Tribulations

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said: “It was said: ‘OMessengerof Allah, when should we stop enjoining what is good andforbiddingwhat is evil?’ He said: ‘When there appears among youthat whichappeared among those who came before you.’ We said: ‘OMessenger ofAllah, what appeared among those that came before us?’He said:‘Kingship given to your youth, immorality even among theold, andknowledge among the base and vile.’”

It was narrated from Hudhaifah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “The believer should not humiliate himself.” They said:“Howcould he humiliate himself?” He said: “By taking on atrial that hecannot deal with.”

Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)say:‘Allah will question His slave on the Day of Resurrection,until Hesays: “What kept you from denouncing evil when you sawit?” When Allahgrants His slave a response, he will say: “OLord, I hoped for Yourmercy but I feared the people.”

It was narrated from Abu Musa that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Allah gives respite to the wrongdoer, then when He seizes him, Hedoes not let him go.” Then he recited: “Such is the Seizure ofyourLord when He seizes the (population of) towns while they aredoingwrong.”[11:102]

It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said: “The MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) turned to us and said: ‘O Muhajirun, there are fivethingswith which you will be tested, and I seek refuge with Allahlest youlive to see them: Immorality never appears among a people tosuch anextent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseasesthat werenever known among the predecessors will spread among them.They do notcheat in weights and measures but they will be strickenwith famine,severe calamity and the oppression of their rulers. Theydo notwithhold the Zakah of their wealth, but rain will be withheldfrom thesky, and were it not for the animals, no rain would fall onthem. Theydo not break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger,but Allahwill enable their enemies to overpower them and take someof what isin their hands. Unless their leaders rule according to theBook ofAllah and seek all good from that which Allah has revealed,Allah willcause them to fight one another.’”

It was narrated from Abu Malik Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: “People among my nation will drink wine, calling it byanother name, and musical instruments will be played for them andsinging girls (will sing for them). Allah will cause the earth toswallow them up, and will turn them into monkeys and pigs.”

It was narrated from Bara’ bin ‘Azib that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: “Allah will curse them and those who curse will cursethem.” He said: “The inhabitants of the earth.”

It was narrated from Thawban that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Nothing increases one’s life span except righteousness andnothingrepels the Divine decree except supplication, and a man maybedeprived of provision by a sin that he commits.’”

It was narrated from Mus’ab bin Sa’d that his father, Sa’d binAbuWaqqas, said: “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which peopleare mostseverely tested?’ He said: ‘The Prophets, then the nextbest and thenext best. A person is tested according to his religiouscommitment.If he is steadfast in his religious commitment, he willbe tested moreseverely, and if he is frail in his religiouscommitment, his testwill be according to his commitment. Trials willcontinue to afflict aperson until they leave him walking on theearth with no sin on him.’”

Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri said: “I entered upon the Prophet (ﷺ) whenhewas suffering from a fever, I placed my hand on him and felt heatwithmy hand from above the blanket. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah,howhard it is for you!’ He said: ‘We (Prophets) are like that.The trialis multiplied for us and so is the reward.’ I said: ‘OMessenger ofAllah, which people are most severely tested?’ Hesaid: ‘TheProphets.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, then who?’He said: ‘Thenthe righteous, some of whom were tested with povertyuntil they couldnot find anything except a cloak to put aroundthemselves. One of themwill rejoice at calamity as one of you wouldrejoice at ease.’”

It was narrated that ‘Abdullah said: “It is as if I can see theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ), telling us the story of one of theProphets:‘His people beat him, and he was wiping the blood fromhis face andsaying: “O Lord forgive my people, for they do notknow.’”

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “We are more likely to express doubt than Ibrahim when hesaid:“My Lord! Show me how You give life to the dead.’ He(Allah) said: ‘Doyou not believe?’ He (Ibrahim) said: ‘Yes (Ibelieve), but to bestronger in Faith.’[2:260] And may Allah havemercy on Lut. He wishedto have a powerful support. And if i were tostay in prison as long asYusuf stayed, I would have accepted theoffer.’”

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said: On the Day of Uhud, a molarof the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was broken and he was wounded. Bloodstarted pouring down his face, and he started to wipe his face andsay: “How can any people prosper if they soak the face of theirProphet with blood when he is calling them to Allah?” Then Allahrevealed: “Not for you is the decision.”[3:128]

It was narrated that Anas said: “One day, Jibril (as) came to theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he was sitting in a sorrowful statewithhis face soaked with blood, because some of the people of Makkahhadstruck him. He said: ‘What is the matter with you?’ He said:‘Thesepeople did such and such to me.’ He said: ‘Would youlike me to showyou a sign?’ He said: ‘Yes, show me.’ He lookedat a tree on the farside of the valley and said: ‘Call that tree.’So he called it, and itcame walking until it stood before him. Hesaid: ‘Tell it to go back.’So he told it, and it went back toits place. Then the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) said: ‘That issufficient for me.’”

It was narrated from Hudhaifah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “Count for me all those who have uttered (the word of)Islam.”We said: “O Messenger of Allah, do you fear for us whenwe numberbetween six and seven hundred?” The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said:“You do not know, perhaps you will be tested.”

