It was
reported from 'Abd Allaah ibn 'Amr that the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa
sallam) said,
"The
Hour will not come until Allaah takes away the best people on earth; only the
worst people will be left; they will not know any good or forbid any
evil." [Ahmad] [1]
'Abd
Allaah ibn Mas'ood said,
"I
heard the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) say: 'Eloquence can be
bewitching; the worst of the people are those upon whom the Hour will come
while they are still alive, and those who turn graves into mosques.' "
[Ahmad] [2]
It was
reported from Anas that the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said,
"The
Hour will not come until no-one on earth says 'Laa ilaaha illaa Allaah.'"
[Ahmad] [3]
It was
also reported from Anas that the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said:
"The
Hour will not come until no-one on earth says, 'Allaah, Allaah.'" [Ahmad]
[4]
There are
two suggestions as to the meaning of the phrase, "until no-one on earth
says 'Allaah, Allaah'":
It could
mean that no-one will forbid evil, or try to correct another if he sees him
doing something wrong. We have already come across this in the Hadeeth of 'Abd
Allaah ibn 'Amr:
"Only
the worst people will be left; they will not know any good or forbid any
evil." It could mean that Allaah will no longer be mentioned, and His Name
will not be known; this will be part of the prevalent corruption and Kufr, as
in the previous Hadeeth, "Until no-one on earth says 'Laa ilaaha illaa
Allaah."
'Aa'ishah
said,
"The
Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) came in, saying 'O 'Aa'ishah, your
people will be the first of my Ummah to join me.' When he sat down, I said, 'O
Messenger of Allaah, may I be sacrificed for you! When you came in, you were
saying something which scared me.' He asked, 'What was that?' I said, 'You said
that my people would be the first of your Ummah to join you.' He said, 'Yes.' I
asked, 'Why is that?' He said, 'Death will be widespread among them, and their
relatives will be jealous of them.' I said, 'How will people be after that?' He
said, 'Like locusts: the strong will devour the weak, until the Hour comes.'
" [Ahmad][5]
'Albaa'
al-Salamee said,
"I
heard the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) say: 'The Hour will only come
upon the worst of the people.' " [Ahmad] [6]
Footnotes
[1]
Ahmad, Musnad, 1/454. Checker's Note: Da`eef isnaad due to `an`anah of al-Hasan
al-Basree.
[2]
Ahmad, Musnad, 3/268. Checker's Note: Saheeh, Musnad Imaam Ahmad, checking by
Ahmad Shakir: 4342.
[3]
Ahmad, Musnad, 3/268. Checker's Note: Saheeh, Tahdheerus Saajid of Shaykh
al-Albaanee, pg. 119.
[4]
Ahmad, Musnad, 3/107. Checker's Note: Saheeh, Saheeh al-Jami as-Sagheer: 7420.
[5]
Ahmad, Musnad, 6/81. Checker's Note: Saheeh, Silsilatul Ahadeeth as-Saheehah:
1953.
[6]
Ahmad, Musnad, 3/499. Checker's Note: Saheeh, Mustadrak of al-Hakim: 4/496.
Declared saheeh by al-Hakim and agreed to by adh-Dhahaabee
Post a Comment