Signs of the HourA minor sign

The sending of the Prophet ﷺ

بعثة النبي ﷺ

The Prophet ﷺ said that he and the Hour were sent as close as two fingers.

Sahih
Status
Has occurred

About this sign

The first of the signs is the Prophet's ﷺ own mission: he showed two fingers held together to show how near his sending is to the Hour. islamweb's fatwa counts it among the signs that have appeared and passed.

Evidence

Sahih

Sahih al-Bukhari 6504

Grades
GraderVerdict
al-BukhariSahih (included by al-Bukhari in his Sahih) (Sahih)
Full narration

حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ـ هُوَ الْجُعْفِيُّ ـ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، وَأَبِي التَّيَّاحِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ بُعِثْتُ أَنَا وَالسَّاعَةَ كَهَاتَيْنِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Anas:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I have been sent and the Hour (is at hand) as these two (fingers)

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