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The community deferred half a day

Sunan Abi Dawud · Sunan Abi Dawud 4350; Book 39, hadith 60

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Sunan Abi Dawud 4350; Book 39, hadith 60; English Book 38, hadith 4336

Narrated Sa'd ibn AbuWaqqas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I hope my community will not fail to maintain their position in the sight of their Lord if He delays them half a day. Sa'd was asked: How long is half a day? He said: It is five hundred years.

Narrated Sa'd ibn AbuWaqqas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I hope my community will not fail to maintain their position in the sight of their Lord if He delays them half a day. Sa'd was asked: How long is half a day? He said: It is five hundred years