Hazrat Yashkari narrates: I heard Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) saying that people used to ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about good, and I used to ask him about evil, and I had realized that good would never increase because of me. The narrator says: I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, will there be evil after this good?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him), learn the Book of Allah and follow the commands contained in it," three times (he said this). The narrator says: I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, will there be good after this evil?" He replied: "O Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him), learn the Book of Allah and follow what is in it," three times he said this. I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, will there be evil after this good?" He replied: "There will be a blind and deaf tribulation; there will be callers at the gates of Hell who will persist upon it. O Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him), if death comes to you in a state where you are eating the trunk of a tree, that is better than following any one of them."