The minor Signs of Qiyamah
Drinking of wine will be common.
(Saheeh Bukharie & Saheeh Muslim).
Great distances will be
traversed in short spans of time (Planes, Boats, Trains, Cars etc).
(Muslim).
Books will be widespread but knowledge will be low and the
appearance of ignorance. (Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Majah, & Ahmad).
A man
will talk to [Something like] his whip or his shoe. (Telephone?)
(Ahmad).
When one steadfast to his religion will be like one holding a
burning coal. (Tirmidhie).
Men will begin to wear silk. (Tirmidhi).
Female singers and musical instruments will become popular. (Tirmidhi,
Haythami).
Adultery and fornication will be performed in the open. (The
Prophet, peace be upon him, said that this has never happened without new
diseases befalling the people, which their ancestors had not known). (Bukhari,
Muslim, Ibn Majah, & Haythami).
When fornication becomes widespread
among your leaders. (This will happen when the people stop forbidding evil).
(Ibn Majah).
The consumption of intoxicants will be widespread. (Bukhari
& Muslim).
Women will outnumber men, eventually 50 women for 1
man. (Bukhari, Muslim, & Ahmad).
Killing, killing, killing.
(Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Majah, & Ahmad).
The people will say, 'This
person is cool' and there is not a singel grain of Eeman in his hearth (Actors,
Singers, Gangsters etc).
The nations of the earth will gather against the
Muslims like hungry people going to sit down to a table full of food. This will
occur when the Muslims are large in number, but like the foam of the sea.
People will beat others with whips like the tails of oxen. (Muslim).
The
children will be filled with rage. (Tabarani, Hakim).
Women will conspire.
(Tabarani, Hakim).
Rain will be acidic or burning. (Tabarani, Hakim).
Children of fornication will become widespread or prevalent. (Tabarani,
Hakim).
The hour will not come, until tribes of my Ummah will join the
Mushrikin, and until some tribes of my Ummah will worship Idols.
(Tirmidhie).
By He in Whose hand is my soul! The world shall not pass
[away] before there comes upon people a day in which the murderer will not know
why he has murdered, nor will the murdered one know why he has been killed.
(Muslim).
When a trust becomes a means of making a profit. (Tirmidhi,
Haythami).
Gains will be shared out only among the rich, with no benefit to
the poor. (Tirmidhi).
Paying zakat becomes a burden and miserliness becomes
widespread; charity is given reluctantly. (Tirmidhi & Haythami).
Miserliness will be thrown into the hearts of people. (Bukhari).
When it
will be hot in Winter (and vice versa). (Kanzul Umaal).
Episodes of sudden
death will become widespread. (Ahmad).
Shirk will be widespread in this
Ummah (i.e praying to graves etc).
There will be people who will be
brethren in public but enemies in secret (He was asked how that would come about
and replied, 'Because they will have ulterior motives in their mutual dealings
and at the same time will fear one another'). (Tirmidhi).
When a man obeys
his wife and disobeys his mother; and treats his friend kindly while shunning
his father. (Tirmidhi).
When voices are raised in the mosques.
(Tirmidhi).
People will walk in the marketplace with their thighs exposed.
(Tirmidhie).
Stones will fall from the sky [Meteors]. (Narrated by
Tirmidhie).
The people of Iraq will recieve no food and no money due to
oppression by the Romans (Europeans). (Muslim).
People will hop between the
clouds and the earth (Airplanes?).
A tribulation will enter everyones
home. (Ahmad).
A time will come when markets are close to eachother.
The leader of a people will be the worst of them. (Tirmidhi).
When it will
be regarded as a shame to act on Quranic injunctions. (Narrated by Abu Musa
Asharie).
People will indulge in homosexuality. (Narrated by Adbullah ibn
Masud).
The Masjids will be decorated.
Mass deaths amongst you people,
just as when sheep die in large numbers during an epidemic. (Bukharie).
Adultery will be prevelant. (Saheeh Bukharie, Saheeh Muslim).
