Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar that regarding the saying of Allah Almighty, "And when the word is fulfilled against them, We shall bring forth for them a creature from the earth that will speak to them" __QUR_N__, it was stated: This will happen when people will neither enjoin good nor forbid evil.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: O people of Kufa, you must certainly enjoin good and forbid evil, otherwise you will encounter the command of Allah, or Allah will impose upon you such nations who will punish you, and Allah will punish them.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was asked, "Who among the living are considered dead?" He replied, "The person who does not consider goodness as good in his heart and does not dislike evil in his heart."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Verily, the first type of jihad that will be overcome among you is jihad with the hands, then your jihad with the tongue, then jihad with the heart. So whoever does not consider good as good and evil as evil in his heart, he will be overturned, and his upper side will be turned to his lower side.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: (The one who does not enjoin good and forbid evil) his heart is turned upside down just as a waterskin is turned upside down, so whatever is in that waterskin is scattered.

It is narrated from Hazrat Durrah that he said: I went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was sitting in the mosque. I asked, "Who among the people is the most pious?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "The one among them who commands good the most, forbids evil the most, and maintains the ties of kinship the most."

It is narrated from Hazrat Tariq bin Shihab that he said Hazrat Atris said to Hazrat Abdullah: The person who did not enjoin good and did not forbid evil has perished. Hazrat Abdullah replied: Rather, the one who did not consider good as good in his heart and did not consider evil as evil in his heart has perished.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah that he said: Soon there will be tribulations and trials. For any person who sees such evil and wrongdoing which he does not have the power to change, it is sufficient that Allah knows that he dislikes that evil.

It is narrated from Hazrat Qais bin Abi Hazim that he said Hazrat Abu Bakr stood up and praised Allah Almighty, then said: O people! You recite this verse: O believers! Your lives are obligatory upon you. When you are on guidance, the misguidance of anyone will not harm you. And indeed, when people see evil and do not change it, it is near that Allah Almighty will send punishment upon all of them. Abu Umamah, the narrator, says: I heard this statement from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.

It is narrated from Shaddad bin Ma’qal that he said: Abdullah said: “The time is near when you will not receive any money or dirham from Kufa.” I asked, “How will this happen, O Abdullah bin Mas’ud?” He replied, “Such people will come whose faces will be like swollen shields, until they tie their horses around and drive you out to places where grass grows, until a camel and provisions for the journey will be more beloved to one of you than a palace from among these palaces of yours.”

It is narrated from Hazrat Shaddad bin Ma'qil Asadi that he said: I heard Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud say: The first thing you will lose from your religion is trustworthiness, and the last thing you will lose from your religion is prayer. Soon people will perform prayers, but there will be no religion with them. And this Qur'an which is present among you, it is as if it will be taken away from you. I said: How will this happen, O Abdullah! when Allah has established it in our hearts? He replied: In one night, these copies of the Qur'an will be taken away, and whatever portion of the Qur'an is in the hearts will also be removed. Then he recited this verse: "And if We willed, We could surely take away that which We have revealed to you," up to the end of the verse.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar that he said: A time will come upon the people when they will gather in the mosques and offer prayers, but there will not be a single believer (person of faith) among them.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Maisarah that it was said: (In the end) only the most despicable people will remain, who will not recognize the truth and will not dislike evil. Like cattle and animals, they will heap upon one another.

It is narrated from Imam Shabi that he said: The Day of Judgment will not be established until knowledge becomes ignorance and ignorance becomes knowledge.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira that he said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Trials (fitnah) will become numerous and killing (harj) will become widespread." We asked, "What is harj?" He, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Killing." And knowledge will decrease. He said: "This (knowledge) will not be taken out from the hearts of people, but knowledge will decrease due to the death of scholars."

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Umar that he said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Verily, Allah will not take away knowledge by snatching it from the people, but He will take away knowledge by taking away the scholars (from the world), until when no scholar remains, people will take the ignorant as their leaders. They will be asked (about religious matters), and they will give verdicts without knowledge. Thus, they will go astray themselves and will lead others astray as well.

