“Qabisah narrated to us: ‘Ubayd ibn Tufayl narrated to us: Shaddad narrated to us.”

Moreover, al-Bukhari did not name this Shaddad’s father, whereas al-Thiqat gives it as “‘Umarah,” as does al-Haythami’s arrangement of it. Perhaps what appears in al-Mu‘jam al-Awsat is correct, since it agrees with what is found in al-Jarh. And Allah knows best.

In al-Jami‘ al-Kabir, al-Suyuti attributed this hadith to Abu Nu‘aym, on the authority of Hudhayfah, with the wording:

“There will come upon the people …” and so on, except that he said: “of earthquakes, tribulations, and afflictions.”

His unqualified attribution of it to Abu Nu‘aym indicates that it is in al-Hilyah. Yet I was unable to find it there, even with the help of its indexes, nor in Akhbar Isfahan, despite consulting my own index and that of others. Allah knows best.

Al-Haythami also cited the hadith in Majma‘ al-Zawa’id (7/284–285) with al-Tabarani’s wording, “There will come upon the people …,” except that it reads, “hardship and hardship!” with the word repeated in this manner. It can likewise be read this way in the photographic copy of al-Mu‘jam al-Awsat, though what I have given above is probably correct. *

3091—(Whenever Allah wills good for any household, Arab or non-Arab, He brings Islam into it. Then tribulations will occur like looming shadows. A man said, “No, by Allah, if Allah wills!” He said, “Indeed, by Him in Whose Hand is my soul! Then you will become swarming black serpents, striking one another’s necks.”)

It was narrated by Ahmad (3/477), al-Humaydi (1/260/574), Ibn Abi Shaybah in al-Musannaf (15/13), al-Bazzar in his Musnad (4/124/3353), al-Tabarani in al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir (19/198/443), al-Hakim (1/34), and Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr in