Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Allah Almighty did not send any prophet to a people and then take him back, except that He placed after him a fatrah (an interval period), and then He fills Hell from (the people of) that interval."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 12461