CHAPTER: The onset of the hour.
Abdullah bin Umar said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم led us in the night prayer one night towards the end of his life. When he uttered the salutation, he got up and said: Have you seen this night of yours ? No one of those who are on the surface of the earth will survive at the ends of one hundred years. Ibn Umar said: The people fell into fallacy by this statement of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم about the traditions they used to narrate concerning one hundred years. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: No one of those who are present today on the surface of the earth will survive, meaning when that century comes to and end.
Narrated Abu Thalabat al-Khushani: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Allah will not fail to detain this community for less than half a day.
Narrated Saad ibn Abu Waqqas: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: I hope my community will not fail to maintain their position in the sight of their Lord if He delays them half a day. Saad was asked: How long is half a day? He said: It is five hundred years.