Taken
from http://ummibraheem.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/cd7-sdoj-39-51/
And
http://ummibraheem.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/last-minor-sign-of-the-doj-al-mehdi/
39: The Arabian Peninsula becomes Green with Rivers
Again
Again
is the keyword.
Imam
Muslim narrates that the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “The Day of
judgement will not occur until the land of the Arabs becomes gardens and rivers
again.”
A
day will come when the Arabian Peninsula will become green, with rivers
flowing. These areas include the lands of ‘Aad and other parts of Arabia. The
Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said that it will return to that state.
This is a scientific miracle. At the end of the Ice Age, the north and south
were capped with ice. Now, scientists are finding out that in some areas – such
as the eastern parts of Yemen – there were basins and rivers.
How
can this happen – that the Arabian Peninsula will once again become green?
WAllahu ‘Alam if it’s through climate change or not. It has not happened yet.
Some
people say that it has happened because of the development going on in certain
Arab cities, such as Dubai. They say that because of the agricultural
development, these lands are going back to being green. WAllahu ‘Alam, it has
not happened yet.
40: Lots of Rain, but Nothing Grows
The
Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “The day of judgement will not occur
until a widespread rain will fall over the people, but nothing will grow.”
It
is not a lack of rain, but a lack of plants. Why would this be? Maybe because
the people will have corrupted the earth so much and there is no blessing in
the land. WAllahu ‘Alam.
41: Euphrates Uncovers a Mountain of Gold
[I
use the MSA database of USC to search for ahaadith.]
The
Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “Soon the river Euphrates will
disclose the treasure (the mountain) of gold, so whoever will be present at
that time should not take anything of it.” [Bukhaari, V.9/B.88/#235].
Abu
Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “The Last
Hour would not come before the Euphrates uncovers a mountain of gold, for which
people would fight. Ninety-nine out of each one hundred would die but every man
amongst them would say that perhaps he would be the one who would be saved (and
thus possess this gold.)” [Muslim B.41/#6918]
42: Animals and Objects Speaking
[I
searched for the hadith online, but this was the closest I found.]
There
was a shepherd with his sheep. A wolf attacked and took one of the sheep. The
shepherd followed it and took his sheep back. The wolf sat back, with his legs
in the air – like a person – and said, “Itiqillah (fear Allah). You are taking
away food from me that was sent to me by Allah.” The shepherd said, “What an
amazing thing! A wolf sitting like a man and speaking to me!” The wolf said, “I
will tell you something more amazing. The Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam
is in Yathrib [what Madinah was called at the time], and he is teaching the
people about the nations before.” The shepherd, who was not Muslim at the time,
went to Madinah and went to RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and told
him what happened. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam gathered all of the
Sahabah and told the shepherd, “Tell them what you heard.” The shepherd told
them and then the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “The day of
judgement will not occur until the beasts will speak to you…..and your legs
would speak to you.”
Allahu
Alam, we usually take the literal meaning unless there is evidence otherwise.
For the animals speaking, we take the literal meaning.
43: Desire of Dying
[In
a hadith narrated by Bukhaari, that I found here, the Prophet sallallahu
‘alayhi wa sallam said that the Hour will not be established “till a man when
passing by a grave of someone will say, ‘Would that I were in his place.’”]
The
said Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, “The Hour will not be established
till a man passes by a grave of somebody and says, ‘Would that I were in his
place.’” [Bukhaari, 9/88/231]
In
a hadith narrated by Muslim, the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “A
time will come when a man will pass next to a grave and put his face in it and
say, ‘I wish I were in his place.” The Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam
said that this is not because of debt. People want to kill themselves if they
are in serious debt.
Ibn
Mas’ud said, “A time will come, when if death were sold, people would buy it.”
Al-Haafidh
al-Iraaqi has an interesting commentary on this. He says that it is not unusual
to find people desiring death in any time, but when people see death, and
cemeteries and a grave, they don’t feel like dying anymore. When you see death
in your face, we naturally hate death. Al-Iraaqi says that if they see death in
front of their eyes and still desire death. That really tells you that they are
going through miserable time. We ask Allah for security from this.
