It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Before the Day of Judgment, there will be tribulations like pieces of a dark night descending, (and the situation will become so severe that) a man will be a believer in the morning, but by evening he will have become a disbeliever. Similarly, a man will be a believer in the evening, but by morning he will have become a disbeliever. In such circumstances, the one who is sitting will be better than the one who is standing, the one who is standing will be better than the one who is walking, and the one who is walking will be better than the one who is running towards that tribulation, i.e., taking part in it. In such circumstances, you should break your bows, cut their strings, and strike your swords on stones to break them, and if an oppressor enters your house and commits excesses, then you should become like the better son of Adam (peace be upon him).