Hadith on Calamity: Hasten to good deeds before disaster strikes

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Hurry to perform good deeds before seven events: Are you waiting for poverty that makes you forgetful or wealth that burdens you? A debilitating disease or senility? A sudden death or the False Messiah? Are you waiting for evil in the Unseen or the Hour itself? The Hour will be most bitter and terrible!”

Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2306

Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Tirmidhi

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ بَادِرُوا بِالْأَعْمَالِ سَبْعًا هَلْ تَنْتَظِرُونَ إِلَّا فَقْرًا مُنْسِيًا أَوْ غِنًى مُطْغِيًا أَوْ مَرَضًا مُفْسِدًا أَوْ هَرَمًا مُفَنِّدًا أَوْ مَوْتًا مُجْهِزًا أَوْ الدَّجَّالَ فَشَرُّ غَائِبٍ يُنْتَظَرُ أَوْ السَّاعَةَ فَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَى وَأَمَرُّ

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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