The leaders
will not govern by the book of Allah. (Ibn Majah).
A time will come when
everyone will be dealing with riba [Interest].
When the last ones of this
Ummah curse the first ones (Shia?) (Tirmidhie).
Leaders of people will be
oppressors. (Haythami).
People will treat a man with respect out of fear
for some evil he might do. (Tirmidhi).
They will dance late into the
night (Disco?)
They will claim to follow the Qur'an but will reject
hadith & sunnah (Quranite sect). (Abu Dawood).
Other People will
believe in the stars. (Haythami).
People will reject Al-Qadr (The Divine
Decree of Destiny). (Haythami).
Time will pass rapidly. (Bukhari, Muslim,
& Ahmad).
Good deeds will decrease. (Bukhari).
People will be
carrying on with their trade, but their will only be a few trustworthy
persons.
A man will pass by a grave and wish that he was in their place.
(Bukhari).
Earthquakes will increase. (Bukhari & Muslim).
There
will be attempts to make the deserts green.
The appearance of false
messengers (Ahmad Qadiyani etc). (Bukhari).
Women will be naked in spite of
being dressed, these women will be led astray & will lead others astray.
(Muslim).
When people begin to compete with others in the construction of
taller buildings. (Bukhari).
There will be a special greeting for the
people of distinction. (Ahmad).
The Euphrates will disclose a treasure (The
Prophet said that whoever is present should not take anything from it). (Bukhari
& Muslim).
Wild animals will be able to talk to humans. (Ahmad).
Years of deceit in which the truthful person will not be believed and the liar
will be believed. (Ahmad).
Bearing false witness will become widespread.
(Haythami & Ahmad).
When men lie with men and women lie with women.
(Haythami).
Trade will become so widespread that a woman will be forced to
help her husband in business. (Ahmad).
The Muslims will split into 73
sects, and only one sect will go to Jannah. (Bukharie, Muslim, Tirmidhie, Abu
Dawud etc).
A woman will enter the workforce out of love for this world.
(Ahmad).
Arrogance will increase in the earth. (Tabarani, Hakim).
Landsliding will occur in three places, One in the East, one in the West and one
in Arabia. (Muslim, Tabarani).
Family ties will be cut. (Ahmad).
Two
Christian armies (America and Great Britain?) reunite, and concuire Syria, then
the Mahdi will concuire it again.
The Muslim armies will be very
weak.
There will be many women of child-bearing age who will no longer give
birth.
There will be an abundance of food, much of which has no blessing
in it.
People will refuse when offerred food.
Men will begin to look
like women and women will begin to look like men.
Wealth will increase so
much so that if a man were given 10,000, he would not be content with it. (Ahmad
& Bukhari).
Two large groups, adhering to the same religious teaching
will fight each other with large numbers of casualties. (Bukhari &
Muslim).
The emergence of Imam Mahdi
Imam Mahdi is from the household of
the Prophet Mohammad, Allah's peace and blessings be upon him. (Ahmad, Ibn
Majah).
His name and surename will be the same as the name and surename of
prophet Mohammad. (Abu Dawud).
In one night Allah will inspire him
and prepare him to carry out his task successfully.
(Ahmad).
He will come when Muslims are killed everywhere.
(Ibid).
He will fill the entire earth with Justice,
just as it will have been filled with injustice and oppression. (Abu
Dawud).
Imam Mahdi will be born in Arabia, he will be from
Quraish.
His forehead will be broad and his nose will be high, His face
will shine like a star and he will have a black spot on his left cheek.
(Tabarani).
His facial features and character will be the same as that of
the prophet Mohammad. (Abu Dawud).
He will be one of the leaders of
Paradise in the Herafter. (Ibn Majah).
Mahdi will emerge at such a time
when people will become despondent and say 'There is no Mahdi'. (Ibid).
When he comes to Arabia the government will attack him and he will flee to
Khurassan [Afghanistan].
Black flags (army) will emerge from Khurasan
(Afghanistan). None will be able to turn them back, until they are in Baitul
Maqdis. (Tirmidhie).
