Signs of the Hour, Selected Hadith

On efficiency (note: Muslims are not exempted):

Ibn Omar reported that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "People are like a hundred camels amongst whom you hardly find one fit for riding." [Agreed Upon]

On our attitudes:

Abu Sayeed reported that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "You shall follow the practices of those before you, inch by inch and mile by mile, to the degree that if they enter into the hole of a lizard, you will follow them." He was asked: "O messenger of Allah, are they the Jews and Christians?" He replied: "Who else?" [Agreed Upon]

Ibn Omar reported that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "When my nation will walk with vanity, and the sons of kings, the princes of Persia and Byzantine will serve them, Allah will give authority to the wicked over the good." [At - Tirmidhi]

Essentials of Islam: Iman and Ihsan

Bismillah... Wal Hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Aalamiin.

 'Umar Ibn Khattaab (RA) narrated, "While we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), one day a man came up to us whose clothes were extremely white, whose hair was extremely black, upon whom traces of travelling could not be seen, and whom none of us knew (recognised), until he sat down close to the Prophet (PBUH), so that he rested his knees upon his knees (knelt before the Messenger of Allah PBUH) and placed his two hands upon his thighs and (The  inquirer) said, 

'O Muhammad, tell me about Islam.' 
The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, 'Islam is that you witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and you establish the prayer, and you give the Zakat, and you fast Ramadan, and you perform the hajj of the House if you are able to take a way to it (i.e If you are able to bear the expense of the journey).' 

The Virtue of Relieving Hardships For Other Muslims

The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) said: "He who relieves a hardship of this Dunya for a believer, Allah will relieve a hardship of the Day of Resurrection for him."Relieving a hardship involves removing it or lessening its impact. The Kurbah (meaning the hardship or the disaster) is the severe difficulty that causes sadness and depression for those whom the Kurbah befalls, "Verily, We have created man in toil." [Soorah al-Balad (90): 4] Ibn Jarir said that the "toil" mentioned in this Ayah, entails suffering the various difficult matters and hardships.

Ideal Islam: Love Your Brother For The Sake of Allah

In our contemporary society, friends are made at school, at work, in neighborhoods and even over the Internet. Friends are made and kept for a variety of reasons. People make friends with others who share common interests, hobbies, and even vices. The final goal of a friendship is often simply company, a desire to spend time with someone, doing something that they both enjoy. A Muslim ought to choose friends more carefully and critically.

“Islam began as something strange and will revert to being strange as it began.."

Islam arose in an environment in where individuals atrocities went beyond monsters and in an age when society was collapsed and degenerated. 

The fortunate community that encircled the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was regarded as strange within their society. Their limited number, different behaviors from society, and being drawn from amongst a society that does not recognize the Truth gave rise to be seen as strangers. Eventually, some of the companions, with the permission of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had to leave the regions that they were living in to fulfill their religious duties freely. Therefore, they suffered the difficulties of being a stranger and foreigner increasingly. Later, as it is well known immigration to Medina eventuated.