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[367] 230 - (143) It was narrated that Hudhaifah said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ told us two Ahâdîth, one of which has
come to pass and I am still waiting for the other. He told us: Honesty was preserved in the roots of men's hearts, then the Qur'an was revealed and they learned (it) from the Qur'an and from the Sunnah."
"Then he told us about its disappearance, saying: 'A man will go to sleep and honesty will be taken away from his heart, and only its trace will remain, like the traces of a faint mark. Then he will go to sleep, and the honesty will be taken away from his heart, leaving a trace like a blister, as when an ember touches your foot and raises a blister which has nothing inside.'"
"Then he picked up a handful of pebbles and rolled them on his leg.[1] 'People will engage in business with one another, but there will hardly be any honest persons among them. Then it will be said that in such-and-such a tribe there is an honest man, and a man will be admired for his intelligence, good manners and strength, but there will not be even a mustard-seed of faith in his heart!'"
"There was a time when I did not mind dealing with any one of you, for if he was a Muslim, his religion would prevent him from cheating; and if he was a
Christian or a Jew, his (Muslim) ruler would prevent him from cheating; but today I cannot deal except with so-and-so and so-and-so."
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[1] In most of the narrations it is not clear if it refers to Hudhaifah or the Prophet ﷺ, but in the narration recorded by Ibn Mājah, it is: "Then Hudhaifah picked up"
