Hasan narrates from Hazrat Muhammad bin Maslamah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me a sword and said, "Fight the polytheists with it as long as they are fought. And when you see people begin to kill one another" (the narrator says) "or he said something similar to this, then take your sword and go to a rock and strike your sword on that rock until it breaks. Then sit in your house until either a wrongful hand reaches you or a decisive death comes to you."

Hazrat Abu Al-Mutawakkil Al-Naji narrates from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri, who said: Beware of blind fighting and the death of ignorance. The narrator says: I asked, "What is blind fighting?" He replied: When there is a call, "O so-and-so, O son of so-and-so." The narrator says: I asked, "What is meant by the death of ignorance?" He replied: That death comes to you in such a state that there is no Imam appointed over you.

It is narrated from Hasan that whoever is killed in blind fighting, his death is the death of ignorance.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Aamir narrates that when people divided into groups regarding criticism of Hazrat Usman, my father stood up, performed the night prayer, and then went to sleep. He says that he was told, "Stand up and ask Allah to grant you refuge from this tribulation, from which He granted refuge to the righteous." The narrator says that then he stood up and became ill, and after that he was not seen outside the house until he passed away.

Hazrat Suwaid bin Harith narrates from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: There will be a decline in (the practice of) Islam until Allah, Allah is no longer said. When this happens, the leaders of the religion will strike with their tails (meaning that people will follow their leaders in tribulation). When this happens, some people will rise who will gather like clouds in autumn, and by Allah, I know the name of their leader and even the places where their mounts will be made to sit.

Hazrat Saad bin Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Whoever separates himself from the congregation by even a handspan has removed the protection of Islam from his neck.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the leaders will be from the Quraysh, and whoever separates himself from the congregation even by a handspan has indeed removed the rope of Islam from his neck.

Hazrat Abu Wa'il narrates from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar, he said: "What will be your condition at that time when a continuous trial (fitnah) will befall you, in which the young will grow up and the old will become aged? These people will consider it as Sunnah, and if anything is changed from it, it will be said that the Sunnah has been altered." The people asked, "When will this happen, O Abu Abdur Rahman?" So Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar replied: "When your reciters (of the Qur'an) will become many and your trustworthy people will become few, and your leaders will become many and your jurists will become few, and the world will be sought through deeds of the Hereafter."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him, may Allah honor his face) that he said: Allah Almighty has appointed five tribulations for this Ummah: first a general tribulation, then a specific tribulation, then a general tribulation, then a specific tribulation, then there will be such a tribulation that will surge like the waves of the sea, in which people will become like cattle.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Raja Al-Atarwi that he said: I heard Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas delivering a sermon from the pulpit, saying: Whoever separates himself from the congregation by even a handspan dies the death of ignorance.