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3952. It was narrated from Thawbān, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “The earth was brought together for me so that I could see the east and the west, and I was given two treasures, the yellow (or the red) and the white – meaning gold and silver. And it was said to me: ‘Your dominion will extend as far as has been shown to you.’ I asked Allāh for three things: That my nation would not be overwhelmed by famine that would destroy them all, and that they would not be rent by schism and fight one another, but it was said to me: ‘When I (Allāh) issue My decree it cannot be revoked. But I will never cause your nation to be overwhelmed by famine that would destroy them all, and I will not gather their enemies
against them (and destroy them) until they annihilate one another and kill one another.' Once they start to fight amongst themselves, that will continue until the Day of Resurrection. What I fear most for my nation is misguiding leaders. Some tribes among my nation will worship idols and some tribes among my nation will join the idolaters. Before the Hour comes there will be nearly thirty Dajjāls (great liars), each of them claiming to be a Prophet. But a group among my nation will continue to adhere to the truth and be victorious, and those who oppose them will not harm them, until the command of Allāh comes to pass.'" (Sahih)
Abul-Hasan said: "When Abu 'Abdullāh finished this Hadith he said: 'O how terrible it is!'"
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Commentary
Granting the treasures of gold and silver to the Prophet ﷺ, means that his nation will own and control them. As the great Roman and Iranian empires were ruined and their treasures came in the control of Muslims.
'Not destroying the whole Muslim nation by famine' does not mean that such punishment even partially will not inflict this nation. However, due to the sins of nations many types of torments have been inflicted upon them, and they would occur in the future also.
Occurrence of fighting and killing among Muslim does not mean that it should be accepted, believing that it is an indispensable matter, rather we should spare no efforts to keep Muslims away from this situation.
To be safe from the evil of devious leaders, we should acquire the knowledge of the Qur'ān and Sunnah, to be aware of true teachings of Islam, in order to put them into practice.
Muslims joining idolaters means that they will turn away from Islam, and become apostates, or they will support non-Muslims against Muslims, or they may adopt their non-Islamic and atheistic customs as a part of culture
such as the celebrating Basant of the Hindus, Valentine's Day and April Fool of the Christians, etc.
f. A group of righteous people will be steadfast on the truth till the Day of Judgment; they will be adherents of the Qur'ân and Sunnah and clarify the deviation of innovators.
