Kitab al-Fitan · Nu'aym ibn Hammad

The tribulation of the sleeper will be better than the one who is lying down, and the one who is lying down will be better than the one sitting, and the one who is sitting will be better than the one standing, and the one standing will be better than the one walking, and the one who is walking will be better than one who is riding, and the one who is riding will be better than one who runs. All of them will be killed in Hell in the days of turmoil, when the man who is sitting with him does not feel safe. Shackle yourself and your hand, and enter your house, then enter your house, then enter your mosque, and then do like this.

Abd al-Razzaq told us, on the authority of Muammar, on the authority of Abu Ishaq, on the authority of Amara ibn Abd, he heard Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, (may Allah be pleased with him), say: “Beware of temptation, no one identifies it, for by Allah, no one detects it except that it destroys him just as a torrent destroys him. It is suspected of coming until the ignorant person says: This looks like it, and it appears as if it is moving, so when you see it, gather in your homes, break your swords, and cut your bowstrings.”

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: Woe to Arabs because of evil which has drawn near! He will escape who restrains his hand

I know of a trial that is about to be like the one before it, like a rabbit's blow, and I know the way out of it is to hold my hand until someone comes to kill me.

There are two groups of Muslims, I don't care which one I recognized you, they were killed by ignorance

When temptation approaches, it becomes suspicious, and when it returns, it spreads. And temptation is fertilized by contentions and produced by complaints, so do not stir up temptation when it is heated, and do not expose yourself to it when it appears. Indeed, temptation is lurking in Allah’s lands. It sets in its snouts. It is not permissible for anyone from the wilderness to awaken it until Allah Almighty permits it. Woe to whoever takes its snouts, then woe to him.

When temptation approaches, it becomes suspicious, and when it turns away, it becomes apparent

Unsheath the sword

You enter your house, then you close your door. Whoever comes to you, say thus, will be guilty of my iniquity and your iniquity

Beware of temptations, for the tongue in them is like the impact of a sword

Abu Muawiyah told us, on the authority of Al-A’mash, on the authority of Zaid bin Wahb, on the authority of Hudhayfah, he said: “The sedition was attributed to three things: against the hard-headed man, who does not want any of it to come to him except to suppress him with the sword, and with the orator who calls for matters to be taken care of, and with the honorable mentioned above.

Beware of two groups fighting over this world, for they will drag you into Hell

Narrated Hudhaifa bin Al-Yaman:The people used to ask Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about the good but I used to ask him about the evil lest I should be overtaken by them. So I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We were living in ignorance and in an (extremely) worst atmosphere, then Allah brought to us this good (i.e., Islam); will there be any evil after this good?" He said, "Yes." I said, 'Will there be any good after that evil?" He replied, "Yes, but it will be tainted (not pure.)'' I asked, "What will be its taint?" He replied, "(There will be) some people who will guide others not according to my tradition? You will approve of some of their deeds and disapprove of some others." I asked, "Will there be any evil after that good?" He replied, "Yes, (there will be) some people calling at the gates of the (Hell) Fire, and whoever will respond to their call, will be thrown by them into the (Hell) Fire." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Will you describe them to us?" He said, "They will be from our own people and will speak our language." I said, "What do you order me to do if such a state should take place in my life?" He said, "Stick to the group of Muslims and their Imam (ruler)." I said, "If there is neither a group of Muslims nor an Imam (ruler)?" He said, "Then turn away from all those sects even if you were to bite (eat) the roots of a tree till death overtakes you while you are in that state

Al-Walid told us, he said: Al-Awza’i said, and Ibn Attiya told us, on the authority of Hudhayfah bin Al-Yaman, on the authority of the Prophet, ﷺ, similar to that.

You must adhere to the group and the imam of the group, so flee from all of these groups, even if death overtakes you while you are biting a tree trunk

If you find a successor for Allah on earth that day, adhere to him, even if he strikes your back and takes your money. Otherwise, flee on earth until death comes to you while you are biting on the root of a tree.

My friend and your cousin advised me that there will be strife, division, and disagreement, so if that happens, break your sword, stay in your house, and take a wooden sword.

I witnessed the skulls, but I was not stabbed with a spear or struck with a sword. I wished that they had been cut off from here, meaning his hands, but I had not witnessed them.

Do not give them power over us until they tempt us and tempt us

Praise be to Allah who saved me from this temptation. By Allah, I was not shot with an arrow in it, nor stabbed with a spear, nor hit with a sword. By Allah, no Muslim rises to this position without seeing that it is right for him, and he is killed or killed.

Ibn al-Mubarak told us, on the authority of Hammad ibn Salamah, on the authority of Ali ibn Zaid, on the authority of al-Hasan, on the authority of Jundub ibn Abdullah al-Bajli, (may Allah be pleased with him), “A man from the Levant carried a burden on a man of Ali’s companions on the day of Siffin, and he went down to him to slaughter him. He said: So I tightened my spear towards him to abort it from him, so I aborted it from him, and I do not remember it except that I grabbed it by the throat.”

Do not be deceived by what you see, for these people are about to renounce their religion just as a woman renounces her love, so if they do that, then you should do what you are today.

I see you standing, Abu Dharr. How will you be, Abu Dharr, if they expel you from Medina? What if they take you out of it? If they take you out of it? No, but listen and obey, even if it is a black slave

Damrah told us, on the authority of Ibn Shawdhab, on the authority of Abu al-Tayyah, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abu al-Awwam, on the authority of Ka’b, who said: “The Arab mill will turn twenty-five after the death of its Prophet, ﷺ, and then there will be a strife in which there will be killing and fighting, so I will hold your hand and your weapon against you. Then there will be another after reassurance, in which I will hold your hand and your weapon against you, for I find it in the Book of Allah: Darkness twists with all that is arrogant.”

Abu Omar Al-Saffar told us, on the authority of Abu Al-Tayyah, on the authority of Abu Al-Awwam, on the authority of Ka’b, who said: “The millstone of the Arabs will turn after the death of its Prophet after twenty-five years, and then a strife will break out in which there will be killing and fighting, so hold yourself and your weapon against you, until you are saved, neither for you nor for you. Escape, and if you find nothing but a scorpion’s hole to enter, then enter it.”