Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There will be a trial that makes people deaf, dumb, and blind. Whoever approaches it will be pulled into it. Unleashing the tongue during it is like striking with the sword.”
Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4264
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Suyuti
Imam al-Qari commented, “The meaning is that during such a trial, they do not distinguish between truth and falsehood, nor do they listen to sincere advice, nor to one enjoining right and forbidding wrong. Rather, whoever speaks the truth during it will be harmed and will fall into trials and tribulations… Unleashing the tongue during it is like the striking with the sword—that is, its effect is even more severe in causing harm.”
Source: Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ 8/3398
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ سَتَكُونُ فِتْنَةٌ صَمَّاءُ بَكْمَاءُ عَمْيَاءُ مَنْ أَشْرَفَ لَهَا اسْتَشْرَفَتْ لَهُ وَإِشْرَافُ اللِّسَانِ فِيهَا كَوُقُوعِ السَّيْفِ
4264 سنن أبي داود كتاب الفتن والملاحم باب في كف اللسان
4662 المحدث السيوطي خلاصة حكم المحدث صحيح في الجامع الصغير
قال الملا على القاري وَالْمَعْنَى لَا يُمَيِّزُونَ فِيهَا بَيْنَ الْحَقِّ وَالْبَاطِلِ وَلَا يَسْمَعُونَ النَّصِيحَةَ وَالْأَمْرَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ بَلْ مَنْ تَكَلَّمَ فِيهَا بِحَقٍّ أُوذِيَ وَوَقَعَ فِي الْفِتَنِ وَالْمِحَنِ … وَإِشْرَافُ اللِّسَانِ فِيهَا كَوُقُوعِ السَّيْفِ أَيْ فِي تَأْثِيرِهِ أَبْلَغُ
8/3398 مرقاة المفاتيح شرح مشكاة المصابيح كتاب الفتن
