Main Topic: End of the World: Major and Minor Signs of the Day of Judgment
Ashrat
as-sa’aa. No one knows it but Allah. This is ‘ilm al-ghayb. That’s why
in the hadith of jibreel, when he asked about the Hour, RasulAllah*
said, “The one who is asked does not know any better than the one who is
asking.” Meaning, neither of us knows when the day of judgment is, but
RasulAllah* has told us many of its signs. In the area of the signs of
the day of judgment, there are many weak ahadith and many strong
ahadith.
Types of Signs
· actual events that can only happen once.
· other signs which can happen more than once.
· some signs that are complete opposites.
RasulAllah*
said, a death that will eat you away like a certain illness that
afflicts goats. This is referring to plague. It occurred in 18H.
RasulAllah*
said, “Wealth will be so abundant that a man will be handed 100 dinar
(a small weight of gold) and they wouldn’t be satisfied.”
RasulAllah*
says in the hadith narrated by Muslim: “Do good deeds before the times
of trials and tribulations that are like the darkness of night.” Do the
good deeds before the trials and tribulations are like darkness of
night, spreading all over. Then RasulAllah* said that during those
times, a man would be a believer in the morning, but a disbeliever by
night time. And a man would be a believer at night time, but a
disbeliever by the morning. RasulAllah* said because they are selling
their religion for a worldly benefit.
The assassination of ‘Uthmaan. This was the beginning of the fitna.
This
was a big fitna. RasulAllah sallallhu ‘alayhi wa sallam mentions in a
hadith narrated by Bukhari and Muslim, “There will be a war between two
big armies of Muslims and they are fighting for the same cause.” (Both
of them want the same thing, but they are still fighting.).
Abu
Hurayrah (ra) narrated that RasulAllah sallallhu ‘alayhi wa sallam
said, “The Day of Judgement will not occur until 30 false prophets
arise. Every one of them is claiming that he is a messenger.”
RasulAllah*
says, “But Allah will complete this religion. Allah will give victory
to this religion until the traveler will leave from sam’aa to Hadramawt,
and not fear anyone but Allah and the wolf on their sheep.”
RasulAllah*
said, “There will be a time when the land of the Arabs will be rivers
and forests (it will be green). And the traveller would leave from Iraq
to Makkah, fearing no one but getting lost.”
RasulAllah*
said, “The Hour will not be established until a fire will come out of
the land of hijaaz that will throw a light on the necks of the camels of
Busra.”.
RasulAllah*
said, “The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Turks.
People with small eyes, round, red faces and flat noses. Their faces
will look like shields coated with leather. The Hour will not be
established until you fight with people whose shoes are made of hair.”
RasulAllah*
said, “If trust is lost, then wait for the Hour.” If there is no more
trust, wait for the Hour; it’s the end of the Hour. The Sahabi asked
RasulAllah* asked, “How will trust be lost?” RasulAllah* said, “When
authority is given to those who do not deserve it, then wait for the
Hour.” When the leaders are sufahaa` (people with lack of understanding
of religion).
RasulAllah* said,
“Some of the signs of the Day of Judgement is that knowledge will be
lifted up and ignorance will replace it.”
RasulAllah*
said, “There will be a time when there will be security forces, they
leave in the morning with the wrath of Allah on them, at night they come
home with the wrath of Allah on them. Be careful, don’t be one of their
associates.”
RasulAllah* said, “Zina will prevail.” RasulAllah*
said, “If zina will prevail until people will advertise for it in
public, then Allah will inflict on them diseases which did not exist
before.”
RasulAllah* said, “Approaching the Day of Judgement, approaching the hour, riba would be widespread.” [AtTabarani]
RasulAllah* said, “A time will come when people will be proud of – or will compete – in building masaajid.
RasulAllah*
said, “You will find the barefoot, naked, poor shepards of goats and
sheep competing in building tall buildings.” [Muslim]
This
is the famous hadith of Jibreel, in Bukhari and Muslim. Jibreel asked
RasulAllah* about the signs of the day of judgment. RasulAllah* said
that one of the signs is that the woman would give birth to her master,
or that the slave would give birth to her master.
RasulAllah*
says, “A time will come when haraj will be widespread.” The Sahabah
asked, “What is haraj?” RasulAllah* said, “It is an Abyssinian word
(from habasha). It means killing.” [Bukhari]
1.20 The Shrinking of Time
Bukhari,
Abu Hurayrah said that RasulAllah* said, “Approaching the Day of
Judgement, time will shrink.” RasulAllah* said, “The Day of the
judgement will not occur until time shrinks. The year will be like a
month, and a month will be like a week, and a week will be like a day,
and a day will be like an hour and an hour would be like burning a
leaf.”
