Translated By Aisha Bewley
I. What has come in the words of Allah Almighty, “Be fearful of trials which aill not afflict solely those among you who do wrong.” (8:25) and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, warning about trials
6641. Ibn Abi Mulayka reported from Asma’ that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “I will be at my Basin waiting for those who come to me. Some people will be taken away from me and I will say, ‘My community!’ He will say, “You do not know. They reverted in apostasy.'”
Ibn Abi Mulayka said, “O Allah, we seek refuge with You from turning back on our heels and from being tempted.”
6642. Abu Wa’il related from ‘Abdullah that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “I will be your forerunner to the Basin. Some men from among you will be brought before me and when I want to hand them water, they will be wrested away from me. I say, ‘O Lord, my Companions!’ He will say, ‘You do not know what they innovated after you.'”
6643. Abu Hazim reported that he heard Sahl ibn Sa’d say that he heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, “I will be your forerunner to the Basin. Whoever comes to it will drink from it. Whoever drinks from it will never be thirsty again. Some people will come to me whom I will recognise and they will recognise me but then a barrier will be put up between me and them.”
Abu Hazim said, “An-Nu’man ibn Abi ‘Ayyash heard me when I was reporting this. He asked, ‘Is that how you heard it from Sahl?’ ‘Yes,’ I replied. He said, ‘I was present with Abu Sa’id al-Khudri and I heard him add to it, “They are from me.” It will be said, ‘You do not know what they changed after you.’ I will say, ‘Far away! Far away with those who changed after me!'”‘”
II. The words of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “You will see things which you disapprove of after me.”
‘Abdullah ibn Zayd said that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Remain steadfast until you meet me at the Basin.”
6644. Zayd ibn Wahb said, “I heard ‘Abdullah say, ‘The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to me, ‘After me you will encounter self-seeking and things you disapprove of.’ They asked, ‘What do you command us to do, Messenger of Allah?’ He replied, ‘Give them their rights and ask Allah for your right.'”
6645. Abu Raja’ related from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If someone dislikes what his ruler does, he should be patient. Anyone who separates himself from the ruler even a hand’s breadth will die the death of the Jahiliyya.”
6646. Abu Raja’ al-‘Utaridi said, “I heard from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If someone sees something in his amir which he dislikes, he should be patient. Anyone who separates from the Community a hand’s breadth and dies will only die the death of the Jahiliyya.”
6647. Busr ibn Sa’id related that Junada ibn Abi Umayya said, We visited ‘Ubada ibn as-Samit while he was ill and said, ‘May Allah restore you. Tell a hadith by which Allah will benefit you which you heard from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.’ He said, ‘The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, summoned us and we gave allegiance to him.’ He added, ‘Part of that which he stipulated for us is that we gave allegiance to hear and obey when we were busy and in matters which we disliked and in both difficulty and ease, evn if our rights were not given to us, and not to contend with people for power unless we saw open disbelief which we would have as evidence with Allah.'”
6648. Anas ibn Malik related from Usayd ibn Hudayr that a man came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, “Messenger of Allah, you appointed so-and-so to an office and did not appoint me.” He said, “After me you will see self-seeking. Remain steadfast until you meet me.”
III. The words of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “The destruction of my community will occur at the hands of some foolish young men.”
6649. ‘Amr ibn Sa’id said, “My grandfather told me, ‘I was sitting with Abu Hurayra in the mosque of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in Madina while Marwan was with him. Abu Hurayra said, “I heard the truthful and trusted one say, ‘The destruction of my Community will occur at the hands of some young men of Quraysh.'” Marwan said, ‘May the curse of Allah be on them, those youths.’ Abu Hurayra said, “If I had wished, I could have said, ‘The Banu so-and-so and the Banu so-and-so, I would have done so.'”‘ I used to go with my grandfather to the Banu Marwan when they controlled Syria. When he saw that they were young men, he said to us, ‘Perhaps these are among them?’ We replied, ‘You know best.'”
IV. The words of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “Woe to the Arabs on account of an evil which has drawn near.”
6650. Zaynab bint Umm Salama related from Umm Habiba that Zaynab ibn Jahsh said, “The Prophet woke up from sleep and his face was red. He was saying, ‘ There is no god but Allah. Woe to the Arabs from an evil which is drawing near! An opening has been made in the wall of Ya’juj and Ma’juj like this,” and Sufyan made a circle with his thumb and forefinger for ninety or a hundred. It was asked, “O Messenger of Allah, will we be destroyed when the righteous are among us?” He said, “Yes, if there is a lot of wickedness. ”
6651. ‘Urwa related that Usama ibn Zayd said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, looked out from one of the fortresses of Madina and said, ‘Do you see what I see?’ ‘No,’ they replied. He said, ‘I see afflictions falling on your houses like drops of rain.'” Continue reading →
Sunnah Muakada 