[Machine] We were with him above a rent he had, and a group passed by who were carrying something. He said, "Who are these?" It was said, "They are fleeing from the plague." He said, "Oh plague, take me, oh plague, take me, oh plague, take me." His cousin's son said to him, and he had a companion who wished for death, and I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "None of you should wish for death, for indeed, the death is the last action of the believer; it does not return, so he regrets it?" He said, "Oh son of my cousin, I hasten to something I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that will happen in the end of times that my nation will fear: the rule of fools, the abundance of police forces, the trivialization of blood, the severance of family ties, and a growth in which they will take the Quran as songs, and they will give precedence to a man who is not the most knowledgeable or the most understanding of their religion, and among them will be someone who is more knowledgeable and more understanding than him, but they will prefer him to entertain them with singing."
كُنَّا مَعَهُ فَوْقَ أَجَارٍ لَهُ فَمَرَّ قَوْمٌ يَتَحَمَّلُونَ فَقَالَ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قِيلَ يَفِرُّونَ مِنَ الطَّاعُونِ فَقَالَ يَا طَاعُونُ خُذْنِي يَا طَاعُونُ خُذْنِي يَا طَاعُونُ خُذْنِي فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ أَخٍ لَهُ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ تَمَنَّى الْمَوْتَ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَتَمَنَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ فَإِنَّ الْمَوْتَ آخِرُ عَمَلِ الْمُؤْمِنِ لَا يَرْجِعُ فَيُسْتَعْتَبُ؟» فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي إِنِّي أُبَادِرُ خِلَالًا سَمِعْتُهُنَّ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تَكُنَّ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ يَتَخَوَّفْهُنَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِهِ «إِمَارَةُ السُّفَهَاءِ وَكَثْرَةُ الشُّرَطِ واسْتِخْفَافٌ بِالدَّمِ وَقَطِيعَةُ الرَّحِمِ وَنَشْوٌ يَنْشَأُ يَتَّخِذُونَ الْقُرْآنَ مَزَامِيرَ يُقَدِّمُونَ الرَّجُلَ لَيْسَ بِأَفْقَهِهِمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَا بِأَعْلَمِهِمْ وَفِيهِمْ مَنْ هُوَ أَفْقَهُ مِنْهُمْ وَأَعْلَمُ يُقَدِّمُونَهُمْ لِيُغَنِّيَهُمْ غِنَاءً»