Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 88: Afflictions and the End of the World Volume 9, Book 88, Number 201: Narrated Jarir: The Prophet said to me during Hajjat-al-Wada, Let the people keep quiet and listen. Then he said (addressing the people), Beware! Do not renegade as disbelievers after me by striking (cutting) the necks of one another. Volume 9, Book 88, Number 202: Narrated Abu Huraira: Allahs Apostle said, There will be afflictions (in the near future) during which a sitting person will be better than a standing one, and the standing one will be better than the walking one, and the walking one will be better than the running one, and whoever will expose himself to these afflictions, they will destroy him. So whoever can find a place of protection or refuge from them, should take shelter in it. Volume 9, Book 88, Number 203: Narrated Abu Huraira: Allahs Apostle said, There will be afflictions (in the near future) during which a sitting person will be better than a standing one, and the standing one will be better than a walking one, and the walking one will be better than a running one, and whoever will expose himself to these afflictions, they will destroy him. So whoever can find a place of protection or refuge from them, should take shelter in it. Volume 9, Book 88, Number 204: Narrated Al-Hasan: (Al-Ahnaf said:) I went out carrying my arms during the nights of the affliction (i.e. the war between Ali and Aisha) and Abu Bakra met me and asked, Where are you going? I replied, I intend to help the cousin of Allahs Apostle (i.e.,Ali). Abu Bakra said, Allahs Apostle said, If two Muslims take out their swords to fight each other, then both of them will be from amongst the people of the Hell-Fire. It was said to the Prophet, It is alright for the killer but what about the killed one? He replied, The killed one had the intention to kill his opponent. (See Hadith No. 30, Vol. 1) Volume 9, Book 88, Number 205: Narrated Al-Ahnaf: Abu Bakra said: The Prophet said (as above, 204). Volume 9, Book 88, Number 206: Narrated Hudhaifa bin Al-Yaman: The people used to ask Allahs Apostle about the good but I used to ask him about the evil lest I should be overtaken by them. So I said, O Allahs Apostle! 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. Volume 9, Book 88, Number 207: Narrated Abu Al-Aswad: An army unit was being recruited from the people of Medina and my name was written among them. Then I met Ikrima, and when I informed him about it, he discouraged me very strongly and said, Ibn Abbas told me that there were some Muslims who were with the pagans to increase their number against Allahs Apostle (and the Muslim army) so arrows (from the Muslim army) would hit one of them and kill him or a Muslim would strike him (with his sword) and kill him. So Allah revealed:-- Verily! As for those whom the angels take (in death) while they are wronging themselves (by staying among the disbelievers). (4.97) Volume 9, Book 88, Number 208: Narrated Hudhaifa: Allahs Apostle related to us, two prophetic narrations one of which I have seen fulfilled and I am waiting for the fulfillment of the other. The Prophet told us that the virtue of honesty descended in the roots of mens hearts (from Allah) and then they learned it from the Quran and then they learned it from the Sunna (the Prophets traditions). The Prophet further told us how that honesty will be taken away: He said: Man will go to sleep during which honesty will be taken away from his heart and only its trace will remain in his heart like the trace of a dark spot; then man will go to sleep, during which honesty will decrease further still, so that its trace will resemble the trace of blister as when an ember is dropped on ones foot which would make it swell, and one would see it swollen but there would be nothing inside. People would be carrying out their trade but hardly will there be a trustworthy person. It will be said, in such-and-such tribe there is an honest man, and later it will be said about some man, What a wise, polite and strong man he is! Though he will not have faith equal even to a mustard seed in his heart. No doubt, there came upon me a time when I did not mind dealing (bargaining) with anyone of you, for if he was a Muslim his Islam would compel him to pay me what is due to me, and if he was a Christian, the Muslim official would compel him to pay me what is due to me, but today I do not deal except with such-and-such person. Volume 9, Book 88, Number 209: Narrated Salama bin Al-Akwa: That he visited Al-Hajjaj (bin Yusuf). Al-Hajjaj said, O son of Al-Akwa! You have turned on your heels (i.e., deserted Islam) by staying (in the desert) with the bedouins. Salama replied, No, but Allahs Apostle allowed me to stay with the bedouin in the desert. Narrated Yazid bin Abi Ubaid: When Uthman bin Affan was killed (martyred), Salama bin Al-Akwa went out to a place called Ar-Rabadha and married there and begot children, and he stayed there till a few nights before his death when he came to Medina. Volume 9, Book 88, Number 210: Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: Allahs Apostle said, There will come a time when the best property of a Muslim will be sheep which he will take to the tops of mountains and the places of rainfall so as to flee with his religion from the afflictions.
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