These
trials and tribulations are either a test or a punishment for the people.
44: Population of the Romans Increases
In
a hadith narrated by Muslim, the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said,
“The day of judgement will occur and the Romans are the largest nation, in
terms of number.” Who are the Romans? They are the Europeans, which extends to
Latin America, Canada, the US, etc – the Caucasians.
What
does this hadith mean? Is it a negative or a positive sign? Allahu ‘Alam. Are
they Muslim or nonMuslim? Allahu ‘Alam.
Now
we find that there is a great decline in the population of Europe. The growth
in some countries of Europe that is negative.
SubhanAllah,
this is a change that has not happened yet.
Ar-Room
does not mean that they are non-Muslim. Allahu ‘Alam, they can be Muslims.
46: Opening of the Constantinople
Abu
Huraira reported Allah’s Apostle (may peace he upon him) saying, “You have
heard about a city the one side of which is in the land and the other is in the
sea (Constantinople).” They said: “Allah’s Messenger, yes.” Thereupon he said:
“The Last Hour would not come unless seventy thousand persons from Bani
lsra`eel [descendants of Ishaaq] would attack it. When they would land there,
they will neither fight with weapons nor would shower arrows but would only
say: “There is no god but Allah and Allah is the Greatest,” (La ilaaha illallah
wallaahu Akbar) that one side of it would fall. Thaur (one of the narrators)
said: I think that he said: “The part by the side of the ocean.” Then they
would say for the second time: “There is no god but Allah and Allah is the
Greatest” that the second side would also fall. And they would say: “There is
no god but Allah and Allah is the Greatest” then the gates would be opened for
them and they would enter therein and, they would be collecting spoils of war
and distributing them amongst themselves that a noise would be heard and It
would be said: “Verily, Dajjal has come.” And thus they would leave everything
there and would turn to him. [Muslim, B.41, #6979]
Who
are these 70,000 descendants of Ishaaq? The Jews are descendants of Ishaaq. The
scholars of hadith, like Ibn Katheer and Nawawi and others, say that this is
talking about Romans that are Muslims. The early Muslim historians say that the
Romans are the descendants of Al ‘Ees ibn Ishaaq. They could be Romans part of
the general Muslim army. They could also be Jews who became Muslim. They are
going to open Constantinople with dhikr, so they are Muslim. They could also be
Muslims who are living in that area. As we said, the land of Turkey (Asia
Minor) used to be part of the Byzantine Empire; maybe they will open Istanbul
again. Wallahu ‘Alam.
When
we are talking about signs of the DOJ, we are talking about ghayb – the
unknown. The scholars’ interpretation could be right or wrong. The purpose of
these ahaadith are not to draw a map and show exactly what’s going to happen.
The purpose of these ahaadith is:
1. To show the miracle of Islam; the miracle
of the hadeeth of the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam.
2. They serve as bishaaraat for the
believers. They are good news for us. They give us confidence and strength.
Things will get tough and difficult; therefore these ahaadith will serve as
guidance for us during that time. We can never know exactly what they mean
until they happen – for example, the fire that would come out of Madinah. We
didn’t know what it meant, but when it happened, we found out for sure that it
was talking about a volcano.
47: Reign of Qahtaan
Abu
Hurayrah reported that the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “The Hour
will not be established until a man from Qahtaan appears, driving the people
with his stick.” [Bukhaari V.9, B.88, #233] The hadith may sound as if the man
is evil because he is described as “driving the people with his stick”, but
another hadith explains that he is righteous and one of the khulafaa`. So he is
righteous, but strict and tough. Ibn Abbaas commented and said, “….all of them
are righteous.”
Qahtaan
is the ancestor of the Arabs of Yemen. He will be a khaalifa. He is very
righteous, but he’s strict and tough. That means he will be very severe in his
punishment as evil. That is why he is described as “pushing the people with a stick.”
Allahu ‘Alam, this could be before Mehdi, but most likely it will be after.