Black flags from the family of Abbas will
emerge, then another army will emerge from Khurasan (Afghanistan), their topis
(headgear) and clothes will be white (Taliban?). Their leader will be a person
by the name of Shuayb bin Saalih, from Tameem. He (and his army) will annihilate
the companions of Sufyaani. (Narrated by Abu Dawud).
When you see
black flags coming from Khuraasaan, then you must join them, even though you
have to be dragged in the snow, because, Allah's Khalifah, Mahdi, will be
amongst them. (Ahmad, Baihaqie).
A person named Sufyaani will
emerge from the city of Damascus. (Muslim).
Most of the people who
will follow him will be from the tribe of Bani Kalb. (Muslim).
They will fight (to such an extent) that they will pierce the stomachs of women
and kill children. (Muslim).
The people from the tribe of Qais
will gather to oppose them. They (Qais) will then kill them (Sufyaanis) in such
a manner that they will not be able to find any refuge behind a mountain.
(Muslim).
When this Sufyaano hears about the Mahdi he will
sent an army against him from Syria, it will be swallowed up in the desert
between Makkah and Madina and only one man will survife who will go back and
inform his people about their fate. (Abu Dawud).
When the
people see this, groups of people from Syria and Iraq will come and swear
allegiance to him. (Abu Dawud).
Then a man from Quraysh whose
mother is from Kalb will appear and send an army against them, and will defeat
them, this will be known as the Battle of Kalb. Whoever does not witness the
spoils of this battle will miss much! (Abu Dawud).
The Mahdi
will distribute the wealth, and will rule the people according to the Sunnah of
the Prophet. (Abu Dawud).
His age at the time of his emergence will be
forty years. (Tabarani).
The Mahdi will be from the progeny of the Prophet
Mohammad, from the descendants of Fatimah. (Abu Daud).
The Mahdi and 70.000
children of Isaac [Pashtoens, Afghans] will conquest Constantinople in Turkey.
(Muslim).
They will not conquest Constantinople with weapons or arrows, but
with Takbeer and Tasbeeh. (Muslim).
The Romans (Europians, Americans) will
attack you with 80 banners, and there will be 12.000 men under each banner.
(Bukharie).
A jamaat of Muslims wages Jihad on India and they will conquer
India with the help of Allah.
At this time, Muslims will be weak and there
will be very few pious people.
Once again the Quran and Sunnah will govern
the people, this time by the rightly guided Khalifh, Imam Mahdi.
(Tirmidhie).
Islam will gain an upper hand and will be firmly established
in the land.
The oppression, tyranny, and darkness that prevailed all over
the globe will be replaced with justice, peace and equity. (Ibn Majah).
The
smile, which was long forgotten, will be restored on the Muslim faces and the
inhabitants of the Earth will be pleased with him. (Ibn Majah)
Everybody
will be happy to the extent that even birds an wild animals will rejoice in his
rule. (Ahmad).
Heaven will end rain profusely, livestock will be in
abundance. (Mustadrak).
A Callers will proclaim in the street, 'Is
anybody in need of anything?' Nobody will respond except one person.
(Ahmad).
Mahdi will be the ruler of the world and he will share the wealth
between the people. (Tirmidhie).
So that a man will come to him and say,
'Give me, give me'. Then he will spread his cloth and put in it as much as he
can carry. (Mustadrak).
Imam Mahdi will fight great wars against the
Christians, they will win with the help of Allah.
The Romans (Americans,
Europians) will dishonour a treaty they have made with a member of my family,
whose name will be like mine (i.e. the Mahdi). (Narrated by At
Tabarani).
Then an army will advance from Madinah Tayyibah, which will
comprise of the best of persons on the entire surface of the earth.
(Muslim).
When the two armies line up for battle, the Christians will say,
'Separate from those who made our families prisoners (and enslaved them), so
that we may fight them only'. The Muslims will say; 'Never! We take an oath that
we will never separate ourselves between you and our fellow Muslim brothers'.
