Abu al-Wadaak says: I said: Every ruler who comes over us is worse than the previous one, and every coming year is worse than the last. Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If I had not heard a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I would have said the same. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: A ruler will come over you who will distribute wealth abundantly, without even counting it. Whoever comes to him and asks, he will say: Take it away. So that person will spread out his cloth and fill it up and take it away. At that time, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had a thick sheet over him; he spread it out and demonstrated how that person would fill it, then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) held the edges of the sheet and showed it. And he said: He will take away the sheet filled with wealth like this.