عَنْ كُرْزِ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ الْخُزَاعِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! هَلْ لِلْإِسْلَامِ مُنْتَهَى؟ قَالَ: ((نَعَمْ، أَيُّمَا أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ أَوِ الْعَجَمِ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِهِمْ خَيْرًا أَدْخَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْإِسْلَامَ)) قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! قَالَ: ((ثُمَّ تَقَعُ فِتَنٌ كَأَنَّهَا الظُّلَلُ، قَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ: كَلَّا، (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: كَلَّا وَاللَّهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ) قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((بَلَى وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتَعُودَنَّ فِيهَا أَسَاوِدُ صُبًّا يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُكُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍ))
Sayyiduna Karz bin Alqamah Khuza’i (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a Bedouin said: “O Messenger of Allah! Is there any end to Islam?” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Yes, when Allah intends good and well-being for the people of any house among the Arabs and non-Arabs, He will cause Islam to enter them.” He said: “O Messenger of Allah! Then what will happen?” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Then tribulations will appear like shadows (i.e., like mountains and clouds).” He said: “Never! By Allah, if Allah wills, it will never be so.” But the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Why not, by Him in Whose hand is my soul! You will pounce upon each other’s necks like the most wicked, great serpent.”