Chapter 37: Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim)

Narrated Hudhayfah: The tradition mentioned above (No. 4232) has also been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Nasr ibn Asim al-Laythi who said: We came to al-Yashkuri with a group of the people of Banu Layth. He asked: Who are these people? We replied: Banu Layth. We have come to you to ask you about the tradition of Hudhayfah. He then mentioned the tradition and said: I asked: Messenger of Allah, will there be evil after this good?He replied: There will be trial (fitnah) and evil. I asked: Messenger of Allah, will there be good after this evil? He replied: Learn the Book of Allah, Hudhayfah, and adhere to its contents. He said it three times. I asked: Messenger of Allah, will there be good after this evil? He replied: An illusory truce and a community with specks in its eye. I asked: Messenger of Allah, what do you mean by an illusory community?He replied: The hearts of the people will not return to their former condition. I asked: Messenger of Allah, will there be evil after this good? He replied: There will be wrong belief which will blind and deafen men to the truth in which there will be summoners at the gates of Hell. If you, Hudhayfah, die adhering to a stump, it will be better for you than following any of them.
Sunan Abi Dawud 4246
Chapters
1 Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah) 2 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat) 3 The Book Of The Prayer For Rain (Kitab al-Istisqa') 4 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Rules of Law about the Prayer during Journey 5 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers 6 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Ramadan 7 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Prostration while reciting the Qur'an 8 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr 9 Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat) 10 The Book of Lost and Found Items 11 The Rites of Hajj (Kitab Al-Manasik Wa'l-Hajj) 12 Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah) 13 Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq) 14 Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam) 15 Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad) 16 Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya) 17 Game (Kitab Al-Said) 18 Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya) 19 Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) 20 Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai' Wal-Imarah) 21 Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz) 22 Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur) 23 Commercial Transactions (Kitab Al-Buyu) 24 Wages (Kitab Al-Ijarah) 25 The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah) 26 Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm) 27 Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah) 28 Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah) 29 Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) 30 Divination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur) 31 The Book of Manumission of Slaves 32 Dialects and Readings of the Qur'an (Kitab Al-Huruf Wa Al-Qira'at) 33 Hot Baths (Kitab Al-Hammam) 34 Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas) 35 Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul) 36 Signet-Rings (Kitab Al-Khatam) 37 Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim) 38 The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) 39 Battles (Kitab Al-Malahim) 40 Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud) 41 Types of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat) 42 Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah) 43 General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)