It is narrated from Hazrat Jarir that he said: Hazrat Dhu Amr said, "O Jarir, you have superiority over me, and I am going to give you some news. O group of Arabs! You will continue to remain upon goodness as long as you remain such that when one leader passes away, you appoint another as leader. When leadership is obtained by the sword, then you will become angry like kings become angry, and you will be pleased like kings become pleased."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah that he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, the leadership of the Children of Israel used to be conducted by their prophets. Whenever a prophet passed away, another prophet would succeed him. And indeed, there will be no prophet among you after me. The companions asked: What will there be, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: There will be caliphs, and they will be many. The companions asked: What should we do? He said: Fulfill the pledge of allegiance to each one after the other, and fulfill what is obligatory upon you, and what is obligatory upon them, Allah will soon ask them about it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Alqamah bin Wa'il that he said: Hazrat Salamah Ju'fi stood up in the gathering of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), tell me, if after you there are people over us who take our rights from us and withhold the right of Allah, what should we do?" You did not give any answer to them. The narrator says, then he stood up a second time, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not answer. Then he stood up a third time, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They are responsible for what burden they have been made to bear, and you are responsible for what burden you have been made to bear. So listen to them and obey."

Hazrat Alqamah bin Wa'il narrates from his father a similar (aforementioned narration) from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah that he said: "There will come to you tribulations like pieces of a dark night. Among the people, the one who will attain the most salvation in these tribulations is the person who lives on the peak of a mountain, obtaining sustenance from his flock of goats, or the person who holds the reins of his horse, eating from the spoils of his sword."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Salih that he said: Hazrat Abu Hurairah instructed me, "If you are able that death comes to you, then die." Abu Salih said: I submitted, "I do not have the power to die before my appointed time."

It is narrated from Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Indeed, after me, preference will be given to others over you, and there will be matters which you will dislike." The narrator said: "We asked, 'O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), what do you command for the one who encounters such a situation?' He said: 'Give what is due from you, and ask Allah for what is due to you.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said during the Farewell Pilgrimage: O people, what day is this? The people replied, A sacred day. He asked, What city is this? The people replied, A sacred city. He asked, What month is this? The people replied, A sacred month. He said: Indeed, your wealth, your blood, and your honor are sacred among you, just as the sanctity of this day, in this city, in this month. Then he repeated this statement several times. Then he raised his head towards the sky and said: O Allah, have I conveyed (the message)? He repeated this statement several times. Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was his supplication to his Lord. After this, he said: Let the one who is present convey this message to the one who is absent. Do not turn back to disbelief after me, striking the necks of one another.

It is narrated from Hazrat Muhammad bin Sirin that he said: Hazrat Muhammad bin Abi Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) was on a boat with Hazrat Ka'b Ahbar. One day, Hazrat Muhammad bin Abi Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Hazrat Ka'b, "O Ka'b, do we find in the Torah anything about this (i.e., the boat), how it moves and how and how?" Ka'b Ahbar replied, "Do not joke about the Torah; it is the Book of Allah, and what is in it is the truth." The narrator says that Hazrat Muhammad bin Abi Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) repeated the question, and Hazrat Ka'b replied in the same way. Then he repeated the matter again, and Hazrat Ka'b said the same to him, "No, but I do find in it that surely there will be a man among the Quraysh with an extra sharp tooth; he will plunge into turmoil as a donkey plunges into its rope. So fear Allah, and do not be that man." Muhammad bin Sirin, the narrator, says: He was that very man.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Rawaha that when the mention of tribulations was made in the presence of Hazrat Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, he said: "Enter your house, and if someone enters upon you in your house, then become like a slow-moving camel that does not get up except by force and does not walk except by force."