English
Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: By Allah, I do not know whether my companions forgot or pretended to forget, but by Allah, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not leave out any leader 1 of a trial until the end of the world, whose followers would reach three hundred or more, except that he named him for us by his name, his father’s name, and his tribe’s name.
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- Candidate: Sunan Abi Dawud 4243 (unverified) 96% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “leader of a trial” – meaning a caller to misguidance and an instigator of innovation. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 1
(۱) قوله : قائد فتنة : أي داعي ضلالة وباعث بدعة. كذا في «المرقاة».