Annabi صلى الله عليه وسلم ya kuma yi annabcin cewa sha'awoyi ba kawai za su shiga cikin al'ummarsa ba, har ma za su zama sanadin faduwarsu da halakarsu. Thawbān ya ruwaito cewa Annabi صلى الله عليه وسلم ya ce: "Al'ummai za su kira juna da wuri su cinye ku, kamar yadda ake kiran masu ci zuwa abinci." Aka ce: "Shin saboda karancin yawanmu ne a wannan rana?" Ya ce: "A'a, a'a, a wannan rana za ku zama mutane masu yawa, amma za ku zama kamar kumfa mara nauyi, kamar kumfar kogi. Allah kuwa zai cire tsoron ku daga zukatan makiyanku, kuma zai jefa rauni a zukatanku." Wani ya ce: "Ya Manzon Allah, menene wannan rauni?" Ya ce: "Son duniya, da kyamar mutuwa."333 Abin mamaki ne cewa shekara daya da ta wuce, Sarki Leopold na Belgium ya shahara wajen kiran burinsa na mulkin mallaka da "wannan babban kek din Afirka mai daraja", wanda kasashen Turai suka yanka yadda suka so a lokacin Taron Berlin na shekarar 1884. Mutum zai iya samun zane-zanen siyasa da yawa na wancan zamani da ke wakiltar wannan taro da misalan abinci, kusan daidai da abin da hadisin da ke sama ya bayyana.

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم also prophesied that carnal pursuits would not only infect his nation but would be the cause of their downfall and devastation. Thawbān  reports that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “The nations will soon invite one another to devour you, just as diners are invited to a dish.” It was said, “Will it be because of our small number on that day?” He said, “No, rather you will be many on that day, but you will be weightless foam, like the foam on the river. And Allah will remove the fear of you from the hearts of your enemies and will cast weakness into your hearts.” Someone said, “O Messenger of Allah, what will this weakness be?” He said, “The love of this world, and the hatred of death.”333 It is incredible how one century ago, King Leopold of Belgium very famously referred to his colonial ambitions as “this magnificent African cake,” which the European powers carved at will during the Berlin Conference of 1884. A person can easily find the many political cartoons of that day conceptualizing this conference in food terms, almost exactly like the hadith above had stated.