Ibn Mas'ud's Advise about the Change of Time.

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Abdullah ibn Mas'ood (Radi Allahu anhu) narrated: " How will it be when the trials
overcome you, in which the young grow old and senile. The people take the Bid'ah as
Sunnah, and when it changes they say: The Sunnah has changed."
It was said: when will this be O Abu Abdur-Rahman?"
He replied: "when your speakers are many and your scholars are few, and the wealthy
ones plenty and the trustworthy ones are few, and the Dunya is pursued with the
actions of the Hereafter."

Collected by Ad-Darami in Sunnan (196) Al-Albani graded this hadith as being Hasan Sahih.

A lasting reminder to this Athar:

Ad-Darami placed this hadith under the title: " The change of time and what
will occur during its change." This title actually represents the change of people
and not time, as time never changes. The day goes into the night and vice versa.
Imam Al-Bukhari placed a similar chapter in his collection of authentic Hadeeth.

Al-Baghawi titled a chapter in Sharhus Sunnah, " People change and the Righteous
perish." The only thing that changes people is when they contradict those who
preceded them and they deviate from their salaf's methodology, and follow their
whims and desires. This is similar to Allahs' words: Then, there has succeeded
them a posterity who have given up As-Salat (the prayers) [i.e. made their Salat
(prayers) to be lost, either by not offering them or by not offering them perfectly
or by not offering them in their proper fixed times, etc.] and have followed
lusts. So they will be thrown in Hell. ( Maryam :59)

Ad-Darami mentioned numerous narrations in this chapter from the
companions of the Prophet (sallAllahu alayhi wa salam) and the Tabi'een
(those who met the companions, believed in Muhammad and died as
Muslims). Those narrations include warnings from analziyisn the Sunnah with
opinions and desires, prohibitions against Qiyas, and orders to abandon
innovations that people create after the Prophet (sallAllahu alayhi wa salam).

" When the trials overcome you" This refers to when sunnah is mixed
with bid'ah. Allah says. " And mix not truth with falsehood"(Al-Baqarah :42).

" The people take the Bid'ah as Sunnah," These words were explained in
another narration from Alqama : Whenever people abandon anything from the
Sunnah, Its said: The Sunnah is abandoned.

" When your speakers are many and your scholars are few" In another
narration from Alqama its mentioned: When the scholars die off and the
ignorant teachers among you increase. Amr ibn Maymoun added this is when
those who give the sermon are many.

Taken from Fathul Munan Sharh kitabu Ad-Darami Abi Muhammad ibn Abdillah ibn Abdur Rahman
,the book is known as Al-Musnad Al-Jami' by Abu Assim Nabeel Al-Ghamree (Vol 2page 208-210)

Translators note: The book Fathul Munan is excellent reference for a student of
hadith. The shaykh is his verifying, editing and checking of hadith followed a terrific
style in bringing the meanings for the hadith and Athar compiled in Sunnan Ad-
Darami's book. He collected other chains of transmission (Mutab'i) or texts with
similar meanings (Shawahid) to explain the hadith. Shaykh Muhammad Bazmoul
mentioned this style of hadith explanation is among the most difficult to follow. Ibn
Rajab followed it in his explanation of Sahih Al-Bukhari titled Fathul Bari, At-
Tabari in Tahtheeb al-Athar, Ibn Jawzi in Naskh wa Mansuk and other scholars.

I recommend students of knowledge to buy this book, and translators to taken sections
from it. Furthermore, it would be nice if someone would translate the introduction of
Sunnan Ad-Darami as its very similar to ibn Majah's and it covers various aspects of
Aqeedah and Minhaj. Moreover, no student will deny that Ad-Darami's book has
great importance in Islam and it outweighs ibn Majah's Sunan in some areas:
1. The hadith in which Ad-Darami mentioned alone are more authentic than the
hadith Ibn Majah mentioned by alone among the other books of Sunan.
2. The Thalathiyat of Ad-Darami are more in number than those of Ibn Majah.
3. Some people consider Ad-Darami's book has more right to be the 6
th
book
instead of Ibn Majah.

Allah knows best.

Translated and Compiled :by Abu Aaliyah Abdullah ibn Dwight Battle
Doha, Qatar 1435