It is narrated from Hazrat Umar that he said: The Arabs will be destroyed when the offspring of the Persian girls reach maturity.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Umar that he said: Among the Children of Israel, there was always moderation until children were born to them from the slave women of other nations. Then they began to make things up according to their own opinions; they themselves went astray and led others astray as well.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood that he said: In the early part of the day, a man's hand will be cut off (due to wealth), and by the end of the day, he will have abundant wealth, but he will not find anyone to accept the wealth. Seeing this wealth, he will say, "Alas, my regret! Because of this, my hand was cut off yesterday."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Musa that he said: Dirhams and dinars destroyed the people before you, and they will also destroy you.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar that he said: When the sun rises from the west, a man will go to his wealth which he had buried in the ground. He will take it out and carry it on his back and say, "Who is interested in this wealth?" He will be told, "Why did you not bring it yesterday?" Thus, it will not be accepted from him. He will bring it back to the place from where he had dug it out, strike it on the ground, and say, "I wish I had never seen you."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: When three things appear, then at that time, faith will not benefit any soul that had not previously believed: the rising of the sun from the west, the appearance of the Dajjal, and the emergence of the Beast.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed that regarding the verse { یَوْمَ یَأْتِی بَعْضُ آیَاتِ رَبِّکَ لاَ یَنْفَعُ نَفْسًا إیمَانُہَا } (On the day when your Lord’s great sign comes, the faith of no person will benefit him who did not believe before), it was said that this refers to the sun rising from the west.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood that he said: The rising of the sun from the west (is the meaning of this verse).

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: When the first sign among the signs (of the Day of Judgment) appears, the noble scribes will be stopped, the pens will be thrown away, and the bodies will bear witness to the deeds.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr that he said: After the sun rises from the west, people will live for one hundred and twenty years. (Hafiz Ibn Hajar states in Fath al-Bari that this narration regarding the duration is not originally proven as marfu'; if it is proven, then the meaning is that one hundred and twenty years will pass as months or even less.)

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood that he said: We have seen everything that Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) had promised, except for four: the rising of the sun from the west, the Dajjal, the Beast, and the emergence of Gog and Magog.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira that he said: A time will come upon the people when a strong camel will be more beloved to each of you than his family and wealth.

Hazrat Abu Aliah narrates from Hazrat Abi that Allah Almighty’s statement { قُلْ ہُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَی أَنْ یَبْعَثَ عَلَیْکُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِکُمْ أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِکُمْ أَوْ یَلْبِسَکُمْ شِیَعًا وَیُذِیقَ بَعْضَکُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ } “Say: He is able to send upon you a punishment from above you or from beneath your feet, or to confuse you in sects and make you taste the violence of one another.” He said that these are four things, and each one of them will certainly occur. Two of them passed after the twenty-five (25) years of the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) demise: they were divided into groups and tasted the violence of one another. And two will inevitably occur: sinking into the earth and a rain of stones.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Umar that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say in his supplication: O Allah! I seek refuge with You from being suddenly destroyed from beneath me. The meaning was through being swallowed up.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar that he said: The animal will emerge on the night of Muzdalifah while people are heading towards Mina. It will make them ride between the hind part and the tail. No hypocrite will be spared except that it will mark him; it will touch the believer. At that time, people will become even more wicked than the Dajjal.

It is narrated from Ibrahim that it was said that the beast of the earth (animal) will emerge from Makkah Mukarramah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: This animal will emerge from the place of Ajyad.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar that he said: That animal will emerge from the place of Ajyad during the days of Tashreeq while people will be in Mina. He said: This is the reason why the one who comes first among the pilgrims is congratulated when he brings the people safely.

It is narrated from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: When the first of the (major) signs among the signs (of the Day of Judgment) appears, the pens will be lifted, bodies will bear witness to deeds, and the noble scribes (angels) will be stopped from writing.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Alia that he said: There will be a gap of six months between the first sign and the last sign, and during this period, the signs will occur one after another, just as pearls fall one after another when a string breaks.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira that he said: There will be an interval of eight months between the first sign and the last sign.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ka'b that he said: It is as if I am seeing six hundred thousand Arabs in the front ranks of the one-eyed Dajjal's army, all wearing green sheets, and they will surpass me in affirmation regarding the trials that I will see emerging from them.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Al-Bakhtari that he said: It was asked from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him), "Should we not enjoin good and forbid evil?" He replied, "This is good, but it is not from the Sunnah that you raise arms against your Imam."

It is narrated from Hazrat Uqbah bin Amr that he said: I was a self-respecting and honorable man; no one could stand before me, neither a king nor anyone else. He said: My leaders gave me the choice in this matter, that I could either be patient with them despite my dislike and humiliation, or I could take my sword and, by unjustly killing, enter Hell. I chose to be patient with my dislike and humiliation and not to take up the sword, so that I would not enter Hell by unjustly killing someone.