MINOR AND MAJOR SIGNS BEFORE THE END OF TIME
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BY MALLAM ABBA ABANA, KUBWA, ABUJA, NIGERIA
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Bismillah
Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah. As-Salaam Alaikum
Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu.
Praise
be to Allaah; we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah
from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides
will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can
guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness that
Muhammad (Sallalahu Alaihi WA Salam) is His slave and Messenger.
CHAPTER SIX
8.0 LANDSLIDES
There
will be three landslides before Qiyamah like never seen before. One in the
East, one in the West and one in Arabia. The Earth will swallow everything
above it and as a result, many people will die. However, everybody will be
raised according to his intentions. This will take place when evil prevails.
Hudhaifa-b-Usaid
al-Ghifari reported: Allah's Messenger (Sallalahu Alaihi Wa Salaam) came to us
all of a sudden as we were (busy in discussion) He said: "What are you
discussing?" They (the companions) said: "We are talking about the
last hour." Thereupon he said: "It will not come until you see ten
signs before it, He made a mention of the Smoke, the Dajjal, the Beast, the
Rising of the Sun from the West, the Descent of Jesus, Son of Mary , the
emergence of Ya'juj and Ma'juj, and Land sliding will occur in three places,
One in the East, one in the West and one in Arabia at the end of which a fire
would burn forth from Yemen, which would drive people to the place of their
assembly." (Muslim)
Umme
Salmah reported that I heard the Messenger of Allah saying, "After me
there will be a landslide in the East, a landslide in the West and a landslide
in the Peninsula of Arabia." I asked, "Oh Messenger of Allah will the
Earth give way, though there are some pious people above it." The Prophet
replied, "When its inhabitants exceed doing bad and evil." (Tabrani
Fil-Awsat)
9.0 THE SMOKE[1]
Allah
says, ''So thou wait for the day when the heaven shall bring a smoke manifest
surrounding the people this is a painful Chastisement.'' (Holy Quran Chapter
Surah-Dhukan)
Wasila-Bb-l-Asqa
reported, ''I heard the Prophet saying, ''The final hour will not come until
you see ten signs. '' (one of the ten mentioned was the smoke) (Muslim)
It
is clearly evident from the above verse and Ahadith that the smoke is a major
sign of Qiyamah. It will rise and cover the whole world. The smoke will affect
both the believers and non-believers alike remaining for a period of 40 days
and night. The believers will be affected a little as if suffering from cold
while the smoke will enter the brains of the non-belivers and make them
unconscious (Hudaifa-b-al-Yaman/Tabari.)
Ibne
Masood's Opinion
Ibne
Masood's (RA) opinion regarding the verse in which the smoke has been mentioned
is that he strongly claims that this is not the smoke which is described as one
of the signs of Qiyamah. On the other hand the Holy Prophet (Sallalahu Alaihi
Wa Salaam) being disgusted with the vexation and rebellion of the Quraish had
invoked a famine of 7 years for them like that which was set upon the Egyptians
in the days of Prophet Yusuf and as such the famine befell them to the
starvation of the Makkans, who were so much constrained that they were forced
to eat off corpses, hides and skins of animals.
In
short, the people of Makkah began to starve. As a rule in intense hunger and
ceaseless drought, a kind of smoke is seen in the space between the heaven and
the Earth, and also the dust, which rises into the sky from the Earth
especially on long rainless days, looks like a smoke to the naked eyes. That
thing is here described as a smoke. (Bukhari)
Ibne
Masood reported, "Five things have passed, the smoke, the defeat of the
Romans, the splitting of the moon, the defeat of the infidels in the Battle of
Badr and the punishment." (Bukhari)
Firstly
it should be noted that Ibne Kathir writes that from amongst the Sahaba Ibne
Masood is the only one that holds this view. The majority of Ulama in the light
of the above and many other Ahadith are of the opinion that the smoke referred
to in the verse is the same which is to precede Qiyamah. This has also been
related as being the opinion of Ibne Abbas and Hadrat Ali. (Ibne Kathir)
Ali
(RA) said, "The verse of Dukhan has not taken place" (Ibne Abe Hatim)
Ibne
Abbas, Ibne Umar, Hasan, and others said, ''The smoke referred to in the verses
is the smoke before Qiyamah which will enter in the ears of the Kuffar and the
hypocrites and will affect the Muslims like a cold. The whole world will be
like a house on fire. It has not happened. It is to happen.''
(Lawami-ul-Anwaar)
Abdullah-b-Abu-Mulaika
narrated that I went one morning to Ibne Abbas. He said, ''I didn't sleep all
night. ''I asked, ''Why?'' He replied, ''They informed me that a star with a
tail appeared. I feared that the smoke may follow and thus I didn't sleep till
it was morning.'' (Tabari / Ibne Kathir)
It
is clear from the above narration, which is authentic, as Ibne Kathir has
mentioned that Ibne Abbas was of the opinion that the smoke is from among the
awaited signs. (Ibne Kathir)
Secondly
Ibne Kathir writes that Ibne Masood doesn't relate what he has said back to the
Prophet while the opinion that the smoke is from among the awaited signs is
related back to the Prophet and so the principal of the Hadith is quite clear,
''That which is related back to the Prophet is given priority over that which is
not.'' (An-Nihaya)
Rising
of the Sun from the West
The
rising of the sun from the west is also a major sign of Qiyamah proven by the
Qur'an and Sunnah.
