Hadith #379
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِيَادِ بْنِ لَقِيطٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَذْكُرُ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ السَّاعَةِ فَقَالَ { عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ رَبِّي لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَا إِلَّا هُوَ
} وَلَكِنْ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِمَشَارِيطِهَا وَمَا يَكُونُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا فِتْنَةً وَهَرْجًا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْفِتْنَةُ قَدْ عَرَفْنَاهَا فَالْهَرْجُ مَا هُوَ قَالَ بِلِسَانِ الْحَبَشَةِ الْقَتْلُ وَيُلْقَى بَيْنَ النَّاسِ التَّنَاكُرُ فَلَا يَكَادُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَعْرِفَ أَحَدًا
Isnad Chain
يحيى بن أبي بكير
عبيد الله بن إياد بن لقيط
أبي يذكر
حذيفة
English Translation
It was narrated from Hudhayfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the Hour and said: 'Its knowledge is with my Lord. None but He reveals it at its appointed time. But I will inform you of its signs and what precedes it. Before it there will be trials and harj.' They asked: 'O Messenger of Allah, the trial we know, but what is harj?' He said: 'In the Abyssinian language it means killing. And estrangement will be cast among people such that a man will barely recognize another.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 42, Hadith 379
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 22217
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-58607