1.21 The Proximity of Markets
RasulAllah* said, “One of the signs of the day of judgment is that markets will be close to each other.”
RasulAllah*
said, “Business and trade will be so widespread.” RasulAllah* said,
“Businesses will be so widespread, to the point where the woman will be
helping her husband with the business.”.
RasulAllah*
said, “One of the signs of the Day of Judgement is that some tribes
would follow disbelievers and some would worship idols (pagan worship).”
1.24 Zalzaal (Earthquakes)
RasulAllah*
said in a hadith, “Earthquakes will be frequent.” In another hadith by
Ahmad, RasulAllah* said, “O son of Hawaala (a companion), if you see
khilafaa appraoach the holy land (Palestine), then the time for
earthquakes and disasters and great issues is approaching. And the Hour,
at that time, will be closer to the people than the my hand to your
head.”
1.25 Sinking, Stoning and Turning into Animals
At-Tirmidhi, RasulAllah* said, “In the end of this Ummah, there will be sinking, stoning and turning into animals.”.
Ibn
Maajah, Abu Hurayrah said that RasulAllah* said, “There will be tricky
(wicked) years, where the liar will be believed and the truthful will
not be believed. The untrustworthy will be trusted and the trustworthy
will not be trusted. The Ar-Ruwaybadah will speak.” The Sahabah asked,
“Who are the Ar-Ruwaybadah?” RasulAllah* said, “The low person.”
1.27 You will Give Salaam Only to those You Know
RasulAllah* said, “One of the signs of the Day of Judgement is that you will give salaam only to those you know.”
1.28 Women Who are Dressed, but Naked
Muslim,
RasulAllah* said, “One of the signs of the Day of Judgement is that
there will be women who are dressed, but naked. Their heads are like the
humps of camels [referring to the hairstyle]. They will not enter
jannah or even smell it, enough though the smell of jannah can be
smelled from a long distance (in another hadith: a distance of 70
years).”
Ahmad,
RasulAllah* said, “In the future, there will be men of my Ummah sitting
over surooj [saddle] on things that are similar to camels, but not
exactly camels. And they descend from these vehicles at masaajid but
their wives are dressed, but naked. Curse them, for they are cursed.”
1.30 True Dreams of the Believers
RasulAllah* said in a hadith narrated by At-Tirmidhi, “Towards the end of time, the dream of the believer almost never lie.”
1.31 Spread of Qalam ï»—ï» ï»¡
RasulAllah* said, “Approaching the Day of Judgement, the pen will prevail.”
1.32 Expansion of the Crescent (Hilaal)
RasulAllah* said, “One of the signs of the Day of Judgement is that the crescent will be bloated.”
1.33 Lies and Fabrication in Religion
RasulAllah*
said, “Approaching the end of time, there will be dajjaloon (people who
pretend to be something they’re not – imposters). They present you with
talk that you did not hear and your fathers never heard before. Beware
of them. Don’t let them mislead you and misguide you.”
Muslim,
‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr ibn Al ‘Aas said, “There are some devils imprisoned
in the ocean. They were imprisoned by Sulaymaan ‘alayhis salaam. A time
will come when they will come out and they will recite to people Qur’an
and they are going to claim that it is Qur’an and Sacred Books.”
RasulAllah*
says, in a hadith narrated by Imam Ahmad, “Approaching the Day of
Judgement will be false witnessing and concealing the true witness.”
1.36 The Woman to Man Ratio will Increase
Bukhari,
RasulAllah* said, “One of the signs of the Day of Judgement is that the
the number of women would increase and the number of men would decrease
so there would be 50 women for 1 man.”
At-Tabarani, RasulAllah* said, “One of the signs of the Day of Judgement is that sudden death would occur frequently.”
1.38 Hostility Between the People
RasulAllah*
was asked about the Hour. RasulAllah* said, “Only Allah know, but I
will tell you some of the signs. There will be fitna and haraj.” The
Sahabah asked, “What is haraj?” RasulAllah* said, “It means, in the
language of Abyssinia, Killing.” Then he said, “People would not know
each other.”
Imam
Muslim narrates that the Prophet* said, “The Day of Judgement will not
occur until the land of the Arabs becomes gardens and rivers again.”
The
Prophet* said, “The Day of Judgement will not occur until a widespread
rain will fall over the people, but nothing will grow.”
The
Prophet* 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, Abu Hurayrah narrated that the
Prophet* 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]
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* 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* and told him what happened. RasulAllah* gathered all of the
sahabah and told the shepherd, “Tell them what you heard.” The shepherd
told them and then the Prophet* said, “The Day of Judgement will not
occur until the beasts will speak to you…..and your legs would speak to
you.”
The
said Prophet*, “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]
Muslim, the Prophet* said, “The Day of Judgement will occur and the Romans are the largest nation, in terms of number.”
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 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,” 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,]
Abu
Hurayrah reported that the Prophet* said, “The Hour will not be
established until a man from Qahtaan appears, driving the people with
his stick.” [Bukhaari
RasulAllah*
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.” Prophet* said, “Madinah is better for
them, if they know.” Then the Prophet* 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* said, “AlMadinah is like a furnace that
separates the impurities and Madinah will expel all of the impurities
out.”
It
is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that RasulAllah* 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,]
RasulAllah* 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* says, “When that happens, don’t ask about the perishing of
the Arabs.” Then RasulAllah* says, “Abyssinia would come and they would
destroy al-Ka’bah and they would take out the treasures of the Ka’bah.”
RasulAllah*
says that there will be one of your khulafaa` that will give out money
without counting. Muslim and Imam Ahmad. Abu Sa’eed AlKhudri reported
that the Prophet* 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. He will replace the oppression and injustice of the
world with justice. And he will fill the hearts of the Ummah of Muhmmad*
with satisfaction and content.”
The Major Signs of the Day of Judgment
RasulAllah* says, “The major signs are deeds in a string. When the string is cut, all of them would fall down.” [Ahmad].
This hadith is in Muslim. These signs are not in chronological order. Hudhaifa
ibn Usaid Ghifari reported: Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him)
came to us all of a sudden as we were (busy in a discussion). He said:
“What do you discuss about?” They (the Companions) said, “We are
discussing about the Last Hour.” Thereupon he said: “It will not come
until you see ten signs before and (in this connection) he made a
mention of the smoke, Dajjal, the beast, the rising of the sun from the
west, the descent of Jesus son of Mary (Allah be pleased with him), the
Gog and Magog, and land-slidings in three places, one in the east, one
in the west and one in Arabia at the end of which fire would burn forth
from Yemen, and would drive people to the place of their assembly [the
land of mahshar].” [Muslim 41, 6931]
Narrated
ibn ‘Umar radiyallahu ‘anhu: Once Allah’s Apostle stood amongst the
people, glorified and praised Allah as He deserved and then mentioned
the Dajjal saying, “l warn you against him (i.e. the Dajjal) and there
was no prophet but warned his nation against him. No doubt, Noah warned
his nation against him but I tell you about him something of which no
prophet told his nation before me. You should know that he is one-eyed,
and Allah is not one-eyed.” [Bukhari, 4/55/553]
Narrated
‘Ubadah ibn As-Samit: The Prophet* said: “I have told you so much about
the Dajjal (Antichrist) that I am afraid you may not understand. The
Antichrist is short, hen-toed, woolly-haired, one-eyed, an
eye-sightless, and neither protruding nor deep-seated. If you are
confused about him, know that your Lord is not one-eyed.” [Abu Dawood]
RasulAllah*
said that nothing from the time Adam was created until akhirah is a
greater fitna than ad-dajjaal. Hudhaifa and Ibn Mas’ud met together.
Hudhaifa said: I know more than you as to what there would be along with
the Dajjal. There would be along with him two canals (one flowing with
water) and the other one (having) fire (within it), and what you would
see as fire would be water and what you would see as water would be
fire. So he who amongst you is able to see that and is desirous of water
should drink out of that which he sees as fire. [Muslim, B.41, #7013]
One
day, RasulAllah* talked about the ad-dajjaal so much, we thought that
he was just outside of Madinah. When we went to go meet RasulAllah*, he
knew that. He felt that we were worried. RasulAllah* said, “What’s wrong
with you?” They said, “You have talked about him so much – up and down-
that he thought that he’s next to the palm trees of Madinah.”
