It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This Ummah of mine is an Ummah that has been shown (special) mercy; there will be no punishment upon it in the Hereafter. Allah Almighty has placed its punishment in this world, in the form of killing, earthquakes and tribulations." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Near the Hour, lightning strikes will become so frequent that people will get up in the morning and ask one another: 'Whom did the lightning strike last night?' And the answer will be: 'Lightning struck so-and-so and so-and-so.'" 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 Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was asked: O Abu Abdullah! When those who pray (the Muslims) fight one another, what do you command us to do? He said: "I command you to seek out the furthest (innermost) corner of your house and crouch down there. Then if someone forces his way in to you, say to him (like the righteous son of Adam (peace be upon him)): 'Take upon yourself my sin and your sin.' Thus you will be like that (righteous) son of Adam." 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.

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Suhar al-Abdi narrates from his father that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hour will not be established until tribes of the Arabs are swallowed up by the earth, so much so that people will ask (in astonishment): 'Who is left of Banu so-and-so?'" (The narrator says:) When he (peace and blessings be upon him) used the word "tribes", I understood that the Arabs were meant, because non-Arabs are attributed to their villages and towns. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) 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 my Ummah there will be the swallowing up by the earth, the transformation of forms, and the raining of stones (from the sky)." If Abu al-Zubayr's hearing from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr is established, then this hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but neither of them (Bukhari and Muslim) recorded it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "It is as if I can see a rider who will come down among you and stand between the orphans and widows and the spoils (fay') that came to their forefathers (withholding it from them), and he will say: 'All this wealth is ours.'" This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but neither of them recorded it in their books.

It is narrated from Tariq bin Shihab that he said: We were sitting with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) when his attendant came and said: The prayer has begun. So he got up and we got up with him. When we entered the mosque, we saw that the people were in the state of bowing (ruku') in the front part of the mosque. He said the takbir, bowed, and moved forward (in that state), and we did the same as he had done. He says: (During the prayer) a man passed by hurriedly and said: Peace be upon you, O Abu Abd al-Rahman! He said (in reply): "Allah has spoken the truth and His Messenger has conveyed the message." When we had finished the prayer, he went back into his house, and we sat there in his place waiting for him to come out. Some of us said to others: Which of you will ask him about this? Tariq said: I will ask him. So Tariq asked him: That man greeted you with salam and you said in reply: "Allah has spoken the truth and His Messenger has conveyed the message" (what is the reason for that?). Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Before the Hour, salam will be given only to particular people (the general custom of greeting will end), trade will spread so much that a woman will help her husband in trade, and a man will travel with his wealth to the far ends of the earth, yet on returning he will say: 'I have not made any profit (despite all this hardship).'"

It is narrated from Kharijah bin al-Salt al-Burjumi that he said: One day I entered the mosque with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and saw that the people were in the state of bowing. Meanwhile a man passed by and greeted him with salam, and he said: "Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth, Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth." I asked him about that and he said: "Indeed, the Hour will not be established until the mosques are used as thoroughfares, until a man greets only those whom he knows, until a woman engages in trade together with her husband, and until horses and women become very expensive, then they will become so cheap that they will never be expensive again until the Day of Resurrection." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain. Bashir bin Salman narrated these words as marfu' (attributed to the Prophet) in his narration, and then with this narration of Shu'bah the hadith became sahih, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of people in times of tribulation is a man who holds the reins of his horse (or he said: its rope), pursuing the enemies of Allah, he frightening them and they frightening him; or a man who withdraws into seclusion in his settlement (in the countryside) and fulfils the right of Allah that is due from him." 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 the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Night and day will not come to an end until al-Lat and al-Uzza are worshipped (again)." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I said: O Messenger of Allah! I used to think that when Allah Almighty revealed this verse: "It is He who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, to make it prevail over all religions, however much the polytheists may dislike it" [Surah al-Tawbah: 33] , this dominance would be complete and permanent. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, it will be so for as long as Allah wills. Then Allah Almighty will send a pleasant wind that will take the soul of everyone in whose heart there is even a mustard seed's weight of good. Then only those in whom there is no good will remain, and they will return to the (polytheistic) religion of their forefathers." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.