Chain of narration · Isnād
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Narrated by 'Ali bin al-MadinifromSufyan bin 'Uyaynah
Hadith text · Matn
بُعِثْتُ أَنَا وَالسَّاعَةَ كَهَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ أَوْ كَهَاتَيْنِ
. وَقَرَنَ بَيْنَ السَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى.
English translation
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d As-Sa`idi:
(a companion of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , holding out his middle and index fingers, said, "My advent and the Hour's are like this (or like these)," namely, the period between his era and the Hour is like the distance between those two fingers, i.e., very short.
Original Arabic chain wording
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ أَبُو حَازِمٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ، سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 68, Hadith 50
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Vol. 7, Book 63, Hadith 221 (deprecated numbering scheme)