It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him): "O Ka'b, may Allah protect you from the rule of the foolish." He said: O Messenger of Allah, what is meant by the rule of the foolish? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There will be rulers after me who will neither follow my guidance nor adhere to my Sunnah. Whoever affirms them in their lies and helps them in their oppression, such people are not of me and I am not of them, and they will not come to me at my Pond. And whoever does not affirm them in their lies nor help them in their oppression, those people are of me and I am of them, and they will certainly come to me at my Pond. O Ka'b bin Ujrah, fasting is a shield, charity extinguishes sins, and prayer is a means of nearness to Allah (or he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: a proof). O Ka'b bin Ujrah, flesh that has grown from unlawful wealth (suht) will never enter Paradise; the Fire is more fitting for it. O Ka'b bin Ujrah, people are of two kinds: one who strikes a bargain for his soul and frees it (through obedience to Allah), and the other who sells his soul (into the hands of Satan) and destroys it." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik al-Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during the Battle of Tabuk, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was seated in a small leather tent. I passed by, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) heard my voice and said: "O Awf bin Malik, come in." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, all of me or part of me?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rather, come in, all of you." He said: So I entered, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Awf, count six things before the Hour." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, what are they?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The death of the Messenger of Allah." Hearing this, Sayyiduna Awf began to weep. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say: one." I said: "One." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis; say: two." I said: "Two." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And a death that will spread in my Ummah as 'qu'as', that is, neck-breaking fever, spreads among sheep; say: three." I said: "Three." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And the wealth of the world will be opened up for the people, until a man will be given a hundred dinars and will be displeased with it, considering it little; say: four." I said: "Four." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And there will be a trial that will leave no house of the Muslims that it does not enter; say: five." I said: "Five." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And there will be a truce between you and Banu al-Asfar, that is, the Romans; then they will come to you under eighty (80) banners, with twelve thousand soldiers under each banner; then they will betray you, even concerning the child in a pregnant woman's womb." The narrator said: When the year of the plague of Amwas came, Awf bin Malik said to Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had said to me: Count six things before the Hour; three of them have occurred and three remain. Sayyiduna Mu'adh said: There is an appointed term for them, but five trials have overshadowed you; whoever lives to see any of them and is able to die, let him die: the spread of cursing one another from the pulpits; the wealth of Allah, that is, state stipends, being given out on the basis of lies and slander; the shedding of blood unjustly; the severing of ties of kinship; and a man waking up in the morning not knowing whether he is rightly guided or astray. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with this wording.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Dharr, what will you do when people are struck by such hunger that you will not have the strength to go from your mosque to your bed, nor from your bed to your mosque?" I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Be chaste (that is, do not stretch out your hand to anyone)." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What will you do when people die in such great numbers that the place of a grave will be obtained in exchange for a slave (al-wasif)?" I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Be patient." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What will you do when people advance (to fight one another) until Ahjar al-Zayt in Madinah is drowned in blood?" I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go to those to whom you belong." I said: And if he will not leave me alone? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you fear that the glint of the sword will overwhelm you, then throw the edge of your cloak over your face; he will carry away your sin and his own, and become one of the people of Hell." I said: Should I not take up arms? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then you would become his partner (in the sin)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim). Bukhari recorded it from the narration of Hammam from Abu Imran, and Hammad bin Zayd added al-Mush'ath bin Tarif in its chain between Abu Imran al-Jawni and Abdullah bin al-Samit, with an addition in the text as well, and Hammad bin Zayd is more reliable and firmer than Hammad bin Salamah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Dharr!" I said: Here I am, O Messenger of Allah, ready to serve you. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How will you be when people are struck by such severe hunger that you will come to your mosque but will not have the strength to return to your bed, and you will be in your bed but will not find the strength to get up and come to the mosque?" I said: Allah and His Messenger know best (or: whatever Allah and His Messenger choose for me). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Chastity (and not asking others) is incumbent upon you." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Dharr!" I said: Here I am, O Messenger of Allah, ready to serve you. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How will you be when such death (plague) spreads among the people that a house (that is, the place of a grave) will be obtained in exchange for a slave?" (that is, space in the graveyard will become so scarce). I said: Allah and His Messenger know best (or: whatever Allah and His Messenger choose for me). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Patience is incumbent upon you." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Dharr!" I said: Here I am, O Messenger of Allah, ready to serve you. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How will you be when you see that Ahjar al-Zayt (a place in Madinah) has been drowned in blood?" I said: Whatever Allah and His Messenger choose for me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Join those to whom you belong (that is, go to your tribe or family)." I said: Should I not take up my sword and place it on my shoulder (to fight)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then you would become a partner (in this trial and bloodshed)." I said: Then what do you command me? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Keep to your house." I said: What if someone (an attacker) enters my house? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you fear that the glint of the sword will overwhelm you, then throw the edge of your cloak over your face (so that you do not kill him, and he kills you); he will return (to Hell) carrying your sin and his own."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Tha'labah al-Khushani (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Allah Almighty will never be incapable of granting this Ummah a respite of half a day." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim, but the two of them did not record it in their books.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My Lord will not be incapable, for my sake, of deferring (extending the term of) my Ummah by half a day." It was asked: How long is half a day? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Five hundred years." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but the two of them did not record it in their books.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "A time will come upon you in which no one will be saved except the one who supplicates earnestly, as a drowning person supplicates." This chain is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but the two of them did not record it in their books.

It is narrated from Ibn Zughb al-Iyadi that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Hawalah al-Azdi (may Allah be pleased with him) stayed as a guest with him, and he said to me, while he was staying in my house: "May you be motherless (an expression of astonishment)! Is an annual stipend of a hundred (dinars) not enough for Ibn Hawalah?!" Then he related that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent us on foot around the outskirts of Madinah to obtain spoils, but we returned having obtained nothing. He (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the signs of hardship on our faces, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood among us and made this supplication: 'Allahumma la takilhum ilayya fa-ad'ufa 'anhum, wa la takilhum ila anfusihim fa-ya'jizu 'anha, wa la takilhum ilan-nasi fa-yasta'thiru 'alayhim' (O Allah, do not entrust them to me, lest I be too weak to provide for them; nor entrust them to themselves, lest they be incapable of it; nor leave them at the mercy of people, lest they claim precedence over them). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You will certainly conquer Syria and Persia (or Rome and Persia), until one of you will have so many camels and so many cows, and until a man will be given a hundred dinars and will be displeased with it (considering it little)." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his hand on my head and my forehead and said: "O Ibn Hawalah, when you see that the caliphate has descended upon the Holy Land (Bayt al-Maqdis), then be certain that earthquakes, afflictions and great trials have drawn near. On that day the Hour will be closer to the people than this hand of mine is to this head of yours." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs did not record it, and Abdur-Rahman bin Zughb al-Iyadi is one of the well-known Tabi'un of Egypt.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik al-Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to them while clusters of dates were hanging, and one of those clusters was of poor, dried-up dates. He (peace and blessings be upon him) had a staff (stick) with him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) poked that cluster with the staff and said: "If the owner of this charity had wished, he could have given something better than it in charity. Indeed, the owner of this charity will eat poor dates on the Day of Resurrection." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards us and said: "Beware! O people of Madinah, by Allah, you will leave it (Madinah) just like that for forty years to the birds and beasts." We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you know what is meant by al-awafi?" The Companions said: No. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It means the birds and the beasts of prey." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Madinah will be left (deserted) in the best state it has ever been in, and al-awafi, that is, the birds and beasts of prey, will eat its fruits." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it. Students of knowledge should know that Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) was the keeper of the secrets of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he used to say: People used to ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about good, and I used to ask about evil, lest I fall into it. At times, for some scholarly reason, a particular session of knowledge may remain hidden even from a great scholar; thus the matter because of which the people of Madinah will leave it remained hidden from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him), while others besides him came to know it. The two Shaykhs agreed upon the narration of Shu'bah from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him), in which he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) informed me of all the events that will take place until the Day of Resurrection. There was nothing about which I did not ask him (peace and blessings be upon him), except that I did not ask what will drive the people of Madinah out of Madinah."