It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "In this bag of mine there is a hadith which, if I were to narrate it to you, you would stone me." Then he supplicated: 'Allahumma la ablughanna ra'sas-sittin' (O Allah, let me not reach the beginning of the year sixty (after the Hijrah)). The people asked: "What is the beginning of the year sixty (and what are its signs)?" He said: "The rule of immature boys, the selling of judgements (bribery), an abundance of police, giving testimony merely on the basis of acquaintance, treating the trust as spoils of war, regarding the zakah as a fine (a burden), and the rise of a new generation who will take the Qur'an as a means of singing."
Hammad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And I think he also said: and taking the sanctity of human life lightly."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ali bin Zayd (may Allah have mercy on him) except Hammad (may Allah have mercy on him), and Rawh (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it from him."