Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah will not take away knowledge by snatching it from the people, but He will take away knowledge by taking away the scholars along with their knowledge, until when no scholar remains, people will take the ignorant as leaders. They will be asked questions and they will give answers without knowledge. They will go astray and will lead others astray as well."

Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) looked towards the sky and said: "This is the time when knowledge will be taken away." A man from the Ansar, whose name was Labeed bin Ziyad, said to him: "O Messenger of Allah! Will knowledge be taken away even though it has been established and minds have preserved it?" The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "I used to think that you were the most intelligent person among the people of Madinah." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) mentioned that the Jews and Christians had the Book of Allah (yet they still went astray).

The narrator says: Then I met Sayyiduna Shaddad bin Aws (may Allah be pleased with him), so I narrated to him the hadith transmitted by Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: "Sayyiduna Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) has spoken the truth. Shall I guide you to the thing which will be the first to be taken away from knowledge? The first thing to be taken away will be humility and submissiveness (khushu' and khudu'), and then you will not find a single person who possesses humility and submissiveness."

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The world will not come to an end until the children of the lowly are with the lowly."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "People will continue to ask questions until someone will say: Allah created the creation, so who created Allah?"

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): "Indeed, Allah will not take away knowledge by snatching it from the people, while He has granted them knowledge. Rather, He will take away knowledge by taking the souls of the scholars, until when no scholar remains, people will take the ignorant as leaders. They will ask them questions, and they will give answers without knowledge. They will misguide others and will themselves be misguided."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) stated this from the pulpit: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The affair of this Ummah will always remain upon moderation (here the narrator is doubtful about a word), as long as they do not argue about children and destiny." (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) Here, by children, it is meant the children of the polytheists (i.e., the debate about what will be their fate in the Hereafter).

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to us while we were reciting (the Qur’an). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: All praise and thanks are due to Allah alone. The Book of Allah is one. Among you are red, white, and black people. You should continue to recite it before there come people who will recite it and assign to it a price as is assigned to a portion.

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A time will soon come when a person will not care about how he acquires wealth, whether in a lawful way or an unlawful way."

Sayyiduna Nu’man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best people are those of my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. Then there will come people whose oaths will precede their testimony and whose testimony will precede their oaths."

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon to us at the place of Jabiyah and said: Just as I am standing among you today, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood among us. He (peace be upon him) said: Treat my companions well, then those who come after them, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. Then lying will become widespread, to the extent that a man will give testimony on an oath about which he was not even asked. So whoever wants to enter Paradise should adhere to the (Muslim) community, for indeed Satan is with one person and is farther from two. And no man should ever be alone with a woman, for the third among them will be Satan. And whoever finds goodness pleasing and evil displeasing is a believer.