It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abis al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him), a Companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that he was on a rooftop when he saw people moving away, and he asked: "What is the matter with the people?" It was said: "They are moving away because of the plague." He said: "O plague, take me!" His nephew said to him: "You wish for death, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has said: 'Do not wish for death, for it cuts off deeds and does not leave a man the respite to be asked to repent and return'?" He said: "I fear that six things may overtake me; I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mention them: injustice in judgement, treating bloodshed lightly, the rule of fools, the severing of family ties, a great number of guards (police), and people putting forward as their imam a man who is neither the best of them nor the one with the most understanding, (put forward only so that) he recites the Qur'an in a singing manner."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Abu Umamah, from Abis, only with this chain, and Yahya bin Ayyub is alone in narrating it."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 8736
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه أحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 16286، وابن أبي شيبة فى «مصنفه» برقم: 38891، والطحاوي فى «شرح مشكل الآثار» برقم: 1390، 1389، والطبراني فى «الكبير» برقم: 3162، 60، 57، 58، 59، 61، 62، 63، والطبراني فى «الأوسط» برقم: 685»