FITNAH HADITH SAHIH BUKHARI AND SUNNAN ABU DAUD ................Fitnah 'Qit alal (fighting caused by afflictions)...

FITNAH HADITH

SAHIH BUKHARI AND SUNNAN ABU DAUD

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Fitnah 'Qit alal  (fighting caused by afflictions)

1. Narrated Said bin Jubair:

Ibn 'Umar came to us and a man said (to him),

"What do you think about 'Qit-alal-fitnah' (fighting caused by afflictions)

." Ibn 'Umar said (to him),

"And do you understand what an affliction is?

Muhammad used to fight against the pagans, and his fighting with them was an affliction, (and his fighting was) not like your fighting which is carried on for the sake of ruling."

(Bukhari Book #60, Hadith #174)

2. Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said:

four (majestic) trials (fitnahs) will take place among this community, and in their end there will be destruction.

 (Abudawud Book #35, Hadith #4229)

3. Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

When we were sitting with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him),

he talked about periods of trial (fitnahs), mentioning many of them. When he mentioned the one when people should stay in their houses, some asked him: Apostle of Allah, what is the trial (fitnah) of staying at home?

He replied:

It will be flight and plunder. Then will come a test which is pleasant.

Its murkiness is due to the fact that it is produced by a man from the people of my house, who will assert that he belongs to me, whereas he does not, for my friends are only the God-fearing.

Then the people will unite under a man who will be like a hip-bone on a rib. Then there will be the little black trial which will leave none of this community without giving him a slap, and when people say that it is finished, it will be extended. During it a man will be a believer in the morning and an infidel in the evening, so that the people will be in two camps: the camp of faith which will contain no hypocrisy, and the camp of hypocrisy which will contain no faith. When that happens, expect the Antichrist (Dajjal) that day or the next.

(Abudawud Book #35, Hadith #4230)

4. Narrated Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman:

I swear by Allah, I do not know whether my companions have forgotten or have pretended to forgot.

I swear by Allah that the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)

did not omit a leader of a wrong belief (fitnah)--up to the end of the world--whose followers reach the number of three hundred and upwards but he mentioned to us his name, his father's name and the name of his tribe.

(Abudawud Book #35, Hadith #4231)

5. Narrated Hudhayfah:

I asked: Apostle of Allah, will there be evil after this good? He replied:

There will be trial (fitnah) and evil. I asked: Apostle of Allah, will there be good after this evil? He replied: Learn the Book of Allah, Hudhayfah, and adhere to its contents.

He said it three times. I asked:

Apostle of Allah, will there be good after this evil? He replied: An illusory truce and a community with specks in its eye.

I asked:

Apostle of Allah, what do you mean by an illusory community?

He replied:

The hearts of the people will not return to their former condition.

I asked:

Apostle of Allah, will there be evil after this good?

He replied:

There will be wrong belief which will blind and deafen men to the truth in which there will be summoners at the gates of Hell. If you, Hudhayfah, die adhering to a stump, it will be better for you than following any of them.

(Abudawud Book #35, Hadith #4234)

6. The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said:

There will be civil strife (fitnah)

which will render people deaf, dumb and blind regarding what is right.

Those who contemplate it will be drawn by it, and giving rein to the tongue during it will be like smiting with the sword.

 (Abudawud Book #35, Hadith #4251)

7. Narrated Sa'id ibn Zayd:

We were with the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him).

He mentioned civil strife (fitnah) and expressed its gravity. We or the people said:

Apostle of Allah, if this happens to us it will destroy us.

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said;

No.

It is enough for you that you would be killed.

Sa'id said:

I saw that my brethren were killed.

(Abudawud Book #35, Hadith #4264)

8. Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:

When we were around the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him),

he mentioned the period of commotion (fitnah) saying: When you see the people that their covenants have been impaired,

(the fulfilling of)

the guarantees becomes rare,

and they become thus (inter wining his fingers).

I then got up and said:

What should I do at that time, may Allah make me ransom for you?

He replied:

Keep to your house,

control your tongue,

accept what you approve,

abandon what you disapprove,

attend to your own affairs,

and leave alone the affairs of the generality.

(Abudawud Book #37, Hadith #4329)