Hadith 26372

Chapter 4

باب 4

(4) باب إِذَا تَوَاجَهَ الْمُسْلِمَانِ بِسَيْفَيْهِمَا

(4) Chapter: If Two Muslims Confront One Another With Their Swords (ES)
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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ - عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَكْثُرَ الْهَرْجُ " . قَالُوا وَمَا الْهَرْجُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " الْقَتْلُ الْقَتْلُ " .

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
The last Hour will not come unless there is much bloodshed. They said: What is harj? Thereupon he said: Bloodshed. bloodshed. (ES)

Reference (ES): Sahih Muslim 157 i (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 54, Hadith 23 (ES)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 41, Hadith 6903 (ES)