Abu Dawud
Abu Dawud Book 030, Hadith Number 4233.
Hadith Section/Book: Abu Dawud Abu Dawud Book 30. Trials And Fierce Battles
Chapter : Fitan and their predictions.
Narated By N/A : The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Khalid al-Yashkuri through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: I (hudhaifah) asked: Will any be spared after the use of sword? He replied: There will be a remanant with specks in its eye and an illusory truce. He then transmitted the rest of the tradition. Qatadah applied this to the apostasy during the Caliphate of Abu Bakr.
The word aqdha (sing. qadhan) means specks, hudnan means truce and dakhan means malice.
Narated By N/A : The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Khalid al-Yashkuri through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: I (hudhaifah) asked: Will any be spared after the use of sword? He replied: There will be a remanant with specks in its eye and an illusory truce. He then transmitted the rest of the tradition. Qatadah applied this to the apostasy during the Caliphate of Abu Bakr.
The word aqdha (sing. qadhan) means specks, hudnan means truce and dakhan means malice.