Narrated `Abdullah:Allah sent (the Prophet) Muhammad and said:-- 'Say, No wage do I ask of you for this (Qur'an) nor am I one of the pretenders (i.e. a person who pretends things which do not exist). (38.68) When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw Quraish standing against him, he said, "O Allah! Help me against them by afflicting them with seven years of famine similar to the seven years (of famine) of Joseph. So they were afflicted with a year of drought that destroyed everything, and they ate bones and hides. (One of them said), "And they ate hides and dead animals, and (it seemed to them that) something like smoke was coming out of the earth. So Abu Sufyan came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Muhammad! Your people are on the verge of destruction! Please invoke Allah to relieve them." So the Prophet (ﷺ) invoked Allah for them (and the famine disappeared). He said to them. "You will revert (to heathenism) after that." `Abdullah then recited: 'Then watch you for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible.......but truly you will revert (to disbelief).' He added, "Will the punishment be removed from them in the Hereafter? The smoke and the grasp and the Al-Lizam have all passed." One of the sub-narrater said, "The splitting of the moon." And another said, "The defeat of the Romans (has passed).
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 4824
In-book reference
Book 65, Hadith 346
USC-MSA web (English)
Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 349
Translation by Dr. M. Muhsin Khan · Language: EN
Sahih
It is related from Masruq that 'Abdullah said, "Allah sent Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, 'Say: "I do not ask you for any wage for it, nor am I a mand of false pretensions."' (38:86) When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw that Quraysh refused to obey him, he said, 'O Allah, help me against them with seven years like the years of Yusuf.' They were afflicted by a year of drought which destroyed everything, so that they ate bones and skins. (One of them said, 'Until they ate skins and carrion.') Something resembling smoke began to come out of the earth. Abu Sufyan went to him and said, 'O Muhammad, your people are destroyed. Pray to Allah to remove that from them.' He prayed and then he said, 'You will revert after this.'" In the hadith of Mansur, then he recited, "So be on the watch for a day when heaven brings forth a distinctive smoke ...to ...and you revert." (44:10-15) and said, "Will the punishment of the Next World be removed? The Smoke, the Blow, and the Punishment have already occurred." One of them said, "the moon" and another said, "the Romans."
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 4824
In-book reference
Book 65, Hadith 346
USC-MSA web (English)
Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 349
Translation by Aisha Bewley · Language: EN
Sahih