Hadith #379
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَزْرَةَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بنِ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ حِينَ أَلْقَى الشَّامَ بَوَانِيَةً بَثْنِيَةً وَعَسَلًا وَشَكَّ عَفَّانُ مَرَّةً قَالَ حِينَ أَلْقَى الشَّامَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَسِيرَ إِلَى الْهِنْدِ وَالْهِنْدُ فِي أَنْفُسِنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ الْبَصْرَةُ قَالَ وَأَنَا لِذَلِكَ كَارِهٌ قَالَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا سُلَيْمَانَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ
فَإِنَّ الْفِتَنَ قَدْ ظَهَرَتْ قَالَ فَقَالَ وَابْنُ الْخَطَّابِ حَيٌّ إِنَّمَا تَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ وَالنَّاسُ بِذِي بِلِّيَانَ وَذِي بِلِّيَانَ بِمَكَانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَيَنْظُرُ الرَّجُلُ فَيَتَفَكَّرُ هَلْ يَجِدُ مَكَانًا لَمْ يَنْزِلْ بِهِ مِثْلُ مَا نَزَلَ بِمَكَانِهِ الَّذِي هُوَ فِيهِ مِنْ الْفِتْنَةِ وَالشَّرِّ فَلَا يَجِدُهُ قَالَ وَتِلْكَ الْأَيَّامُ الَّتِي ذَكَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّامُ الْهَرْجِ فَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ أَنْ تُدْرِكَنَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ تِلْكَ الْأَيَّامُ
Isnad Chain
عفان
أبو عوانة
عاصم
أبو وائل
عزرة بن قيس
خالد بن الوليد
English Translation
Khālid ibn al-Walīd narrated — via ʿAzrah ibn Qays — : The Commander of the Believers [ʿUmar] wrote to me when Syria had settled — such and such — ordering me to march to India. And India in our minds at that time meant Basra. He said: And I was averse to that. A man stood and said to me: 'O Abū Sulaymān, fear Allāh, for the tribulations have appeared.' He said: 'While Ibn al-Khaṭṭāb is alive?! They will only come after him, when people are scattered here and there. A man will look and think whether he can find a place that has not been afflicted with the same tribulation and evil as his own place, and he will not find it.' He said: 'Those are the days that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ mentioned before the Hour — the days of al-harj [killing and chaos]. We seek refuge with Allāh that those days should reach us and you.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 32, Hadith 379
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16217
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52607