Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hour will be established while two men have a cloth between them which they will not be able to fold up nor complete the sale of; the Hour will be established while a man has raised his morsel to his mouth but will not be able to eat it; and the Hour will be established while a man is plastering his water-trough with mud but will not be able to draw water from it." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
This narration is mentioned in the "Sahih", but it does not contain these words: "A man will have raised his morsel but will not be able to eat it."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب البعث / 18312
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