Something Else: There Shall Not Come A Time Except That The One After It Is More Evil Than It
Darussalam · Volume 4
31. Chapters On Al-Fitan From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 68
Source no. 2206 · Volume 5 · Page 206
Sahih
صحيح، الصحيحة (١ / ١٠ و ١٢١٨)
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2206. Az-Zubair bin 'Adī said: "We entered upon Anas bin Mālik. We complained to him about what we were experiencing from Al-Ḥajjāj. So he said: "There will not be a year, except that the one that is after it will be more evil than it, until you meet your Lord. I heard this from your Prophet ﷺ." (Sahih) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
٢٢٠٦ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ قَالَ: «دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: فَشَكَوْنَا إِلَيْهِ مَا نَلْقَى مِنَ الْحَجَّاجِ،» فَقَالَ: مَا مِنْ عَامٍ إِلَّا وَالَّذِي بَعْدَهُ شَرٌّ مِنْهُ حَتَّى تَلْقَوْا رَبَّكُمْ. سَمِعْتُ هَذَا مِنْ نَبِيِّكُمْ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
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This Ḥadīth conveys the idea that each age before the approach of the Hour or the appearance of its signs will, as a whole, be better than the one that will follow it. Each succeeding age will be inferior to the preceding one, in terms of the decreased number of scholars endowed with depth of their scholarship and knowledge, and the uprightness of their actions and deeds.