RasulAllah* said, “If he comes out and I am with you, then I’ll take
care of him for you. If he comes out and I am not with you, then
everybody is responsible for himself. And I ask Allah to protect every
Muslim. He’s a young man and one of his eyes is bulging out. If you ever
live to his time and see him, read on him the first ayah of surah
al-Kahf.” That is the protection. Abu Darda’
reported Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: “If anyone
learns by heart the first ten verses of the Surah al-Kahf, he will be
protected from the Dajjal.” [Muslim, B.4, #1766]
RasulAllah*
said that he will come out between ash-Shaam and Iraq, and he will
corrupt the whole world, right and left. Then RasulAllah* said, he will
stay on earth for 40 days. One day is like a year; one day is like a
month; one day is like a week and then the rest of his days are like
your regular days.
RasulAllah* said…. “He
would appear on the way between Syria and Iraq and would spread
mischief right and left. O servant of Allah! adhere (to the path of
Truth).” We said: “Allah’s Messenger, how long would he stay on the
earth?” He said, “For forty days, one day like a year and one day like a
month and one day like a week and the rest of the days would be like
your days.” We said: “Allah’s Messenger, would one day’s prayer suffice
for the prayers of day equal to one year?” Thereupon he said: “No, but
you must make an estimate of time (and then observe prayer).” We said:
“Allah’s Messenger, how quickly would he walk upon the earth?” Thereupon
he said: “Like cloud driven by the wind.
“He
would come to the people and invite them (to a wrong religion) and they
would affirm their faith in him and respond to him. He would then give
command to the sky and there would be rainfall upon the earth and it
would grow crops. Then in the evening, their posturing animals would
come to them with their humps very high and their udders full of milk
and their flanks stretched. He would then come to another people and
invite them. But they would reject him and he would go away from them
and there would be drought for them and nothing would be left with them
in the form of wealth.
“He
would then walk through the waste, land and say to it: Bring forth your
treasures, and the treasures would come out and collect (themselves)
before him like the swarm of bees. He would then call a person brimming
with youth and strike him with the sword and cut him into two pieces and
(make these pieces lie at a distance which is generally) between the
archer and his target. He would then call (that young man) and he will
come forward laughing with his face gleaming (with happiness)
1. Imaan.
2. Al Isti’aadah –
Seek refuge in Allah from him. One of the du’aa that RasulAllah* would
say after Salah very frequently, that some scholars even say it is
waajib:
‘O Allaah, I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave,
from the torment of the Fire, from the trials and tribulations of life
and death and from the evil affliction of the Al-Maseeh Ad-Dajjaal.’
3. Read the opening of Surah al-Kahf or the last part of Surah al-Kahf.
4. Avoiding him.
RasulAllah* said: “Let him who hears of the Dajjal (Antichrist) go far
from him for I swear by Allah that a man will come to him thinking he is
a believer and follow him because of confused ideas roused in him by
him. [Abu Dawood B.37, #4305]
No
one will be able to fight him. AlMehdi will have no way of competing
with him. He will be with the believers in Jerusalem, hiding with them
in their forts. There will be no way for them to confront ad-dajjaal,
until ‘Eesa ibn Maryam (Jesus, son of Mary), descends. Then ‘Eesa ibn
Maryam, just like Allah has given ad-dajjaal these supernatural
abilities, Allah will give ‘Eesa a miracle and that is: he will have the power of killing ad-dajjaal by his vision. In one hadith, his vision, and in another, his breath. The
vision and breath of ‘Eesa will be enough to make ad-dajjaal melt like a
piece of ice melts. And that is a miracle that Allah subhaana wa
ta’aala will give ‘Eesa. In a hadith narrated by Ahmad, ‘Eesa ibn Maryam will kill ad-dajjaal at Baab-lud – and this is in Palestine.
The
second sign, in terms of order, is the descending of ‘Eesa ‘alayhis
salaam. The location of the descending will be Damascus. RasulAllah*
pinpointed Damascus and said, next to the eastern white minaret. At the
time, when RasulAllah* said this, there wasn’t
any masjid in Damascus; it was part of the Roman Empire; it was
Christian. Nevertheless, RasulAllah* said he [‘Eesa] will descend next to the eastern white minaret in Damascus. AlMasjid AlAmawi is the biggest of the masaajid of Damascus.
