It is narrated from Abdullah bin al-Samit (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: It is my wish that when my family have eaten their evening meal and drunk their night drink, they should wake up dead in their beds. It was said to him: O Abu so-and-so! Are you not well off? He said: Certainly, but I heard Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: "O my nephew! Soon, if you live, a man will be envied for the lightness of his state (that is, few dependants and little wealth) just as today the father of ten sons is envied. And soon, if you live on, you will see a man whom the ruler does not know, nor brings close, nor honours, yet he will be envied just as today the one whom the ruler knows and grants closeness and honour is envied. And O my nephew! Soon a time will come when a funeral will pass through the market and a man will raise his head and say (with longing): 'If only I were on those planks (the bier) in his place.'" I asked: Do you know what (affliction) will have befallen them? He said: Whatever it may be. I said: Surely this will be before some great matter? He said: "Yes, before a very great, very great, very great matter." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Salamah bin Nufayl al-Sakuni (may Allah be pleased with him), who was one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that he said: We were sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came and said: O Prophet of Allah! Has food been brought to you from the sky? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, heated food was brought to me." He asked: Was any of it left over? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." He asked: What was done with it? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It was raised up to the sky. And it is being revealed to me that I will remain among you only a short while, and you too will remain after me only a short while; rather, you will remain until you say (in weariness): 'When will it be? When will it be?' Then you will come in scattered groups and destroy one another. And before the Hour there will be a severe death (plagues) and years of earthquakes." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but the two Shaykhs did not record it in their books.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "The Hour will not be established upon my Ummah until some of its tribes join the polytheists, and until tribes of my Ummah worship idols."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Beware of tribulations! Let no one stand up to confront them, for by Allah, whoever stands up to them, they will sweep him away just as a flood sweeps away dung (or a heap of rubbish). These tribulations are ambiguous when they approach, so much so that the ignorant person cries out: 'This resembles (the truth)', and when they depart they make the reality clear. So when you see them, crouch in your houses, break your swords, cut your bowstrings, and cover your faces." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: "The first tribulation (the martyrdom of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)) broke out and it left none of those who had taken part in Badr. Then the second tribulation (the incident of al-Harrah) took place and it left none of those who had taken part in al-Hudaybiyah (alive). And my opinion is that if a third tribulation breaks out, it will end in a state where no strength or understanding will remain among the people."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amr bin al-Hamiq (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Soon there will be a tribulation in which the safest of people (or he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: the best of people) will be the army of the West." (The narrator says:) It is for this reason that I came to Egypt. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This religion will always remain established, and the Muslims will continue fighting for its supremacy until the Hour is established." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A group of my Ummah will always remain dominant upon the truth until the Hour is established." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. It has also been narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) by Sayyiduna Thawban and Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them both). As for the hadith of Sayyiduna Thawban, then:

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Indeed, my Lord gathered up the earth for me so that I saw its easts and its wests, and I was given the two treasures: the red (gold) and the white (silver). And indeed the dominion of my Ummah will reach as far as the earth was gathered up for me. I asked my Lord for my Ummah that He not destroy it by a general famine, and Allah granted me that; I asked that He not set over them an enemy from other than themselves (non-Muslims) who would uproot them, and Allah granted me that too; and I asked that He not make them taste the fighting of one another, and Allah withheld that from me. My Lord said to me: 'O Muhammad! When I make a decree, it cannot be turned back. I have granted you for your Ummah that I will not destroy them by a general famine, nor set over them an enemy from other than themselves who would destroy them all, even if the enemies gathered against them from all the regions of the earth, until they themselves destroy one another and take one another captive.' And I fear for my Ummah nothing but misguiding imams (leaders). The Hour will not be established until some tribes of my Ummah join the polytheists and worship idols. And when the sword falls upon my Ummah, it will not be lifted from it until the Day of Resurrection." He (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: "Whatever is (to happen) is within a hundred years. And thirty liars (false claimants) will appear in my Ummah, each of whom will claim that he is a prophet, whereas I am the Seal of the Prophets and there is no prophet after me. And a group of my Ummah will always keep fighting upon the truth and remain dominant (over their opponents); those who forsake them will not be able to harm them, until the command of Allah (the Hour) comes." The narrator says that he (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: "No one among the people of Paradise will pluck anything from its fruits except that Allah Almighty will produce another fruit like it in its place." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Of the dinars a man spends, the one with the greatest reward is the dinar he spends on his family, then the dinar he spends on his horse in the path of Allah, then the dinar he spends on his companions in the path of Allah." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) declared the matter of begging (asking people) to be very grave. He also said: "When the Day of Resurrection comes, the people of the Jahiliyyah will come carrying their idols on their backs. Their Lord will ask them: 'Whom did you use to worship?' They will say: 'Our Lord! You did not send any messenger to us, nor did anyone come to us to command us. Had You sent a messenger to us, we would have been the most obedient of Your servants.' Then their Lord will say to them: 'If I give you a command, will you obey Me?' They will say: 'Yes.' So Allah will take firm covenants from them on that, then He will command them to head for Hell and enter it. So they will set off until, when they reach it, they will see its raging and roaring and become afraid, and they will return to their Lord and say: 'Our Lord! We are afraid of it.' Allah will say: 'Did you not give Me your covenants that you would obey Me? Head for it.' They will go again and, on seeing it, become afraid and return and say: 'Our Lord! We do not have the strength to enter it.' Allah will say: 'Enter it in humiliation and disgrace.'" Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Had they entered it the first time, it would have become cool and safe for them." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with this wording; Imam Muslim recorded the hadith of Mu'adh bin Hisham from Qatadah, by way of Abu Qilabah, from Sayyiduna Thawban in abridged form.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A group of my Ummah will always keep fighting for the sake of the truth, dominant over those who oppose them, until the last of them fight the Dajjal." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.