Someone said, "Messenger of Allah, we were once in a state of evil, then Allah removed that evil and brought good through your hands. Will any evil come after this good?"He replied, "Yes."The man asked, "What will it be?"He said, "Trials like patches of dark night, following one another in succession. They will come upon you resembling one another like the faces of cattle, and you will not be able to tell one from the other."
حدثنا أبو المغيرة حدثنا صفوان حدثنا السفر بن نسير الأزدي وغيره
يا رسول الله إنا كنا في شر فذهب الله بذلك الشر وجاء بالخير على يديك فهل بعد الخير من شر قال نعم قال ما هو قال فتن كقطع الليل المظلم يتبع بعضها بعضا تأتيكم مشتبهة كوجوه البقر لا تدرون أيا من أي
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Its chain of transmission is daif because of Safar bin Nusayr, but the hadith is sahih, having previously appeared at length under number 23175. See also 18351.