It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said (mentioning the famous poet Labid bin Rabi'ah): May Allah Almighty have mercy on Labid ('Rahimallahu Labidan'), for he said:
"Gone are those noble and dignified people in whose shade and protection life was lived pleasantly, and now I am left behind among unworthy successors who are (in ugliness and contemptibility) like the skin of one afflicted with mange." (The narrator of the hadith, Hisham bin Urwah, says:) Then my father (Urwah bin al-Zubayr) would pray: May Allah Almighty send down His mercy upon Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) ('Rahimallahu A'ishah, radiyallahu anha'); what would her state have been had she seen this (corrupt) time of ours (that is, how greatly she would have disliked it)?
Hadith Referenceالمطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب الأدب / 2599
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث المطالب العالیہ محققاً تنسیق د. سعد بن ناصر بن عبد العزيز الشَّثري- مکتبہ شاملہ :إسناده صحيح » «أخرجه مصنف عبد الرزاق برقم: 20448، وأخرجه مصنف ابن أبي شيبة برقم: 26563»