Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say: We have seen a time when, in our eyes, the one possessing dirhams and dinars was not more entitled than his poor Muslim brother, and now we are seeing a time in which dinars and dirhams are dearer than a Muslim brother.
(حديث مرفوع) (حديث موقوف) وَلَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " لَئِنْ أَنْتُمْ اتَّبَعْتُمْ أَذْنَابَ الْبَقَرِ ، وَتَبَايَعْتُمْ بِالْعِينَةِ ، وَتَرَكْتُمْ الْجِهَادَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ، لَيُلْزِمَنَّكُمْ اللَّهُ مَذَلَّةً فِي أَعْنَاقِكُمْ ، ثُمَّ لَا تُنْزَعُ مِنْكُمْ حَتَّى تَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى مَا كُنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ ، وَتَتُوبُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ " .
And I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: If you abandon jihad, become occupied with holding the tails of cows, and start buying fine and luxurious things, then Allah will send calamities upon you, and He will not remove them until you repent and return to the religion.
(حديث مرفوع) (حديث موقوف) وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " لَتَكُونَنَّ هِجْرَةٌ بَعْدَ هِجْرَةٍ ، إِلَى مُهَاجَرِ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى فِي الْأَرَضِينَ إِلَّا شِرَارُ أَهْلِهَا ، وَتَلْفِظُهُمْ أَرَضُوهُمْ ، وَتَقْذَرُهُمْ رُوحُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ، وَتَحْشُرُهُمْ النَّارُ مَعَ الْقِرَدَةِ وَالْخَنَازِيرِ ، تَقِيلُ حَيْثُ يَقِيلُونَ ، وَتَبِيتُ حَيْثُ يَبِيتُونَ ، وَمَا سَقَطَ مِنْهُمْ فَلَهَا " .
And I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "After this migration, there will be another migration, which will be towards the land of migration of your forefather, Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him), until only the worst people will remain on the earth, whom their land will swallow up. In the sight of the Lord, they will be filthy people; they will be gathered in the Fire along with monkeys and pigs. Wherever they rest, the Fire will also stop there; wherever they spend the night, it will also spend the night there, and whoever among them falls will become a part of the Fire."
(حديث مرفوع) (حديث موقوف) وَلَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " يَخْرُجُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي قَوْمٌ يُسِيئُونَ الْأَعْمَالَ ، يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ " ، قَالَ يَزِيدُ : لَا أَعْلَمُ إِلَّا قَالَ : " يَحْقِرُ أَحَدَكُمْ عَمَلَهُ مِنْ عَمَلِهِمْ ، يَقْتُلُونَ أَهْلَ الْإِسْلَامِ ، فَإِذَا خَرَجُوا فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ ، ثُمَّ إِذَا خَرَجُوا فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ ، ثُمَّ إِذَا خَرَجُوا فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ ، فَطُوبَى لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ ، وَطُوبَى لِمَنْ قَتَلُوهُ ، كُلَّمَا طَلَعَ مِنْهُمْ قَرْنٌ قَطَعَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ " ، فَرَدَّدَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً أَوْ أَكْثَرَ ، وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ .
And I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that there will arise in my Ummah a people who will be of bad character. They will recite the Qur'an but it will not go beyond their throats. You will consider your deeds insignificant compared to their deeds. They will kill the people of Islam. When they appear, you must kill them, and as long as they continue to appear, you must keep killing them. Glad tidings are for the one who kills them, and glad tidings are for the one whom they kill. Whenever a generation of them emerges, Allah will destroy it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated this twenty times or more, and I kept listening.