Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 10510 — I set out in search of knowledge until I

Utayy al-Sa'di said: I set out in search of knowledge until I reached Kufah, and there was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) among the people of Kufah. I asked about him and was directed to him; he was in the great mosque. I came to him and said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman! I have travelled to you to acquire some knowledge from you; perhaps Allah will benefit us by it after you. He asked me: From which people are you? I said: A man from the people of Basrah. He said: From which (tribe)? I said: From this clan of Banu Sa'd. He said to me: O Sa'di! I shall certainly narrate to you, concerning your people, a hadith that I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came to him and said: O Messenger of Allah! Shall I not direct you to a people who have much wealth and great might, from whom you could obtain a great deal of wealth? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who are they?" He said: They are this clan of Banu Sa'd, the people of the sands. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Banu Sa'd have a great share (of good) with Allah." (Then Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said:) O Sa'di, ask. So I said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman! Is there any sign by which the Hour can be recognised? He had been reclining, and he sat up straight and said: O Sa'di! You have asked me what I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I said: O Messenger of Allah! Is there any sign by which the Hour can be recognised? He said to me: "O Ibn Mas'ud! The Hour has signs and portents. Listen! Among the signs of the Hour is that children become a cause of anger, rain brings heat, and the wicked become exceedingly many. O Ibn Mas'ud! Among the signs of the Hour is that the liar is believed and the truthful is called a liar. O Ibn Mas'ud! Among the signs of the Hour is that the treacherous is trusted and the trustworthy is considered treacherous. O Ibn Mas'ud! Among the signs of the Hour is that feasts continue to be shared while ties of kinship are severed. O Ibn Mas'ud! Among the signs of the Hour is that the hypocrites of every tribe and the wicked of every market become its masters. O Ibn Mas'ud! Among the signs of the Hour is that mosques are adorned while hearts are ruined. O Ibn Mas'ud! Among the signs of the Hour is that the believer in his tribe becomes more abased than a small lowly sheep. O Ibn Mas'ud! Among the signs of the Hour is that men content themselves with men and women with women. O Ibn Mas'ud! Among the signs of the Hour is that mosques become numerous and pulpits are raised high. O Ibn Mas'ud! Among the signs of the Hour is that the ruins of the world are built up and its built places are ruined. O Ibn Mas'ud! Among the signs of the Hour is that musical instruments appear openly and wines are drunk. O Ibn Mas'ud! Among the signs of the Hour is the drinking of wine. O Ibn Mas'ud! Among the signs of the Hour are the police (officials of oppression), the slanderers and the fault-finders. O Ibn Mas'ud! Among the signs of the Hour is that children of fornication increase." I said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman! Will they be Muslims? He said: Yes. I said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman! And the Qur'an will be among them? He said: Yes. I said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman! How will that be? He said: "A time will come upon people when a man will divorce his wife, then deny her divorce and continue relations with her; so the two of them will be fornicators for as long as they remain so."