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 increase, and men will decrease in numbers and women will increase, until there will be fifty women for one man." ' Muslim, A I Bukhdri.

It is related from Abu Hurairah that, The Apostle of God said, " The hour will not come until the Euphrates shall show a mountain of gold, over which men will fight. And of every hundred of them, ninety-nine will be killed. And every man of them will say, it may be that I shall be he who will be saved. ' ' Muslim.

It is related from Anas that, ' The Apostle of God said, 1 The first sign of the hour will be a fire which will drive men from the East to the West." 'Al Bukhdri.

It is related from 'Abdu'llah bin Hawalah that he said, ' The Apostle of God sent us on foot to get plunder; and we returned without having obtained any plunder. And he perceived the fatigue in our faces, and he stood up amongst us and said, " O God! do not entrust their affairs to me, for I am unable to manage them; and do not entrust their affairs to themselves, for they are impotent to carry them out; and do not entrust their affairs to men, for they will choose their own in preference to them." Then he placed his hand upon my head, and afterwards said, " O Ibn Hawalah, when thou seest that a Khalif has come down at the Holy Land, then earth- quakes and anxieties and severe happenings will be near at hand; and then the hour will be nearer to men than this hand of mine is to thy head."

It is related from Ibn Ma'siid that, ' The Apostle of God said, "The world will not come to an end until there reign over the Arabs a man of the people of my house whose name will agree with mine." ' At Tirmidhi, Abu Ddud.

It is related from Abu Qatadah that, ' The Apostle of God said, "The signs (of the day of resurrection) will come after two hundred (years)." ' Ibn Mdjah.

It is related from Thawban that, 'The Apostle of God said, " When ye see that black standards have come from the direction of Khorasan, then come to them; for verily with them will be the Khalif of God, Al Mahdi." 'Ahmad.

It is related from Abu Ishaq that, ' 'Ali said, as he looked at his son, Al Hasan, " Verily this son of mine is a Sayyad, as