Abu Wa'il reported:
I was sitting with 'Abdullah and Abu Musa that they reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having said: Prior to the Last Hour, there would be a time when knowledge would be taken away, and ignorance would take its place and there would be bloodshed on a large scale.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، وَأَبِي، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَبِي مُوسَى فَقَالاَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّامًا يُرْفَعُ فِيهَا الْعِلْمُ وَيَنْزِلُ فِيهَا الْجَهْلُ وَيَكْثُرُ فِيهَا الْهَرْجُ وَالْهَرْجُ الْقَتْلُ
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Isnad
8 transmitters- 1Muhammad bin 'Abdullah bin NumayrHamadan,al-Kufa · d. 234 AH
- 2Waki' bin al-JarrahKufa · d. ~197 AH
- 3al-Jarrah bin Malih bin 'AdyKufa · d. 181 AH
- 4Sulaiman al-A'mashal-Kufa · d. 147 AH
- 5'Abdullah bin Sa'id al-Ashajal-Kufa · d. 257 AH
- 6Waki' bin al-JarrahKufa · d. ~197 AH
- 7Sulaiman al-A'mashal-Kufa · d. 147 AH
- 8Shaqayq bin Salmah al-Asadial-Kufa · d. ~ 100 AH
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 47, Hadith 14
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 34, Hadith 6454 (deprecated numbering scheme)