Sunan Abi Dawud · Book 37

كِتَاب الْفِتَنِ وَالْمَلَاحِمِ

Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim)

37 hadith · 7 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

1باب ذِكْرِ الْفِتَنِ وَدَلاَئِلِهَاChapter: Mention Of Tribulations And Their Signs.2باب فِي النَّهْىِ عَنِ السَّعْىِ، فِي الْفِتْنَةِChapter: The Prohibition Of Participating In The Tribulation.3باب فِي كَفِّ اللِّسَانِChapter: Regarding Restraining The Tongue.4باب مَا يُرَخَّصُ فِيهِ مِنَ الْبَدَاوَةِ فِي الْفِتْنَةِChapter: The Concession Allowing Living As A Bedouin During The Tribulation.5باب فِي النَّهْىِ عَنِ الْقِتَالِ، فِي الْفِتْنَةِChapter: The Prohibition From Fighting During The Tribulation.6باب فِي تَعْظِيمِ قَتْلِ الْمُؤْمِنِChapter: Regarding The Gravity Of Killing A Believer.7باب مَا يُرْجَى فِي الْقَتْلِChapter: Hope Of Forgiveness For Murder.

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First narrations

Abu Dawud · 4240قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَائِمًا فَمَا تَرَكَ شَيْئًا يَكُونُ فِي مَقَامِهِ ذَلِكَ إِلَى قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ إِلَّا حَدَّثَهُ حَفِظَهُ مَنْ حَفِظَهُ وَنَسِيَهُ مَنْ نَسِيَهُ قَدْ عَلNarrated Hudhaifa: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us (to give us an address) and he left out nothing that would happen up to the last hour without telling of it. Some remembered it and some forgot, and these Compan5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4241يَكُونُ فِي هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَرْبَعُ فِتَنٍ فِي آخِرِهَا الْفَنَاءُNarrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The Prophet ﷺ said: four (majestic) trials (fitnahs) will take place among this community, and in their end there will be destruction.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4242كُنَّا قُعُودًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَذَكَرَ الْفِتَنَ فَأَكْثَرَ فِي ذِكْرِهَا حَتَّى ذَكَرَ فِتْنَةَ الْأَحْلَاسِ ، فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا فِتْنَةُ الْأَحْلَاسِ ؟ قَالَ : هِيَ هَرَبٌ وَحَرْبٌ ، Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: When we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he talked about periods of trial (fitnahs), mentioning many of them. When he mentioned the one when people should stay in their houses, some6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4243وَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي أَنَسِيَ أَصْحَابِي أَمْ تَنَاسَوْا وَاللَّهِ مَا تَرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ قَائِدِ فِتْنَةٍ إِلَى أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ الدُّنْيَا يَبْلُغُ مَنْ مَعَهُ ثَلَاثَ مِائَةٍNarrated Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman: I swear by Allah, I do not know whether my companions have forgotten or have pretended to forgot. I swear by Allah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not omit a leader of a wrong belief (f7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4244حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ سُبَيْعِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ ، قَالَ : أَتَيْتُ الْكُوفَةَ فِي زَمَنِ فُتِحَتْ تُسْتَرُ أَجْلُبُ مِنْهَا بِغَالًا ، Narrated Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman: Subay' ibn Khalid said: I came to Kufah at the time when Tustar was conquered. I took some mules from it. When I entered the mosque (of Kufah), I found there some people of moderate statu6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4245حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْيَشْكُرِيِّ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ، قَالَThe traditions mentioned above has also been transmitted by Khalid bin Khalid al-Yashkuri through different chain of narrators. This version has: I (Hudhaifah) asked: Will any be spared after the use of the sword ? He re6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4246حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُغِيرَةِ ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ ، عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ ، قَالَ : أَتَيْنَا الْيَشْكُرِيَّ فِي رَهْطٍ مNarrated Hudhayfah: The tradition mentioned above (No. 4232) has also been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Nasr ibn Asim al-Laythi who said: We came to al-Yashkuri with a group of the people of Banu4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4247حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ ، عَنْ صَخْرِ بْنِ بَدْرِ الْعِجْلِيِّ ، عَنْ سُبَيْعِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Hudhaifah through a different chain of narrators from the Prophet ﷺ. This version says: He said: If you do not find a caliph in those days, then flee away until 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4248مَنْ بَايَعَ إِمَامًا فَأَعْطَاهُ صَفْقَةَ يَدِهِ وَثَمَرَةَ قَلْبِهِ فَلْيُطِعْهُ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ ، فَإِنْ جَاءَ آخَرُ يُنَازِعُهُ فَاضْرِبُوا رَقَبَةَ الْآخَرِ ، قُلْتُ : أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّNarrated Abdullah bin Amr: The Prophet ﷺ as saying: If a man takes an oath of allegiance to a leader, and puts his hand on his hand and does it with the sincerity of his heart, he should obey him as much as possible. If 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4249وَيْلٌ لِلْعَرَبِ مِنْ شَرٍّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ كَفَّ يَدَهُNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ as saying: Woe to Arabs because of evil which has drawn near! He will escape who restrains his hand.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4250يُوشِكُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ أَنْ يُحَاصَرُوا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ أَبْعَدَ مَسَالِحِهِمْ سَلَاحِAbu Dawud said: Ibn Umar reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The Muslims will soon be besieged up to Madina, so that their most distant frontier outpost will be Salah.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4251حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ عنبسة ، عَنْ يُونُسَ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، قَالَ : وَسَلَاحِ قَرِيبٌ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ . Al-Zuhri said: Salah is near Khaibar.4 narrators