حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَوَّامُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَزُولُ رَحَى الْإِسْلَامِ عَلَى رَأْسِ خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ أَوْ سِتٍّ وَثَلَاثِينَ أَوْ سَبْعٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ فَإِنْ هَلَكُوا فَسَبِيلُ مَنْ هَلَكَ وَإِنْ بَقُوا بَقِيَ لَهُمْ دِينُهُمْ سَبْعِينَ عَامًا
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4315
It was narrated that 'Abdullah (RA) said: The Prophet (PBUH) said: "The millstone of Islam will stop at the beginning of thirty- five (years) or thirty-six or thirty- seven, then if they perish (after deviating) they will meet the same fate as those who perished (before them), but if they persist (in following the right path) then they will be in a good state for seventy years.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020