It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:`“My nation will pass through five stages. For forty years (they will be) people of righteousness and piety. Then those who follow them, for the next one hundred and twenty years, will be people who show mercy to one another and uphold ties with one another. Then those who follow them for the next one hundred and sixty years will be people who will turn their backs on one another and sever ties with one another. Then there will be Harj after Harj (killing). Seek deliverance, seek deliverance.”

With this chain also, it is narrated from Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "My Ummah will have five groups, and each group will last for forty years. My group and that of my Companions is the group of people of knowledge and people of faith, and the second group, from forty to eighty, is the group of people of righteousness and people of piety." Then the narrator mentioned a hadith with the same meaning as the previous hadith.