It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "You will remain in good as long as you do not have rulers who consider your rights to depend solely on their own will." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs with both chains.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "If your life is prolonged, you will soon see people who will begin their mornings in the displeasure of Allah and their evenings in His curse; in their hands will be (whips) like the tails of cattle." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

Sayyiduna Abu Bakr bin Abi Zuhayr al-Thaqafi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from his father, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying in his sermon: "O people! Soon you will distinguish the people of Paradise from the people of Hellfire" - or he said: "you will distinguish the best among you from the bad ones." A man asked: O Messenger of Allah! By what means? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By good praise and bad praise, for you are witnesses over one another." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from 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 last period of this Ummah there will be men who will ride on large saddles (soft cushions) until they come to the doors of their mosques. Their women will be clothed yet naked; their heads will be like the humps of Bactrian camels. Curse them, for they are accursed. If there were another nation after you, these women would serve them just as the women of the nations before you served you." I asked my father: What are al-mayathir? He said: It means large saddles. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In the last age, men will come forth in this Ummah who will have whips like the tails of cattle; they will begin their mornings in the displeasure of Allah and their evenings in His wrath." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that, mentioning tribulation, he said: "Indeed, a man leaves his house with his religion with him, then he returns with nothing of his religion remaining with him. He goes to a (worldly) person who has no power to bring benefit or harm either to him or to himself, and swears by Allah before him saying: You are such and such, and such and such (flattering him). So he does not fulfil any of his need, yet he returns having made Allah angry with him." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they 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: "By the One who sent me with the truth! This world will not come to an end until the sinking of the earth, the transformation of forms and the raining of stones from the sky befall these people." The Companions said: O Prophet of Allah! May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, when will that be? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you see that women have begun to ride on saddles (mounts), singing girls become many, false testimonies become widespread, those who pray begin to drink from the vessels of the polytheists, that is, gold and silver, and men satisfy their desire with men and women with women, then at that time take measures for protection and get ready." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured like this with his hand and covered his blessed face.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Five tribulations have been appointed for this Ummah: a general tribulation, then a particular tribulation, then a general tribulation, then a particular tribulation, then will come the blind, deaf and all-encompassing tribulation in which people will become like cattle (devoid of reason)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Abu Thawr; he said: I came to Sayyiduna Hudhayfah and Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them both) while they were engaged in conversation in the mosque. They mentioned tribulation, and Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I did not think that this tribulation would turn back on its heels in such a way that not even a cupping-glass's worth of blood would have been shed in it. And indeed a man will be a believer in the morning and become a disbeliever by the evening, and will be a believer in the evening and become a disbeliever by the morning. He will fight in the tribulation today and tomorrow Allah will kill him. His heart will be turned upside down so that its lower part comes on top." Then Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You have spoken the truth; this is how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) told us about the tribulation." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it. Abu Thawr is among the senior Tabi'in, and Abu al-Bakhtari lived in the time of Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A time will come upon people in which a man will be made to choose between helplessness and sinfulness. So whoever lives to see that time should choose helplessness ('ajz: helplessness and seclusion) over fujur (sinfulness)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it. The elder whom Sufyan al-Thawri did not name in the narration from Dawud bin Abi Hind is Sa'id bin Abi Jabirah.