They will then engage in battle. (Muslim).
One third of the Muslim army
will flee the battlefield, and they will never be forgiven by Allah. One third
will be martyred, and they will be amongst the best of martyrs in the sight of
Allah. The other third (of the Muslim army) will be victorious, and they will be
saved from any other Fitnah for the rest of their lives. (Muslim,
Tabarani).
The emergence of Dajjaal
The Kafir Dajjal (The Anti Christ)
will emerge from Isafhan [Iran] during the time of Imam Mahdi. (Ahmad).
He
will have one eye which looks like a protruding out grape, he will have a huge
body, curly hair and red complexion. (Muslim).
If you are
confused, you should know that he is one-eyed, and Allah is not one-eyed.
(Bukharie).
He will have Paradise and Hell with him, while his
Paradise will be Hell and Hell will be Paradise.
(Muslim).
70.000 Jews from Isafhan, wearing black clothes,
will follow him and form his army. (Today there live more than 40.000 Jews
in Jewish neighborhood of Iran). (Narrated by Imam
Tirmidhie).
According to another Hadith, most of his followers will be
women. (Tirmidhie).
A man will bind his wive, mother and daughter to a
tree, out of fear that they will go to Dajjal and follow him.
His fitnah is
so great that all Prophet have warned for him, even prophet Noah, peace be upon
him. (Muslim)
The word 'Kafir' (Unbeliever) is written between his two
eyes, every Muslim will be able to read that. (Bukharie).
Don't go near
Dajjal instead go to Makkah and Madinah, for Angels will not allow him to
enter Makkah and Madinah. (Abu Dawud).
A person will approah him thinking
him to be a Believer, but on seeing his amazing feats he will become his
follower. (Muslim).
He will travel, like clouds driven by the wind
(Airplanes?). (Saheeh Muslim).
Dajjaal will be riding a white
donkey made of iron, the width between its ears will be 40 cubits (Airplaine?).
(Ahmad).
Surah Al Kahf will protect you against Dajjal, if
you read it. (Muslim).
Dajjal will appear before another person whose
father and brother have passed away and ask him, 'If I bring your father and
brother back to life, will you believe that I am your Lord?' He will reply, 'Why
not?' Then satan will take on the appearance of his brother and father.
(Ahmad).
He will travel the entire world. He will send down rains upon
those who believe in him, which in turn will cause good crops to grow, trees to
bear fruit and cattle to grow fat. He will cause drought to those who disbelieve
in him, resulting in starvation and hardship for them.
Dajjal will claime
to be Prophet of God, then he will call himself God Almighty.
He will give
a command to the sky, there will be rainfall upon the Earth and it will grow
crops. (Muslim).
So Allah will give him miracles, to test the human's by
it. He will walk through the desert and say to it, 'Bring forth your treasures'.
The treasures will come out and gather before him like a swarm of bees.
(Muslim)
The emergence of Jesus
Dajjal will stay forty days on
earth, then will prophet Jesus emerge in Damascus (Syria), by the white minaret.
(Muslim).
He is of medium height, his colouring is reddish white and his
hands will be resting on the shoulders of two Angels. (Ahmad).
He will be
wearing two garments, and his hair will look wet. (Ahmad).
During his time,
Allah will end every religion and sect other than Islam. (Ahmad).
Jesus
will establish Shariah on earth and will rule 40 years on earth and call people
to Islam and fight the mischief makers. (Ahmad).
He will break the cross
and kill the pigs. (Ahmad).
Muslims will fight the kufaar and
even the trees and rocks will say, 'O Muslim, there is a Kafir hiding beneath
me, come and kill him!' (Ibn Majah).
Imam Mahdi and Jesus will live in the
same time, the Mahdi will rule 7 to 9 years. (Muslim).
When Jesus
decents he will pray behind Imam Mahdi. (Ibn Majah).
When the Mahdi hears
of Dajjaal he will sent 10 people to investigate the truth about the emergence
of Dajjaal. (Muslim).
