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until a Jew hides behind the stone or the tree, and the stone and the tree will say, “O Muslim, there is a Jew behind me—come and kill him,” except for the gharqad (1); for it is one of the Jews’ trees.” Agreed upon.

1830 – Abū Hurayrah—may Allah be pleased with him—reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “By Him in Whose hand is my soul, this world will not end until a man passes by a grave, rolls upon it, and says, ‘Would that I were in the place of the occupant of this grave,’ and he will not be driven by faith, but only by affliction.” (2) Agreed upon. (3)

1831 – Abū Hurayrah—may Allah be pleased with him—also said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared: “The Hour will not come until the Euphrates recedes (4) uncovering a mountain of gold over which people will fight; out of every one hundred, ninety-nine will be killed, and every one of them will say, ‘Perhaps I will be the one who survives.’”

In another wording: “Soon the Euphrates will recede, revealing a treasure of gold; whoever is present there must not take anything from it.” Agreed upon.

1832 – He further said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “They will leave Medina in the best condition it has ever known; no one will inhabit it except wild creatures—meaning the beasts of prey and the birds. The last to be gathered will be two shepherds from Muzayna heading toward Medina, driving (5) their sheep; they will find it desolate, and when they reach Thaniyyat al-Wadāʿ they will fall on their faces.” Agreed upon.

1833 – Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī—may Allah be pleased with him—reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “There will be

(1) Spelled with ghayn and qaf; it refers to a species of thorny tree well known in Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem). (2) That is, what prompts him to make the wish is not religious commitment but the severity of calamities and the abundance of trials and temptations. (3) We have adjusted several words of this hadith to match one manuscript and the wording in Sahih Muslim, 4/2231. The ascription of the hadith to al-Bukhari found in the base text is, in our view, an error—Allah knows best. (4) Pronounced with a fat-ha on the ba and a kasra on the sin; it signifies that the Euphrates is exposed, meaning its water has receded. We are now witnessing part of this recession because of dams and reservoirs. (5) With a kasra on the ayn, the phrase bi-ghunmihima means “they cry out after it.” The term thaniyya, with a fat-ha on the tha, a kasra on the nun, and a doubled ya, denotes a mountain pass.

فَيَقُولُ الْحَجَرُ وَالشَّجَرُ : يَا مُسْلِمُ هَذَا يَهُودِيٌّ خَلْفِي تَعَالَ فَاقْتُلْهُ ؛ إِلَّا الْغَرْقَدَ(١) فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ شَجَرِ الْيَهُودِ » متفق عليه . ١٨٣٠ - وَعَنْهُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ : « وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَا تَذْهَبُ الدُّنْيَا حَتَّى يَمُرَّ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ ، فَيَتَمَرَّغُ عَلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ : يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ مَكَانَ صَاحِبِ هَذَا الْقَبْرِ ، وَلَيْسَ بِهِ الدِّينُ ، إِلَّا الْبَلَاءُ » (٢) . متفق عليه (٣) . ١٨٣١ - وَعَنْهُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ : « لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَحْسِرَ (٤) الْفُرَاتُ عَنْ جَبَلٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ يُقْتَتَلُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَيُقْتَلُ مِنْ كُلِّ مِائَةٍ تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ ، فَيَقُولُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ : لَعَلِّي أَنْ أَكُونَ أَنَا أَنْجُو » . وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ : « يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَحْسِرَ الْفُرَاتُ عَنْ كَنْزٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ ، فَمَنْ حَضَرَهُ فَلَا يَأْخُذْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا » متفق عليه . ١٨٣٢ - وَعَنْهُ قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ : « يَتْرُكُونَ الْمَدِينَةَ عَلَى خَيْرِ مَا كَانَتْ ، لَا يَغْشَاهَا إِلَّا الْعَوَافِي يُرِيدُ - عَوَافِي السِّبَاعِ وَالطَّيْرِ - وَآخِرُ مَنْ يُحْشَرُ رَاعِيَانِ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ يُرِيدَانِ الْمَدِينَةَ يَنْعِقَانِ (٥) بِغَنَمِهِمَا فَيَجِدَانِهَا وُحُوشًا ، حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَا ثَنِيَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ خَرَّا عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمَا » متفق عليه . ١٨٣٣ - وعن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه ، أن النبي ﷺ قال : « يَكُونُ

(١) بالغين والقاف : نوع من شجر الشوك معروف ببيت المقدس . (٢) أي : الحامل له على التمني ليس الدين ، بل البلاء وكثرة المحن والفتن . (٣) قمنا بتصويب بعض ألفاظ هذا الحديث لتطابق إحدى المخطوطات ، وصحيح مسلم ٤/٢٢٣١ . وعزو الحديث للبخاري بلفظ الأصل فقيه وهم والله أعلم . (٤) بفتح الباء وكسر السين ، أي : ينكشف الفرات ، وذلك ذهاب مائه ، وشهدنا - الآن - انحسار بعضه في أعمال السدود والبحيرات . (٥) بكسر العين (بغنمهما) أي : يصيحان بها . و(الثنية) بفتح الثاء وكسر النون وتشديد الياء : الطريق في الجبل .