The Book of Tribulations and Portents of the Last Hour
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 7258
رَبِّي لأُمَّتِي أَنْ لاَ يُهْلِكَهَا بِسَنَةٍ بِعَامَّةٍ وَأَنْ لاَ يُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ سِوَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَيَسْتَبِيحَ بَيْضَتَهُمْ وَإِنَّ رَبِّي قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي إِذَا قَضَيْتُ قَضَاءً فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يُرَدُّ وَإِنِّي أَعْطَيْتُكَ لأُمَّتِكَ أَنْ لاَ أُهْلِكَهُمْ بِسَنَةٍ بِعَامَّةٍ وَأَنْ لاَ أُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ سِوَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ يَسْتَبِيحُ بَيْضَتَهُمْ وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَنْ بِأَقْطَارِهَا - أَوْ قَالَ مَنْ بَيْنَ أَقْطَارِهَا - حَتَّى يَكُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُهْلِكُ بَعْضًا وَيَسْبِي بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا
rabbī lʾummatī an lā yuhlikahā bisanatin biʿāmmatin wa-an lā yusalliṭa ʿalayhim ʿaduwwan min siwā anfusihim fayastabīḥa bayḍatahum wa-inna rabbī qāla yā muḥammadu innī idhā qaḍaytu qaḍāʾan fa-innah lā yuraddu wa-innī aʿṭaytuka lʾummatika an lā uhlikahum bisanatin biʿāmmatin wa-an lā usalliṭa ʿalayhim ʿaduwwan min siwā anfusihim yastabīḥu bayḍatahum walawi ājtamaʿa ʿalayhim man biʾaqṭārihā-aw qāla man bayna aqṭārihā-ḥattā yakūna baʿḍuhum yuhliku baʿḍan wayasbī baʿḍuhum baʿḍan
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Thauban reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:Allah drew the ends of the world near one another for my sake. And I have seen its eastern and western ends. And the dominion of my Ummah would reach those ends which have been drawn near me and I have been granted the red and the white treasure and I begged my Lord for my Ummah that it should not be destroyed because of famine, nor be dominated by an enemy who is not amongst them to take their lives and destroy them root and branch, and my Lord said: Muhammad, whenever I make a decision, there is none to change it. I grant you for your Ummah that it would not be destroyed by famine and it would not be dominated by an enemy who would not be amongst it and would take their lives and destroy them root and branch even if all the people from the different parts of the world join hands together (for this purpose), but it would be from amongst them, viz. your Ummah, that some people would kill the others or imprison the others
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 7258
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)