It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The signs will appear after two hundred (years)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said (to Abu al-Tufayl): "How will you be when there is a tribulation in which the best people will be those who are self-sufficient (wealthy) and have withdrawn into seclusion?" (Abu al-Tufayl) said: I said: By Allah! This is just like a gift received by one of us, which is thrown sometimes here and sometimes there, and it is reproached from every side. He (Hudhayfah, may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Can you not be like an ibn labun (a camel's young that has completed two years), which is neither of use for riding so that it may be ridden, nor gives milk so that it may be milked?" This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.