Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2200
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ شَقِيقِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ مِنْ وَرَائِكُمْ أَيَّامًا يُرْفَعُ فِيهَا الْعِلْمُ وَيَكْثُرُ فِيهَا الْهَرْجُ " . قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْهَرْجُ قَالَ " الْقَتْلُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَخَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ وَمَعْقِلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ . وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hannad narrated to us: Abu Mu‘awiyah narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Shaqiq ibn Salamah, from Abu Musa, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘After you there will be days in which knowledge is lifted and killing becomes widespread.’ They said, ‘Messenger of Allah, what is al-harj?’ He replied, ‘Killing.’ Abu ‘Isa said: There are reports on this topic from Abu Hurayrah, Khalid ibn al-Walid, and Ma‘qil ibn Yasar. This is a sahih hadith.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source defines the term al-harj in this report as killing.
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَخَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ وَمَعْقِلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ .
The Arabic adds reports on this topic from Abu Hurayrah, Khalid ibn al-Walid, and Ma‘qil ibn Yasar after the question and answer.
Retain the related-transmitter references and the sahih grading in the translation.