Hadith / Musnad Ahmad / 788:152

Musnad Ahmad 788:152

Hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (RA)

حديث أبي موسى الأشعري

Hadith 788:152

Isma'il narrated to us, from Yunus, from al-Hasan, that Usayd ibn al-Mutashammis said: We came with Abu Musa from Isfahan and we hurried, and 'Aqilah came. Abu Musa said: "Is there no young man who will help her dismount?" He meant the mother of the Ash'ari. I said: "Yes." So I brought her close to a tree and helped her dismount, then I came and sat with the people. He said: "Shall I not tell you a hadith that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to tell us?" We said: "Yes, may Allah have mercy on you." He said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to tell us: 'Between the hands of the Hour is al-harj.'" It was said: "And what is al-harj?" He said: "Lying and killing." They said: "More than we kill now?" He said: "It is not the killing of the disbelievers, but rather it is the killing of some of you by others, until a man kills his neighbor, and kills his brother, and kills his uncle, and kills his cousin." They said: "Subhan Allah, and will we have our intellects?" He said: "No. Rather, the intellects of the people of that time will be snatched away, until one of you will think that he is upon something, while he is upon nothing." By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, I fear that those matters will overtake me and you, and I do not find for myself or for you any way out of them regarding what our Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entrusted to us, except that we exit from them as we entered them, without having introduced anything into them.

حدثنا إسماعيل، عن يونس ، عن الحسن، أن أسيد بن المتشمس قال: أقبلنا مع أبي موسى من أصبهان فتعجلنا، وجاءت عقيلة فقال أبو موسى: ألا فتى ينزل كنته؟ قال:، يعني أمة الأشعري، فقلت: بلى. فأدنيتها من شجرة فأنزلتها، ثم جئت فقعدت مع القوم. فقال: ألا أحدثكم حديثا كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يحدثناه فقلنا: بلى يرحمك الله. قال: كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يحدثنا " أن بين يدي الساعة الهرج ". قيل: وما الهرج؟ قال: " الكذب والقتل ". قالوا: أكثر مما نقتل الآن. قال: " إنه ليس بقتلكم الكفار، ولكنه قتل بعضكم بعضا حتى يقتل الرجل جاره، ويقتل أخاه، ويقتل عمه، ويقتل ابن عمه ". قالوا: سبحان الله ومعنا عقولنا ‍‍‍؟ قال: " لا. إلا أنه ينزع عقول أهل ذاكم الزمان حتى يحسب أحدكم أنه على شيء وليس على شيء " والذي نفس محمد بيده لقد خشيت أن تدركني وإياكم تلك الأمور، وما أجد لي ولكم منها مخرجا فيما عهد إلينا نبينا صلى الله عليه وسلم إلا أن نخرج منها كما دخلناها، لم نحدث فيها شيئا.