It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Qurt (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I entered the mosque and there was a circle of people (sitting so calmly and silently) as if birds were perched on their heads, and among them was a man narrating hadith; it was Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: People used to ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about good, and I used to ask him (peace and blessings be upon him) about evil so that I might recognise it and guard myself against it, and I knew that the good would not escape me. He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah! After this good in which we (now) are, will there be any evil? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Hudhayfah! Learn the Book of Allah and act upon what is in it." Then I said: O Messenger of Allah! After this good in which we are, will there be any evil? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Hudhayfah! Learn the Book of Allah and act upon what is in it." Then the third time he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There will be tribulation and discord." I said: O Messenger of Allah! After that evil, will there be any good? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Hudhayfah! Learn the Book of Allah and act upon what is in it." I said: O Messenger of Allah! After that evil, will there be any good? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Hudhayfah! Learn the Book of Allah and act upon what is in it." I said: O Messenger of Allah! After that good, will there be any evil? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There will be tribulations at whose gates will stand callers to Hellfire. If you die while biting firmly on the root of a tree, that is better for you than following any one of them." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: "O people! Tribulations are about to overshadow you like pieces of the dark night. The best person in them (in terms of salvation) will be one who owns goats and lives on the milk of his goats, or a man beyond the frontier (on the battlefield) holding the reins of his horse and eating from (the provision gained by) his sword." This hadith is mawquf (a Companion's statement) with a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.