حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانَ وَوَاصِلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَی وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْوَکِيعِيُّ وَاللَّفْظُ لِابْنِ أَبَانَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ يَقُولُا يَا أَهْلَ الْعِرَاقِ مَا أَسْأَلَکُمْ عَنْ الصَّغِيرَةِ وَأَرْکَبَکُمْ لِلْکَبِيرَةِ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْفِتْنَةَ تَجِيئُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا وَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ مِنْ حَيْثُ يَطْلُعُ قَرْنَا الشَّيْطَانِ وَأَنْتُمْ يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُکُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍ وَإِنَّمَا قَتَلَ مُوسَی الَّذِي قَتَلَ مِنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ خَطَأً فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا فَنَجَّيْنَاکَ مِنْ الْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّاکَ فُتُونًا قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ عَنْ سَالِمٍ لَمْ يَقُلْ سَمِعْتُ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 7297
Ibn Fudail reported on the authority of his father that he heard Salim b. `Abdullah b. `Umar as saying: O people of Iraq, how strange it is that you ask about the minor sins but commit major sins? I heard from my father `Abdullah b. `Umar, narrating that he heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying while pointing his hand towards the east: Verily, the turmoil would come from this side, from where appear the horns of Satan and you would strike the necks of one another; and Moses killed a person from among the people of Pharaoh unintentionally and Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: You killed a person but We relieved you from the grief and tried you with (many a) trial (xx. 40). Ahmad b. `Umar reported this hadith from Salim, but he did not make a mention of the words: I heard .
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020