Part 35

“The first of the Signs” means the first of the signs that is truly extraordinary, even though the coming out of the Dajjaal and the descending of ‘Fesa 348 will occur before that, for these latter matters are not as extraordinary: ‘Eesa 836i and the Dajjaal have appearances that are like others of their kind (human beings). But the Beast will come out in a truly strange physical form, one that is out of the ordinary; furthermore, it will speak to people and brand them with Femaan (faith) or Kufr (disbelief), These are matters that are truly outside the realm of the ordinary. This is the first of the (extraordinary) signs of the earth, just as the rising of the sun from the west — opposite of what is known from it — is the first of the (extraordinary) signs of the sky. .

The Sun Rising From The West

After The Sun Rises From Its West, Repentance Will Not Benefit The One Who Repents Allah % said: che GH A Ka a Ay ep a oehe eat ee ee tee Be tee ee KS Ay CE Ye Se OD ot

“Do they then wait for anything other than that the angels should come to them, or that your Lard should come, or that some of the Signs of your Lord should come (i.e. portents of the Hour ¢.g., arising of the sun from the west! The day that some of the Signs of your Lord do 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. Say: “Wait you! We (too) are waiting’

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When discussing the Tafseer of this verse, Al-Bukhaaree related from Abu Hurairah # that the Messenger of Allah 2% said, “The Hour will not arrive until the sun rises from its west. When the people see it, all upon it (the earth) will believe, And that is the time when ‘no good will it do to a person to believe then, if he believed not before.” (Bukhaaree) Other than At-Tirmidhee, all others from AlJamaa’ah related it through different chains from Abu Hurairah a, and they all ascribed the hadith to the Prophet #4.

Abu Hurairah related that the Messenger of Allah 8% said, “The Hour will not arrive until the sun rises from its West. When it rises (from its west) and when the people will see it, they will all believe, and that is when no good will it do to a person to believe then (if he believed not before).” The Prophet #% then recited the abovementioned Verse. (Bukhaaree) Muslim related the same, but through a different chain.

Abu Hurairah .# related that the Messenger of Allah 38 said, “When three come out, 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: the rising of the sun from its west, the smoke, and the beast of the earth.” (Ahmad) Muslim and AtTirmidhee related the same hadith through different chains,

Whoever Knows, Then Let Him Speak; Whoever Doesn't Know, Then Let Him Remain Silent

Abu Shuraihah Hudhaifah ibn Usaid (:) related that the Messenger of Allah #8 said: “Indeed the Hour will not come until you see ten signs: The rising of the sun from the West, (the smoke), the Beast, the coming out of Yajooj and Majooj (Gog and Magog), the coming out of “Eesa and the Dajjaal, three Khusoof (plural of Khasf, the swallowing of the earth and all that is on it) — the Khasf of the West, the Khasf of the East, and the Khasf of the Arabian Peninsula — and the last of them is a fire that will emerge from the east and that will

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steer the people — or gather the people; it will spend the night with them wherever it is they spend the night and it will spend the day with them wherever it is they take their day nap.” We have mentioned this Hadeefh on more than one occasion, and it is related by Ahmad, Muslim, and the compilers of the Sunan.

Abu Hurairah 4 related that the Messenger of Allah # said, “Hasten to perform (good) deeds before six,” and from those six matters, he mentioned the rising of the sun from its west, the smoke, and the Beast, all of which we have already mentioned. (Muslin)

“Amr ibn Jareer said, “A group of six Muslims sat beside Marwaan in Al-Madeenah. As he was speaking about the Signs, they heard him say, ‘The first of them is the coming out of the Dajjaal.’ The group went to ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Am and related to him what they heard from Marwaan regarding the Signs. ‘Abdullah said, ’Marwaan has said nothing. I have memorized from the Messenger of Allah ## his saying: ‘Indeed the first of the Signs is the rising of the sun (from the west) and the coming out of the beast in the morning. Whichever of the two precedes the other, then the other will follow it shortly thereafter.” (Ahmad) Then ‘Abdullah .t, who would read books, said, “And I think that the first of the two is the rising of the sun from its West. Each time the sun sets, it moves to underneath the ‘Arsh (Throne), prostrates, and seeks permission to return (in order to rise again from the east), and it is given permission to return. But when Allah will give permission for it to rise from its west, it will do as it always did: it will come underneath the ‘Arsh (Throne), it will prostrate, and it will ask permission to return (to rise from the east}, No answer will be given to it; it will then (again) ask permission to return, but no answer will be given to it. When whatever part of the night Allah wills has gone by and when it knows that even if permission is given to it, it will not reach

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the east (on time), it says, ‘My Lord, how far the east is! Who will help me regarding the people?’ When the horizon becomes like a neckband (or hoop), it seeks permission to return. It will be said to it, ‘Return to your place, and rise.’ It will rise over the people from. its West.” Then ‘Abdullah . recited this Verse:

“..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’

“Abdullah ibn ‘Amr te said, “I memorized from the Messenger of Allah 2g his saying, “Indeed the first of the Signs to come out is the rising of the sun from its west and the coming out of the Beast upon the people in the morning — whichever of the two precedes the other, then the other will follow shortly thereafter.” (Muslim, Abu Daawood, and Ibn Maajah)

We already mentioned that Signs in this context means those Signs that are especially out of the ordinary, signs that are contrary to the established norms of how things occur in this world. The rising of the sun from the west is before the coming out of the Beast - that is possible and appropriate, and Allah 4 knows best.

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr ibn Al-Aas 4 related that the Messenger of Allah #% said, “When the sun rises from its West, Iblees (Satan) will fall down, prostrating. He will call out, raising his voice, ‘Order me to prostrate to whomsoeve You wish.’ His Zabaayinah (other devils) will gather to him and say, ‘O chief, what is this alarm {you are showing)?" He will say, ‘Indeed, I only asked my Lord to give me respite until a known time.’ Then the Beast will come out from one of the sides of As-Safaa. The first step it will take will be at Intaakiyyah; then it will go to Jblees and strike him.” This narration is Ghareeb and is related by Al-Haafidh Abu Al-Qaasim AtTabaraanee, in his Mo‘jim. In fact, it is extremely Ghareeb, and there is Nakaarah in imputing it to the Prophet 2. It is for sure from the two Mizmalatain (perhaps, here meaning two jars, in which were books) that ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amv #s acquired on the Day of Yarmook, which were from the books of Ahlul-Kitaab (the People of the Book). He used to relate strange narrations from them.

Abu Na’eem ibn Hammaad related in Al-Fitan from Ibn Mas’ ood te that the Beast will kill Iblees Gatan). This is from the strangest of narrations, and Allah #% knows best. Taaloot ibn ‘Ibaad related from Fudaalah ibn Jubari from Abu Umaamah ibn Sudan ibn ‘Ajlaan that

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the Messenger of Allah 2% said, “Indeed the first of the Signs is the rising of the sun from its west.’

Even Until The Sun Rises From Its West, There Will Still Be Muslims Who Will Stand In The Night, Worshipping Allah