Hadith 3601

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ الْأُوَيْسِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " سَتَكُونُ فِتَنٌ الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَائِمِ وَالْقَائِمُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمَاشِي ، وَالْمَاشِي فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّاعِي وَمَنْ يُشْرِفْ لَهَا تَسْتَشْرِفْهُ وَمَنْ وَجَدَ مَلْجَأً أَوْ مَعَاذًا فَلْيَعُذْ بِهِ " .
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "There will be afflictions (and at the time) the sitting person will be better than the standing one, and the standing one will be better than the walking, and the walking will be better than the running. And whoever will look towards those afflictions, they will overtake him, and whoever will find a refuge or a shelter, should take refuge in it."
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب المناقب / 3601
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:

In this hadith, there is mention of events that will occur in the future, which is a sign of prophethood. Furthermore, this hadith encourages fleeing from tribulations (fitan) and remaining separate from them.
If someone comes near them or takes an interest in them, he will be caught up in their grasp.


In the second hadith, the prayer regarding which a warning has been mentioned refers to the ‘Asr prayer, as has been explicitly stated in the hadith by Ibn ‘Umar (radi Allahu anhu) that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
“It is the ‘Asr prayer.”
(Sunan an-Nasa’i, al-Mawaqit, Hadith: 481)
Nawfal bin Mu‘awiyah (radi Allahu anhu) accepted Islam on the occasion of the conquest of Makkah.
He passed away during the rule of Yazid bin Mu‘awiyah.
In Sahih al-Bukhari, only this one hadith is narrated from him.
(Fath al-Bari: 6/751)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 3601