صحيح مسلم
Sahih 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
This hadith is listed as number 7404 in Maktaba Shamila
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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