Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d Sa’idi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “I and the Hour have been sent like these two fingers, close to each other.” Then he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) joined his index and middle fingers together (to illustrate). He also said: “The example of me and the Hour is like two horses running in a race (that are close to each other).” Then he said: “The example of me and the Hour is like a man whom people sent ahead as a scout; he feared that the enemy might reach before him, so he waved a cloth and said: ‘You have come before the enemies, you have come before the enemies, here I am, here I am.’”