Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Numayr narrated to us, Wakīʿ and my father narrated to us, they said: al-Aʿmash narrated to us. And Abū Saʿīd al-Ashajj narrated to me—and the wording is his—Wakīʿ narrated to us, al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Abū Wāʾil, who said: I was sitting with ʿAbd Allah and Abū Mūsā, and they said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Indeed, before the Hour there will be days in which knowledge is lifted up, ignorance descends, and harj abounds—and harj means killing."