صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الفتن وأشراط الساعةThe Book of Tribulations and Portents of the Last Hour
باب تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ وَالرُّومُ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ:Chapter: The Hour Will Begin When The Byzantines Are The Most Prevalent Of People
Hadith 2898
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ اللَّيْثِ ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ عُلَيٍّ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ الْمُسْتَوْرِدُ الْقُرَشِيُّ عِنْدَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ وَالرُّومُ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ " ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَمْرٌو : أَبْصِرْ مَا تَقُولُ ، قَالَ : أَقُولُ : مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : لَئِنْ ، قُلْتَ : " ذَلِكَ إِنَّ فِيهِمْ لَخِصَالًا أَرْبَعًا إِنَّهُمْ لَأَحْلَمُ النَّاسِ عِنْدَ فِتْنَةٍ ، وَأَسْرَعُهُمْ إِفَاقَةً بَعْدَ مُصِيبَةٍ ، وَأَوْشَكُهُمْ كَرَّةً بَعْدَ فَرَّةٍ وَخَيْرُهُمْ لِمِسْكِينٍ وَيَتِيمٍ وَضَعِيفٍ ، وَخَامِسَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ ، وَأَمْنَعُهُمْ مِنْ ظُلْمِ الْمُلُوكِ " .
Mustaurid al-Qurashi reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The Last Hour would come (when) the Romans would form a majority amongst people. 'Amr said to him (Mustaurid Qurashi): See what you are saying? He said: I say what I heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . Thereupon he said: If you say that, it is a fact for they have four qualities. They have the patience to undergo a trial and immediately restore themselves to sanity after trouble and attack again after flight. They (have the quality) of being good to the destitute and the orphans, to the weak and, fifthly, the good quality in them is that they put resistance against the oppression of kings.
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حَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى التُّجِيبِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْكَرِيمِ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَهُ ، أَنَّ الْمُسْتَوْرِدَ الْقُرَشِيَّ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ وَالرُّومُ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ " ، قَالَ : فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ ، فَقَالَ : مَا هَذِهِ الْأَحَادِيثُ الَّتِي تُذْكَرُ عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُهَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمُسْتَوْرِدُ : قُلْتُ الَّذِي سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ، فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو : لَئِنْ ، قُلْتَ : " ذَلِكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَأَحْلَمُ النَّاسِ عِنْدَ فِتْنَةٍ ، وَأَجْبَرُ النَّاسِ عِنْدَ مُصِيبَةٍ ، وَخَيْرُ النَّاسِ لِمَسَاكِينِهِمْ وَضُعَفَائِهِمْ " .
Mustaurid Qurashi reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The Last Hour would come when the Romans would form a majority amongst people. This reached 'Amr bin al-'As and he said: What are these ahadith which are being transmitted from you and which you claim to have heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ? Mustaurid said to him: I stated only that which I heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . Thereupon 'Amr said: If you state this (it is true), for they have the power of tolerance amongst people at the time of turmoil and restore themselves to sanity after trouble, and are good amongst people so far as the destitute and the weak are concerned.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: In this hadith, Amr ibn al-As (radi Allahu anhu) described those characteristics and virtues on the basis of which a nation attains progress and ascendancy, and by which they become the majority. These are the virtues that should be present among Muslims. However, unfortunately, Muslims are being deprived of them, which is why they are suffering decline and downfall, while the Christians are advancing.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 7279
