English Translation

Hashim told us, saying Ishaq bin Sa'id -- that is, Ibn Amr bin Sa'id bin al-'As -- told us, from his father, from Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, entered upon me saying: O Aisha, your people will be the quickest of my nation to join me. She said: When he sat down I said: O Messenger of Allah, may Allah make me a ransom for you, you entered saying words that frightened me. He said: What was it? She said: You claim that my people will be the quickest of your nation to join you. He said: Yes. She said: And why is that? He said: Death will seem sweet to them, so their own nation will grieve over them in envy. She said: I said: How will the people be after that, or at that time? He said: Like locusts, whose strong ones eat the weak ones, until the Hour comes upon them. And al-daba are grasshoppers whose wings have not yet grown.