Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says: If I narrate to you any hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), then for me, falling down from the sky is more beloved than attributing any false statement to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). And when I speak to you about anything between myself and you, then war is the name of deception. I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "In the last era, some people will come whose ages will be young and whose intellects will be immature. They will narrate the sayings of the best person among the creation, but they will exit from the religion just as an arrow passes through its target. Their faith will not go beyond their throats. Wherever you encounter them, kill them, for the one who kills them will have a reward on the Day of Resurrection."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned some people who will be among his Ummah; they will emerge among some people, and their distinctive sign will be shaving their heads, and they will be the worst of people (the narrator is unsure, perhaps these are the words), they will be the worst among creation, and they will be killed by the group that is closer to the truth.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Once we were present with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was distributing something. During this, a man from the tribe of Banu Tamim, named Dhu al-Khuwaysirah, came and said: O Messenger of Allah! Be just. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Woe to you! If I do not act justly, then who will act justly? Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah! Allow me regarding him so that I may strike his neck. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Leave him, for he will have companions such that you will consider your prayers insignificant compared to their prayers, and your fasts insignificant compared to their fasts. They will recite the Qur'an, but it will not go beyond their throats. They will go out of Islam just as an arrow passes through its target. When its tip is examined, nothing is found there; when its edge is examined, nothing is found there; when its binding (the place where the string is tied to the arrowhead) is examined, nothing is found there; when its nadi (the part between the arrowhead and the feathers) is examined, nothing is found there, though it has surpassed dung and blood. (The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:) The specific sign of these people is a black-skinned man whose one arm will be like a woman's breast, and it will be like a shaking piece of flesh. These people will appear at the time of discord among the people. Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I bear witness to this: We heard this from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and I also bear witness to this: Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) fought against these people, and I was with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) at that time. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered that this man be searched for, and he was found. When he was brought and I examined him, he was exactly as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had described him.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Once the Angel of Rain sought permission from his Lord to visit the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Lord granted him permission. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was that day at the house of Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her). The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said (to Sayyidah Umm Salamah): Take care of the door, let no one enter. So Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) was still at the door when, in the meantime, Sayyiduna Imam Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him), who was a child, came, opened the door, and entered. He began to climb onto the blessed back of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) began to embrace him and kiss him. The angel asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): Do you love him? The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: Yes. The angel said: But your Ummah will martyr him. If you wish, I can show you the place where he will be martyred. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Alright. So the angel took a handful of soil from the place where Sayyiduna Imam Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was to be martyred and showed it to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The angel brought soft (i.e., fine) soil (the narrator is in doubt, perhaps these are the words) or brought red soil. Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) took that soil and kept it in her garment.

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hour will not be established until you fight two nations related to the non-Arabs: Khuz and Kerman. Their faces will be red, their noses flat, their eyes small, and their faces will be like leather shields."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The Hour will not be established until you fight against a people whose eyes will be small and whose faces will be like shields made of leather."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hour will not be established until the Muslims fight with the Turks, who are a people whose faces are like shields made of leather. They wear clothes made of hair and shoes made of hair."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hour will not be established until you fight against a group who wear shoes made of hair and whose faces are like shields."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hour will not be established until you fight a people whose eyes will be small, their eyes will be like the pupils of locusts, their faces will be broad as if they are shields made of leather. When those people come, they will tie their horses to the date-palm trees."

Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Some people from my Ummah will camp in a garden whose name will be Basrah. Near it will be a river called Dijlah (Tigris), and there will be a bridge over it. The inhabitants there will be many, and it will be one of the cities of the Muhajireen. When the last era comes, the Banu Qantura will come; they are a people whose faces are broad. They will camp on one bank of the river, and the people there will be divided into three groups: one group will cling to the tails of camels and animals, and they will be destroyed; one group will try to save themselves and will disbelieve; and one group will place their children and families behind their backs and will fight them, and these will be the martyrs."