It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The Hour will not be established until time becomes so short that a year will be like a month, a month will be like a week, a week will be like a day, a day will be like an hour, and an hour will be like the moment in which a dry palm leaf is set on fire.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: (Near the Day of Judgment) time will become short, miserliness will become widespread, tribulations will become common, and Harj will become widespread. The Companions asked: O Messenger of Allah! What is meant by the last mentioned? He said: Killing, killing.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The Hour will be established when wealth will become so widespread among you that a wealthy person will be distressed as to whom he can give charity to, and knowledge will be taken away, time will become short, tribulations will arise, and killing (harj) will become widespread. The Companions asked: O Messenger of Allah! What is meant by harj? He replied: Killing, killing.

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: The Hour will not be established until knowledge is taken away, tribulations appear, and killing becomes widespread. The Companions asked: O Messenger of Allah! What is meant by killing? He (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) replied: Killing.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Hour will not be established until such conditions arise that a man will pass by a grave and say: Would that I were in his place. This will not be due to longing to meet Allah, but because of the severity of the circumstances.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Hour will not be established until the women of the tribe of Daws move their buttocks while circumambulating the idol named Dhu al-Khalasah. This was an idol at the place of Tabalah (in the region of Yemen); the people of the tribe of Daws used to worship it before Islam.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The Hour will not be established until my Ummah does exactly what the previous nations and peoples did. A man asked: O Messenger of Allah! Like the deeds of the Persians and Romans? The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The people referred to are these very people.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The Hour will not be established until the land of the Arabs returns to being meadows and rivers, and until a traveler journeys from Iraq to Makkah fearing none but getting lost on the way, and killing (harj) will become widespread. The companions asked: O Messenger of Allah! What is meant by harj? He, peace and blessings be upon him, replied: Killing.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The Hour will not be established until wealth becomes so abundant among you that a wealthy person will be worried when giving charity as to whom he should give it to, and the one to whom he offers it will say, "I have no need of it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The Day of Judgment will not be established until there is a great war between two large groups, and the claim of both will be the same.