Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from Zaid that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a message to Hazrat Muhammad bin Maslamah, asking him to come to him, and sent a message saying that if he did not come to me, then bring him by force. The messengers sent by Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Hazrat Muhammad bin Maslamah, but he refused to go to them. They said, "We have been ordered that if you do not go, we should take you to him by force." Hazrat Muhammad bin Maslamah said, "Return to him and say: 'Your cousin, my beloved (peace and blessings be upon him), advised me that soon there will be tribulations, divisions, and disagreements. When this happens, stay in your house and break your sword, until either decisive death or a forceful hand comes to you. O Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), fear Allah, and do not let it be that this is the forceful hand that errs.'" (The messengers sent by Hazrat Ali) went to him and informed Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said, "Leave him."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a tribulation will occur, then after it there will be repentance and unity. Then another tribulation will occur, after which there will be neither repentance nor unity (that is, after the first tribulation there will be repentance and collectiveness will be established, but after the second, neither of the two will happen).

It is narrated from Hazrat Basheer bin Ghaus that he said: I heard Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: When the one hundred and forty-fifth year will come, the sea will restrain itself to its side, and when the one hundred and fiftieth year will come, the land will restrain itself to its side, and when the one hundred and sixtieth year will come, sinking into the earth, transformation of faces, and earthquakes will appear.

It is narrated from Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair that he said: During the time of tribulation, I met a monk. I said, "O Saeed bin Jubair, investigate who worships Allah and who worships Satan."

Hazrat Abu Huraira narrates a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): He said, "Whoever abandons obedience (to the Imam) and separates from the congregation, then if he dies, he dies the death of ignorance. And whoever comes out under a blind banner, becoming angry for the sake of his relatives, helping his relatives, or calling towards his relatives, his killing is the killing of ignorance. Whoever rebels against my Ummah, killing their righteous and their wicked, not sparing a believer, nor fulfilling the covenant of anyone who has a covenant, he is not from me and I am not from him."

Hazrat Abu Huraira narrates from Hazrat Abu Qatadah and from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): He said, a man will be pledged allegiance between Rukn Yamani and Maqam Ibrahim, and no one will ever consider the House of Allah lawful except the people of that man’s household. When they consider it lawful, then do not ask about the destruction of the Arabs. Then the people of Abyssinia will come and will so ruin the House of Allah that it will never be inhabited after that, and they will be the ones who will extract its treasure.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): By the One who split the grain and created the soul, it is easier to move a mountain from its place than to remove a decreed kingdom. When they will have differences among themselves—by the One in whose hand is my soul—even if they were badgers, they would still prevail over them.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Amr that he said: The Hour will not be established until women's buttocks move around idols.

It is narrated from Hazrat Thawban that he said: "The time is near when people will invite one another against you just as people invite each other to their dish." Weakness (love of the world and dislike of death) will be removed from the hearts of your enemies and will be placed in your hearts. The world will become beloved to you. The people asked, "Will this be because of our small numbers?" He replied, "No, rather your numbers will be like the foam, like the foam of a flood."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: A tribulation will occur, and a group will stand up against it; they will strike it on its nose until it is finished. Then another tribulation will occur; people will stand up against it, and they will strike it on its nose until it is finished. Then a third tribulation will occur; people will stand up against it, and they will strike it on its nose until it is finished. Then a fourth tribulation will occur; people will stand up against it, and they will strike it on its nose until it is finished. Then a fifth tribulation will come upon you, a dark overwhelming one; it will flow through the land like water flows.