Nufair, from `Auf b.

Nufair, from `Auf b. Mālik that the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be on him and his family, said: “O `Auf!

What will be your condition when this umma breaks up into seventy-three sects, one will be in Paradise and all the others will be in Hell?” I asked, “When will this happen, O Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “When the dishonorable will be many, the slave-girls will rule, children (al-ḥamlān) will sit on the pulpits, [the Holy Quran will be (recited) with music, mosques will be decorated, the pulpits will be raised][^14], the wealth [belonging to the…