Sunan Abi Dawud 4252

Translation

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Allah, the Exalted, folded for me the earth, or he said (the narrator is doubtful): My Lord folded for me the earth, so much so that I saw its easts and wests (i.e. the extremities). The kingdom of my community will reach as far as the earth was folded for me. The two treasures, the red and the white, were bestowed on me. I prayed to my Lord that He may not destroy my community by prevailing famine, and not give their control to an enemy who annihilates then en masse except from among themselves. My Lord said to me: Muhammad, If I make a decision, it is not withdrawn ; and I shall not destroy them by prevailing famine, and I shall not give their control to an enemy, except from among themselves, who exterminates them en masse, even if they are stormed from all sides of the earth ; only a section of them will destroy another section, and a section will captive another section. I am afraid about my community of those leaders who will lead astray. When the sword is used among my people, it will not be withdrawn from them till the Day of Resurrection, and the Last Hour will not come before the tribes of my people attach themselves to the polytheists and tribes of my people worship idols. There will be among my people thirty great liars each of them asserting that he is (Allah's) prophet, where as I am the seal of the Prophet s after whom (me) there will be no prophet ; and a section of my people will continue to hold to the truth۔"

Notes

• according to the Ibn Isa's version: (will continue to dominate) - the agreed version goes: "and will not be injured by those who oppose them, till Allah's command comes."

• قَالَ ابْنُ عِيسَى ظَاهِرِينَ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا لاَ يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Sunan Ibnu Majah 10لاَ يَزَالُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي عَلَى الْحَقِّ مَنْصُورِينَ لاَ يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ ﷻ
• Jami at-Tirmidzi 2202إِذَا وُضِعَ السَّيْفُ فِي أُمَّتِي لَمْ يُرْفَعْ عَنْهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
• Jami at-Tirmidzi 2219لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَلْحَقَ قَبَائِلُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ وَحَتَّى يَعْبُدُوا الأَوْثَانَ وَإِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ فِي أُمَّتِي ثَلاَثُونَ كَذَّابُونَ كُلُّهُمْ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ وَأَنَا خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ لاَ نَب
• Jami at-Tirmidzi 2229إِنَّمَا أَخَافُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي الأَئِمَّةَ الْمُضِلِّينَ
• Misykatul Mashabih 5394وَعَنْ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّمَا أَخَافُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي الْأَئِمَّةَ الْمُضِلِّينَ وَإِذَا وُضِعَ السَّيْفُ فِي أُمَّتِي لَمْ يُرْفَعْ عَنْهُمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ». رَوَاهُ أَ
• Misykatul Mashabih 5406وَعَنْ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا وُضِعَ السَّيْفُ فِي أُمَّتِي لَمْ يُرْفَعْ عَنْهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَلْحَقَ قَبَائِلُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي بِالْمُشْ

Other narrations of this report

Musnad Ahmad 16912Sahih Ibn Hibban 6836al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 7669al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 1265al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 8405al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 8686Musnad al-Bazzar 4304

Narrators

1. 1
   Thawbān b. Bujdud mawlá Rasūlillāh

   Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 54 AH, also said: 44 AH, also said 45 AH
   ثَوْبَانُ بْنُ بُجْدُدَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِصحابي
   عن
2. 2
   ʿAmr b. Marthad al-Raḥabī

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. during the caliphate of ʿAbd al-Malik
   أَبِي أَسْمَاءَثقة
   عن
3. 3
   Abū Qilābah al-Jarmī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), excellent, who often narrated mursal reports (kathīr al-irsāl)d. 104 AH, or 105 AH, or 106 AH, or 107 AH
   أَبِي قِلَابَةَثقة فاضل ، كثير الإرسال
   عن
4. 4
   Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), an authority (ḥujjah), one of the leading jurists and devout worshippersd. 130 AH, or 131 AH, or 132 AH, also said: 124 AH, also said: 125 AH, also said: 129 AH
   أَيُّوبَثقة ثبت حجة ، من كبار الفقهاء العباد
   عن
5. 5
   Ḥammād b. Zayd

   Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh).d. 177 AH, also said 179 AH
   حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍثقة ثبت ، فقيه.
   نا
6. 6
   Sulaymān b. Ḥarb

   Trustworthy (thiqah), an imam, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ).d. 222 AH, 223 AH, or 224 AH, also said 227 AH
   سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍثقة إمام حافظ
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), the compiler of the Sunan and other works, one of the senior scholars.d. 275 AH
   أَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّثقة ، حافظ , مصنف السنن وغيرها ، من كبار العلماء

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