You will see the Sultan hoard food...

You will see the Sultan hoard food; you will see the assets of relatives distributed in falsehood and gambled with to drink wine. You will see wine is used as medicine, prescribed by the physicians. You will see people consider commanding to do good, to forbid evil and neglecting religion all the same.

You will see people of hypocrisy and hypocrites on the rise and people of truth do not move, when you see Adhan and Salat for wages, when you see a Masjid full of those who do not fear Allah -azwj , gather there for backbiting, consuming the flesh of the people of truth, and prescribe wine and intoxicants. You will see a drunken man lead Salat with no understanding. However, people will not show any dislike for his being drunk.

When he is drunk he is respected, feared and ignoring him is feared, he is not punished nor is executed for being drunk. A time will come when you will see those who consume assets of orphans will receive praise as virtuous ones. You will see the courts judge against the commandments of Allah -azwj , the rules trust the treacherous ones for greed, the rulers designate legacy for the sinful people and the daring against Allah -azwj who take from them and leave in what they desire.

You will see piety preached from the pulpits but the preacher will not practice, you will see Salat taken lightly as well as its times, you will see charity given through intercession but not for the sake of Allah -azwj . It is given because of people’s demand and pleasure. You will see what matter to people will be their stomach and sexual desires, paying attention to what they eat or drink and the world will come to them.

You see the signs of truth have become old then you must remain cautious and seek safety from Allah -azwj . You must take notice that Allah -azwj is angry with people and He -azwj only gives them time for a matter for which He -azwj wants them. Remain watchful and strive, so that Allah -azwj will see you in what is against what they do. If penalty falls on them when you are there, you can move quickly to the mercy of Allah -azwj .

If you delay, they become afflicted; you must have come out of what they are in of their daring against Allah -azwj . You must take notice that Allah -azwj does not allow the rewards of the people of good deeds to become invalidated, the mercy of Allah -azwj is close to those who do good deeds.’ [14] [1] الجعفريات 98 باب النساء ….. ص : 97 [2] وسائل‏الشيعة 17 236 64- باب استحباب الغزل للمرأة ….. [3] Al-Kafi,vol.