Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:9490 حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ مَيْمُونٍ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ لَقِيَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ أَعْرَابِيٌّ وَنَحْنُ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَضَحِكَ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى الْمَعْرِفَةِ وَإِنَّ هَذَا عَرَفَنِي مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ وَحَتَّى تُتَّخَذَ الْمَسَاجِدُ طُرُقًا فَلَا يُسْجَدُ لِلَّهِ فِيهَا وَحَتَّى يَبْعَثَ الْغُلَامُ الشَّيْخَ بَرِيدًا بَيْنَ الْأُفُقَيْنِ وَحَتَّى يَبْلُغَ التَّاجِرُ بَيْنَ الْأُفُقَيْنِ فَلَا يَجِدُ رِبْحًا»
English Translation
An Arab bedouin met Abdullah ibn Mas'ud while we were with him and said: 'Peace be upon you, O Abu Abd al-Rahman.' He laughed and said: 'Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: "The Hour will not come until greetings are given only to acquaintances, until mosques are used as thoroughfares without anyone prostrating to Allah in them, until a young boy is sent as a messenger by an elder between two horizons, and until a merchant travels between two horizons without finding any profit."'