49: Madinah Expelling the Evil
RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, in a hadith by Bukhaari, that a time would
come when a man would call his cousin and his relative, telling him, “Come to
the luxurious life. Come to the luxurious life.” This is talking about people
from Madinah, who would go to other lands where life is more luxurious and they
would call their relatives to leave Madinah and come and enjoy life where there
is a ‘better standard.’ Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “Madinah is
better for them, if they know.” Then the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam
said, “In the name of the One in Whose Hand is my soul Allah], anyone who
leaves Madinah and gives it up, Allah subhaana wa ta’ala will replace in
Madinah someone better than him.” Then the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam
said, “AlMadinah is like a furnace that separates the impurities and Madinah
will expel all of the impurities out.”
Imagine
it like the people who come from other countries in the world and come to
America. Then they call their family because of the better standard of living.
Similarly, these people will leave Madinah and call their relatives to a more
luxurious life. The Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said that Madinah is
better for them.
[Also,
if you would like, see Bukhari, chapter 30: Virtues of Madinah]
Is
this hadith talking about all times or a specific time? There are two opinions,
and each of them has their evidence:
1. AlQaadi Iyaad says that this hadith is
specific to the time of the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam.
2. Al Imaam AnNawawi says that this hadith
is specific for the time of ad-Dajjaal.
AlQaadi’s
evidence is this hadith in Bukhari [3/30/107]: Jaabir ibn ‘Abdillah narrates
that a bedouin came to the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and gave a
pledge of allegiance for embracing Islam. The next day he came with fever and
said (to the Prophet), “Please cancel my pledge (of embracing Islam and of immigrating
to Medina).” The Prophet refused (that request) three times and said, “Medina
is like a furnace, it expels out the impurities (bad persons) and selects the
good ones and makes them perfect.”
Madinah
has a rough environment, even with the standard of the area. It’s very hot and
dry. When the Sahabah went from Makkah to Madinah, they couldn’t handle it. The
muhajireen [the ones who migrated] had a lot of fever and different types of
diseases. The Ansaar handled it; they were used to it. The news got back to the
Quraysh that the Muslims had lost their health and become weak. The Prophet
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam wanted the sahabah to show the Quraysh that they
were strong and that the fever didn’t harm them, so he told them to run the
first 3 times when they made Umrah and did the tawaaf. That’s why it is sunnah
to do the first three rounds of tawaaf running. The Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi
wa sallam made du’aa` to push the fever out of Madinah. So the fever was pushed
out of Madinah by the barakah/blessing of the du’aa` of RasulAllah sallallahu
‘alayhi wa sallam.
What
is the evidence of AnNawawi? His evidence is the hadith in Bukhaari [3/30/105]:
narrated by Anas ibn Maalik that the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said:
“There will be no town which Ad-Dajjal will not enter except Mecca and Medina,
and there will be no entrance (road) (of both Mecca and Medina) but the angels
will be standing in rows guarding it against him, and then Medina will shake
with its inhabitants thrice (i.e. three earth-quakes will take place) and Allah
will expel all the nonbelievers and the hypocrites from it.”
3. Ibn Hajar al-Askalaani says that this
hadith is talking about the time of RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallaam
and Ad-Dajjaal both.
4. Some of the scholars of hadith say that
it is general and applies to all times. But then one would ask the question:
Why did many of the great Sahabah leave Madinah? We know many great Sahabah
left Madinah, such as Mu’aadh ibn Jabl, Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn AlJarrah and ‘Ali ibn
Abi Taalib left Madinah. ‘Ali made his capital outside of Madinah, in Iraaq. If
it applies to all time, how did these great Sahabah leave Madinah to go other
places?
During
these times, the evil people would leave Madinah, but there would come a time
when Madinah will be deserted. This is towards the end of time – after Mehdi,
after the blessed time of ‘Isa [Jesus]. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam
said, in a hadith by Bukhaari [3/30/98]: narrated by Abu Hurayrah: I heard Allah’s
Apostle saying, “The people will leave Medina in spite of the best state it
will have, and none except the wild birds and the beasts of prey will live in
it, and the last persons who will die will be two shepherds from the tribe of
Muzaina, who will be driving their sheep towards Medina, but will find nobody
in it, and when they reach the valley of Thaniyat-al-Wadaa`, they will fall
down on their faces dead.”
