What Is the Grading of the Hadith, There Will Be Tribulation in the Levant, the First Part of Which Is Child’s Play?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
I would like to know the grading of hadith. It is from the Book of Tribulations (Kitab al-Fitan). It didn’t have a number, but it is this:
Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyib: There will be tribulation in the Levant, the first part of which is child’s play; every time it is quiet from one side, then it flares up on the other, but it will not end until a herald from the heavens calls out: “Is not the commander so-and-so!” Ibn al-Musayyib intertwined his hands until they were shaking, then said: “This commander is true!” three times.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
The above is a statement of Sa‘id Ibn al-Musayyib (Allah be pleased with him). He refers to the tribulations and trials in the Levant: Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and certain adjacent areas.
This is not a hadith of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace). However, other authentic hadiths support the statement’s general understanding. Nu‘aym ibn Hammad mentions it in Kitab al-Fitan. The narrator in this chain has been declared weak by some hadith specialists and very weak according to others. [Nu‘aym Ibn Hammad, Kitab al-Fitan; ‘Abd al-Razzaq, Musannaf ‘Abdur Razzaq; Haythami, Majma‘ al-Zawa’id]
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[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
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Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary in the UK for 12 years, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
