"The Messenger of Allah said: 'One of the portents of the Hour will be that wealth becomes widespread and abundant, and trade will become widespread, but knowledge will disappear. A man will try to sell something and will say: "No, not until I consult the merchant of banu so and so: and People will look throughout a vast area for a scribe and will not find one." (Sahih )  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يَفْشُوَ الْمَالُ وَيَكْثُرَ وَتَفْشُوَ التِّجَارَةُ وَيَظْهَرَ الْعِلْمُ وَيَبِيعَ الرَّجُلُ الْبَيْعَ فَيَقُولَ لاَ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْمِرَ تَاجِرَ بَنِي فُلاَنٍ وَيُلْتَمَسَ فِي الْحَىِّ الْعَظِيمِ الْكَاتِبُ فَلاَ يُوجَدُ  

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'One of the portents of the Hour will be that wealth becomes widespread and abundant, and trade will become widespread, but knowledge will disappear. A man will try to sell something and will say: "No, not until I consult the merchant of banu so and so: and People will look throughout a vast area for a scribe and will not find one." (Sahih ) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4456)  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يَفْشُوَ الْمَالُ وَيَكْثُرَ وَتَفْشُوَ التِّجَارَةُ وَيَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ وَيَبِيعَ الرَّجُلُ الْبَيْعَ فَيَقُولَ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْمِرَ تَاجِرَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ وَيُلْتَمَسَ فِي الْحَيِّ الْعَظِيمِ الْكَاتِبُ فَلَا يُوجَدُ  

"إِنَّ مِنْ أَشراط السَّاعةِ أَن يَفْشُوَ المالُ، ويكثرَ الْقَلَمُ، وتَفْشُوَ

وَالتِّجارة، ويَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ، ويبيعَ الرَّجلُ الْبيْعَ فَيَقُولَ: لا حتى استأْمِرَ تاجر بنى فُلَانٍ، ويُلتْمَس في الحىِّ الحطيم الكاتِبُ فَلَا يُوجَدُ".