Abu Masʿood ‘Uqbah bin ʿAmr al-Ansari entered upon ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ and ‘Ali said to him: Are you the one who says that in one hundred years time there will be no soul left on earth? Rather the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿIn one hundred years time, there will be no soul left on earth of those who are alive today,” By Allah, there is great hope for this ummah after one hundred years.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ مِائَةُ عَامٍ وَعَلَى الْأَرْضِ نَفْسٌ مَنْفُوسَةٌ؟ إِنَّمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ مِائَةُ عَامٍ وَعَلَى الْأَرْضِ نَفْسٌ مَنْفُوسَةٌ؟ مِمَّنْ هُوَ حَيٌّ الْيَوْمَ وَإِنَّ رَخاءَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ الْمِائَةِ