Hadith 16978

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ الْأَوْزَاعِيَّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الْأَسْقَعِ ، يَقُولُ : خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : " أَتَزْعُمُونَ أَنِّي آخِرِكُمْ وَفَاةً ، أَلَا إِنِّي مِنْ أَوَّلِكُمْ وَفَاةً ، وَتَتْبَعُونِي أَفْنَادًا ، يُهْلِكُ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا "
It is narrated from Hazrat Wathilah bin Asqa’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace be upon him) came to us and said: “Do you think that I will be the last among you to pass away? Remember! I will be the first among you to pass away, and after me, such calamities will befall you that you will begin to destroy one another yourselves.”
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند الشاميين / 16978
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