4260 - Abu al-Walid al-Tayalisi narrated to us, Abu 'Awanah narrated to us, from Raqabah ibn Masqalah, from 'Awn ibn Abi Juhaifah, from 'Abd al-Rahman — meaning Ibn Samurah — who said: I was holding the hand of Ibn 'Umar on one of the roads of Madinah when he came upon a head that had been set up, and he said:--------------------------------------------
= Also narrated by Ibn Majah (3961) via the chain of 'Abd al-Warith ibn Sa'id, with this same chain of transmission.
It is found in "Musnad Ahmad" (19730), and "Sahih Ibn Hibban" (5962).
It was also narrated in abbreviated form by Ibn Abi Shaybah 11/19 via al-Hasan al-Basri, from Abu Musa, raising it to the Prophet: "There will be in the end of time trials like pieces of the dark night; a man will wake up a believer and become a disbeliever by evening, and will be a believer by evening and become a disbeliever by morning." But al-Hasan did not hear from Abu Musa.
It will come later via another chain at number (4262).
The beginning of it is corroborated by the hadith of Abu Hurayrah in Muslim (118) and al-Tirmidhi (2341) with the wording: "Hasten to good deeds before trials like pieces of the dark night; a man will wake up a believer in them and become a disbeliever by evening, or be a believer by evening and become a disbeliever by morning, selling his religion for a portion of the world." It is also in "Musnad Ahmad" (8030).
The preference of the one who sits during these trials over the one who stands, and the one who walks over the one who runs, is corroborated by the hadith of Abu Bakrah and the hadith of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, which preceded at numbers (4256) and (4257).
And the hadith of Abu Hurayrah is in al-Bukhari (3601) and Muslim (2886).
The breaking of weapons during trials and staying in one's house is corroborated by the hadiths of Abu Bakrah and Sa'd mentioned previously as well.
And the hadith of Abu Dharr coming later at number (4261).
And the hadith of Muhammad ibn Maslamah in Ahmad (17979) and others; see the complete list of its supporting narrations there.
See regarding the disagreement of scholars on fighting during trials, "Sharh Muslim" by Imam al-Nawawi 18/8, at hadith (2886).
His saying: "like pieces of the dark night" — pieces of the night: a portion of it, and a piece; the plural of piece is pieces. He meant: a dark, black trial, magnifying its gravity.
(1) His saying: "meaning Ibn Samurah" — we have established it from (H), and he indicated that it is in the narration of al-Ramli.