, and Ibn ‘Abbas. This is a hasan hadith. Hammad ibn Salamah narrated it from Yahya ibn Sa‘id in marfu‘ form. Yahya ibn Sa‘id al-Qattan and more than one other transmitter narrated this hadith from Yahya ibn Sa‘id as mawquf, stopping at ‘Uthman and not raising it to the Prophet. This hadith has also been narrated through more than one route from ‘Uthman, raised to the Prophet.

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Hannad narrated to us: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from Shabib ibn Gharqadah, from Sulayman ibn ‘Amr ibn al-Ahwas, from his father, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say to the people during the Farewell Pilgrimage, ‘What day is this?’ They said, ‘The day of the Greater Pilgrimage.’ He said, ‘Indeed, your blood, your property, and your honor are sacred to one another, like the sacredness of this day of yours in this land of yours. Beware: no offender commits an offense except against himself. No offender commits an offense against his child, nor does a child against his parent. Beware: Satan has despaired of being worshiped ever again in this land of yours, but he will be obeyed in deeds that you consider insignificant, and he will be content with that.’ Abu ‘Isa said: There are reports on this topic from Abu Bakrah, Ibn ‘Abbas, Jabir, and Hudhaym ibn ‘Amr al-Sa‘di. This is a hasan sahih hadith. Za’idah narrated something similar from Shabib ibn Gharqadah. We know it only through the narration of Shabib ibn Gharqadah.

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Bun dar narrated to us: Yahya ibn Sa‘id narrated to us: Ibn Abi Dhi’b narrated to us: ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Sa’ib ibn Yazid narrated to us, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Let none of you take his brother’s staff, whether jokingly or seriously. Whoever takes his brother’s staff must return it to him.’ Abu ‘Isa said: There are reports on this topic from Ibn ‘Umar, Sulayman ibn Surad, Ja‘dah, and Abu Hurayrah. This is a hasan gharib hadith; we know it only through Ibn Abi Dhi’b. Al-Sa’ib ibn Yazid was a Companion. As a boy, he heard hadiths from the Prophet, who died when al-Sa’ib was seven years old. His father, Yazid ibn al-Sa’ib, also had reports and was a Companion of the Prophet who narrated from him. Al-Sa’ib ibn Yazid was the nephew of Nimr.

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Qutaybah narrated to us: Hatim ibn Isma‘il narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Yusuf, from al-Sa’ib ibn Yazid, who said: Yazid performed the Farewell Pilgrimage with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when I was seven years old. ‘Ali ibn al-Madini said, reporting from Yahya ibn Sa‘id al-Qattan: Muhammad ibn Yusuf was reliable and firmly grounded in hadith; al-Sa’ib ibn Yazid was his grandfather. Muhammad ibn Yusuf used to say, ‘Al-Sa’ib ibn Yazid narrated to me, and he was my maternal grandfather.’

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‘Abd Allah ibn al-Sabbah al-‘Attar al-Hashimi narrated to us: Mahbub ibn al-Hasan narrated to us: Khalid al-Hadhdha’ narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘Whoever points an iron weapon at his brother, the angels curse him.’ Abu ‘Isa said: There are reports on this topic from Abu Bakrah, ‘A’ishah, and Jabir. This is a hasan sahih gharib hadith through this route; it is considered unusual in the narration of Khalid al-Hadhdha’. Ayyub narrated it from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurayrah, with similar wording, but did not raise it to the Prophet; he added, ‘even if he were his full brother.’ Qutaybah informed us of this: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated it from Ayyub with this wording.

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‘Abd Allah ibn Mu‘awiyah al-Jumahi al-Basri narrated to us: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade passing a sword while it is unsheathed. Abu ‘Isa said: There is a report on this topic from Abu Bakrah. This is a hasan gharib hadith from the narration of Hammad ibn Salamah. Ibn Lahi‘ah narrated this hadith from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, from Bannah al-Juhani, from the Prophet. In my view, the hadith of Hammad ibn Salamah is more authentic.

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Bun dar narrated to us: Ma‘di ibn Sulayman narrated to us: Ibn ‘Ajlan narrated to us, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘Whoever performs the dawn prayer is under Allah’s protection. So do not violate Allah’s covenant in any way.’ Abu ‘Isa said: There are reports on this topic from Jundab and Ibn ‘Umar. This is a hasan gharib hadith through this route.