It was narrated from Ubayy bin Ka’b that on the night when he (ﷺ)was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’), the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)noticed a good fragrance and said: “O Jibril, what is thisgoodfragrance?” He said: “This is the fragrance of the grave ofthehairdresser and her two sons and her husband.” He said: “Thatbeganwhen Khadir, who was one of the nobles of the Children ofIsrael, usedto pass by a monk in his cell. The monk used to meet himand he taughthim Islam. When Khadir reached adolescence, his fathermarried him toa woman. He taught her and made her promise not toteach it to anyone.He used not to touch women, so he divorced her,then his fathermarried him to another woman, and he taught her andmade her promisenot to teach it to anyone. One of them kept thesecret but the otherdisclosed it, so he fled until he came to anisland in the sea. Twomen came, gathering firewood, and saw him. Oneof them kept the secretbut the other disclosed it and said: ‘Ihave seen Khadir.’ It wassaid: ‘Who else saw him besides you?’He said: ‘So-and-so.’ (The otherman) was questioned but he keptsilent. According to their religion,the liar was to be killed. Thewoman who had kept the secret gotmarried, and while she was combingthe hair of Pharoah’s daughter, shedropped the comb and said: ‘MayPharoah perish!’ (The daughter) toldher father about that. Thewoman had two sons and a husband. (Pharoah)sent for them, and triedto make the woman and her husband give uptheir religion, but theyrefused. He said: ‘I am going to kill you.’They said: ‘Itwould be an act of kindness on your part, if you killus, to put usin one grave.’ So he did that.” When the Prophet (ﷺ)was takenon the Night Journey (Isra’), he noticed a good fragranceand askedJibril about it and he told him.”

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “The greatest reward comes with the greatest trial. WhenAllahloves a people He tests them. Whoever accepts that wins Hispleasurebut whoever is discontent with that earns His wrath.”

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “The believer who mixes with people and bears their annoyancewith patience will have a greater reward than the believer who doesnot mix with people and does not put up with their annoyance.”

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “There are three things, whoever has them has found the tasteoffaith (One of the narrators) Bundar said: ‘The sweetness offaith;When he loves a man and only loves him for the sake of Allah.WhenAllah and His Messenger are more beloved to him than anythingelse;and when being thrown into the fire is dearer to him than goingbackto disbelief after Allah has saved him from it.”

It was narrated from Abu Darda’ that my close friend (ﷺ) advisedme: “Do not associate anything with Allah, even if you are cut andburned. Do not neglect any prescribd prayer deliberately, for whoeverneglects it deliberately no longer has the protection of Allah. Anddonot drink wine, for it is the key to all evil.”

Mu’awiyah said: “I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: ‘There isnothingleft of this world except trials and tribulations.’”

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “There will come to the people years of treachery, when theliarwill be regarded as honest, and the honest man will be regardedas aliar; the traitor will be regarded as faithful, and the faithfulmanwill be regarded as a traitor; and the Ruwaibidah will decidematters.’ It was said: ‘Who are the Ruwaibidah?’ He said: ‘Vileandbase men who control the affairs of the people.’”

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, this world will notpassaway until a man will pass by a grave, and will roll on it andsay:‘Would that I were in the place of the occupant of thisgrave!’ Andthe reason for that will not be any religious motive,rather it willbe because of calamity.”

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “You will be picked over just as (good) dates are selected(separated) from its bad ones. So the best of you will be taken andthe worst of you will be left, so die if you can.”

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “Adhering to religion will only become harder and worldlyaffairs will only become more difficult, and people will only becomemore stingy, and the Hour will only come upon the worst of people,andthe only Mahdi (after Muhammad (ﷺ)) is ‘Eisa bin Maryam.”

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “I and the Hour have been sent like these two,” and he helduphis two fingers together.

It was narrated that Hudhaifah bin Asid said: "The Prophet (ﷺ)looked out at us from a room, when we were talking about the Hour. Hesaid: 'The Hour will not begin until there are ten signs: Dajjal,(False Christ), the smoke, and the rising of the sun from the west.'"

‘Awf bin Malik Al-Ashja’i said: “I came to the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) during the campaign of Tabuk, when he was in a tent madeofleather, so I sat in front of the tent. The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said: ‘Enter, O ‘Awf.’ I said, ‘All of me, O Messengerof Allah?’ Hesaid: ‘All of you.’ Then he said: ‘O ‘Awf,remember six things (thatwill occur) before the Hour comes, one ofwhich is my death.’ I wasvery shocked and saddened at that. Hesaid: ‘Count that as the first.Then (will come) the conquest ofBaitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem); then adisease which will appear among youand cause you and your offspringto die as martyrs and will purifyyour deeds; then there will be(much) wealth among you, so that if aman were to be given one hundredDinar he would still bedissatisfied; and there will be tribulationamong you that will notleave any Muslim house untouched;* then therewill be a treatybetween you and the Romans, then they will betray youand marchagainst you with eighty banners, under each of which will betwelvethousand (troops).’”

It was narrated from Hudhaifah bin Yaman that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: “The Hour will not begin until you kill your ruler andfight one another with swords, and your world is inherited by theworst of you.”

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)came out one day to the people, and a man came to him and said:‘OMessenger of Allah, when will the Hour be?’ He said: ‘Theone who isasked about it does not know more than the one who isasking. But Iwill tell you of its portents. When the slave womangives birth to hermistress, that is one of its portents. When thebarefoot and nakedbecome leaders of the people, that is one of itsportents. Whenshepherds compete in constructing buildings, that isone of itsportents. (The Hour) is one of five (things) which no oneknows exceptAllah.’ Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited thewords: “Verily,Allah, with Him (alone) is the knowledge of theHour, He sends downthe rain, and knows that which is in the wombs.(to the end of theVerse).”[31:34]