Ayesha reported that the Prophet ﷺ came in to her saying, "Ayesha, your people will be the quickest of my nation to follow me."She said, "When he sat down, I said, 'Messenger of Allah, may Allah make me your ransom, you came in saying words that alarmed me.'"He asked, "What was it?"She replied, "You claim that your people will be the quickest of your nation to follow you."He said, "Yes."She asked, "Why is that?"He answered, "Death will overtake them, and others will envy them their position."She said, "I asked, 'How will the people be after that, or at that time?'"He replied, "Like locust swarms, the strong among them devouring the weak, until the Hour arrives upon them."Abu Abd al-Rahman said, A man explained it, these are the young locusts whose wings have not yet grown.
دخل علي النبي ﷺ وهو يقول: يا عائشة، قومك أسرع أمتي بي لحاقا قالت: فلما جلس، قلت: يا رسول الله جعلني الله فداءك، لقد دخلت وأنت تقول كلاما ذعرني، قال: وماهو؟ قالت: تزعم أن قومك أسرع أمتك بك لحاقا. قال: نعم. قالت: ومم ذاك؟ قال: تستحيلهم المنايا وتنفس عليهم أمتهم. قالت: فقلت: فكيف الناس بعد ذلك أو عند ذلك؟ قال: دبي يأكل شداده ضعافه حتى تقوم عليهم الساعة. قال أبو عبد الرحمن: فسره رجل: هو الجنادب التي لم تنبت أجنحتها.
Ahmad (24519, 24596) narrated it from Hashim Ibn Qasim, who said, Ishaq bin Saeed (he is Ibn Amr bin Saeed bin As) narrated to us, from his father, from Ayesha, who said, then he mentioned it. Its chain of transmission is sahih.Haythami said in Majma (10/28), "Ahmad narrated it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih."