It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that when there is cheating in measure and weight, the rain will be withheld; when fornication becomes widespread, killing will increase and the plague will break out; and when lying becomes abundant, al-harj (chaos and killing) will increase. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

Amr bin Shu'ayb narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In the month of Dhu al-Qa'dah there will be a struggle between the tribes, and in that year the pilgrims will be plundered. Then there will be a great battle at Mina in which the slain will be many and blood will be shed, until their blood flows as far as Jamrat al-Aqabah; and until their leader (the Mahdi) flees. Then he will be brought between the Corner and the Station of Ibrahim, and allegiance will be pledged to him while he is unwilling. It will be said to him: If you refuse, we will strike off your neck. Those pledging allegiance to him will be equal in number to the people of Badr, and the dwellers of the heaven and the dwellers of the earth will be pleased with them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that people will perform Hajj together and stand at Arafah together without any imam. While they are encamped at Mina, suddenly a condition like that of a dog's bite (an inflaming frenzy) will seize them, and the tribes will fall upon one another and fight each other until the Aqabah (the mountain pass) flows with blood. Then in alarm they will seek refuge with the best of them, and they will come to him while he is weeping with his face turned towards the Ka'bah; it is as if I can see his tears. They will say: Come, let us pledge allegiance to you. He will say: Woe to you! How many covenants you have broken, and how much blood you have shed! So allegiance will be taken from him reluctantly. So when you find him, pledge allegiance to him, for he is the Mahdi on the earth and the Mahdi in the heaven.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The first thing of your religion that you will lose is trustworthiness (amanah), and the last thing that will remain is the prayer. And this Qur'an which is among you will soon be taken away. The people said: How will it be taken away when Allah has firmly established it in our hearts and we have preserved it in our copies of the Qur'an (mushafs)? He said: A night will come when what is (preserved) in your hearts and what is in your mushafs will all be gone. Then he recited this verse: "And if We willed, We could surely take away that which We revealed to you" [Surah al-Isra: 86] .

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that soon you will look for a basin of water in these villages of yours but will not find it; all water will be gathered back to its source, and in Syria the remaining group of the believers and the water will remain. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that there will be rulers over you who will torment you, and Allah will torment them. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that there will be five tribulations in this Ummah: one tribulation will be general, one will be specific, (then one will be general and one will be specific), then there will be a black, dark tribulation in which people will become like cattle. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, and the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that you will soon come to know that you will be in a place where tongues differ, between Babylon and al-Hirah. You will come to know that nine tenths of good and one tenth of evil are in Syria, and you will come to know that nine tenths of evil and one tenth of good are elsewhere (in other places). By the One in whose hand is the soul of Ibn Mas'ud! Soon the most beloved thing on the face of the earth to any of you will be to have some donkeys to move his family to Syria. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Islam will be worn away (from people's hearts and lives) just as the patterns of an old garment wear away, until people will not even know what the rulings of prayer, fasting, and sacrifice and Hajj are. Only old men and old women will say: We found our elders saying "La ilaha illallah" (There is no god but Allah), so we say it too. Silah bin Zufar asked him: "O Hudhayfah! When they know nothing of prayer, nor fasting, nor Hajj and sacrifice, what benefit will 'La ilaha illallah' be to them?" Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Silah! Do you not know that this very testimony will save them from the fire of Hell?!" This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in the Asr prayer, then after Asr he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up to deliver a sermon until the sun set. Whoever remembered it remembered it, and whoever forgot it forgot it. In this sermon he (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us of what would happen until the Day of Resurrection. He (peace and blessings be upon him) praised and extolled Allah Almighty and said: "To proceed: this world is indeed sweet and green, and Allah Almighty is going to make you successors in it and see how you act. Beware! Guard yourselves against (the trials of) the world and women. Listen! The children of Adam have been created in different classes. Among them is one who is born a believer, lives a believer and dies a believer; one who is born a disbeliever, lives a disbeliever and dies a disbeliever; one who is born a believer and lives a believer but whose death is upon disbelief; and one who is born a disbeliever and lives a disbeliever but whose death is upon faith. Listen! Anger is a blazing ember in the interior (the breast) of the son of Adam. Have you not seen the redness of the eyes of an angry person and the swelling of his veins? So when any of you feels something of that state, let him cling to the ground. Listen! The best of men is the one who is slow to anger and quick to be pleased again, and the worst of men is the one who is quick to anger and slow to be pleased again. So if a person is quick to anger and quick to be pleased again, then these two traits offset each other; likewise, if someone is slow to anger and slow to be pleased again, this too is even. Listen! The best of merchants is the one who is good in repaying and gentle in demanding, and the worst of merchants is the one who is bad in repaying and harsh in demanding. So if someone is bad in repaying and bad in demanding, this is even; and if someone is bad in repaying but good in demanding, this too offsets the other. Listen! Let not awe of people prevent a man from speaking the truth when he knows it. Listen! On the Day of Resurrection every covenant-breaker (traitor) will have a banner according to the extent of his treachery, and know that the greatest treachery is the treachery of the leader (ruler) of the general public, and the traitor's banner will be planted by his lower back. Listen! The best jihad is to speak a word of truth before a tyrannical ruler." Then, when the sun was about to set, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Compared to the time that has passed, as much of the world's lifespan remains as remains of this day of yours after what has passed of it." In narrating this hadith with this wording, Ali bin Zayd bin Jud'an al-Qurashi is alone in narrating it from Abu Nadrah, and the two Shaykhs did not use Ali bin Zayd as evidence.