concerning divine decree from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, are: ʿAli ibn Abi Talib, Ubayy ibn Kaʿb, Ibn ʿAbbas, Ibn ʿUmar, Abu Hurayrah, Abu Saʿid al-Khudri, Abu Surayhah al-Ghifari, ʿAbd Allah ibn Masʿud, ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar, Dhu al-Lihyah al-Kilabi, ʿImran ibn Husayn, ʿAishah, Anas ibn Malik, Suraqah ibn Juʿshum, Abu Musa al-Ashʿari, and ʿUbadah ibn al-Samit. Most of the hadiths of these Companions have numerous routes.” *

3522—“Before the Hour, there will be days in which ignorance will descend, knowledge will be taken away, and killing will become widespread.” [Abu Musa said:] “Al-harj means killing [in the Ethiopian language].”

Recorded by al-Bukhari (7062, 7063, 7064, 7065, and 7066), Muslim (8/58 and 59), al-Tirmidhi (2200), Ibn Majah (4050 and 4051), Abu Nuʿaym in al-Hilyah (4/112), Ibn Abi Shaybah in al-Musannaf (18971), and Ahmad (1/402; 4/392 and 405), all through Shaqiq, who said: “I was with ʿAbd Allah and Abu Musa, and they said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said...” and then he cited it. The two additions are found in one of al-Bukhari’s narrations. *

3523—“There were three men among the Children of Israel: a leper, a bald man, and a blind man. Allah wished to test them, so He sent an angel to them. The angel came to the leper and said, ‘What would you love most?’ He replied, ‘A fine complexion, healthy skin, and for this affliction, because of which people find me repulsive, to be removed from me.’ He touched him, and his affliction departed. He was given a fine complexion and healthy skin. He then said, ‘What kind of wealth would you love most?’ He replied, ‘Camels’—or, he said, ‘Cattle’; Ishaq was uncertain. However, either the leper or the bald man said, ‘Camels,’ and the other said, ‘Cattle.’ He was then given a pregnant she-camel, and he said, ‘May Allah bless it for you!’ He said: