if anyone is having doubts- "why does Islam say such-and-such?"- if anyone doubts that رسول الله ﷺ was indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
- tell me this, how does an illiterate man in Arabia in the 500's and 600's (of the western calendar) so accurately warn us about this?
"لَمْ تَظْهَرِ الْفَاحِشَةُ فِي قَوْمٍ قَطُّ حَتَّى يُعْلِنُوا بِهَا إِلاَّ فَشَا فِيهِمُ الطَّاعُونُ وَالأَوْجَاعُ الَّتِي لَمْ تَكُنْ مَضَتْ فِي أَسْلاَفِهِمُ"
Immorality never appears among a people to such an extent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseases that were never known amongst their salaf will spread among them
sunnah.com
(translations may say something like ancestors or predecessors but the actual Arabic uses the word "salaf" so I put "salaf").
Has this hadith not proven true?
- tell me this, how does an illiterate man in Arabia in the 500's and 600's (of the western calendar) so accurately warn us about this?
"لَمْ تَظْهَرِ الْفَاحِشَةُ فِي قَوْمٍ قَطُّ حَتَّى يُعْلِنُوا بِهَا إِلاَّ فَشَا فِيهِمُ الطَّاعُونُ وَالأَوْجَاعُ الَّتِي لَمْ تَكُنْ مَضَتْ فِي أَسْلاَفِهِمُ"
Immorality never appears among a people to such an extent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseases that were never known amongst their salaf will spread among them
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Sunan Ibn Majah 4019 - Tribulations - كتاب الفتن - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)
Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (saws) in English and Arabic
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(translations may say something like ancestors or predecessors but the actual Arabic uses the word "salaf" so I put "salaf").
Has this hadith not proven true?