Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 251-38b
✧ Hudhayfa b. al-Yaman
"كَانَ النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ عَن الْخَيْرِ، وأَسْأَلُهُ عَن الشَّرِّ؛ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يُدْرِكَنِى، فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ الله إنَّا كُنَّا أَهْلَ جَاهِليَّةٍ وشَرٍّ، فَقَدْ جَاءَ الله بِهَذَا الْخَيْرِ، فَهَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ مِنْ شَرٍّ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قُلْتُ: فَهَلْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ وَفِيهِ دَخَنٌ ()، قُلْتُ: وَمَا دَخَنُهُ؟ قَالَ: قَوْمٌ يَسْتَنُّونَ بِغَيْرِ سُنَّتِى، وَيَهْتَدُونَ بِغَيْرِ هَدْيِى تَعْرِفُ مِنْهُم وَتُنْكِرُ، قُلْتُ: فَهَلْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْخَيْرِ مِنْ شَرٍّ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، دُعَاةٌ إِلَى أَبْوابِ جَهَنَّمَ، مَنْ أَجَابَهُم إِلَيْهَا قَذَفُوهُ فِيهَا، قُلْتُ: صِفْهُمْ لِى يَا رَسُولَ الله، قَالَ: هُمْ مِنْ جِلْدَتِنَا وَيَتَكلَّمُونَ بِأَلْسِنتِنَا".
Translation
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"The people used to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the good, and I used to ask him about the evil, fearing that it would overtake me. So I said: O Messenger of Allah, we were people of ignorance (jāhiliyyah) and evil, then Allah brought this good. Is there any evil after this good? He said: Yes. I said: And is there any good after that evil? He said: Yes, but in it is a murkiness (dakhan). I said: And what is its murkiness? He said: A people who follow a way other than my Sunnah, and take guidance other than my guidance; you will recognise some of them and disapprove of others. I said: Is there any evil after that good? He said: Yes, callers to the gates of Hell; whoever responds to them, they will throw him into it. I said: Describe them to us, O Messenger of Allah. He said: They are from our own skin and speak with our tongues."
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نعيم بن حماد في الفتن، والعسكرى في الأمثال
machine translationNarrated by Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād in al-Fitan, and by al-ʿAskarī in al-Amthāl.
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