“And
he [‘Eesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)] shall be a known sign for (the
coming of) the Hour (Day of Resurrection) [i.e. 'Iesa's (Jesus) descent
on the earth]…”
RasulAllah*
says in another hadith, mutafakh ‘alay, “What will your situation be
when the son of Mary will descend amongst you and your Imam is from
within yourselves?” Because when ‘Eesa arrives, he will walk in and the
Muslims are about to pray – the ‘iqaamah was made in the masjid. When
AlMehdi sees ‘Eesa, he will retreat and he will ask him (‘Eesa) to lead
the prayer. But ‘Eesa ‘alayhis salaam will tell AlMehdi that the
‘iqaamah was made for you, therefore you lead the salah. This is a great
honor for this Ummah – that ‘Eesa will pray behind one of the followers
of Muhammad*. Obviously, after that ‘Eesa will resume the
responsibility, but at that time AlMehdi will led because the ‘iqaamah
was made for him.
In
AtTirmidhi. RasulAllah* says ‘Eesa ibn Maryam would descend next to the
eastern white minaret of the masjid. He has two yellow garments, and he
will be placing his two hands on the wings of angels.
There
is a hadith in Muslim which says that after Ya`juj and Ma`juj:
[...]Then Allah would send rain which no house of clay or (the tent of)
camels’ hairs would keep out and it would wash away the earth until it
could appear to be a mirror. Then [Allah would give order to] the
earth would be told to bring forth its fruit and restore its blessing
and, as a result thereof, there would grow (such a big) pomegranate
that a group of persons would be able to eat that, and seek shelter
under its skin and milch cow would give so much milk that a whole party
would be able to drink it. And the milch camel would give such (a large
quantity of) milk that the whole tribe would be able to drink out of
that and the milch sheep would give so much milk that the whole family
would be able to drink out of that and at that time Allah would send a
pleasant wind which would soothe (people) even under their armpits, and
would take the life of every Muslim and only the wicked would survive
who would commit adultery like asses and the Last Hour would come to
them. [Muslim B.41, #7015]
In
another hadith by Imam Ahmad, “The Prophets are half brothers. Their
religion is one, but their mothers are different. And ‘Eesa is the
closest one to me because there is no prophet between me and him. And he
would descend. When he comes down, know him. He is average height and
he has fair skin and he will be wrapped in two garments which have a
yellowish color. His hair looks as if it is wet and dripping with
droplets of water, even though it’s dry. He will crush the cross. And he
will rid the earth from pigs. And he will abandon jizya. And he would
call all mankind to Islam. All of the religions, Allah will destroy them
in his time, except for Islam.” RasulAllah* says, he
would stay for 40 years and then he would die and the Muslims would pray
on him. He has to come down to earth, because Allah created us from
this earth. We would live on this earth and die on this earth.
Ya’jooj
and ma’jooj [gog and magog] are two tribes. The evidence is in
Bukhaari: The Prophet said, “On the day of Resurrection Allah will say,
‘O Adam!’ Adam will reply, ‘Labbaik our Lord, and Sa’daik.’ Then there
will be a loud call (saying), Allah orders you to take from among your
offspring a mission for the (Hell) Fire.’ Adam will say, ‘O Lord! Who
are the mission for the (Hell) Fire?’ Allah will say, ‘Out of each
thousand, take out 999.’ At
that time every pregnant female shall drop her load (have a
miscarriage) and a child will have grey hair. And you shall see mankind
as in a drunken state, yet not drunk, but severe will be the torment of
Allah.” (22.2) (When
the Prophet mentioned this), the people were so distressed (and afraid)
that their faces got changed (in color) whereupon the Prophet* said,
“From Gog and Magog nine-hundred ninety-nine will be taken out and one
from you. You Muslims (compared to the large number of other people)
will be like a black hair on the side of a white ox, or a white hair on
the side of a black ox, and I hope that you will be one-fourth of the
people of Paradise.” On that, we said, “Allahu-Akbar!” Then he said, “I
hope that you will be) one-third of the people of Paradise.” We again
said, “Allahu-Akbar!” Then he said, “(I hope that you will be) one-half
of the people of Paradise.” So we said, “Allahu Akbar.”[Bukhaari,
6/60/265]
Some other hadith that talk about ya’juj and ma’juj: [...] He ['Eesa]
would then search for him (Dajjal) until he would catch hold of him at
the gate of Ludd and would kill him. Then a people whom Allah had
protected would come to Jesus, son of Mary, and he would wipe their
faces and would inform them of their ranks in Paradise and it would be
under such conditions that Allah would reveal to Jesus these words: “I
have brought forth from amongst My servants such people against whom
none would be able to fight; you take these people safely to Tur”, and
then Allah would send Gog and Magog and they would swarm down from every
slope. The first of them would pass the lake of Tibering and drink out