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Ahmad ibn Mani‘ narrated to us: al-Nadr ibn Isma‘il, Abu al-Mughirah, narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Suqah, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Dinar, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said: ‘Umar addressed us at al-Jabiyah and said, ‘People, I have stood among you as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) once stood among us, and he said: “I counsel you to honor my Companions, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. After that, lying will become widespread, until a man swears an oath without being asked to swear, and a witness gives testimony without being asked to testify. Beware: no man is alone with a woman but Satan is the third of them. Hold fast to the community and beware division, for Satan is with one person and farther from two. Whoever wants the spacious center of Paradise, let him hold fast to the community. Whoever rejoices in his good deed and is saddened by his bad deed—that is the believer.”’ Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan sahih gharib hadith through this route. Ibn al-Mubarak narrated it from Muhammad ibn Suqah. This hadith has also been narrated through other routes from ‘Umar, from the Prophet.

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Yahya ibn Musa narrated to us: ‘Abd al-Razzaq informed us: Ibrahim ibn Maymun narrated to us, from Ibn Tawus, from his father, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Allah’s hand is with the community.’ This is a hasan gharib hadith. We know it as a narration from Ibn ‘Abbas only through this route.

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Abu Bakr ibn Nafi‘ al-Basri narrated to us: al-Mu‘tamir ibn Sulayman narrated to me: Sulayman al-Madani narrated to us, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Dinar, from Ibn ‘Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Allah will never unite my community—or, he said, the community of Muhammad—upon misguidance. Allah’s hand is with the community, and whoever separates himself separates himself toward the Fire.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This is a gharib hadith through this route. In my view, Sulayman al-Madani is Sulayman ibn Sufyan. Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi, Abu ‘Amir al-‘Aqadi, and more than one scholar narrated from him. Abu ‘Isa said: According to the scholars, ‘the community’ means the people of jurisprudence, knowledge, and hadith. He said: I heard al-Jarud ibn Mu‘adh say: I heard ‘Ali ibn al-Hasan say, ‘I asked ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, “Who are the community?” He said, “Abu Bakr and ‘Umar.” It was said to him, “Abu Bakr and ‘Umar have died.” He said, “So-and-so and so-and-so.” It was said to him, “So-and-so and so-and-so have died.” Then ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak said, “Abu Hamzah al-Sukkari is the community.”’ Abu ‘Isa said: Abu Hamzah is Muhammad ibn Maymun, a righteous elder. The source adds that this was said during his lifetime, as conveyed in the report.

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Ahmad ibn Mani‘ narrated to us: Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us: Isma‘il ibn Abi Khalid informed us, from Qays ibn Abi Hazim, from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, that he said: ‘People, you recite this verse: “O you who believe, take care of yourselves. Those who stray will not harm you if you are rightly guided” (Qur’an 5:105). I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, “When people see a wrongdoer and do not restrain him, it is soon that Allah will encompass them all with punishment from Him.”’ Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us, from Isma‘il ibn Abi Khalid, something similar. Abu ‘Isa said: There are reports on this topic from ‘A’ishah, Umm Salamah, al-Nu‘man ibn Bashir, ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar, and Hudhayfah. This hadith is sahih. More than one transmitter narrated something like the report of Yazid from Isma‘il; some raised it to the Prophet, while others stopped it at Abu Bakr.

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Qutaybah narrated to us: ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from ‘Amr ibn Abi ‘Amr, from ‘Abd Allah al-Ansari, from Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘By the One in whose hand is my soul, you must command what is right and forbid what is wrong, or Allah will soon send a punishment upon you from Him. Then you will call upon Him, but you will not be answered.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan hadith. ‘Ali ibn Hujr informed us: Isma‘il ibn Ja‘far informed us, from ‘Amr ibn Abi ‘Amr, with this chain, something similar.

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Qutaybah narrated to us: ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from ‘Amr ibn Abi ‘Amr, from ‘Abd Allah—namely, ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Ansari al-Ashhali—from Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘By the One in whose hand is my soul, the Hour will not come until you kill your leader, fight one another with your swords, and the worst of you inherit your worldly life.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan hadith. We know it only through the narration of ‘Amr ibn Abi ‘Amr.

