حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ”إِنَّمَا أَخَافُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي الْأَئِمَّةَ الْمُضِلِّينَ“ وَبِهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ”إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ زَوَى لِيَ الْأَرْضَ أَوْ قَالَ إِنَّ رَبِّي زَوَى لِيَ الْأَرْضَ فَرَأَيْتُ مَشَارِقَهَا وَمَغَارِبَهَا وَإِنَّ مُلْكَ أُمَّتِي سَيَبْلُغُ مَا زُوِيَ لِي مِنْهَا وَإِنِّي أُعْطِيتُ الْكَنْزَيْنِ الْأَحْمَرَ وَالْأَبْيَضَ وَإِنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي لِأُمَّتِي أَنْ لَا يُهْلِكُوا بِسَنَةٍ بِعَامَّةٍ وَلَا يُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ سِوَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ يَسْتَبِيحُ بَيْضَتَهُمْ وَإِنَّ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي إِذَا قَضَيْتُ قَضَاءً فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُرَدُّ وَقَالَ يُونُسُ لَا يُرَدُّ وَإِنِّي أَعْطَيْتُ لِأُمَّتِكَ أَنِّي لَا أُهْلِكُهُمْ بِسَنَةٍ بِعَامَّةٍ وَلَا أُسَلِّطُ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ سِوَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ يَسْتَبِيحُ بَيْضَتَهُمْ وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَقْطَارِهَا أَوْ قَالَ مَنْ بِأَقْطَارِهَا حَتَّى يَكُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُسْبِي بَعْضًا وَإِنَّمَا أَخَافُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي الْأَئِمَّةَ الْمُضِلِّينَ وَإِذَا وُضِعَ فِي أُمَّتِي السَّيْفُ لَمْ يُرْفَعْ عَنْهُمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَلْحَقَ قَبَائِلُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّى تَعْبُدَ قَبَائِلُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي الْأَوْثَانَ وَإِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ فِي أُمَّتِي كَذَّابُونَ ثَلَاثُونَ كُلُّهُمْ يَزْعَمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ وَأَنَا خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي وَلَا تَزَالُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي عَلَى الْحَقِّ ظَاهِرِينَ لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ“
Mawla of the Messenger, Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I fear misguided rulers for my Ummah. Then, with the same chain, Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, Allah, the Exalted, folded the earth for me, and I saw its eastern and western parts, and the rule of my Ummah will reach as far as the earth was folded for me, and I was given two treasures of red and white (i.e., gold and silver), and I prayed to Allah, the Exalted, for my Ummah that they should not be destroyed by a general famine, and that their enemies should not be imposed upon them to annihilate them. My Lord said to me: O Muhammad! When I make a decision, it is not changed, and I accept your prayer for your Ummah that I will not destroy them by a general famine, nor will I impose their enemies upon them to kill them and uproot them, even if all the enemies on the face of the earth gather together. However, this will happen: they will take each other captive, and I certainly fear misguided rulers for my Ummah, and when the sword is once drawn among my Ummah, it will not be sheathed until the Day of Resurrection. Also, the Hour will not be established until several tribes of my Ummah join the polytheists, and many tribes of my Ummah begin to worship idols. Soon, thirty great liars (Dajjals) will appear in my Ummah, each of them claiming that he is a prophet, although I am the last Prophet; there will be no prophet after me. And a group from my Ummah will remain steadfast and dominant on the truth until the Day of Resurrection; those who oppose them will not be able to harm them, until the command of Allah, that is, the Day of Resurrection, comes.