Narrated Ibn Umar:

Allah’s Apostle said, “The keys of Unseen are five which none knows but Allah: None knows what will happen tomorrow but Allah; none knows what is in the wombs (a male child or a female) but Allah; none knows when it will rain but Allah; none knows at what place one will die; none knows when the Hour will be established but Allah.” (See The Quran 31:34.”)

I wish I had a list of hadith about the hour some of which talk about how the knowledge of the Sunnah will leave the Muslims and the people will go to the ingornat people for Ilm and they will be misguided.

Here are some others:

Narrated AbuHurayrah: Muslim

Allah’s Apostle (peacebeupon_him) said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, a time would come when the murderer would not know why he has committed the murder, and the victim would not know why he has been killed.

Hudhayfah ibn al-Yamdn said, “The Prophet (S) said, ‘Islam will become worn out like clothes are, until there will be no-one who knows what fasting, prayer, charity and rituals are. The Quran will disappear in one night, and no Ayah will be left on earth. Some groups of old people will be left who will say, We heard our fathers saying La ilaha illa Allah, so we repeat it.”’ Silah asked Hudhayfah, “What will saying La ilaha illa Allah do for them when they do not know what prayer, fasting, ritual and charity are?” Hudhayfah ignored him; then Silah repeated his question three times, and each time Hudayfah ignored him. Finally he answered, “O Silah, it will save them from Hell ’ and said it three times. (Ibn Majah.)

Abd Allah ibn Masud said: “The Prophet (S) said, ‘Islam began as something strange, and it will revert to being strange as it was in the beginning, so good tidings for the strangers.’ Someone asked, ‘Who are the strangers?’ He said, ‘The ones who break away from their people (literally, ‘tribes’) for the sake of Islam.’

This Hadith was narrated by Ibn Majah on the authority of Anas and Abfi Hurayrah.

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, “The Hour will not be established till my followers copy the deeds of the previous nations and follow them very closely, span by span, and cubit by cubit (i.e., inch by inch).” It was said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Do you mean by those (nations) the Persians and the Byzantines?” The Prophet said, “Who can it be other than they?”

Narrated ‘Abdullah:

The Prophet said, “Near the establishment of the Hour, there will be the days of Al-Harj, and the religious knowledge will be taken away (vanish i.e. by the death of Religious scholars) and general ignorance will spread.” Abu Musa said, “Al-Harj, in the Ethiopian language, means killing,” Ibn Mas’ud added: I heard Allah’s Apostle saying; (It will be) from among the most wicked people who will be living at the time when the Hour will be established.”

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah’s Apostle said, “When honesty is lost, then wait for the Hour.” It was asked, “How will honesty be lost, O Allah’s Apostle?” He said, “When authority is given to those who do not deserve it, then wait for the Hour.”

Narrated Anas:

I will narrate to you a Habith I heard from Allah’s Apostle and none other than I will tell you of it. I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “From among the portents of the Hour are the following: Religious knowledge will be taken away; General ignorance (in religious matters) will increase; illegal Sexual intercourse will prevail: Drinking of alcoholic drinks will prevail. Men will decrease in number, and women will increase in number, so much so that fifty women will be looked after by one man.”

Just to clarify that I am not the same as “Anonymous”. I am “anonymous” (lowercase ‘a’).

Yeah … I was thinking the same thing. I’m sort of weighing up the idea of banning anonymous commenters as UZ does.

About the occupation comment … Allah knows best, but the US doesn’t actually rule the Arabian peninsula, they are (or were?) there by invitation of the Muslim rulers. So I don’t think it qualifies.

Asalaamualaikum wa rahmatulla bro. Yusuf. I have a bone to pick with you.