حَدَّثَنِي
حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى التُّجِيبِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا
ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي
يُونُسُ ، عَنْ
ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، أَنَّ
أَبَا إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلَانِيَّ كَانَ ، يَقُولُ : قَالَ
حُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَانِ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ النَّاسِ بِكُلِّ فِتْنَةٍ هِيَ كَائِنَةٌ فِيمَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ السَّاعَةِ ، وَمَا بِي إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ ، رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَسَرَّ إِلَيَّ فِي ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا لَمْ يُحَدِّثْهُ غَيْرِي ، وَلَكِنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ وَهُوَ يُحَدِّثُ مَجْلِسًا أَنَا فِيهِ عَنِ الْفِتَنِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَعُدُّ الْفِتَنَ : " مِنْهُنَّ ثَلَاثٌ لَا يَكَدْنَ يَذَرْنَ شَيْئًا ، وَمِنْهُنَّ فِتَنٌ كَرِيَاحِ الصَّيْفِ مِنْهَا صِغَارٌ ، وَمِنْهَا كِبَارٌ " ، قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ : فَذَهَبَ أُولَئِكَ الرَّهْطُ كُلُّهُمْ غَيْرِي .
Hudhaifa bin al-Yaman reported: By Allah, I have the best knowledge amongst people about every turmoil which is going to appear in the period intervening me and the Last Hour; and it is not for the fact that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told me something confidentially pertaining to it and he did not tell anybody else about it, but it is because of the fact that I was present in the assembly in which he had been describing the turmoil. And he especially made a mention of three turmoils which would not spare anything and amongst these there would be turmoils like storms in the hot season. Some of them would be violent and some of them would be comparatively mild. Hudhaifa said: All (who were present) except I, have gone (to the next world).
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وحَدَّثَنَا
عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ،
وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ : حَدَّثَنَا ، وقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ : أَخْبَرَنَا
جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ
الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ
شَقِيقٍ ، عَنْ
حُذَيْفَةَ ، قَالَ " قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَقَامًا مَا تَرَكَ شَيْئًا يَكُونُ فِي مَقَامِهِ ذَلِكَ إِلَى قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ ، إِلَّا حَدَّثَ بِهِ حَفِظَهُ مَنْ حَفِظَهُ ، وَنَسِيَهُ مَنْ نَسِيَهُ ، قَدْ عَلِمَهُ أَصْحَابِي هَؤُلَاءِ ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيَكُونُ مِنْهُ الشَّيْءُ قَدْ نَسِيتُهُ ، فَأَرَاهُ فَأَذْكُرُهُ كَمَا يَذْكُرُ الرَّجُلُ وَجْهَ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا غَابَ عَنْهُ ، ثُمَّ إِذَا رَآهُ عَرَفَهُ " ،
Hudhaifa reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood before us one day and he did not leave anything unsaid (that he had to say) at that very spot which would happen (in the shape of turmoil) up to the Last Hour. Those who had to remember them preserved them in their minds and those who could not remember them forgot them. My friends knew them and there are certain things which slipped from my mind, but I recapitulate them when anyone makes a mention of them just as a person is lost from one's mind but is recalled to him on seeing his face.
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters up to the words: And he forgot who had to forget that and he did not make a mention of what follows after this.
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Hudhaifa reported: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) informed me of what is going to happen before the approach of the Last Hour. And there is nothing that I did not ask him in this connection except this that I did not ask him as to what would turn the people of Madinah out from Madinah.
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'bah with the same chain of transmitters.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: There are two aspects to Hudhayfah radi Allahu anhu being more aware of tribulations (fitan):
(1) Some confidential matters were such that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam informed only Hudhayfah radi Allahu anhu about them.
(2) Regarding some tribulations, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam informed others as well, but some people remembered them and some forgot. Then, gradually, all of them passed away and only Hudhayfah radi Allahu anhu remained.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 7262