of it. And when the last of them would pass, he would say: “There was
once water there.” Jesus and his companions would then be besieged here
(at Tur, and they would be so much hard pressed) that the head of the ox
would be dearer to them than one hundred dinirs and Allah’s Apostle,
Jesus, and his companions would supplicate Allah, Who would send to them
insects (which would attack their necks) and in the morning they would
perish like one single person. Allah’s Apostle, Jesus, and his
companions would then come down to the earth and they would not find in
the earth as much space as a single span which is not filled with their
putrefaction and stench. Allah’s Apostle, Jesus, and his companions
would then again beseech Allah, Who would send birds whose necks would
be like those of bactrin camels and they would carry them and throw them
where God would will. Then Allah would send rain which no house of clay
or (the tent of) camels’ hairs would keep out and it would wash away
the earth until it could appear to be a mirror. … [Muslim B.41, #7015]
Qur’an
tells us the story of dhul-Qarnayn. He was a king who lived thousands
of years ago: Until, when he reached between two mountains, he found,
before (near) them (those two mountains), a people who scarcely
understood a word. They said: “O Dhul-Qarnain! Verily! Ya’juj and Ma’juj
(Gog and Magog) are doing great mischief in the land. Shall we then pay
you a tribute in order that you might erect a barrier between us and
them?” He said: “That (wealth, authority and power) in which my Lord had
established me is better (than your tribute). So help me with strength
(of men), I will erect between you and them a barrier. Give me pieces
(blocks) of iron,” Then, when he had filled up the gap between the two
mountain-cliffs, he said: “Blow,” till when he had made it (red as)
fire, he said: “Bring me molten copper to pour over it.” So they [Ya'juj
and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog)] were made powerless to scale it or dig
through it. Dhul-Qarnain) said: “This is a mercy from my Lord, but when
the Promise of my Lord comes, He shall level it down to the ground. And
the Promise of my Lord is ever true.” And on that Day [i.e. the Day
Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog) will come out], We shall leave them to
surge like waves on one another, and the Trumpet will be blown, and We
shall collect them all together. [18:93-99]
RasulAllah* says, “three sinkings of the earth. One in the east, one in the west and one in the arabian peninsula.”
There is an entire surah in the Qur’an – Surah ad-Dukhaan. Allah says: “Wait until smoke comes down from the heavens.” This smoke is punishment for the non believers.
Allah
says, “When some of the signs of Allah approach, then a soul that did
not believe, their belief will not do them any good.” The tafsir of this
ayah is the rise of the sun from the west.
RasulAllah*
says, the day of judgment will not occur until the sun rises up from
the west. When that happens, everyone would believe. That is when belief
would not give them any good. [Bukhaari]
When
the sun rises from the west, people will know it is the end of the
world. The door of tawbah is closed. No more tawbah will be accepted.
Allah
says: “And when the decree of Allah (or the Word of Allah) befalls
them, we would send out to them a beast from the earth. It would talk to
them. The people do not believe in Our signs.”
Abu
Hurayrah says that RasulAllah* says, “Three things, when they occur, no
soul would benefit from imaan after that. 1) Rise of the sun from the
west. 2) ad-dajjaal. 3) the beast.” During the time of ad-dajjaal,
because there will be so much fitna. In the time of the beast, you will
be stamped as a believer or a non believer.
There’s
more details in the following hadith, which can be found in Ahmad and
AtTirmidhi, RasulAllah* said, “The beast would come out carrying the
seal of Sulayman [Solomon] and the stick of Musa [Moses]. It would mark
the face of the believer with Musa and would stamp the face of the
nonbeliever with the seal of Sulayman. People would be eating together
and they would say, ‘Give me this, believer’ or ‘Hand me this non,
believer.’” Everybody has it written on their face. People would call
each other, “ya kaafir” or ”ya mu’min.”
The
final sign of the day of judgment is the fire. RasulAllah* says, “And
in the end, a fire would come out from Yemen, sending the people towards
almahshar.”
RasulAllah*
pointed towards ashShaam and said, “This is where you would be
assembled.” In another hadith in Abu Dawood, RasulAllah* said, “There
will be hijra after hijra. The best of people of the world will be in
the place of the hijra of Ibraheem.” Where is that? Jerusalem. The holy
land. What is the first hijra? From Makkah to Madinah. There will be
another hijra, which is of the best people of the world, to Jerusalem.
The other people who live during that time will be the worse of the
people, and that is when the fire will gather them in AshShaam. AshShaam
is the area of Jerusalem, Syria, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon. The
most holy of it is Jerusalem.
