Narrated Sahl bin Sad As-Sa'idi: (a companion of Allah's Apostle) Allah's Apostle, holding out his middle and index fingers, said, "My advent and the Hour's are like this (or like these)," namely, the period between his era and the Hour is like the distance between those two fingers, i.e., very short.
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 63: Divorce, Hadith #221
Narrated Sahl bin Sad As-Sa'idi: (a companion of Allah's Apostle) Allah's Apostle, holding out his middle and index fingers, said, "My advent and the Hour's are like this (or like these)," namely, the period between his era and the Hour is like the distance between those two fingers, i.e., very short.
This hadith is from the book of Divorce in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 221 in book 63 of volume 7.
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