957 — “A time will come upon people when one who remains steadfast in his religion among them will be like one grasping a burning ember.”

Al-Tirmidhī (2/42) and Ibn Baṭṭah in al-Ibānah (1/173/2) narrated it from ʿUmar ibn Shākir, from Anas, attributed to the Prophet. Al-Tirmidhī said: “It is a singular hadith through this route. ʿUmar ibn Shākir is a shaykh from Basra, and more than one scholar narrated from him.”

I say: He is weak, as stated in al-Taqrīb. However, the hadith is authentic, for it has many corroborating reports:

The first is from Abū Thaʿlabah al-Khushanī, in one of his hadiths, with the wording: “For ahead of you are days of patience, in which patience will be like grasping a burning ember...” The hadith. It was narrated by a group, including al-Tirmidhī (2/177), who said: