It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Time will only increase in hardship, the people will only increase in miserliness, and the Hour will be established only upon the worst of people." I have mentioned the hidden defect ('illah) of this hadith that reached me by way of wonder, not as a supplement to the two Shaykhs based on it, because more worthy of mention at this place than this hadith is the hadith of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The days and nights will not come to an end until a man from my household becomes ruler; his name will match my name and his father's name will match my father's name. He will fill the earth with justice and equity just as it had been filled with oppression and tyranny."