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[Abdullah11]

In sunan Abu Dawood their is a narration of Hudayfa Ra asking Rasool what to do when the fitna is bad. Rasool SAW replies by "the sword". A brother had the hadith on his avatar as hadith number 3569. I searched for this hadith in a sharh of Abu Dawood but could not find it. Does any one know where the hadith is recorded or what bab?

[Yasir]

as-salaamu ‘alaikum,

It is found here: http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/D...Doc=4&Rec=5352
Pay attention to the words of the great Tabi’î, Qatadah, rahimahullah.

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‏إن بين يدي الساعة فتنا ‏كقطع ‏الليل المظلم يصبح الرجل فيها مؤمنا ‏ويمسي كافرا ‏‏ويمسي مؤمنا ويصبح كافرا القاعد فيها خير من القائم والماشي فيها خير من الساعي فكسروا ‏قسيكم‏ ‏وقطعوا أوتاركم واضربوا سيوفكم بالحجارة فإن دخل ‏ ‏يعني على أحد منكم فليكن‏ ‏كخير ابني ‏آدم