The Mahdi will live for a time and then he will die
and prophet Jesus will read his funeral prayer and bury him. (Abu Dawud).
Muslims will still be afraid of Dajjal, and one of the reasons why Jesus comes,
is to kill Dajjaal. (Bukharie).
He will find Dajjaal and when Dajjaal sees
Jesus, Dajjaal wil melt like lead.
Jesus will kill Dajjal by the gate of
Lud in Palestine (Present day Lydda) and Jihad will be stoped and there will be
peace on earth. (Muslim).
The people will live for seven years during which
there will be no enmity between any two persons after Dajjaal is killed.
(Muslim).
Wealth will be in such Abundance that no one will care about it.
(Ahmad).
One single prostration in prayer will be better than the
world and all that is in it. (Ahmad).
The emergence of Gog and Magog
The Gog and Magog are are children of
Adam, who were restrained by Zulqarnain in a mountain. (Fathul Bari).
Even
the Qur'an speaks about them in (Qur'an 18:83 to 99, 21:96).
Not one of
them dies until thousand are born to him. (Fathul Bari).
Some are as tall
as the tree Arz, that is 120 feet. (Fathul Bari).
And
some are four arm lengths tall and four arm lengths wide. (Fathul
Bari).
Some spread one ear to sleep on and cover themselves with the other.
(Fathul Bari).
Some also state that they are two spans tall and the tallest
amongst them are three spans. (Fathul Bari).
They have wide faces, small
eyes, grey hair and their faces are like shields covered with skin.
(Ahmad).
Those are weak narrations, what we know sure is that they will be
a large group of creatures.
Every day, Gog and Magog are trying to dig a
way out through the barrier. (Ahmad).
When they begin to see sunlight
through it, the one who is in charge of them says, 'Go back; you can carry on
digging tomorrow,' and
when they come back, the barrier is stronger
than it was before. (Tirmidhie, Ahmad)
This will continue until their time
comes and Allah wishes to send them forth. (Tirmidhie, Ahmad).
They will
dig until they begin to see sunlight, then the one who is in charge of them will
say, 'Go back; you can carry on digging tomorrow, insha'Allβh.' In this case he
will make an exception by saying insha' Allah, thus relating the matter to the
Will of Allah. (Ibn Majah, Ahmad).
They will return on the following day,
and find the hole as they left it. They will carry on digging and come out
against the people.
They will drink rivers, so that some people will walk
somewhere and one of them will say, 'There used to be a rivir here, long time
ago'. (Muslim).
They will do mischief on earth and they will kill humans
and animals. They eat everything they see, even elephants and the whole world
will be corrupted by them. (Narrated by Muslim).
When they will
reach Jerusalem, they will arrogantly proclaim, 'We have conquered the
people of the earth, now we will annihilate those in the sky'. So saying they
will fire their arrows towards the sky. When the arrows return to the ground
they will be blood stained.
In the meantime Jesus will be on the Mount of
Toor with his followers. (Muslim).
At that time the head of an ox will as
valuable as is hundred dinars to you in this day. (This indicates the scarcity
of provisions).
Faced with these hardships, Jesus and his followers will
make dua unto Allah (to remove this calamity). (Muslim).
As a result Allah
will cause sores to appear on the necks of each and every individual of these
people which will cause their death. (Muslim).
When Jesus and his followers
descend from the Mount of Toor (Sinai) there will not be a single space on the
land where the dead rotting bodies of these people is not littered, giving
off a horrendous odor. (Muslim).
Jesus and his followers will once more
supplicate unto Allah as a result of which Allah will send down huge birds whose
necks will be as thick as that of the necks of camels, and they will dump these
bodies on mountains and oceans. (Muslim).
Allah will then send down a
heavy rain for 40 days, the waters of which will flow in every part of the earth
cleansing it thoroughly.
The Muslims will then burn the bows and arrows of
Gog and Magog for a period of seven years. (Muslim).
