4265 - Muhammad ibn 'Ubayd narrated to us, Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, Layth narrated to us, from Tawus, from a man called Ziyad, from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "There will indeed be a tribulation that will sweep away the Arabs, and its slain will be in the Fire. The tongue during it will be more severe than the strike of the sword."(1)

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= "Al-Isabah" 1/138, in the biography of Unays ibn Abi Mardath, that al-Baghawi in his "Mu'jam," and Baqi ibn Makhlad in his "Musnad," and Abu 'Ali ibn al-Sakan all narrated it in this manner — meaning the one found with Ibn Qani'. And it was also narrated according to the author's version by al-Tabarani in "Al-Awsat" (8717), and Abu Isma'il al-Ansari in "Ahadith Dhamm al-Kalam" (111), via the chain of 'Abdullah ibn Salih, scribe of al-Layth, from al-Layth ibn Sa'd, from Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari, from Khalid ibn Abi 'Imran, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Farrukh — and Abu Isma'il al-Ansari said: 'Abdullah ibn Farrukh — from Abu Hurayrah.

And it was narrated by Ibn Majah (3968) via the chain of Muhammad ibn al-Harith al-Harithi, from Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Baylamani, from his father, from Ibn 'Umar, raised to the Prophet, with the wording: "Beware of tribulations, for the tongue during them is like the strike of the sword." Al-Harithi is weak, Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Baylamani is abandoned, and his father is weak.

And it was narrated with the wording of Ibn Qani' and those with him by Nu'aym ibn Hammad in "Al-Fitan" (467), and by Ibn Hibban in his "Sahih" (6705), via the chain of 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Muhammad al-Darawardi, from Thawr ibn Zayd, from Abu al-Ghayth, from Abu Hurayrah, and its chain is strong.

His saying: "Whoever aspires to it will be consumed by it" was narrated by al-Bukhari (3601) and Muslim (2886) from the hadith of Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab and Abu Salamah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Hurayrah.

Regarding the mention of the blind and deaf tribulation, see the earlier hadith of Hudhayfah with the author under number (4246).

Regarding the mention of the preference of the one sitting over the one standing, and the one standing over the one walking during these tribulations, see the earlier hadiths under numbers (4256), (4257), and (4259).

(1) Its chain is weak due to the weakness of Layth — who is Ibn Abi Sulaym — and the obscurity of Ziyad — who is Ibn Simin Kush, and other names for his father have been mentioned, as we have clarified in "Musnad Ahmad" (6980).