Hadith on Fitnah: Moral degeneracy to precede the Hour

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, the Hour will not be established until obscenity and miserliness prevail, the trustworthy are discredited, the treacherous are trusted, the mountain goats are destroyed, and the underlings ascend.” They said, “O Messenger of Allah, who are the mountain goats and the underlings?” The Prophet said, “The mountain goats are the distinguished people and the most noble of them. The underlings are beneath people’s feet and unknown to them.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 6844

Grade: Sahih li ghayrihi (authentic due to external evidence) according to Al-Albani

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَظْهَرَ الْفُحْشُ وَالْبُخْلُ وَيُخَوَّنَ الأَمِينُ وَيُؤْتَمَنَ الْخَائِنُ وَتَهْلِكَ الْوُعُولُ وَتَظْهَرَ التُّحُوتُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا الْوُعُولُ وَالتُّحُوتُ قَالَ الْوُعُولُ وجُوهُ النَّاسِ وَأَشْرَافُهُمْ وَالتُّحُوتُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا تَحْتَ أَقْدَامِ النَّاسِ لَا يُعْلَمُ بِهِمْ

6844 صحيح ابن حبان باب إخباره صلى الله عليه وسلم عما يكون في أمته من الفتن والحوادث

3211 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث صحيح بمجموع طرقه في السلسلة الصحيحة

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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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