سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الفتن والملاحمTrials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim)
باب ذِكْرِ الْفِتَنِ وَدَلاَئِلِهَاChapter: Mention Of Tribulations And Their Signs.
Hadith 4254
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَنْبَارِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ نَاجِيَةَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " تَدُورُ رَحَى الْإِسْلَامِ لِخَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ أَوْ سِتٍّ وَثَلَاثِينَ أَوْ سَبْعٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ فَإِنْ يَهْلَكُوا فَسَبِيلُ مَنْ هَلَكَ وَإِنْ يَقُمْ لَهُمْ دِينُهُمْ يَقُمْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ عَامًا ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : أَمِمَّا بَقِيَ أَوْ مِمَّا مَضَى ، قَالَ : مِمَّا مَضَى " ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : مَنْ قَالَ خِرَاشٍ فَقَدْ أَخْطَأَ .
Narrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The Prophet ﷺ said: The mill of Islam will go round till the year thirty-five, or thirty-six, or thirty-seven; then if they perish, they will have followed the path of those who perished before them, but if their religion is maintained, it will be maintained for seventy years. I asked: Does it mean seventy years which remain or seventy years which are gone by? He replied: It means (seventy years) that are gone by. Abu Dawud said: Those who recorded Khirash, the name of a narrator, are wrong. (The correct name is Hirash)
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The meaning of “the mill of Islam turning” is that the system of Islam remains firmly established upon the Prophetic methodology.
➋ According to some commentators, the period of thirty-five years mentioned in your (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) statement is completed up to the martyrdom of Sayyiduna Uthman (radi Allahu anhu). One year after that was the incident of Jamal, and then in the thirty-seventh year, the Battle of Siffin took place. After that, the caliphate remained with Banu Umayyah, and after approximately seventy years, it was transferred to Banu Abbas. (For details of this hadith, see: Fath al-Bari, Volume 13, Kitab al-Ahkam, Hadith: 7223, 7222)
➊ The meaning of “the mill of Islam turning” is that the system of Islam remains firmly established upon the Prophetic methodology.
➋ According to some commentators, the period of thirty-five years mentioned in your (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) statement is completed up to the martyrdom of Sayyiduna Uthman (radi Allahu anhu). One year after that was the incident of Jamal, and then in the thirty-seventh year, the Battle of Siffin took place. After that, the caliphate remained with Banu Umayyah, and after approximately seventy years, it was transferred to Banu Abbas. (For details of this hadith, see: Fath al-Bari, Volume 13, Kitab al-Ahkam, Hadith: 7223, 7222)
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4254
