Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When honesty is lost, then wait for the Hour." It was asked, "How will honesty be lost, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "When authority is given to those who do not deserve it, then wait for the Hour."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا ضُيِّعَتِ الأَمَانَةُ فَانْتَظِرِ السَّاعَةَ قَالَ كَيْفَ إِضَاعَتُهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِذَا أُسْنِدَ الأَمْرُ إِلَى غَيْرِ أَهْلِهِ فَانْتَظِرِ السَّاعَةَ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told us two narrations: I have seen one of them, and I am waiting for the other.

He told us: (1) “Trustworthiness was sent down into the depths of peoples hearts; then they learned it from the Quran, then they learned it from the Sunnah.” 

And then he told us about its being taken away. He said: (2) “A man will sleep a while, and trustworthiness will be taken from his heart, leaving its trace like the slight marks. Then he will sleep again, and it will be taken away, and its trace will remain like a callus you develop on your foot and it blisters: you see it raised up, yet there is nothing inside. Then people will come to trade with one another, and hardly anyone will fulfill the trust, until it is said: ‘Among the tribe of so-and-so there is a trustworthy man.’ And it will be said of a man: ‘How intelligent is he! How refined is he! How strong and capable is he!’ while there is not in his heart even the weight of a mustard seed of faith.”

There was a time that passed over me when I did not care which of you I traded with: if he was a Muslim, Islam would bring him back to me, and if he was a Christian, his official would bring him back to me. But as for today, I would not trade except with so-and-so and so-and-so.

حَدَّثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدِيثَيْنِ، رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَهُمَا، وَأَنَا أَنْتَظِرُ الآخَرَ. 

حَدَّثَنَا: (١) «أَنَّ الْأَمَانَةَ نَزَلَتْ فِي جَذْرِ قُلُوبِ الرِّجَالِ، ثُمَّ عَلِمُوا مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ، ثُمَّ عَلِمُوا مِنَ السُّنَّةِ».

وَحَدَّثَنَا عَنْ رَفْعِهَا فَقَالَ: (٢) «يَنَامُ الرَّجُلُ النَّوْمَةَ، فَتُقْبَضُ الْأَمَانَةُ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ، فَيَظَلُّ أَثَرُهَا مِثْلَ أَثَرِ الْوَكْتِ، ثُمَّ يَنَامُ النَّوْمَةَ، فَتُقْبَضُ، فَيَبْقَى أَثَرُهَا مِثْلَ الْمَجْلِ، كَجَمْرٍ دَحْرَجْتَهُ عَلَى رِجْلِكَ فَنَفِطَ، فَتَرَاهُ مُنْتَبِرًا وَلَيْسَ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ. فَيُصْبِحُ النَّاسُ يَتَبَايَعُونَ، فَلَا يَكَادُ أَحَدٌ يُؤَدِّي الْأَمَانَةَ، فَيُقَالُ: إِنَّ فِي بَنِي فُلَانٍ رَجُلًا أَمِينًا. وَيُقَالُ لِلرَّجُلِ: مَا أَعْقَلَهُ، وَمَا أَظْرَفَهُ، وَمَا أَجْلَدَهُ، وَمَا فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةِ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ».

وَلَقَدْ أَتَى عَلَيَّ زَمَانٌ وَمَا أُبَالِي أَيَّكُمْ بَايَعْتُ، لَئِنْ كَانَ مُسْلِمًا رَدَّهُ الْإِسْلَامُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ نَصْرَانِيًّا رَدَّهُ عَلَيَّ سَاعِيهِ. فَأَمَّا الْيَوْمَ، فَمَا كُنْتُ أُبَايِعُ إِلَّا فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا.

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "People are just like camels, out of one hundred, one can hardly find a single camel suitable to ride."

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّمَا النَّاسُ كَالإِبِلِ الْمِائَةُ لاَ تَكَادُ تَجِدُ فِيهَا رَاحِلَةً