Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear at a time of increased depravity and oppression

Salama ibn Zufar relates: “When one said ‘Hazrat Mahdi (as) has appeared’ one day when he was near Hudhayfa, Hudhayfa said:“If Hazrat Mahdi (as) has appeared, you are people close to the time of the Messenger of Allah (saas) and his companions are still living among you. In that case, you will be very happy and contended people. But no, this is not true, HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL APPEAR WHEN PEOPLE ARE WEARIED OF EVIL, SAVAGERY AND OPPRESSION AND WHEN NO PERSON LIVING IN SECLUSION IS AS GREAT OR LOVED AS HIM.” (As-Suyuti, Al-Hawi Lil-Fatawi, vol. 2, p. 159