Hadith #79
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ الشَّحَّامُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُسْلِمُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ فِتْنَةٌ الْمُضْطَجِعُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ الْجَالِسِ وَالْجَا
لِسُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ الْقَائِمِ وَالْقَائِمُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ الْمَاشِي وَالْمَاشِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ السَّاعِي قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي قَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ إِبِلٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِإِبِلِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ غَنَمٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِغَنَمِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِأَرْضِهِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَيْءٌ فَلْيَعْمِدْ إِلَى سَيْفِهِ فَلْيَضْرِبْ بِحَدِّهِ صَخْرَةً ثُمَّ لِيَنْجُ إِنْ اسْتَطَاعَ النَّجَاةَ ثُمَّ لِيَنْجُ إِنْ اسْتَطَاعَ النَّجَاةَ
Isnad Chain
وكيع
عثمان الشحام
مسلم بن أبي بكرة
أبيه
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Bakra (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'There will be a tribulation in which one who is lying down is better than one who is sitting, one who is sitting is better than one who is standing, one who is standing is better than one who is walking, and one who is walking is better than one who is running.' A man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what do you command me?' He said: 'Whoever has camels, let him go to his camels; whoever has sheep, let him go to his sheep.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 38, Hadith 79
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 19517
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-55907