44/53. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 2538a — Last Hour Knowledge and One Hundred Years
The Meaning Of The Words Of The Prophet (SAW): "After One Hundred Years There Will Be No Soul Left Alive That Is Living Now"
Hadith About the Last Hour and One Hundred Years
Sahih Muslim : 2538a
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2538a
حَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَحَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ بِشَهْرٍ " تَسْأَلُونِي عَنِ السَّاعَةِ وَإِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَأُقْسِمُ بِاللَّهِ مَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ مِنْ نَفْسٍ مَنْفُوسَةٍ تَأْتِي عَلَيْهَا مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ " .
Jabir bin `Abdullah Narrated from:
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying this one month before his death: You asked me about the Last Hour whereas its knowledge is with Allah. I, however, take an oath and say that none upon the earth, the created beings (from amongst my Companions), would survive at the end of one hundred years.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2538aIn-book reference : Book 44, Hadith 310USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 31, Hadith 6162
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2538a
This hadith about the Last Hour and one hundred years is reported by Jabir b. Abdullah. He says he heard Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم make this statement one month before his death. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم first answered the question about the Last Hour by saying its knowledge is with Allah. He then swore that none upon the earth from the created beings, understood in the translation as from among his Companions, would survive at the end of one hundred years. The text keeps two matters clear: the exact knowledge of the Last Hour belongs to Allah, and the one hundred years statement refers to those living at that time.
What we learn from this hadith
- The knowledge of the Last Hour is with Allah.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم made this statement one month before his death, according to this report.
- The one hundred years statement concerns those living at that time from among his Companions.
- The hadith teaches careful separation between the Last Hour and the passing of a generation.
