পৃষ্ঠা 133: দ্বিতীয় অধ্যায়: মধ্যবর্তী আলামতসমূহ যা দৃশ্যমান হয়েছে এবং ক্রমবর্ধমানভাবে সংঘটিত হচ্ছে

Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! Will this truly come to pass?!"

He (ﷺ) said: "Yes, by the One in Whose Hand is my soul, O Salman! At that time, leopard skins will be used as saddles and cushions; the males of my nation will adorn themselves with gold and wear silk; shed blood will be treated lightly; wine, singing-girls, and musical instruments will become widespread; and a woman will partner with her husband in trade."

Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! Will this truly come to pass?!"

He (ﷺ) said: "Yes, by the One in Whose Hand is my soul, O Salman! At that time, a tailed comet will appear, black cloaks (sayjan) will be prevalent, and the Ruwaybidah will speak."

Salman asked: "And what is the Ruwaybidah?" He (ﷺ) replied: "Those will speak regarding the public affairs who were never qualified to speak; a man will be held in contempt merely due to corpulence; the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will be chanted melodiously like song and the Quran will be taken as flutes; judicial rulings will be bought and sold; and police and oppressive guards will multiply."

Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! Will this truly come to pass?!"

He (ﷺ) said: "Yes, by the One in Whose Hand is my soul! At that time, the rulers of the people will perform the Pilgrimage (Hajj) for amusement and leisure, the middle class among the people for trade, the poor among the people for begging, and the reciters (scholars) of the people for ostentation and seeking reputation."

Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! Will this truly come to pass?!"

He (ﷺ) said: "Yes, by the One in Whose Hand is my soul! At that time, boys will be jealously guarded just as virgin maidens are guarded; a boy will be sought in marriage just as a woman is sought in marriage, and he will be adorned just as a woman is adorned; women will imitate men and men will imitate women; men will satisfy themselves with men and women with women; and females will mount saddles, so upon them from my nation is the curse of Allah."

Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! Will this truly come to pass?!"

He (ﷺ) said: "Yes, by the One in Whose Hand is my soul! At that time, reciters will emerge whose devotion consists solely of mutual recrimination and finding fault with one another; those individuals are called in the dominion of heaven the foul and the utterly defiled."

Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! Will this truly come to pass?!"

He (ﷺ) said: "Yes, by the One in Whose Hand is my soul! At that time, elderly folk will feign and pursue youthfulness."