It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Trials will cover my Ummah like pieces of a dark night. A person will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening, and a believer in the evening and a disbeliever in the morning. People will sell their religion for a small worldly gain."

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was mentioned in the presence of Dajjal. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I fear the trials of some of your own people for you more than the trial of Dajjal. Whoever is saved from the trials that come before Dajjal will also be saved from his trial, and from the beginning of the world, every minor and major trial that has appeared was for the sake of the trial of Dajjal."

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A (severe) time will come upon my Ummah when they will begin to wish for the Dajjal." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! May my parents be sacrificed for you! Why will it be so?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(They will wish so) because of the hardship or illness they will be afflicted with."

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: People used to ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about good, and I used to ask him about evil, so that I might not fall into it. (One day) I said: O Messenger of Allah! We were living in the days of ignorance and evil, then Allah brought us this Islam, which we accepted, and sent you to us. (Now the question is:) Will there be evil after this good, as there was before? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said three times: "Hudhayfah! Read the Book of Allah and act upon its commands." I said: O Messenger of Allah! Will there be good after that evil? He said: "Yes." I said: What will be the way to avoid it? He said: "The sword." I said: Will there be good after that evil? And in one narration: Will there remain any part of good after the sword? (i.e., will Islam remain after fighting?) He said: "Yes." And in one narration: "Leadership (and community) will remain established, but there will be minor objections and hatred and malice in the hearts, and outward peace, but inward fighting." I said: What is meant by malice? He said: "After me, there will be a people or various rulers who will not act upon my Sunnah and will adopt a way other than my way; some of their actions you will consider good and some bad, and among them will appear people who will be in human form, but their hearts will be satanic." In another narration: I said: Outward peace, inward fighting, and malice in the hearts—what does this mean? He said: "People's hearts will not return to those noble qualities with which they were previously characterized." I said: Will there be evil after this good as well? He said: "Yes, there will be blind tribulation, and (in it there will be people as if) they are callers at the gates of Hell; whoever responds to them, they will throw him into Hell." I said: O Messenger of Allah! Describe them to us. He said: "They will be from our people and will speak our language." I said: O Messenger of Allah! If I live to see that time, what do you command me to do? He said: "Stick to the group of Muslims and their leader, listen to the Amir and obey him, even if he beats you and takes your wealth, still listen and obey." I said: What if there is no group of Muslims nor a leader (then what should I do)? He said: "Keep away from all the sects, even if you have to cling to the trunk of a tree, until death comes to you while you are in that state." And in another narration: "Hudhayfah! To die clinging to the trunk of a tree is better than obeying (those rulers)." And in another narration: "If in those days you find a Caliph of Allah on earth, then stick to him, even if he beats you and takes your wealth, and if you do not see any Caliph, then flee to some remote land, until death comes to you while you are clinging to the trunk of a tree." I said: Then what will happen? He said: "Then the Dajjal will appear." I said: What sign will he bring? He said: "He will come with a river or water and fire; whoever enters his river, his reward will be lost and sin established, and whoever enters his fire, his reward will be established and his sin erased." I said: O Messenger of Allah! What will happen after the Dajjal? He said: "Isa son of Maryam." I said: Then what will happen? He said: "If at that time your mare gives birth, it will not yet be fit for you to ride before the Hour is established."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When my Ummah walks with arrogance and the sons of the kings of Persia and Rome become their servants, then the worst people will be imposed over the best people."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In the last era of my Ummah, the Mahdi will appear. Allah Almighty will send down rain, the earth will produce crops, he will bestow abundant wealth upon the people, livestock will increase, the number of the Ummah will grow, and he will live for seven or eight years."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When ‘Isa ibn Maryam (peace be upon him) descends, the leader of the Muslims, Mahdi, will say to him: 'Come and lead the prayer.' He will say: 'No, you yourselves are leaders and amirs of one another; this is an honor and dignity from Allah for this Ummah.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The Mahdi will be from us, that is, from the Ahl al-Bayt. Allah Almighty will set his affairs right in a single night."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The one behind whom Sayyiduna 'Isa ibn Maryam (peace be upon him) will pray will be from us (i.e., from the Ahl al-Bayt)."

Muawiyah bin Qurrah narrates from his father that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The earth will be filled with oppression and injustice; when this happens, Allah Almighty will send a man, he will have my name, and he will fill the earth with justice and fairness in place of oppression and injustice."