Part 38

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From The Signs Of The Hour Is That Those Who Have Neither A Good Character Nor Religion Will Have Much Wealth

The following is similar to the preceding narration: “The Hour will not artive until the most privileged of people will be Lakai’ ibn Lakai’ (an ignoble person who is the son of an ignoble person).”

Positions Are Given To Those Who Do Not Deserve Them: Another Sign Of The Hour

In another hadith, the following is related: “When the affair is trusted to those who do not deserve it, then wait for the Hour.” And in another hadith, “The Hour will not arrive until every tribe is led by its most ignoble members.”

Some interpret this to mean the abundance of female slaves that will result from many conquests; however, this occurred much in the early generations of Islam. So in that sense, it is not from the signs of the Hour that will be in close proximity to it, And Allah 3 knows best.

Al-Hasan said, “I went forth, seeking knowledge. I reached Kufah, where I met ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ood %, and J said, ‘O Abu ‘AbdurRahmaan, does the Hour have a sign that it is known by?” He answered, “I asked the Messenger of Allah 2% about that, and he we said, ‘Indeed, from its signs is that a child will be coarse and the rain will be oppressively hot. Secrets will be revealed, the liar will be believed, the treacherous one will be trusted, the trustworthy one will be distrusted, every tribe will be led by its hypocrites, and every marketplace by its wicked ones. The Mihraahs will be adorned and hearts will be ruined. Men will suffice themselves with men, and women will suffice themselves with women. Alcohol will -be imbibed. There will be an increase in Ash-Shurat (perhaps referring to guards, and Allah knows best), in those who slander, and in those who backbite.” Al-Haafiz Abu Bakr Al-Baihagee related this in Kifaab Al-Ba’th Wan-Nushoor. After relating it, he said, “This chain has weakness in it, though most of its wording has been related through various other chains.”

From The Signs Of The Hour Is That The Trust Will Be Lost

Abu Hurairah # related that a Bedouin asked the Messenger of Allah 2 “When is the Hour?” He 2% said, “When the trust will be

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lost, then wait for the Hour.” He said, “O Messenger of Allah, and how will it be lost?” He i said, “When the affair will be entrusted to those who do not deserve it, then wait for the Hour.” (Bukhaaree) Abu Waail related the following narration from ‘Abdullah 4, with the former thinking that the latter did in fact imypute it to the Prophet #%: “Before the Hour are days of much killing, days in which knowledge will be disappear, and in which ignorance will be widespread.”

Abu Sa’eed .& reported that the Messenger of Allah ##¢ said, “The Hour will not arrive until, when a man leaves his family, his shoestring, his whip, or his stick inform him of what his family did after him.” (Ahmad) In another narration related by Abu Sa’eed. the Messenger of Allah 3g said, “By the One Who has my soul in His Hand, the Hour will not arrive until predatory animals speak to human beings and until the side of a man’s whip, and his shoestring speak to him; and his thigh will inform him of what his family did after him.” (Ahmad)

Anas 2s said, “We used to relate that the Hour will not arrive until the sky stops giving rain, until the earth (its crops) does not grow, until for every 50 women, there will be a single guardian, and until a woman passes by a man, who locks at her and says, ‘this woman used to have a man.” (Ahmad)

And the following is a hadith which Anas ibn Maalik .&% imputed to the Prophet 3: “The Hour will not arrive until knowledge is raised, ignorance is widespread, men are few, women are many, and until for every 50 women, there will be a single man who will be their guardian.” (Ahmad) Another narration in As-sahih attests to this one.

And in another narration, Anas ibn Maalik 2 reported that when the sun deviated from the center of the sky toward the west, the Messenger of Allah # went out and prayed Az-Zuhr. When he completed the prayer (by making Tasleem), he stood on the pulpit and mentioned the Hour. He #% also mentioned some great matters that are to occur before it. (Ahmad)

The Prophet # Intimated To Us That Time Will Be Stripped Of Its Blessings Before The Arrival Of The Hour

Abu Hurairah .% related that the Messenger of Allah 2 said, “The

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Hour will not arrive until time converges! , and so one year will be like a month, a week will be like a day, and a day will be like an hour. And the Hour will be like the burning of palm leaves.” (Ahmad) Suhail claimed that this chain fulfills the conditions of Muslim.

Abu Hurairah 2% reported that the Messenger of Allah 2 said, “The world will not depart until there will be Lakai’ ibn Lakai’ (ignoble one son of an ignoble one).” The chain of this narration is good and strong.

The Base And Ignoble Person Has A Say In Matters

Abu Hurairah a reported that the Messenger of Allah # said, “Before the Hour are treacherous years; in them, the truthful person will be disbelieved, and the liar will be believed; the trustworthy one will be distrusted, and the treacherous one will be trusted. And the base, ignoble one will speak in that time (i.e., he has a voice that is heard by the people).” (Ahmad) The chain of this narration is good.

Abu Hurairah 4 reported that the Prophet said, “Indeed, from the signs of the Hour are that the shepherds of sheep will be the heads of people (ie, they will have status and power); the barefooted, naked, and hungry ones will vie with one another in construction; and the female slave will give birth to her master.” The chain of this narration is good, and it has been related in this form only.

Abu Hurairah ¢ reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah 2% say, “The Hour will not arrive until the horned-animal refrains from striking with its horns the hornless animal.” (Ahmad) Ahmad alone related it, and its chain is okay.

Abu Hurairah 2 reported that the Messenger of Allah # said, “The Hour will not arrive until wealth will be abundant among you, to the degree that the owner of wealth will be distressed to find one who accepts charity from his wealth; nor until knowledge is seized, time converges, trials become widespread, and Al-Haraj will be in

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abundance.” The Companions asked, “Which Haraj, O Messenger of Allah?” He #@ said, “Killing, killing.” (Ahmad)

The Messenger of Allah # said, “The Hour will not arrive until two very large groups, each having the same claim, fight one another, with there being a great deal of killing between them.”

The Messenger of Allah 2% said, “The Hour will not arrive until almost thirty lying Dajjaals are sent - every one of them claims that he is the Messenger of Allah.”

The Messenger of Allah #¥ said, “The Hour will not arrive until the sun rises from its west. And when it does rise (from its west), and when people 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, nor earned good (by performing deeds of righteousness) through his faith.’” This is established in As-sahih.

Abu Hurairah related that the Prophet 2 said, “By the One Who has sent me with the Truth, this world will not come to an end until they are afflicted with Al-Khasf (the swallowing of the earth with those who are on it), Al-Qadhf (strong winds that cause rocks to fly), and Al-Maskht (transformation of humans into apes and pigs).” The Companions asked, “And when is that, O Messenger of Allah?” He #8 said, “When you see women riding private parts, when there will be many female singers, when there will be much false testimony, when men will suffice themselves with men, and when women will suffice themselves with women.” Al-Haafiz Abu Bakr Al-Bazzaar related this narration.

“Abdullah ibn ‘Umar 4 reported that the Messenger of Allah i said, “Indeed from the signs of the Hour is that minds will disappear (i.e. people will rule according to their desires) and AlAhlaam (those who do things in a deliberate and thought-out manner; the sagacious ones) will decrease in number.” AtTabaraanee related this narration.

Taariq ibn Shihaab said, “While we were seated with ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ood %, a man came and said, ‘The prayer is about to commence.’ He stood, and we stood with him. When we entered the Masjid, we saw people bowing in the front of the Masjid. He made Takbeer (to begin the prayer), and he bowed down; then we made Takbeer, and we bowed down. He prostrated and we prostrated. Then he made (Tasleem) (ie., to exit the state of prayer)

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