A'isha reported that a person asked Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as to who amongst the people were the best. He said: Of the generation to which I belong, then of the second generation (generation adjacent to my generation), then of the third generation (generation adjacent to the second generation).
Read More..Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) led us 'Isha' prayer at the latter part of the night and when he had concluded it by salutations he stood up and said: Have you seen this night of yours? At the end of one hundred years after this none would survive on the surface of the earth (from amount my Companions). Ibn Umar said: People were (not understanding) these words of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) which had been uttered pertaining to one hundred years. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) in fact meant (by these words) that on that day none from amongst those who had been living upon the earth (from amongst his Companions) would survive (after one hundred years) and that would be the end of this generation.
Read More..Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: I heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying this one month before his death: You asked me about the Last Hour whereas its knowledge is with Allah. I, however, take an oath and say that none upon the earth, the created beings (from amongst my Companions), would survive at the end of one hundred years.
Read More..This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Juraij with the same chain of transmitters, but there is no mention of the words: one month before his death .
Read More..Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying one mouth before his death (or something like it): None amongst the created beings who had been living by that time (during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle).... 'Abd al-Rahman has interpreted these words of Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as: The ages (of the people) would be diminished.
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