حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَی اللَّيْثِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُحَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَرْوَانَ عَنْ هُزَيْلِ بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَی الْأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنًا کَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي کَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ کَافِرًا الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ الْقَائِمِ وَالْقَائِمُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ الْمَاشِي وَالْمَاشِي فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ السَّاعِي فَکَسِّرُوا قِسِيَّکُمْ وَقَطِّعُوا أَوْتَارَکُمْ وَاضْرِبُوا بِسُيُوفِکُمْ الْحِجَارَةَ فَإِنْ دُخِلَ عَلَی أَحَدِکُمْ فَلْيَکُنْ کَخَيْرِ ابْنَيْ آدَمَ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 3961
It was narrated from Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah said: “Before the Hour comes, there wifi be tribulation like pieces of black night, when a man will wake up as a believer but be a disbeliever by evening, or he will be a believer in the evening but will be a disbeliever by morning. And the one who is sitting will be better than the one who is standing, and the one who is standing will be better than the one who is walking, and the one who is walking will be better than the one who is running. So break your bows, cut their strings and strike your swords against rocks, and if anyone enters upon anyone oyf you, let him be like the better of the two sons of Adam. (i.e. the one killed, not the killer).”(Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020