Reference: al-Muntaqaa min Fataawa Fadheelatush-Shaykh Saalih Ibn Fowzaan v2 p99 no.82
Question: How correct is the hadeeth
«The [Last] Hour shall not be established except upon the worst of the creation in the {sight] of Allaah» [transmitted by Muslim no.2949]
? And what does this [hadeeth] mean?
Response: This hadeeth is saheeh, and is narrated by al-Haakim in his Mustadrak, who says its chain of transmission is saheeh.
And the meaning of the hadeeth is clear, that at the end of time [close to] when the [Last] Hour shall be established, the souls of the believers (mu.minoon) shall be taken, as is mentioned in the hadeeth [transmitted by Muslim no.2937], and none shall remain except the disbelievers, and upon them shall the [Last] Hour be established.
