FROM THE WORDS OF ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER
(sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam)
From a lecture by Shaykh Suhaib Hasan at Cambridge University
Islamic Society, Shawwal 1420 / January 2000.
The Signs are listed
in roughly chronological order, although the order is not necessarily
precise, especially for those in the future.
This is a brief
summary of the signs; there are many books, articles, and cassettes etc.,
which discuss these in greater detail. May Allah enable us to recognise
and heed the Signs, and strengthen us in the times of tribulation.
"Are they waiting for anything except the Hour, to come to them
suddenly? But its Signs have already come!" (Al-Qur'an, Surah
Muhammad)
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PAST 1. Splitting of the Moon.
2. Death of the
Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.
3. A
form of death, which will kill thousands of Muslims. (Understood to refer
to the plague of Amwas during the caliphate of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab.)
4. A major fighting in Madinah (understood to refer to the battle
of al-Harrah during the caliphate of Yazid, 63 AH).
5. The Muslim
conquest of Jerusalem.
6. The Muslim conquest of Constantinople.
7. Two large groups of Muslims will fight in war.
8. A war
between the Muslims and a reddish people with small eyes, wearing sandals
made of hair (understood to refer to the Mongol Tatar invasion of the
Islamic lands.)
9. A peace agreement between the Muslims and
non-Muslims from the yellow race (Chinese, Mongols, etc.)
10.
Thirty impostors (dajjal) will appear, each thinking he is a prophet.
PRESENT?
11. Naked, destitute, barefoot shepherds will
compete in building tall buildings.
12. The slave-woman will give
birth to her master or mistress.
13. A trial (fitnah), which will
enter every Arab household.
14. Knowledge will be taken away (by
the death of people of knowledge), and ignorance will prevail.
15.
Wine (intoxicants, alcohol) will be drunk in great quantities.
16.
Illegal sexual intercourse will become widespread.
17. Earthquakes
will increase.
18. Time will pass more quickly.
19.
Tribulations (fitan) will prevail.
20. Bloodshed will increase.
21. A man will pass by the grave of another and wish he was in the
latter's place.
22. Trustworthiness will be lost, i.e. when
authority is given to those who do not deserve it.
23. People will
gather for prayer, but will be unable to find an imam to lead them.
FUTURE
24. The number of men will decrease, whilst the
number of women will increase, until for every man there are 50 women.
25. The Euphrates will reveal a treasure of gold, and many will
die fighting over it, each one hoping to be the one who gains the
treasure.
26. The Romans (Europeans) will come to a place called
A'maq or Wabiq, and an army of the best people will go forth from Madinah
to face them.
27. The Muslim conquest of Rome.
28. The
Mahdi (guided one) will appear, and be the Imam of the Muslims.
29. Jesus Christ will descend in Damascus, and pray behind the
Mahdi.
30. Jesus will break the cross and kill the swine, i.e.
destroy the false Christianity.
31. The Antichrist (al-masih al-dajjal, the false Christ) will appear, with all his tools of deception,
and be an immense trial. He will be followed by 70,000 Jews from Isfahan
(present-day Iran).
32. The appearance of Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog
and Magog), and the associated tribulations.
33. The emergence of
the Beast from the Earth, carrying the Staff of Moses and the Seal of
Solomon, who will speak to the people, telling them they did not believe
with certainty in the Divine Signs.
34. A major war between the
Muslims (including Jews and Christians who truly believe in Jesus after
his return) led by the Imam Mahdi, and the Jews plus other non-Muslims led
by the Antichrist.
35. Jesus will kill the Antichrist at the gate
of Ludd (Lod in present-day Israel, site of an airport and a major Israeli
military base).
36. A time of great peace and serenity during and
after the remaining lifetime of Jesus.
37. Wealth will come so
abundant that it will become difficult to find someone to accept charity.
38. Arabia will become a land of gardens and rivers.
39.
Society will then decay.
40. The buttocks of the women of the
tribe of Daws will again sway in circumambulation (tawaf) around the idol
Dhul-Khulsah.
41. A great fire in the Hijaz, seen by the
inhabitants of Busra.
42. Three major armies will sink into the
earth: one in the east, one in the west, one in Arabia.
43. An
Abyssinian leader with thin shins will destroy the Ka'bah.
44. The
huge cloud of smoke.
45. The sun will rise from the west (its
place of setting).
46. A gentle wind, which will take the souls of
the believers.
47. There is no-one left on the earth saying,
"Allah, Allah" or "There is no god except Allah."
48. Eventually
the Day of Judgment is established upon the worst of the people, who
copulate like donkeys in public.
49. The blowing in the Trumpet by
the Angel Israfil, upon which everyone will faint except as Allah wills.
50. The second blowing in the Trumpet, upon which everyone will be
resurrected.
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