Hadith No: 1

Narrated Ghailan:

Anas said, "I do not find (now-a-days) things as they were (practiced) at the time of the Prophet." Somebody said "The prayer (is as it was.)" Anas said, "Have you not done in the prayer what you have done?

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Reference: Saheeh al-Bukhari Book 9 Tradition No. 8

Hadith No: 2

Narrated Az-Zuhri that he visited Anas bin Malik at Damascus and found him weeping and asked him why he was weeping. He replied, "I do not know anything which I used to know during the life-time of Allah's Apostle except this prayer which is being lost (not offered as it should be)."

 

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Reference: Saheeh al-Bukhari Book 9 Tradition No. 9

Hadith No: 3

Narrated Salim:

I heard Um Ad-Darda' saying, "Abu Ad-Darda' entered the house in an angry mood. I said to him. 'What makes you angry?' He replied, 'By Allah! I do not find the followers of Muhammad doing those good things (which they used to do before) except the offering of congregational prayer." (This happened in the last days of Abu Ad-Darda' during the rule of `Uthman) .

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Reference: Saheeh al-Bukhari Book 10 Tradition No. 47

Hadith No: 4

Narrated Al-Musaiyab:

I met Al-Bara bin `Azib and said (to him). "May you live prosperously! You enjoyed the company of the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and gave him the Pledge of allegiance (of Al-Hudaibiya) under the Tree." On that, Al- Bara' said, "O my nephew! You do not know what we have done after him (i.e. his death).

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Reference: Saheeh al-Bukhari Book 64 Tradition No. 212

Hadith No: 5
Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Musnad Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Musnad of the Ten Promised Paradise
Musnad of the Rightly Guided Caliphs - The First Musnad of Umar ibn al-Khattab (ra)
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (389)
293 - Abd al-Quddus ibn al-Hajjajj narrated to us, saying: Safwan narrated to us, and Abu al-Mukharaq Zuhayr ibn Salim narrated to me that Ubayr ibn Sa'd al-Ansari had been appointed by Umar to govern Homs, and he mentioned the hadith. He said: Umar, meaning to Ka'b, "I am going to ask you about something; do not conceal it from me." Ka'b replied, "By Allah, I will not conceal from you anything I know." Umar asked, "What is the most frightening thing you fear for the Ummah of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)?" Ka'b said, "Misleading leaders." Umar said, "You have spoken the truth; the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) confided this to me and informed me."

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Reference: Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal Book 1

Hadith No: 6
Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Musnad of the Frequently Narrating Companions - Musnad of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (ra)
Volume: (6) - Page Number: (339)
3790 - Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us, saying: Isma'il ibn Zakariya narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Uthman ibn Khuzaim, from al-Qasim ibn Abd al-Rahman, from his father, from Abd Allah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said, "There will be men who will take over your affairs after me; they will extinguish the Sunnah and introduce innovations, and delay prayers beyond their appointed times." Ibn Mas'ud said, "O Messenger of Allah, what should I do if I live to see them?" He replied, "There is no obedience to one who disobeys Allah, O son of Um Abd," and he said it three times. I also heard something similar from Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah.

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Reference: Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal Book 6

Hadith No: 7
Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Musnad al-Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Baqi Musnad al-Mukthirin - Musnad Anas ibn Malik (r)
Volume: (19) - Page Number: (39)
11977 - Zyad ibn al-Rabi, Abu Khudash al-Yahmadi, said: Ziyad ibn al-Rabi, Abu Khudash al-Yahmadi, said: I heard Abu Imran al-Jouni say: I heard Anas ibn Malik, say: "I do not know anything today that we were on during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)." We said to him, "Then where is the prayer?" He replied, "Did you not do in the prayer what you already knew?"

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Reference: Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal Book 19

Hadith No: 8
Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Musnad Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Remaining Musnad of the Many Narrators - Musnad Anas ibn Malik (r)
Volume: (21) - Page Number: (344)
13861 - Athan said: Iffan narrated to us, who said: Sulaiman ibn al-Mughira narrated to us, Thabit narrated to us, who said, Anas: "I do not know of anything among you today that I used to see during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), except for your saying, 'There is no deity but Allah.'" I said, "O Abu Hamza, what about prayer?" He replied, "I have prayed when the sun set." Was that the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)?" Ali then said: "I did not see a time better for a worker than your time, except that it might be a time with a prophet."

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Reference: Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal Book 21

Hadith No: 9
Al-Hakim al-Nisapuri - Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn
Book of the Knowledge of the Companions - No Obedience to One Who Disobeys God, the Exalted
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (357)
5584 - As for the narration of Muslim ibn Khalid, Abu Aun Muhammad ibn Mahan al-Khazzaz informed us in Mecca, saying: Ali ibn Abd al-Aziz narrated to us, saying: Sa'id ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: Muslim ibn Khalid narrated to us, from Isma'il ibn Ubayd ibn Rifa'ah, from his father, that Ubadah ibn al-Samit stood up in the middle of the house of the Commander of the Faithful, Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), and said: "I heard the Messenger of God (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), Muhammad, Abu al-Qasim, say: 'After me, there will be men who will take charge of your affairs. They will know what you deny and will deny what you know. Therefore, there is no obedience to one who disobeys God, the Exalted. Do not blame yourselves. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, Muawiyah is one of those.'" Uthman did not reply to him with a word. This hadith has been narrated with a sound chain of transmission, meeting the criteria of the Two Shaykhs, regarding Ubadah ibn al-Samit's visit to Uthman ibn Affan in complaint, with a concise text.

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Reference: Al-Mustadarak ala al-Saheehain Book 3

Hadith No: 10
Al-Suyuti - Al-Durr al-Manthur fi al-Tafsir bil-Ma'thur - Surah Al-A'raf (7): 201
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (155)
[The text is lengthy, so only the relevant excerpt is provided here]
- .... Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi narrated from Umar ibn al-Khattab who said: "The Messenger of Allah came to me while I could see the sadness on his face. He took hold of my beard and said: 'Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we shall return.' Gabriel just came to me and said: 'Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we shall return.' I replied, 'Yes, indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we shall return. But what is this, Gabriel?' He said: 'Your Ummah will soon be beset by trials after you, lasting a little while, but not much.' I asked, 'A trial of disbelief or a trial of misguidance?' He said, 'Both will happen.' I continued, 'And how will this be when I am leaving behind in them the Book of Allah?' He replied, 'They will be led astray by the Book of Allah, and the first of this will come from their scholars and leaders. The leaders will withhold the people's rights, not giving them what is due, leading to conflict among them, and the scholars will follow the whims of the leaders, supporting them in their wrongness, and they will not hold back.' I said, 'O Gabriel, how will those who are saved fare?' He said, 'They will be with restraint and patience. If they are given what is rightfully theirs, they will accept it; if it is withheld, they will let it be.'"

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Reference: Al-Durr al-Manthoor fi Tafseer al-Mathoor Book 3