حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنِي صَفْوَانُ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ لَا تَعْجِزَ أُمَّتِي عِنْدَ رَبِّهَا أَنْ يُؤَخِّرَهُمْ نِصْفَ يَوْمٍ قِيلَ لِسَعْدٍ وَکَمْ نِصْفُ ذَلِکَ الْيَوْمِ قَالَ خَمْسُ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4350
Narrated Saad ibn Abu Waqqas: The Prophet ﷺ said: I hope my community will not fail to maintain their position in the sight of their Lord if He delays them half a day. Saad was asked: How long is half a day? He said: It is five hundred years.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020