مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند المكيينMusnad of the Makkans
حَدِيثُ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ
Hadith of al-Dahhak ibn Qays (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 15753
(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ ، أَنَّ الضَّحَّاكَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ كَتَبَ إِلَى قَيْسِ بْنِ الْهَيْثَمِ حِينَ مَاتَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ : سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ ، أَمَّا بَعْدُ ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ ، فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ الدُّخَانِ ، يَمُوتُ فِيهَا قَلْبُ الرَّجُلِ كَمَا يَمُوتُ بَدَنُهُ ، يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا ، وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا ، يَبِيعُ أَقْوَامٌ خَلَاقَهُمْ وَدِينَهُمْ بِعَرَضٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا " . وَإِنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَدْ مَاتَ وَأَنْتُمْ إِخْوَانُنَا وَأَشِقَّاؤُنَا ، فَلَا تَسْبِقُونَا حَتَّى نَخْتَارَ لِأَنْفُسِنَا .
Hasan Basri says that when Yazid passed away, Sayyiduna Dahhak bin Qais wrote in a letter to Qais bin Haitham: Peace be upon you. To proceed, I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say that before the Day of Judgment, tribulations will come like pieces of a dark night. Some tribulations will be like pieces of smoke. In these tribulations, a person's heart will die just like his body dies. A person will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening, and likewise, a believer in the evening and a disbeliever in the morning. People will sell their morals and religion for a small portion of worldly goods. And Yazid bin Muawiyah has passed away. You are our brothers and our kin, so do not hasten to select a ruler before us until we ourselves choose someone for ourselves.
