Sunan Abi Dawud 4286
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ صَالِحٍ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ عَنْ صَاحِبٍ لَهُ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «يَكُونُ اخْتِلاَفٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِ خَلِيفَةٍ، فَيَخْرُجُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ هَارِبًا إِلَى مَكَّةَ، فَيَأْتِيهِ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ فَيُخْرِجُونَهُ وَهُوَ كَارِهٌ، فَيُبَايِعُونَهُ بَيْنَ الرُّكْنِ وَالْمَقَامِ، وَيُبْعَثُ إِلَيْهِ بَعْثٌ مِنَ الشَّامِ فَيُخْسَفُ بِهِمْ بِالْبَيْدَاءِ بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ، فَإِذَا رَأَى النَّاسُ ذَلِكَ أَتَاهُ أَبْدَالُ الشَّامِ وَعَصَائِبُ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ، فَيُبَايِعُونَهُ بَيْنَ الرُّكْنِ وَالْمَقَامِ، ثُمَّ يَنْشَأُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ أَخْوَالُهُ كَلْبٌ، فَيَبْعَثُ إِلَيْهِمْ بَعْثًا فَيَظْهَرُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَذَلِكَ بَعْثُ كَلْبٍ، وَالْخَيْبَةُ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَشْهَدْ غَنِيمَةَ كَلْبٍ، فَيَقْسِمُ الْمَالَ، وَيَعْمَلُ فِي النَّاسِ بِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِمْ ﷺ، وَيُلْقِي الإِسْلاَمُ بِجِرَانِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ، فَيَلْبَثُ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ، ثُمَّ يُتَوَفَّى وَيُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ»،
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná
- Muʿādh b. Hishām
- Hishām
- Qatādah
- Ṣāliḥ Abū al-Khalīl from his companion
- Umm Salamah
The Prophet ﷺ said: "There will be disagreement at the death of a caliph. A man from the people of Madinah will flee to Makkah, and some people of Makkah will come to him and bring him out, though he is unwilling. They will pledge allegiance to him between the Rukn (Hajar al-Aswad) and the Station ˹of Ibrahim˺. An army will be sent against him from Syria, but they will be swallowed by the earth at al-Bayda, between Makkah and Madinah. When the people see that, the eminant scholars of Syria and the bands of the people of Iraq will come to him and pledge allegiance to him between the Rukn and the Station. Then a man from Quraysh whose maternal relatives belong to Kalb will arise and send an army against them, but they will prevail over it. That will be the army of Kalb, and loss awaits whoever does not witness the spoils of Kalb. He will distribute the wealth, govern the people according to the Sunnah of their Prophet ﷺ, and Islam will settle firmly upon the earth. He will remain for seven years, then he will die and the Muslims will offer the funeral prayer over him."
Notes
✧ Abu Dawud said: Some narrated from Hisham, "Nine years," while others said, "Seven years."
قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ هِشَامٍ: تِسْعَ سِنِينَ، وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: سَبْعَ سِنِينَ.
Grades by grader
| al-Albani | Weakin ضعيف أبي داود, p. 4286 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Weak Chainin تخريج سنن أبي داود, p. 4286 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- Qurṭubī
صحيح مشهور
in سنن أبي داود, p. 4278 - Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥākim
صححه
machine translationHe declared it sound (ṣaḥḥaḥahu).
in سنن أبي داود, p. 4278
Same hadith, other wordings
- Misykatul Mashabih 5456وَعَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «يَكُونُ اخْتِلَافٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِ خَلِيفَةٍ فَيَخْرُجُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ هَارِبًا إِلى مكةَ فيأتيه الناسُ من أهل مَكَّة فيخرجوه وَهُوَ كَارِه فيباي
Other narrations of this report
Sunan Abi Dawud 4287Musnad Ahmad 23157Sahih Ibn Hibban 6708al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 21254al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 21528al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 4231al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 4234al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 9467Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38379al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 8298al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 8328
Narrators
- Mother of the Believers (Umm al-Muʾminīn)d. 59 AH, or: 61 AH, or: 62 AHأُمُّ سَلَمَةُ هِنْدُ بِنْتُ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَأم المؤمنينعن
- صاحب صالح بن أبي مريم الضبعيعن
- Ibn Maʿīn and al-Nasāʾī declared him trustworthy (thiqah), and Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr made a strange claim, saying: he is not to be used as evidence.d. between 91 and 100 AHصَالِحٍ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِوثقه ابن معين والنسائي ، وأغرب ابن عبد البر فقال : لا يحتج بهعن
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 117 AH, or: 118 AHقَتَادَةَثقة ثبتعن
- Trustworthy and firmly reliable (thiqah thabt), though he was accused of belief in free will (qadar)d. 151 AH, or 152 AH, or 153 AH, or 154 AHأَبِيثقة ثبت ، وقد رمي بالقدرحدثني
- truthful (ṣadūq), who sometimes made mistakes (rubbamā wahima)d. 200 AHمُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍصدوق ربما وهمحدثنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 252 AH, also said: 250 AH, also said: 251 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّىثقة ثبتحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), the compiler of the Sunan and other works, one of the senior scholars.d. 275 AHأَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّثقة ، حافظ , مصنف السنن وغيرها ، من كبار العلماء
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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Commentaries
Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd (Ashraf)
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