Volume 9, Book 88, Number 187:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet said, “Near the establishment of the Hour, there will be the days of Al-Harj, and the
religious knowledge will be taken away (vanish i.e. by the death of Religious scholars) and general
ignorance will spread.” Abu Musa said, “Al-Harj, in the Ethiopian language, means killing,” Ibn
Mas’ud added: I heard Allah’s Apostle saying; (It will be) from among the most wicked people who
will be living at the time when the Hour will be established.”
Volume 9, Book 88, Number 186:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said…(as above, 185). And Harj, in the Ethiopian language, means killing.
Volume 9, Book 88, Number 185:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said, “Near the establishment of the Hour there will be days during which (religious)
knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and general ignorance will spread, and there will be Al-Harj
in abundance, and Al-Harj means killing.”
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Volume 9, Book 88, Number 184:
Narrated ‘Abdullah and Abu Musa:
The Prophet said, “Near the establishment of the Hour there will be days during which Religious
ignorance will spread, knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and there will be much Al-Harj, and
Al-Harj means killing.”
Volume 9, Book 88, Number 183:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Time will pass rapidly, good deeds will decrease, miserliness will be thrown (in
the hearts of the people) afflictions will appear and there will be much ‘Al-Harj.” They said, “O Al –
lah’s Apostle! What is “Al-Harj?” He said, “Killing! Killing!” (See Hadith No. 63, Vol. 8)
Volume 9, Book 88, Number 182:
Narrated Usama bin Zaid:
Once the Prophet stood over one of the high buildings of Medina and then said (to the people),
“Do you see what I see?” They said, “No.” He said, “I see afflictions falling among your houses as rain
drops fall.”
Volume 9, Book 88, Number 181:
Narrated Zainab bint Jahsh:
The Prophet got up from his sleep with a flushed red face and said, “None has the right to be wor –
shipped but Allah. Woe to the Arabs, from the Great evil that is nearly approaching them. Today a
gap has been made in the wall of Gog and Magog like this.” (Sufyan illustrated by this forming the
number 90 or 100 with his fingers.) It was asked, “Shall we be destroyed though there are righteous
people among us?” The Prophet said, “Yes, if evil increased.”
Volume 9, Book 88, Number 180:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard the truthful and trusted by Allah (i.e., the Prophet ) saying, “The destruction of my follow –
ers will be through the hands of young men from Quraish.”
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