Yahya
related to me from Malik from Ibn Himas from his paternal uncle from Abu
Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, “Madina will be left in the best way that it is until a dog or wolf
enters it and urinates on one of the pillars of the mosque or on the mimbar.”
They asked, “Messenger of Allah! Who will have the fruit at that time?” He
replied, “Animals seeking food, birds and wild beasts.” [Malik’s Muwatta, Book
45, #45.2.8] “Who will harvest the crop?” Madinah was known for its dates and
fruits. This shows that Madinah is deserted.
Ibn
Katheer says that AlMadinah would be revived and alive and strong during the
time of Ad-Dajjaal and in the time of ‘Isa, until ‘Isa dies. He will die and be
buried in Madinah. After that, Madinah will be deserted and destroyed. But this
is at the end of time, when there are no more righteous people any more.
How
long will Madinah be deserted? For 40 years. The reason it will be empty is
because there will be no ‘ibaadah during that time. What is making Madinah
alive today? It is not commerce or business – it is the worship of Allah and
the Ummah establishing the rituals of Islam in these two places [Makkah and
Madinah].
50: A Blessed Wind Taking the Souls of the Believers
It
is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi
wa sallam said: “Verily Allah would make a wind to blow from the side of the
Yemen more delicate than silk and would spare none but cause him to die who has
faith equal to the weight of a grain. [Muslim, 1/212]
After
that, the only people left will be those who have no imaan. So the holy places
will be deserted. That will lead to the destruction of the Ka’bah.
51: Destruction of the Ka’bah
RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “The ones who will transgress against the
sanctity of Al-Ka’bah will be its people (meaning the Ummah).” No enemy can
destroy the Ka’bah. The only transgression against it will be when this Ummah
transgresses it. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says, “When that
happens, don’t ask about the perishing of the Arabs.” Then RasulAllah sallallahu
‘alayhi wa sallam says, “Abyssinia would come and they would destroy al-Ka’bah
and they would take out the treasures of the Ka’bah.”
RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam told us exactly who would destroy the Ka’bah in a
hadith in Bukhaari. Abu Hurayrah narrated that RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa
sallam said, “DhusSuwaiqatain (the thin legged man) from Ethiopia will demolish
the Ka’bah.” [2/26/666]
Ibn
Abbaas narrated the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “As if I were
looking at him, a black person with thin legs plucking the stones of the Ka’ba
one after another.” [Bukhaari, 2/26/665]
52: AlMehdi
Mehdi
comes before the destruction of the Ka’bah, but we’re listing him after because
he relates the major signs of the day of Judgement, like ‘Isa and Ad-Dajjaal,
etc.
The
ahadith leave no doubt about the truth of the coming of AlMehdi. We, as the
Ummah of Muhammad, believe that there is someone who is called AlMehdi, who
will come at the end of time and rule this Ummah with justice, after it was
ruled with oppression. And he is from Ahl Al-Bayt, the house of RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. His name will be Muhammad ibn ‘Abdillah, or Ahmad
ibn ‘Abdillah. He will be a descendant of Hasan ibn Abi Taalib and Faatimah
az-Zahra, the daughter of RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. He will rule
over this Ummah for 7 or 8 years.
Some
hadith about AlMehdi:
[Muslim]
RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “There will be a group of this
Ummah, fighting on truth, prevailing until the day of judgement.”
This
Ummah will always have a group that is fighting for truth. Even during the lowest times, RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said that there will be people fighting for truth,
for the sake of this religion. Therefore, there will always be good in his
Ummah. What happened to other nations before will not happen to this Ummah.
What happened to the other nations is that they received the message from the
messengers and stayed on it for awhile, and then they kept declining and
declining until they were absolutely gone and astray from the religion. There
is no good in them anymore, and that is why Allah sent another Prophet. But
with this Ummah, there isn’t any other Prophet after RasulAllah sallallahu
‘alayhi wa sallam.
Therefore,
the ones who will revive this Ummah are members of this Ummah. They will
survive until the end of time because of the Qur’aan that Allah has protected
and because of the good in this Ummah.
RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says, My Ummah is like rain, you don’t know where
the benefit is. When the rain falls down, you have sudden bursts of rain where
a lot of waterfalls. (In areas where a lot of waterfalls, you don’t have the
same amount all of the time. You have different bursts of amount.) Therefore,
you don’t know if the blessing is going to be in the beginning or the end.
RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said that my Ummah is like this – you
think the Ummah is going down, and then you see a big wave of righteousness
that shows up again. You think that the Ummah is dead and cannot be arrived,
but Allah subhaana wa ta’aala revives it again.
Another
hadith: RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says that there will be one of
your khulafaa` that will give out money without counting. And this khalifa will
be AlMehdi. He’s not going to count money and give you a specific amount. There
will be so much blessing during his time that he will just hand it out.
The
next hadith is in Muslim and Imam Ahmad. Abu Sa’eed AlKhudri reported that the
Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “I am giving you the good news of
AlMehdi, who will be sent to Ummah during times of disputes. And there will be
a lot of earth problems (they could be earthquakes or other catastrophes). He
will replace the oppression and injustice of the world with justice.”
RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam is saying that the world will be filled
with oppression and injustice, and he will come and fill the world with
justice. “The dwellers of this earth will be pleased with him and the dwellers
of the heaven will be pleased with him.” So not only will the humans be pleased
with him, but the angels will be pleased with him as well. “He will divide
money sihaahan.” One of the companions asked, “What does sihaahan mean?”
RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “He will give out money equally
to the people.” One of the biggest injustices that exist today in the Muslim
world is the way money is handled – if you have the right connections, you get
what you want. If you are someone who is righteous, trustworthy and honest, you
get thrown aside. And we find that the wealth of the Ummah is plundered and
abused and used for reasons against what Allah subhaana wa ta’aala has willed
for the wealth to be spent.
One
of the most important roles of a government is to hand over money in the right
way. When we’re talking about injustice in money, it’s not a simple thing. When
people in high positions take the money and use it as they want and wish, that
is one of the greatest abuses of power and one of the greatest injustices. This
is not something we can overlook; it is a great sin.
[A
continuation of the hadith? ] “And he will fill the hearts of the Ummah of
Muhmmad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam with satisfaction and content.” It is not
only the bodies pleased. SubhanAllah, you will find people who are ‘bought off’
with money, but their hearts and minds are not happy. “And his justice will
encompass all of them. And he will announce to the public, ‘Who needs money?’
and no one would respond, except one man would stand up and say, ‘I.’ AlMehdi
will tell him, ‘Go to the treasurer and tell him that AlMehdi is telling him to
give you money. (The order of AlMehdi was to throw money on him and not count.)
The man goes and conveys that to the treasurer, so he fills all of his clothes
with money. When that man sees all of that money and leaves, he regrets it. He
says, ‘I was the most greedy of the Ummah of Muhammad. Why wasn’t I content as
they were?’ So he would go back and try to return the money. The treasurer would
say, ‘There are no returns.’” SubhaanAllah, you beg the treasurer to take the
money back and he tells you that there is no return policy! “It will be like
that for seven or eight or nine years and then there will be no good in living
after that.”
In
another hadith by Ahmad, ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib said that RasulAllah sallallahu
‘alayhi wa sallam said, “AlMehdi belongs to us, the household of RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and Allah would guide him in one night.” When
something is broken and you fix it, it’s called islaah. When something is
bought to its best condition, it’s called islaah. When something is improved,
it’s called islaah. What is means by [Arabic of hadith: usliha wallahu fi
layla] Allahu ‘Alam. It could mean that Allah would give him the strength and
the power in one night. It could mean that Allah would guide him and give him
understanding of religion in one night. Whatever the case, it happens in one
night.
In
the next hadith by Abu Dawood, RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said,
“If there was only one day left in the world, Allah would make it longer until
he sends a man from my household, his name is like my name and the name of his
father is like the name of my father. He would fill the world with justice like
it was filled with injustice and oppression.” Therefore, the name of AlMehdi
would be either Muhammad or Ahmad and his father’s name would be ‘Abdullah.
These
are the descriptions of AlMehdi, and now we are done with the minor signs of
the day of judgement.
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