English translation
4246. It was narrated from Humaid, from Naṣr bin 'Āṣim Al-Laithī, who said: "We came to Al-Yashkurī with a group of people from Banū Laith. He said: 'Who are these people?' We said: 'Banū Laith; we have come to you to ask you about the Hadīth of Hudhaifah.' So he quoted the Hadīth. He said: 'We came back with Abū Mūsā and the price of animals went up in Al-Kūfah.' He said: 'A companion of mine and I asked Abū Mūsā (for permission), and he gave us permission, and we came to Al-Kūfah. I said to my companion: "I am going to enter the Masjid and when trading starts, I will come out to you." So I entered the Masjid and saw a circle (of people) there, as if their heads had been cut off, listening to a man speaking. I went to them, and a man came, and he stood beside me. I said: "Who is this?" He said: "Are you from Al-Baṣrah?" I said: “Yes.” He said: “I knew that if you were from Al-Kūfah you would not ask who this is.” I drew closer, and I heard Hudhaifah say: “The people used to ask the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ about good, but I used to ask him about evil, because I knew that I had not missed out on this good. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, will there be any evil after this good?’ He said: ‘O Hudhaifah, learn the Book of Allāh and follow what is in it,’ three times. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, will there be any evil after this good?’ He said: ‘O Hudhaifah, learn the Book of Allāh and follow what is in it.’” and he quoted the Hadīth. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, will there be any evil after this good?’ He said: ‘Tribulation and evil.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, will there be any good after this evil?’ He said: ‘O Hudhaifah, learn the Book of Allāh and follow what is in it,’ three times. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, will there be any good after this evil?’ He said: ‘A calm upon smoke, and a group upon dust.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, the calm – what is it?’ He said: ‘The hearts of the people will not be restored to the way they were.’[1] I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, will there be any evil after this good?’ He said: ‘A tribulation which will blind and deafen people to the truth, in which there will be callers at the gates of the Fire. If you die, O Hudhaifah, clinging to the stump of a tree, that will be better for you than following any one of them.”) (Sahih)