Harj (killing) in the Last Hour

Ibn Majah and Al-Hakem narrated with an authentic Isnaad,on the authority of Abu... Musa Al-Ash’ari said: (The Messenger of Allah-sallallahu Ta’ala alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam- told us: before The Final Hour is lots of “Harj”. I said: O’Messenger of Allah, what is Harj. He replied: “killings” –in another narration: “mass killings and lies”. Some Muslims said: O’Messenger of Allah: we are engaged in killing –in our battles- so and so of the Mushrikin. The Messenger of Allah –sallallahu Ta’ala alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam- said: That is not the sign –of the indicated Final Hour-, but it is when you kill each other, so that the man will kill his neighbor, cousin, and relatives. Some people said: O’Messenger of Allah, would we have our rationality with us that day?. The Messenger of Allah-sallallahu Ta’ala alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam- said: No. Most of the rational reasoning of the people of that time will be missing, and there will be “executing/leading” people with no rationality. In another narrated wording: “there will be people leading it, they are not among the most significant of people, yet they think high of themselves-on righteousness-“. Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari said – to his friends-: By Allah I think that day is going to catch up with me, and even you. By Allah, if we live to be involved in that day, we need to hold tight to what we pledged to the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam, which is to come out of it –clean- like we entered it. Without getting involved in it).
أخرج ابن ماجة بإسناد صحيح والحاكم وصححه وغيرهم عن أبي موسى الأشعري قال: (حَدَّثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله تعالى عليه وآله وسلم: " إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ لَهَرْجاً "، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مَا الْهَرْجُ؟ قَالَ: " الْقَتْلُ " –وفي رواية "القتل والكذب". فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّا نَقْتُلُ الْآنَ فِي الْعَامِ الْوَاحِدِ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله تعالى عليه وآله وسلم: " لَيْسَ بِقَتْلِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، وَلَكِنْ يَقْتُلُ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً، حَتَّى يَقْتُلَ الرَّجُلُ جَارَهُ، وَابْنَ عَمِّهِ، وَذَا قَرَابَتِهِ "، فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، وَمَعَنَا عُقُولُنَا ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله تعالى عليه وآله وسلم: " لَا، تُنْزَعُ عُقُولُ أَكْثَرِ ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ، وَيَخْلُفُ لَهُ هَبَاءٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ لَا عُقُولَ لَهُمْ " وفي رواية: "َيُخْلَفُ لَهُ هَنَاءٌ فِي النَّاسِ يَحْسَبُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ". ثُمَّ قَالَ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ: وَايْمُ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّهَا مُدْرِكَتِي، وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ مَا لِي وَلَكُمْ مِنْهَا مَخْرَجٌ، إِنْ أَدْرَكَتْنَا فِيمَا عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا نَبِيُّنَا صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَّا أَنْ نَخْرُجَ كَمَا دَخَلْنَا فِيهَا. وفي رواية بإضافة: "لا نُحْدِثُ فِيهَا شَيْئًا".