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Nasr ibn ‘Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Suqah, from Nafi‘ ibn Jubayr, from Umm Salamah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who mentioned an army that would be swallowed by the earth. Umm Salamah said, ‘Perhaps there will be among them some who were compelled [to join].’ He replied, ‘They will be raised according to their intentions.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan gharib hadith through this route. This hadith has also been narrated from Nafi‘ ibn Jubayr, from ‘A’ishah, from the Prophet.

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Bun dar narrated to us: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from Qays ibn Muslim, from Tariq ibn Shihab, who said: Marwan was the first to put the sermon before the prayer. A man stood and said to Marwan, ‘You have opposed the Sunnah.’ He replied, ‘So-and-so, that practice has been abandoned.’ Abu Sa‘id said, ‘As for this man, he has discharged his duty.’ I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, ‘Whoever among you sees a wrong, let him change it with his hand. If he cannot, then with his tongue; and if he cannot, then with his heart—and that is the weakest degree of faith.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith.

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Ahmad ibn Mani‘ narrated to us: Abu Mu‘awiyah narrated to us: al-A‘mash narrated to us, from al-Sha‘bi, from al-Nu‘man ibn Bashir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘The example of the one who upholds Allah’s limits and the one who is lax regarding them is like a people who drew lots for places on a ship at sea. Some received the upper deck and others the lower deck. Those below had to go up to draw water, so the water spilled onto those above. The people on the upper deck said, “We will not let you come up and bother us.” Those below then said, “We should make a hole beneath us and draw water.” If the people above restrain them and prevent them, they will all be saved; but if they leave them, they will all drown.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith.

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Al-Qasim ibn Dinar al-Kufi narrated to us: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mus‘ab Abu Yazid narrated to us: Isra’il narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Juhadah, from ‘Atiyyah, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Among the greatest forms of jihad is a word of justice spoken before an unjust ruler.’ Abu ‘Isa said: There is a report on this topic from Abu Umamah. This is a hasan gharib hadith through this route.

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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Wahb ibn Jarir narrated to us: my father narrated to us, saying: I heard al-Nu‘man ibn Rashid narrate from al-Zuhri, from ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Harith, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Khabbab ibn al-Aratt, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed a prayer at length. They said, ‘Messenger of Allah, you have performed a prayer unlike the prayers you normally perform.’ He replied, ‘Yes. It was a prayer of hope and fear. In it I asked Allah for three things: He granted me two and withheld one. I asked Him not to destroy my community by drought, and He granted that. I asked Him not to empower an enemy from outside them over them, and He granted that. I asked Him not to make some of them suffer at the hands of others, but He withheld that.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan gharib sahih hadith. There are reports on this topic from Sa‘d and Ibn ‘Umar.

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Qutaybah narrated to us: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Abu Qilabah, from Abu Asma’ al-Rahabi, from Thawban, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Allah drew the earth together for me, and I saw its east and west. The dominion of my community will reach as far as the part of it that was drawn together for me. I was given the two treasures, the red and the yellow. I asked my Lord for my community: that He not destroy it by a widespread drought, and that He not empower an enemy from outside it to overrun its heartland.’ My Lord said, ‘O Muhammad, when I decree a matter, it cannot be turned back. I have granted your community that I will not destroy them by a widespread drought, and that I will not empower an enemy from outside them to overrun their heartland, even if those in its regions—or, he said, those between its regions—unite against them; but some of them will destroy others, and some will take others captive.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith.

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‘Imran ibn Musa al-Qazzaz al-Basri narrated to us: ‘Abd al-Warith ibn Sa‘id narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Juhadah narrated to us, from a man, from Tawus, from Umm Malik al-Bahziyyah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned a tribulation and indicated that it was near. I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, who will be the best of people during it?’ He replied, ‘A man among his livestock, fulfilling what is due upon them and worshiping his Lord; and a man holding his horse’s reins, striking fear into the enemy, while they fear him.’ Abu ‘Isa said: There are reports on this topic from Umm Mubashshir, Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, and Ibn ‘Abbas. This is a hasan gharib hadith through this route. Al-Layth ibn Abi Sulaym also narrated it from Tawus, from Umm Malik al-Bahziyyah, from the Prophet.