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[Machine] "Abdullah said, 'There is no year except that the one after it is worse, and no year is better than a year, and no nation is better than a nation. However, the disappearance of your best people and your scholars, and the emergence of a people who judge matters by their own opinions, the Islam will be destroyed and corrupt.'"  

الطبراني:٨٥٥١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَيْسَ عَامٌ إِلَّا الَّذِي بَعْدَهُ شَرٌّ مِنْهُ وَلَا عَامٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عَامٍ وَلَا أُمَّةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ وَلَكِنْ ذَهَابُ خِيَارِكُمْ وَعُلَمَائِكُمْ وَيُحَدِّثُ قَوْمٌ يَقِيسُونَ الْأُمُورَ بِرَأْيِهِمْ فَيَنْهَدِمُ الْإِسْلَامُ وَيَنْثَلِمُ»