Kitab al-Fitan · Nu'aym ibn Hammad

The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, led the Asr prayer with us during the day, then he delivered a sermon until the sun went down. He did not leave anything that would happen until the Day of Resurrection without narrating it to us. He who memorized it memorized it, and he who forgot it forgot it.

Allah has raised this world for me, so I look at it and what will be in it until the Day of Resurrection as I look at these palms of my own: two generations from Allah that He revealed to His Prophet as He revealed to the prophets before him.

I am the most knowledgeable of people about every temptation that will occur until the Day of Resurrection, and what is wrong with me is that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, confided to me something that no one else told me about, but the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, told a gathering I was in about temptations, some of which were minor and some of which were major, so all of those groups went away except me.

There will be temptations like pieces of the dark night, one after the other. They will come to you like the faces of cows, and you will not know which one is from what.

These are temptations that have spread like the foreheads of cows, in which most people will perish except those who knew about them before that

When time draws near, honor will overwhelm you with temptations like pieces of a dark night

Yes, whichever household, whether Arab or non-Arab, for whom Allah intends good, He will enter Islam upon them. Then there will be tribulations as if they were shadows. Indeed, by the One in Whose Hand is my soul, then you will return therein as black as youth, striking the necks of one another.

Al-Walid bin Muslim told us, on the authority of Al-Awza’i, on the authority of Abd al-Wahid bin Qays, on the authority of Urwa bin Al-Zubayr, on the authority of Karz bin Alqamah, on the authority of the Prophet, ﷺ, and something similar.

Ibn al-Mubarak told us, on the authority of Muammar, on the authority of al-Zuhri, on the authority of Urwa ibn al-Zubayr, on the authority of Karaz ibn Alqamah, with a similar hadith of Sufyan, except that he said: A Bedouin said: O Messenger of Allah

In the hands of the Hour there is a chaos of killing and lying. It is not your killing of infidels, but a man killing his grandfather, his brother, and his cousin.

They will be among the people of Islam at the hands of the hour of chaos and killing, until a man kills his grandfather, his cousin, his father, and his brother. By Allah, I was afraid that it would catch up with you and me.

It was narrated from Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“Before the Hour comes, there will be tribulation like pieces of black night, when a man will wake up as a believer but be a disbeliever by evening, or he will be a believer in the evening but will be a disbeliever by morning. And the one who is sitting will be better than the one who is standing, and the one who is standing will be better than the one who is walking, and the one who is walking will be better than the one who is running. So break your bows, cut their strings and strike your swords against rocks, and if anyone enters upon anyone of you, let him be like the better of the two sons of Adam. (i.e. the one killed, not the killer).”

At the hands of the Hour there is temptation like pieces of a dark night. A man will be a believer in the evening and become an unbeliever, and he will be a believer in the morning and be a disbeliever in the evening. Someone will sell his religion for a small offer of this world.

Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:"Before the Hour there shall be Fitan like a portion of the dark night. Morning will come upon a man as a believer, who will be a disbeliever in the evening, and evening will come upon a believer, who will be a disbeliever in the morning, people will sell their religion for goods of the world

Sedition is rampant in Allah's country, it is taking its toll, and it is not permissible for anyone to awaken it. Woe to whoever takes hold of its snare. You will not see in this world anything but calamity and strife, and matters will only increase in severity.

There is no one who commits a temptation that reaches the size of three hundred people, but if I wished, I would call him by his name, his father’s name, and his residence until the Day of Resurrection.

Three hundred men will emerge from my nation, carrying three hundred banners, who know and know their tribes, seeking the face of Allah, and will be killed for misguidance.

If I told you everything, I don't know if you would have watched me at night

You will continue to be in tribulation and temptation, and the matter will only increase in severity. If the ruler does not obey Allah, and the one who is in charge of him does not obey Allah, then they are on the verge of hating Allah, for Allah’s hatred is worse than people’s hatred.

Are you afraid of anything? We fear demand. You are right, there has never been plunder without it having a demand, and people have never been afflicted with plunder greater than Islam, and strife seeks it, and it is only attained by the last of the people.

Sending temptations on earth, sending rain

Al-Walid ibn Muslim and Ibn Wahb told us, on the authority of Ibn Lahi’ah, on the authority of Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Jaafar, who said: “When Allah Almighty told Moses, peace be upon him, the affairs of this nation, he wished to be a man among them, so Allah said: O Moses, the end of it will be afflicted with tribulation and hardship.” One of them said: “From temptations, and Moses said: O Lord, who will be patient with this? Allah said: I have given them patience and faith that will make the affliction easy for them.”

There will be tribulations in my nation until a man is separated from his father and brother, until a man is reproached for his calamity just as an adulteress is reproached for her adultery.

Trials always come to you like heavy rain

Usama reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) climbed up a battlement amongst the battlements of Medina and then said:You do not see what I am seeing and I am seeing the places of turmoil between your houses as the places of rainfall