صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الفتن وأشراط الساعةThe Book of Tribulations and Portents of the Last Hour
باب قُرْبِ السَّاعَةِ:Chapter: The Approach Of The Hour
Hadith 2951
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " بُعِثْتُ أَنَا وَالسَّاعَةَ كَهَاتَيْنِ " ، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ : وَسَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ ، يَقُولُ : فِي قَصَصِهِ كَفَضْلِ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى الْأُخْرَى ، فَلَا أَدْرِي أَذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَوْ قَالَهُ قَتَادَةُ .
This hadith has been reported by Sahl bin Sa'd that he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: I and the Last Hour are (close to each other) like this (and he, in order to explain it) pointed (by joining his) forefinger, (one) next to the thumb and the middle finger (together).
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وحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ وَأَبَا التَّيَّاحِ يُحَدِّثَانِ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا أَنَسًا يُحَدِّثُ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَال : " بُعِثْتُ أَنَا وَالسَّاعَةَ هَكَذَا " ، وَقَرَنَ شُعْبَةُ بَيْنَ إِصْبَعَيْهِ الْمُسَبِّحَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى يَحْكِيهِ ،
Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: I and the Last Hour have been sent like this. Shu'bah said: I heard Qatada as saying in his narration: The excellence of one over the other. And I do not know whether he narrated it from Anas or Qatada himself said so.
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وحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي . ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِهَذَا ،
Shu'bah reported: I heard Qatada and Abu Tayyab narrating that both of them heard Anas as narrating that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: I and the Last Hour have been sent like this, and Shu'bah drew his forefinger and middle finger near each other while narrating it.
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وحَدَّثَنَاه مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ حَمْزَةَ يَعْنِي الضَّبِّيَّ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِهِمْ .
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters.
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وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ مَعْبَدٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " بُعِثْتُ أَنَا وَالسَّاعَةَ كَهَاتَيْنِ ، قَالَ : وَضَمَّ السَّبَّابَةَ وَالْوُسْطَى " .
Anas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: I and the Last Hour have been sent like this and (he while doing it) joined the forefinger with the middle finger.
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Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
The meaning is that there is now no interval between me and the Day of Judgment for any new prophet or messenger, and my ummah is the last ummah; the Day of Judgment will occur upon it.
The meaning is that there is now no interval between me and the Day of Judgment for any new prophet or messenger, and my ummah is the last ummah; the Day of Judgment will occur upon it.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 6503
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
Until the time of Kirmani, seven hundred and eighty years had passed since the Prophethood of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
Now, fourteen hundred years have been completed, so what then is the meaning of this nearness?
The answer is that this nearness is in relation to the time that passed from the era of Adam (alayhis salam) up to the Prophethood of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
That was a period of thousands of years. Or, by nearness, it is meant that between me and the Day of Judgment, no new prophet with a new law (shari‘ah) is going to come, and ‘Isa (alayhis salam), who will return to the world near the Day of Judgment, will not bring any new law (shari‘ah).
He will follow the Muhammadan law (shari‘ah). Therefore, the objection of the Qadianis (Mirzais) regarding the return of ‘Isa (alayhis salam) as a challenge to the doctrine of the finality of Prophethood is completely incorrect.
Until the time of Kirmani, seven hundred and eighty years had passed since the Prophethood of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
Now, fourteen hundred years have been completed, so what then is the meaning of this nearness?
The answer is that this nearness is in relation to the time that passed from the era of Adam (alayhis salam) up to the Prophethood of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
That was a period of thousands of years. Or, by nearness, it is meant that between me and the Day of Judgment, no new prophet with a new law (shari‘ah) is going to come, and ‘Isa (alayhis salam), who will return to the world near the Day of Judgment, will not bring any new law (shari‘ah).
He will follow the Muhammadan law (shari‘ah). Therefore, the objection of the Qadianis (Mirzais) regarding the return of ‘Isa (alayhis salam) as a challenge to the doctrine of the finality of Prophethood is completely incorrect.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 5301
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
That is, between the Day of Judgment and the sending of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), now only as much distance remains as there is between these two fingers. The example of existence from the beginning to the end of the world has been given with the fingers, and the meaning is that most of the time has already passed, and what remains is a very short period.
That is, between the Day of Judgment and the sending of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), now only as much distance remains as there is between these two fingers. The example of existence from the beginning to the end of the world has been given with the fingers, and the meaning is that most of the time has already passed, and what remains is a very short period.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 4936
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
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The middle finger is slightly ahead, and the index finger is behind it. The meaning is that I am a little ahead, and soon after me, the Hour (Qiyamah) will come.
Another meaning could be that just as these fingers are joined together, likewise I and the Hour are joined, i.e., between me and the Hour, Allah Ta’ala will not send any messenger or prophet.
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Some scholars have tried to determine the lifespan of this Ummah from this hadith, but it has proven fruitless because the knowledge of when the Hour will occur is with Allah alone.
And Allah knows best.
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The middle finger is slightly ahead, and the index finger is behind it. The meaning is that I am a little ahead, and soon after me, the Hour (Qiyamah) will come.
Another meaning could be that just as these fingers are joined together, likewise I and the Hour are joined, i.e., between me and the Hour, Allah Ta’ala will not send any messenger or prophet.
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Some scholars have tried to determine the lifespan of this Ummah from this hadith, but it has proven fruitless because the knowledge of when the Hour will occur is with Allah alone.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 4936
