987 — “There is no deity worthy of worship but Allah. Woe to the Arabs because of an evil that has drawn near! Today, an opening like this has been made in the barrier of Gog and Magog,” and he formed a circle with his thumb and forefinger. I said, “O Messenger of Allah, will we be destroyed while righteous people are among us?” He said, “Yes, if wickedness becomes widespread.”

It was recorded by al-Bukhari (13/9–10, 91–92), Muslim (8/165–166), and Ibn Hibban (1906), on the authority of Zaynab bint Jahsh, the Prophet’s wife (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), who said: