Hadith 4079

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ , حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ , عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاق , حَدَّثَنِي عَاصِمُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ , عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ , عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ , أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " تُفْتَحُ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ فَيَخْرُجُونَ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى : وَهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنْسِلُونَ سورة الأنبياء آية 96 فَيَعُمُّونَ الْأَرْضَ , وَيَنْحَازُ مِنْهُمُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ , حَتَّى تَصِيرَ بَقِيَّةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي مَدَائِنِهِمْ وَحُصُونِهِمْ , وَيَضُمُّونَ إِلَيْهِمْ مَوَاشِيَهُمْ , حَتَّى أَنَّهُمْ لَيَمُرُّونَ بِالنَّهَرِ فَيَشْرَبُونَهُ , حَتَّى مَا يَذَرُونَ فِيهِ شَيْئًا , فَيَمُرُّ آخِرُهُمْ عَلَى أَثَرِهِمْ , فَيَقُولُ قَائِلُهُمْ : لَقَدْ كَانَ بِهَذَا الْمَكَانِ مَرَّةً مَاءٌ , وَيَظْهَرُونَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ , فَيَقُولُ قَائِلُهُمْ : هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ قَدْ فَرَغْنَا مِنْهُمْ , وَلَنُنَازِلَنَّ أَهْلَ السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى إِنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ لَيَهُزُّ حَرْبَتَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَتَرْجِعُ مُخَضَّبَةً بِالدَّمِ , فَيَقُولُونَ : قَدْ قَتَلْنَا أَهْلَ السَّمَاءِ , فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ , إِذْ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ دَوَابَّ كَنَغَفِ الْجَرَادِ , فَتَأْخُذُ بِأَعْنَاقِهِمْ فَيَمُوتُونَ مَوْتَ الْجَرَادِ , يَرْكَبُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا , فَيُصْبِحُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ لَهُمْ حِسًّا , فَيَقُولُونَ : مَنْ رَجُلٌ يَشْرِي نَفْسَهُ وَيَنْظُرُ مَا فَعَلُوا , فَيَنْزِلُ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ قَدْ وَطَّنَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ , فَيَجِدُهُمْ مَوْتَى فَيُنَادِيهِمْ أَلَا أَبْشِرُوا فَقَدْ هَلَكَ عَدُوُّكُمْ , فَيَخْرُجُ النَّاسُ , وَيَخْلُونَ سَبِيلَ مَوَاشِيهِمْ فَمَا يَكُونُ لَهُمْ رَعْيٌ إِلَّا لُحُومُهُمْ , فَتَشْكَرُ عَلَيْهَا كَأَحْسَنِ مَا شَكِرَتْ مِنْ نَبَاتٍ أَصَابَتْهُ قَطُّ " .
´It was narrated from Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` "Gog and Magog people will be set free and they will emerge as Allah says: "swoop(ing) down from every mound."[21:96] They will spread throughout the earth, and the Muslims will flee from them until the remainder of the Muslims are in their cities and fortresses, taking their flocks with them. They will pass by a river and drink from it, until they leave nothing behind, and the last of them will follow in their footsteps and one of them will say: 'There was once water in this place.' They will prevail over the earth, then their leader will say: 'These are the people of the earth, and we have finished them off. Now let us fight the people of heaven!' Then one of them will throw his spear towards the sky, and it will come back down smeared with blood. And they will say: 'We have killed the people of heaven.' While they are like that, Allah will send a worm like the worm that is found in the noses of sheep, which will penetrate their necks and they will die like locusts, one on top of another. In the morning the Muslims will not hear any sound from them, and they will say: 'Who will sell his soul for the sake of Allah and see what they are doing?' A man will go down, having prepared himself to be killed by them, and he will find them dead, so he will call out to them: 'Be of good cheer, for your enemy is dead!' Then the people will come out and let their flocks loose, but they will not have anything to graze on except their flesh, and they will become very fat as if they were grazing on the best vegetation they ever found.'"
Hadith Reference سنن ابن ماجه / كتاب الفتن / 4079
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:

This hadith sheds detailed light on Gog and Magog (Ya’juj and Ma’juj), that they will be disbelieving, wild, and warlike people.


The return of their spears and arrows from the sky stained with blood is a manner of Allah granting them respite and giving them temporary joy.


The explanation of (naghaf) is as follows:
It is a worm that is found in the noses of camels and goats. (Al-Nihayah by Ibn Athir, entry: naghaf)
It has been attributed to locusts (jarad), so by this it can also mean those larvae that emerge from locust eggs and, before developing wings, consume and finish off the leaves of trees and crops.


Livestock do not eat meat, but just as many other events of that time will be contrary to the norm, so too will it happen that livestock will become accustomed to eating the flesh of those dead individuals.
Thus, they will eat the flesh of those dead people, and they will also be able to digest that meat.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 4079