Chain of narration · Isnād
Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.
Narrated by 'Amr bin Zararah bin Waqidfromal-Qasim bin Malik al-Mznyfromal-J'ad bin 'Abdur Rahmanfromal-Sa'ib bin Yazid bin Akht Namr
Hadith text · Matn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، رضى الله عنه عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَأْخُذَ أُمَّتِي بِأَخْذِ الْقُرُونِ قَبْلَهَا، شِبْرًا بِشِبْرٍ وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ ". فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَفَارِسَ وَالرُّومِ. فَقَالَ " وَمَنِ النَّاسُ إِلاَّ أُولَئِكَ ".
English translation
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The Hour will not be established till my followers copy the deeds of the previous nations and follow them very closely, span by span, and cubit by cubit (i.e., inch by inch)." It was said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ! Do you mean by those (nations) the Persians and the Byzantines?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Who can it be other than they?"
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 96, Hadith 49
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Vol. 9, Book 92, Hadith 421 (deprecated numbering scheme)