al-Asbahānī said: Ismāīl ibn Amr narrated to us, saying: Qays informed us, from Husayn ibn Abd al-Rahmān, from Shaqīq ibn Salama, from Hudhayfa; and from Mujālid, from Āmir, from Masrūq, from Hudhayfa, who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: “Tribulations will follow one another closely. None will be saved from them except one who abhors them and does not take the money. If he takes the money, he is their partner in the bloodshed and other matters.”

Muhammad ibn al-Husayn said: I have discussed this subject in Kitāb al-Fitan (The Book of Tribulations), citing many hadiths. I have mentioned some of them here so that the discerning believer may carefully safeguard his religion. Tribulations take many forms, and indeed