The Prophet ﷺ said, "The righteous (pious people will depart (die) in succession one after the other, and there will remain (on the earth) useless people like the useless husk of barley seeds or bad dates.  

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَذْهَبُ الصَّالِحُونَ الأَوَّلُ فَالأَوَّلُ وَيَبْقَى حُفَالَةٌ كَحُفَالَةِ الشَّعِيرِ أَوِ التَّمْرِ لاَ يُبَالِيهِمُ اللَّهُ بَالَةً قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يُقَالُ حُفَالَةٌ وَحُثَالَةٌ  

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "The righteous ones will depart one after another, until only a handful will remain, like a handful of barley or dates, and Allah will not care about them at all."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ يَذْهَبُ الصَّالِحُونَ الْأَوَّلُ فَالْأَوَّلُ وَيَبْقَى حُفَالَةٌ مِثْلُ حُفَالَةِ الشَّعِيرِ أَوِ التَّمْرِ وَلَا يُبَالِيهِمُ اللهُ بَالًا