Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:8973 حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءَ أَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ أَبِي حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِي قُطْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ «الْزَمُوا هَذِهِ الْجَمَاعَةَ فَإِنَّهُ حَبْلُ اللهِ الَّذِي أَمَرَ بِهِ وَإِنَّ مَا تَكْرَهُونَ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ فِي الْفُرْقَةِ وَإِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَخْلُقْ شَيْئًا قَطُّ إِلَّا جَعَلَ لَهُ مُنْتَهًى وَإِنَّ هَذَا الدِّينَ قَدْ تَمَّ وَإِنَّهُ صَائِرٌ إِلَى نُقْصَانٍ وَإِنَّ أَمَارَةَ ذَلِكَ أَنْ يُقْطَعَ الْأَرْحَامُ وَيُؤْخَذَ الْمَالُ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَقِّهِ وَتُسْفَكَ الدِّمَاءُ وَيَشْكِي ذُو الْقَرَابَةِ إِلَى قَرَابَتِهِ لَا يَعُودُ عَلَيْهِ بِشَيْءٍ وَيَطُوفُ السَّائِلُ مَا بَيْنَ الْجُمُعَتَيْنِ مَا يُوضَعُ فِي يَدِهِ شَيْءٌ فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ خَارَتِ الْأَرْضُ خُوَارَ الْبَقَرِ إِذْ قَذَفَتْ أَفْلَاذَ كَبِدِهَا فَلَا يُنْتَفَعُ بَعْدَهُ بِذَهَبٍ وَلَا فِضَّةٍ»
English Translation
Abdullah said: 'Hold fast to this community, for it is the rope of Allah that He commanded. What you dislike in community is better than what you like in division. Allah has not created anything at all except that He made an endpoint for it. This religion has been perfected and is heading toward decline. The sign of that is the severing of family ties, taking wealth unjustly, shedding blood, a relative complaining to his kin without receiving anything, and a beggar wandering between two Fridays without anything being placed in his hand. While they are like that, the earth will bellow like the bellowing of a cow, then cast out the treasures of its interior, and after that neither gold nor silver will be of benefit.'