Allah
says in the Qur'an, "The day when some signs of your Lord will come, no
good will it do to a person to believe then, if he believed not before, nor
earned good (by performing deeds of righteousness) through his faith."
(Surah Al-An'aam)
The
verse is referring to the rising of the sun from the west, as is the opinion of
the majority of the commentators. (Tabari/Ibne Kathir)
Imam
Tabari, after mentioning the different opinions of the commentators writes,
"The most correct opinion in regards to the meaning of this verse is that
what is apparent from the reports narrated from the Prophet that he said,
"(lmaan will be of no benefit) when the sun rises from the west."
(Tabari)
Abu
Huraira reported that the Holy Prophet said, "Hasten to do good deeds
before six (things happen) :Rising of the sun from the west." (Mishkat)
10.0 WHERE THE SUN
GOES?
It
is narrated on the authority of Abu Zar that the Messenger of Allah one day
said, "Do you know where the Sun goes?" They replied, "Allah and
his apostle know best." He (The Holy Prophet (Sallalahu Alaihi Wa Salaam))
observed, "Verily it (the sun) glides till it reaches its resting place
under the throne. Then it falls prostrate and remains there until it is told,
'Rise up and go to the place whence you came' and it goes back."
Then
it continues emerging out from its rising place and then glides till it reaches
its place of rest under the throne where it falls prostrate and remains in that
state until it is told, 'Rise up and return to the place whence you came.' And
it returns and emerges out of its rising place and then it glides (in such a
normal way) that the people do not discern anything (unusual in it) till it
reaches its resting place under the throne. Then it would be said to it, 'Rise
up and emerge from the place of your setting,' and it will rise from the place
of its setting." The Messenger of Allah said "Do you know when it
will happen? It will happen at the time when faith will not benefit anyone who
has not previously believed or has derived no good from the faith."
(Muslim)
Worshippers
during the night will remain till the sun rises from the West
Abdullah-b-Abu-Owfa
reported that I heard the Messenger of Allah say, "Verily a night will
come upon the people which is equivalent of three of your nights. When it comes
those that engage themselves in worship during the night will recognise it. One
of them will stand in prayer, read his Hizb (The normal amount he has made the
habit of reading) and then go to sleep. Thereafter he will wake up (for the
second time) read his Hizb in prayer and go to sleep. While this is the
situation the people will begin to shout, scream and call one another. They
will say, "What's this?" With fear they will run to the mosque. To
their surprise they will see that the sun has risen from the west. When it
reaches the middle of the sky it will return and set in the west." He
said, "That is when Imaan will not benefit anyone (who brings faith after
seeing the sign)." (An-Nihaya)
EVERYONE WILL BRING
FAITH IN SEEING THE SIGN
Narrated
by Abu Huraira (R.A), "Allah's Messenger said, 'The hour will not come
until the sun rises from the west; and when the people see it, then whoever
will be living on the surface of the Earth will have faith, and that is (the
time) when no good will it do to a person to believe then, if he believed not
before." (Bukhari)
The
real basis of faith is that man believes in the unseen realities on the
authority of the Messenger of Allah (Sallalahu Alaihi Wa Salaam). But when
Allah manifests such startling and visible signs which herald the approach of
the last hour and by which the veil of the unseen is rent asunder, then the
belief becomes meaningless. The rising of the sun from the west will be of
great disturbance to nature and will shake the mind of every man and awaken him
to see for himself the great power of Allah. At this time the belief of the unseen
will lose its importance.
11.0 DOOR OF REPENTANCE CLOSED
Once
the sun has risen from the west the door of repentance will be closed and will
remain closed until the Day of Judgment. If any infidel embraces Islam or any
Muslim repents and seeks forgiveness for his sins any time after the rising of
the sun from the west till the Day of Judgement, it will not be accepted.
The
Messenger of Allah said, "Verily Allah extends his hand at night so that
the sinners of the day may repent and verily extends his hand during the day so
that the sinners of the night may repent. (He will keep on doing this) as long
as the sun does not rise from the west." (Abu-Musa al-Ashari/ Muslim)
The
Prophet said, "Allah has built a door of repentance in the west the
breadth of which is seventy years and it will not close as long as the sun does
not rise from the west." (Safwan-b-Assal / Tirmidhi)
The
above Ahadith have clearly specified that the extreme limit of the acceptance
of repentance is till the sun rises from the west. Once it has risen it will
not be accepted.
Ibne
Hajar has mentioned many Ahadith which prove that the door of repentance will
remain closed till the Day of judgment and thereafter writes, ''These
narration's give strength to one another, agreeing completely in that when the
sun rises from the west the door of repentance will be closed and will not be
opened thereafter. And this is not specific with that day but will prolong till
the Day of judgment.'' (Fathul- Bari)
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