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Source and reliability of "...swallowing up of some people..." when "...female singers and musical instruments appear and wine is held to be lawful"?

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Alminbar.com lists the hadith: > Sahl bin S'ad As-Sa'di reported that the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam said: "This Community will experience the swallowing up of some people by the earth, the metamorphosis of some into animals, and being rained upon with stones.'' Someone asked, ''When will this be, O Messenger of Allah?''. He said, ''When female singers and musical instruments appear and wine is held to be lawful.'' (Ahmad & Tirmithi) This is also mentioned in *The Reliance of the Traveller* Section r40.1 (quoted at e.g. Muhammadanism.com ). [Side note: I asked about another hadith in this section (r40.1) here: ] I'm skeptical about this hadith by content alone: it would require an overt miracle of Allah, and while Allah has that power, miracles are not everyday occurrences. Moreover, in much of the world, these things are held lawful, and we're not observing people being swallowed up, metamorphosizing, nor rains of stones. It may be referring to one of these: 1. Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2210 , 2. Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2211 , 3. Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2212 , all listed as weak "Da'if (Darussalam)". I'm not sure if I've identified these correctly; they don't accurately match the quote. I also don't know who "Ahmad" refers to. **Question**: What is the source and reliability of this hadith?
Asked by Rebecca J. Stones (20998 rep)
Mar 20, 2018, 03:33 AM
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