Narrated Masruq:While a man was delivering a speech in the tribe of Kinda, he said, "Smoke will prevail on the Day of Resurrection and will deprive the hypocrites their faculties of hearing and seeing. The believers will be afflicted with something like cold only thereof." That news scared us, so I went to (Abdullah) Ibn Mas`ud while he was reclining (and told him the story) whereupon he became angry, sat up and said, "He who knows a thing can say, it, but if he does not know, he should say, 'Allah knows best,' for it is an aspect of knowledge to say, 'I do not know,' if you do not know a certain thing. Allah said to His prophet. 'Say (O Muhammad): No wage do I ask of you for this (Qur'an), nor I am one of the pretenders (a person who pretends things which do not exist.)' (38.86) The Qur'aish delayed in embracing Islam for a period, so the Prophet (ﷺ) invoked evil on them, saying, 'O Allah! Help me against them by sending seven years of (famine) like those of Joseph.' So they were afflicted with such a severe year of famine that they were destroyed therein and ate dead animals and bones. They started seeing something like smoke between the sky and the earth (because of severe hunger). Abu Sufyan then came (to the Prophet) and said, "O Muhammad! You came to order us for to keep good relations with Kith and kin, and your kinsmen have now perished, so please invoke Allah (to relieve them).' Then Ibn Mas`ud recited:-- 'Then watch you for the day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible....but truly you will return! (to disbelief) (44.10-15) Ibn Mas`ud added, Then the punishment was stopped, but truly, they reverted to heathenism (their old way). So Allah (threatened them thus): 'On the day when we shall seize you with a mighty grasp.' (44.16) And that was the day of the Battle of Badr. Allah's saying- "Lizama" (the punishment) refers to the day of Badr Allah's Statement: Alif-Lam-Mim, the Romans have been defeated, and they, after their defeat, will be victorious,' (30.1- 3) (This verse): Indicates that the defeat of Byzantine has already passed.
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 4774
In-book reference
Book 65, Hadith 296
USC-MSA web (English)
Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 297
Translation by Dr. M. Muhsin Khan · Language: EN
Sahih
It is related that Masruq said, "While a man was speaking in Kinda*, he said, 'Smoke will come on the Day of Rising and will take away the hearing and sight of the hypocrites. The believers will only be afflicted by something like a cold.' We were alarmed, and so I went to Ibn Mas'ud who was reclining. He became angry and sat up and exclaimed, 'The one who knows can speak, but the one who does not know should say, "Allah knows best.' It is part of knowledge that yopu should say about that which you do not know, "Allah knows best." Allah said to His Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, "Say: 'I do not ask you for any wage for it, nor am I a man of false pretensions.'" (38:86) Quraysh were slow to embrace islam and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed against them, saying, "O Allah, help me against them with seven years like the years of Yusuf." They suffered a drought which destroyed everything so that they were eating carrion and bones. A man would see something like smoke between heaven and earth. Abu Sufyan then went to him and said, 'Muhammad! You came to command maintaining ties of kinship. Your people are dying, so pray to Allah for them."' Then Ibn Mas'ud recited, 'So watch for a Day when heaven brings forth a distinctive smoke ... to ... and you revert!' (44:10-15) "Ibn Mas'ud said, 'Will the punishment of the Next World be removed from them when it comes? Then they reverted to their disbelief and that is the words of Allah, "On the Day We launch the Great Assault." (44:16) That was the Battle of Badr. "The punishment is bound to come" (25:77) is the Battle of Badr. In "Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated ... to ... will themselves be victorious." (30:1-3), the Romans (Byzantines) have already been defeated.'" [*Meaning a place in Kufa or among the tribe of Kinda.]
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 4774
In-book reference
Book 65, Hadith 296
USC-MSA web (English)
Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 297
Translation by Aisha Bewley · Language: EN
Sahih
