Sahih al-Bukhari 4617 (Book 65, Hadith 345)
disbelieved him and stood against him. So he (the Prophet) said, “O Allah! Help me against them by
afflicting them with seven years of famine similar to the seven years of Joseph.’ So they were stricken
with a year of drought that destroyed everything, and they started eating dead animals, and if one of
them got up he would see something like smoke between him and the sky from the severe fatigue and
hunger.” `Abdullah then recited:–
‘Then watch you for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible, covering the
people. This is a painful torment… (till he reached) …….. We shall indeed remove the punishment for a
while, but truly you will revert (to heathenism): (44.10-15) `Abdullah added: “Will the punishment be
removed from them on the Day of Resurrection?” He added,” The severe grasp” was the Day of the
Battle of Badr.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 4617 (Book 65, Hadith 345)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The compilation known as Sahih al-Bukhari is a paramount collection of the Sunnah and hadith of the Prophet Muhammad. Its creator, Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī, dedicated his life to this work, completing it around 847. It holds a position of immense respect as arguably the most authentic book in Sunni Islam after the Holy Quran. As a key pillar of the six canonical books (Kutub al-Sittah), its detailed 97-chapter structure houses an estimated 7,563 narrations that continue to shape Islamic theology, law, and ethics to this day.
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