وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ”وَيْلٌ لِلْعَرَبِ مِنْ شَرٍّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ، فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ، يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا، يَبِيعُ قَوْمٌ دِينَهُمْ بِعَرَضٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٍ، الْمُتَمَسِّكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِدِينِهِ كَالْقَابِضِ عَلَى الْجَمْرِ“، أَوْ قَالَ: ”عَلَى الشَّوْكِ“، قَالَ حَسَنٌ: فِي حَدِيثِهِ: خَبَطِ الشَّوْكَةِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Destruction is for the Arabs because of an evil that has drawn near; that is, tribulations will arise like pieces of a dark night. (Due to the severity of these tribulations) a man will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening; people will sell their religion for a small portion of worldly goods. In those days, the example of one who acts upon the religion will be like that of a person who holds a burning ember or a thorn in his fist. Hasan, in his narration, said: the leaves of a thorn.