Hadith #95
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ مَا أَدْرِي كَمْ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَائِمًا فِي الس
ُّوقِ يَقُولُ يُقْبَضُ الْعِلْمُ وَتَظْهَرُ الْفِتَنُ وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ قَالَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الْهَرْجُ قَالَ بِيَدِهِ هَكَذَا وَحَرَّفَهَا
Isnad Chain
إسحاق بن سليمان
حنظلة بن أبي سفيان
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Ishaq ibn Sulayman, from Hanzala ibn Abi Sufyan, from Salim ibn 'Abd Allah — who said: "I do not know how many times I saw Abu Hurayra standing in the marketplace saying: 'Knowledge will be taken away, tribulations will appear, and killing (al-harj) will increase.' It was asked: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is al-harj?' He gestured with his hand like this" — and he turned it (indicating killing).
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 18, Hadith 95
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7533
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43923