(1) باب ذِكْرِ الْفِتَنِ وَدَلاَئِلِهَا
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The mill of Islam will go round till the year thirty-five, or thirty-six, or thirty-seven; then if they perish, they will have followed the path of those who perished before them, but if their religion is maintained, it will be maintained for seventy years. I asked: Does it mean seventy years which remain or seventy years which are gone by? He replied: It means (seventy years) that are gone by.Abu Dawud said: Those who recorded Khirash, the name of a narrator, are wrong. (The correct name is Hirash) (FR)
Reference (FR): Sunan Abi Dawud 4254 (FR)
In-book reference (FR): Book 37, Hadith 15 (FR)
English translation (FR): Book 36, Hadith 4241 (FR)