Reference: Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa.imah lil-Buhooth al-‘Ilmiyyah wal-Iftaa. v3 p139 q4 of no.2021
Question: What is the most reliable book which discusses the signs of the [Last] Hour and the trials and tribulations?
Response: The most reliable book in that, after the Book of Allaah سبحانه و تعالى, is
«Saheeh al-Bukhaaree»
and
«Saheeh Muslim»
, then
«Sunan Abi Daawood»
and
«Sunan an-Nasaa.ee»
and
«Jaami’ at-Tirmidhee»
and
«Sunan Ibn Maajah»
, and the most comprehensive of them all is
«al-Bidaayah wan-Nihaaya»
by Ibn Katheer, and
«Ittihaaf al-Jamaa’ah fee Akhbaar al-Fitan wal-Malaahim wa Ashraat as-Saa’ah»
by Shaykh Hamood ibn ‘Abdullaah at-Tuwayjaree.
And with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and salutations upon our Prophet ﷺ and his family and his companions.
