Prophecies in the Hadith: Difference between revisions

Muhammad's prophecies are predictions attributed to him and written hundreds of years after his [[Muhammad's Death|death]]. Many prophecies are considered "signs of the Hour" (Islamic eschatology). Some prophecies are general statements that may apply to times even before Islam, other prophecies predict early Islamic history (which happened before the predictions were written) and some prophecies make predictions about the the future to come after the hadiths were written.

Signs of the Hour indicate that the Hour (and the end of the world) is coming. They were divided by scholars into minor and major. The major signs are contained in this hadith:

Hudhaifa b. Usaid al-Ghifari reported:

The minor signs indicate that the Hour is "getting closer", while the major signs indicate that the Hour will happen immediately after them. The first major sign is coming of the Dajjal and Muhammad thought that it might happen during his life or during life of his companions:

'''The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) mentioned the Dajjal (Antichrist) saying: If he comes forth while I am among you''' I shall be the one who will dispute with him on your behalf, but if he comes forth when I am not among you, a man must dispute on his own behalf, and Allah will take my place in looking after every Muslim. Those of you who live up to his time should recite over him the opening verses of Surat al – Kahf, for they are your protection from his trial. We asked: How long will he remain on the earth ? He replied : Forty days, one like a year, one like a month, one like a week, and rest of his days like yours. We asked : Messenger of Allah, will one day’s prayer suffice us in this day which will be like a year ? He replied : No, you must make an estimate of its extent. Then Jesus son of Marry will descend at the white minaret to the east of Damascus. He will then catch him up at the date of Ludd and kill him."}}

"I heard the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w): 'There was never a Prophet after Nuh but that he warned his people about '''the Dajjal''', and indeed I shall warn you of him.' Then the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) described him for us, and he said: "Perhaps some of '''you who see me, or hear my words shall live to see him'''." They said: "O Messenger of Allah! How will our hearts be on that day?" He said: "The same – that is, as today – or better.”"}}

===The caliphate will last 30 years===

Sa'eed bin Jumhan narrated:

"Safinah narrated to me, he said: 'The Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said: "'''Al-Khilafah will be in my Ummah for thirty years''', then there will be monarchy after that."' Then Safinah said to me: 'Count the Khilafah of Abu Bakr,' then he said: 'Count the Khilafah of 'Umar and the Khilafah of 'Uthman.' Then he said to me: 'Count the Khilafah of 'Ali."' He said: "So we found that they add up to thirty years." Sa'eed said: "I said to him: 'Banu Umaiyyah claim that the Khilafah is among them.' He said: 'Banu Az-Zarqa' lie, rather they are a monarchy, among the worst of monarchies."'

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*Tirmidhi, author of this hadith collection, was born in 824, more than 100 years after the end of the caliphate

*The hadith in it's text is in the context of discussion about previous caliphates

==="Prophet, siddiq and two martyrs"===

Narrated Anas bin Malik:

Khawarij ("The Leavers") left the army of the caliph Ali in the middle of the 7th century. The prediction was written in the middle of the 9th century, two hundred years later.

===Places of killed people at the battle of Badr===

..Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: This is the place where so and so would be killed. He placed his hand on the earth (saying) here and here; (and) none of them fell away from the place which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had indicated by placing his hand on the earth.

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===Earthquakes will increase===

It's a part of a longer hadith as one of the signs of the end of the world:

.. and earthquakes will increase in number..

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This hadith is classified as mawdu (fabricated). <ref>https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/265083/%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AB-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9</ref> It's part of a long hadith about coming of the Hour:

{{Quote|al-Tabarani, Mu'jam al-Kabir 10/228 (mawdu')|

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===Strong wind===

Muhammad predicted a strong wind on the same day it happened, so there was probably already a wind getting stronger:

..When we reached Tabuk, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There will be a strong wind tonight and so no one should stand and whoever has a camel, should fasten it." So we fastened our camels. A strong wind blew at night and a man stood up and he was blown away to a mountain called Taiy..

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===Child is filled with rage===

===Muhammad's death===

Muhammad predicted that he will die. The prediction doesn't contain any specific information about his death:

I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) during the Ghazwa of Tabuk while he was sitting in a leather tent. He said, "'''Count six signs that indicate the approach of the Hour: my death''', the conquest of Jerusalem, a plague that will afflict you (and kill you in great numbers) as the plague that afflicts sheep, the increase of wealth to such an extent that even if one is given one hundred Dinars, he will not be satisfied; then an affliction which no Arab house will escape, and then a truce between you and Bani Al-Asfar (i.e. the Byzantines) who will betray you and attack you under eighty flags. Under each flag will be twelve thousand soldiers.

