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Abu Dawood: Hadith 4305

39. Battles (Kitab Al-Malahim)

سنن أبي داود

39/1595 Chapter:

Regarding fighting the Turks

باب فِي قِتَالِ التُّرْكِ

4305
Abu Dawood
Sahih (Al-Albani)
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، - يَعْنِي الإِسْكَنْدَرَانِيَّ - عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي صَالِحٍ - عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏‏ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُقَاتِلَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ التُّرْكَ قَوْمًا وُجُوهُهُمْ كَالْمَجَانِّ الْمُطْرَقَةِ يَلْبَسُونَ الشَّعْرَ ‏"‏ ‏‏
Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying:
The last hour will not come before the Muslims fight with the Turks, a people whose faces look as if they were shields covered with skin, and who will wear sandals of hair.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4303
In-book : Book 39, Hadith 13
English translation : Book 38, Hadith 4289