Musnad Abi Ya'la 467 — I was sitting in the company of Sayyiduna Ali

Nu'aym bin Dajajah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: I was sitting in the company of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) when Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) suddenly came to him. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said (in jest or by way of mention): "Farrukh has come." Then he sat down, and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "Do you give fatwas to the people?" He said: "Yes, and I tell them that the time to come is worse (than what has passed)." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Tell me, did you hear anything about this from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He said: "Yes, I heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'A hundred years will not pass over the people while there remains upon the earth an eye that blinks (that is, anyone alive at that time).'" At this Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said (as a proverb): "Your mind has missed the mark, and you have erred in the very first of your fatwas. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said that only about those who were present (in his gathering) at that time. (As for trials,) is true ease and prosperity not going to come only after the hundred years have passed?"