Kitabul Akib Hadith 172 ((link))

Assuming the reference is authentic, the Hadith generally warns of a period of severe oppression and corruption. It instructs believers to remain patient and to pledge allegiance to the rightly guided leader ( Al-Akib ) who will emerge to restore justice, even if it requires traveling across mountains of snow (a metaphor for extreme hardship).

Hadith 172 in the context of major collections like Riyad as-Salihin kitabul akib hadith 172

In the , this hadith addresses the gravity of murder. Assuming the reference is authentic, the Hadith generally

“Once,” he said, “there was a potter named Amar who lived on the edge of a river. He kept to himself, making simple jars. One year, the river’s floods carried away much of his clay. The master potter of the town promised Amar a bag of clay if Amar would watch the kiln one night while the master traveled to settle a debt. That night, starving and anxious, Amar found a coin beneath his mat and told a neighbor he’d earned a small fortune. The neighbor congratulated him loudly; the word of Amar’s windfall traveled faster than the river’s current. “Once,” he said, “there was a potter named

Scholars often reference Hadith 172 when discussing the preservation of the Islamic faith. It reinforces the idea that: The message of Islam is . No further divine legislation is required.

The Prophet (ﷺ) felt immense distress when the Quraish asked for specific details of Bait al-Maqdis (Jerusalem) that he had not memorized. In response, Allah manifested the site before his eyes, allowing him to describe every detail as he looked at it. The Assembly of Prophets:

(Kitab al-Athar, Hadith 172)