Allah will order the
earth to yield forth its crops in abundance and there will be such blessing and
prosperity that one pomegranate will be sufficient for a whole group while the
peel thereof will suffice to cast a shadow over them. (Muslim).
One milk
giving goat will be sufficient for a whole family. (Muslim).
Jesus will be
alive during this time, he will have children and he will remain 19 years after
his marriage on earth, then he will pass away and will be buried alongside
Prophet Mohammad, Allah's peace and blessings be upon him. (Tirmidhie).
A
man named Jahjaah from the Qahtaan tribe of Yemen will then be the Khalifa and
he will rule with great justice and piety.
With the passing of time other
Rulers will follow and slowly once again, corruption and decadence will set in.
The baseless customs of Kufr and ignorance will pervade the
Earth.
The final signs of Qiyamah
A thick fog or smoke will envelope the
skies. (Muslim).
This smoke will last for forty days and it will cause the
believers to develop colds while the effect of it upon the Kuffar will be so
severe that they will lapse into unconsciousness. Thereafter the skies will
clear up. (Abu Dawud).
Allah speaks about this smoke in (Qur'an
44:10).
After a big eartquake, a beast will emerge from the mount Safa
in Makkah. (Muslim).
This beast will speak to the people. (Muslim).
Allah speaks about this beast in (Qur'an 27:82).
As the animal emerges from
the ground, it will be dusting the sand off its head.
Its head is like
that of a bull, eyes like that of a pig, ears like that of an elephant, horns
like that of a stag, neck like that of an ostrich, chest like a lion, colour
like that of a tiger, flanks like that of a cat, tail like that of a ram, feet
and legs like that of a camel and a distance of 12 cubits between every two
joints. (Tadhkirah).
It will proceed towards the area between Hajrul Aswad
and Maqaamul Ibraheem. The people on seeing it will flee in all directions,
except for one group of people. It will approach this group and illuminate
their faces like shining stars. (Muslim, Tirmidhie).
Thereafter it will set
out and travel throughout the whole world at a great speed.
It will mark
the faces of the Kuffar and none will be able to escape it. (Tirmidhie,
Muslim).
It is narrated that this animal will have the staff of Moses and
the ring of Solomo. After performing its duty the animal will
disappear.
The sun will rise from the west. (According to scientists
this will happen in de near future maybe. The earth will stop and turn the other
way, so that the sun will rise from the West. This is allready happend with
planet Mars). (Mishkat, Tabari).
Thereafter an extremely fresh and
fragrant breeze will blow from the south causing a slight pain under the armpits
of the Mumineen.
This pain will soon cause their deaths according to the
order of their piety, until no believer, pious or sinful remains.
The
entire world will be under the the domination of Kuffar Africans.
A black
man from Ethiopia with crooked legs will break the Kaba, brick by brick.
(Ahmad).
Hajj will no longer take place. The words of the Holy Qur'aan will
be lifted from the pages.
A rider will go around Madina and say, There used
to be many Muslims here'. (Ahmad).
Allah will send a cold wind from the
direction of Syria, which will take the soul of everyone who has the slightest
speck of good or faith.
Only the most wicked people will be left, they will
be as careless as beasts, and will have no concern for right and wrong.
(Muslim).
There will neither be any fear of Allah in the hearts of the
people nor any obedience whatsoever to His commands.
People will stoop to
the lowest level of bestiality, perpetrating the worst acts of immorality,
corruption and evil.
Tyrant rulers will inflict the worst forms of
cruelties upon their subjects and the general masses will indulge in bloodshed
and anarchy.
There will be such ignorance that not a single being will
mention the name of Allah.
These will be the worst creation ever and upon
them Qiyamah will come.
There will burn a
fire would out from Yemen and would drive people to the place of their assembly.
(Muslim).
And then the Qiyamah comes and the Angel Israfiel will blow
on the Trumpet and everyone will tilt their heads to hear it.
(Muslim).
The first one to hear it will be a man busy repairing a trough
for his camels. He and everyone else will be struck down. (Muslim).
The
Trumpet will lead to the complete destruction of the Universe and everything
will be destroyed except Allah even the Angels.
