67. Nikāḥ (Wedlock / Marriage)

٦٧۔ كتاب النكاح

67.111 Men will decrease and women will increase

٦٧۔١١١ باب يَقِلُّ الرِّجَالُ وَيَكْثُرُ النِّسَاءُ

[Machine] And Abu Musa reported from the Prophet ﷺ : "And you see a man who is followed by forty women, who are pleased with him due to the scarcity of men and the abundance of women."

وَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: «وَتَرَى الرَّجُلَ الْوَاحِدَ يَتْبَعُهُ أَرْبَعُونَ امْرَأَةً، يَلُذْنَ بِهِ مِنْ قِلَّةِ الرِّجَالِ وَكَثْرَةِ النِّسَاءِ».

bukhari:5231Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar al-Ḥawḍī > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas

I will narrate to you a Habith I heard from Messenger of Allah ﷺ and none other than I will tell you of it. I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "From among the portents of the Hour are the following: Religious knowledge will be taken away; General ignorance (in religious matters) will increase; illegal Sexual intercourse will prevail: Drinking of alcoholic drinks will prevail. Men will decrease in number, and women will increase in number, so much so that fifty women will be looked after by one man."  

البخاري:٥٢٣١حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْحَوْضِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

لأُحَدِّثَنَّكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِهِ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ وَيَكْثُرَ الْجَهْلُ وَيَكْثُرَ الزِّنَا وَيَكْثُرَ شُرْبُ الْخَمْرِ وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ وَيَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِخَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً الْقَيِّمُ الْوَاحِدُ