"Righteous people will go (die) one after another. Meanwhile, the dregs of people, like waste barley or dates, will remain. Allah will not raise them in esteem."
[Al-Bukhari]
Original Hadith
"«يذهب الصالحون الأول فالأول، ويبقى حُثَالَةٌ كَحُثَالَةِ الشعير أو التمر لا يُبَالِيهُم الله بَالَةً».
[صحيح.] - [رواه البخاري.]"