After that Allah will
create everything again and will send down rain like dew, and the bodies of the
(Dead) people will grow out of it. (Muslim).
And the trumpet will be
sounded again, and the people will get up and look around. (Muslim).
Then
it will be said, 'O people, go to your Lord and account for yourselves'.
(Muslim).
Conclusion
I think the last Hour is very very near.
If we look at the situation of the Muslims, we will see that there is need for a
great leader. Almost all the minor signs have taken place, only the major
signs are left in my opinion. The prophet warned us in detail so that
we may hasten us to good. This was one of the miracles and proofs of the prophet
hood of prophet Mohammad, Allah's peace and blessings be upon him. Let
us take heed and turn our backs to this world and strive for the Hereafter. May
Allah make us of those whos prayers, life and death are for His sake. Amien. The
Prophet Mohammad, Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said, 'Dajjaal
will be riding a white donkey made of iron, the width between its ears will be
40 cubits'. (Ahmad). He also said, 'He will travel, like clouds driven by
the wind'. (Saheeh Muslim). What else can this
be?
The
Prophet said that Dajjaal will be born in Iran and he also said,
'Seventy thousand Jews from Isafhan, wearing black clothes, will follow him
and form his army'. (Narrated by Imam Tirmidhie). Today there live more
than 40.000 Jews in Jewish neighborhood of Iran. Look at their
clothes.
The Prophet also said, 'Jesus will kill Dajjaal by the gate of
Lud'. (Muslim).
The gate of Lud is Lydda today. Look at
the map, so you know the area where he will be killed by
Prophet Jesus.
The prophet said, '(Qiyamah is near) when people begin to compete with others in the construction of taller
buildings'. (Bukhari).
Narrated Abdullah ibn Shafeeq who reported
from Muhjin ibn Adraa who reported that the Prophet Mohammad, Allah's peace and
blessings be upon him, said, 'The End day, and What do you know what the End
days are? (The prophet repeats the same statement 3 times). Some one asked him,
'What is the day of Khalaas?' The Prophet then answered, 'The Dajjal will come
and will climb and will see Madina and then he will say to his companions,
'Do you see that White Palace? That is the Mosque of Ahmad (Another name
of Prophet Muhammad)' Afterwards the Dajjal will come to Madina but will find
that by its each entrance there is an armed angel (Who would not allow him
entry). Then afterwards Madina will shake 3 times and there will not remain a
hypocrite male or female nor will there remain a fasiq male or female who would
not go out to the Dajjal to join him, and that are the End days. (An authentic
tradition reported with a sahih isnad reported by Sheikh Mustafa Adwi in his
work Al Fitan wal Malaahim wa Asraatus S'aa).
During the time
of the prophet the Masjidun Nabawi or the Mosque of Ahmad was very simple as it
was built of mud bricks and had date leaves as its covering for the roof. It
was just recently in our era that the Mosque of Prophet was expanded and was
given a very grand and beautiful structure. Anyone who has travelled to
Madina in recent times will confirm that upon reaching the vacinities of this
holy city, the Mosque of the Prophet appears as a pearl or as a palace amongst
other building from a far.
The Prophet said, 'The terror
caused by Al Masih Ad Dajjal will not enter Medina and at that time Medina
will have seven gates and there will be two angels at each gate (Guarding
them)'. (Sahih Bukhari). Just look at the recent Map of Madinah city, if you
find one, and you will see that there are 7 main entrances today leading to the
city. One road coming from Jeddah, the other coming from Makkah, another coming
from Yanbu, one from the airport, another from Tabouk, and two from surrounding
areas.
The prophet
said about Jesus, 'Jesus will descend by the white minaret in Damascus'.
(Muslim). This is the white minaret in Damascus, and this is the mosque where
Jesus, peace be upon him, will descend according to Ibn Kathir and hundreds of
other Scholars of Islam.
Koran
21:1. Closer and closer to mankind comes their Reckoning, yet they
heed not and they turn away.