Hadith 23031

It was narrated that Hudhaifah said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)told us two Ahadith, one of which I have seen, and I am still waitingfor the other. He told us: 'Honesty was preserved in the roots ofmen's hearts' – (One of the narrators) Tanafisi said: 'Meaningin the middle of men's hearts' – 'Then the Qur'an wasrevealed and we learned (it) from the Qur'an and the Sunnah.'Then he told us about its disappearance, saying; 'A man will go tosleep and honesty will be taken away from his heart, and only itstrace will remain, like spots without color. Then he will go to sleepagain and the remainder of the honesty will also be taken away (fromhis heart) and leaving a trace like a blister, as when an embertouches your foot and raises a blister which has nothing inside.'"Then Hudhaifah picked up a handful of pebbles and rolled them on hisleg. He said: "People will engage in business with one another, butthere will hardly be any honest persons among them. Then it will besaid that in such and such a tribe there is an honest man, and a manwill be admired for his intelligence, good manners and strength, butthere will not be even a mustard seed of faith in his heart.""There was a time when I did not mind dealing with anyone of you, for if he was a Muslim, his religion would prevent him from cheating; and if he was a Christian, his Muslim ruler would prevent him from cheating. But today I cannot deal except with so-and-so and so-and-so."