[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ, that he said, "Time will not increase except in difficulty, people will not increase except in greediness, and the Day of Judgment will not come except upon the worst of people." So I mentioned what reached me of the cause of this hadith in astonishment, not as a proof, in the Mustadrak of Al-Shaykhayn. Indeed, the most appropriate place to mention this hadith is in this context, authentic.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «لَنْ يَزْدَادَ الزَّمَانُ إِلَّا شِدَّةً وَلَا يَزْدَادُ النَّاسُ إِلَّا شُحًّا وَلَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ إِلَّا عَلَى شِرَارِ النَّاسِ» فَذَكَرْتُ مَا انْتَهَى إِلَيَّ مِنْ عِلَّةِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَعَجُّبًا لَا مُحْتَجًّا بِهِ فِي الْمُسْتَدْرَكِ عَلَى الشَّيْخَيْنِ فَإِنَّ أَوْلَى مِنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ذِكْرَهُ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ صحيح