عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنه قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «لا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُقْبَضَ العِلْمُ، وَتَكْثُرَ الزَّلازِلُ، وَيَتَقَارَبَ الزَّمَانُ، وَتَظْهَرَ الفِتَنُ، وَيَكْثُرَ الهَرْجُ - وَهُوَ القَتْلُ القَتْلُ - حَتَّى يَكْثُرَ فِيكُمُ المَالُ فَيَفِيضَ»
Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
The Last Hour shall not arrive until knowledge has been withdrawn; Earthquakes increase; Time draws closer; Temptations will be prevalent; Homicide – which is murder, murder – increases; And your wealth becomes plentiful, too plentiful.
Abu Hurayrah ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Ṣakhr al-Dawsī embraced Islam in the year in which the Battle of Khaybar took place, i.e. Year 7 of the Hijri calendar. He was the Prophet’s companion who narrated the largest number of his hadiths, because he committed himself to remain close to the Prophet. He was keen to learn the Prophet’s hadiths and he remained for a long time in Madinah. He died in Year 58 AH, 678 CE.