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===Muhammad's wife with the longest arm will die first===

Narrated 'Aisha:

===Muhammad's daughter Fatima will die first from his family===

During Muhammad's illness, Fatima was walking like Muhammad, so she also had signs of illness:

`A'isha reported that all the wives of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) had gathered (in her apartment) '''during the days of his (Prophet's) last illness ''' and no woman was left behind that '''Fatima, who walked after the style of Allah's Messenger''' (ﷺ), came there. He welcomed her by saying:

===A plague kills many Muslims===

I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) during the Ghazwa of Tabuk while he was sitting in a leather tent. He said, "Count six signs that indicate the approach of the Hour: my death, the conquest of Jerusalem, '''a plague that will afflict you (and kill you in great numbers) as the plague that afflicts sheep''', the increase of wealth to such an extent that even if one is given one hundred Dinars, he will not be satisfied; then an affliction which no Arab house will escape, and then a truce between you and Bani Al-Asfar (i.e. the Byzantines) who will betray you and attack you under eighty flags. Under each flag will be twelve thousand soldiers.

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===Sexual immorality (abominations)===

It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to us and said: ‘O Muhajirun, there are five things with which you will be tested, and I seek refuge with Allah lest you live to see them: '''Immorality never appears among a people to such an extent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseases that were never known among the predecessors will spread among them'''. They do not cheat in weights and measures but they will be stricken with famine, severe calamity and the oppression of their rulers. They do not withhold the Zakah of their wealth, but rain will be withheld from the sky, and were it not for the animals, no rain would fall on them. They do not break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger, but Allah will enable their enemies to overpower them and take some of what is in their hands. Unless their leaders rule according to the Book of Allah and seek all good from that which Allah has revealed, Allah will cause them to fight one another.’”

There were also abominations happening in Muhammad's time:

Narrated `Aisha:

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===Women naked, but dressed (wearing revealing clothes)===

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having said this:

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{{Quote|islamqa.info: Commentary on the hadeeth; “two types of the people of Hell whom I have not seen…” <ref>https://islamqa.info/en/answers/47017/commentary-on-the-hadeeth-two-types-of-the-people-of-hell-whom-i-have-not-seen</ref>|

This hadeeth is one of the miracles of Prophethood, for these two types of people have appeared, and '''they exist now, as al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said.'''

There is also a hadith with the same terminology of dressed (كاسيات) and undressed (عاريات) but in a different context:

Narrated Um Salama:

===Widespread adultery===

Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

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Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported:

It was mentioned among negative things, that indicates that a woman being dominant in marriage is an evil thing. But it appears that the patriarchy was not universal even in Muhammad's time:

===Fire in Hijaz illuminates necks of camels in Busra===

Narrated Abu Huraira:

There was a lava eruption in Hijaz in the year 1256 ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrat_Rahat Harrat Rahat]) which is considered by Muslims as fulfillment. That's the last eruption, but the eruption before that was in 640 - 641 A.D. during the reign of Umar.<ref>

Volcanic history of the northernmost part of the Harrat Rahat volcanic field, Saudi Arabia

===Making halal what was haram===

Narrated Abu 'Amir or Abu Malik Al-Ash'ari:

===Slave woman gives birth to her master/mistress===

1. When a slave (lady) gives birth to her master.

The Prophet (ﷺ) then recited: "Verily, with Allah (Alone) is the knowledge of the Hour--." (31. 34) Then that man (Gabriel) left and the Prophet (ﷺ) asked his companions to call him back, but they could not see him. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "That was Gabriel who came to teach the people their religion." Abu 'Abdullah said: He (the Prophet) considered all that as a part of faith.}}

"We were sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) when a man came to him whose clothes were intensely white and whose hair was intensely black; no signs of travel could be seen upon him, and none of us recognized him. He sat down facing the Prophet (ﷺ), with his knees touching his, and he put his hands on his thighs, and said: 'O Muhammad, what is Islam?' He said: 'To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and that I am the Messenger of Allah, to establish regular prayer, to pay Zakat, to fast in Ramadan, and to perform Hajj to the House (the Ka'bah).' He said: 'You have spoken the truth.' We were amazed by him: He asked a question, then told him that he had spoken the truth. Then he said: 'O Muhammad, what is Iman faith? He said: 'To believe in Allah, His angels, His Messengers, His books, the Last day, and the Divine Decree (Qadar), both the good of it and the bad of it.' He said' You have spoken the truth.' We were amazed by him. He asked a question, then told him that he had spoken the truth. Then he said: 'O Muhammad, what is Ihsan (right action, goodness, sincerity)? He said: 'To worship Allah as if you see Him, for even though you do not see Him, He sees you.' He asked: "When will the Hour be?' He said: 'The one who is being asked about it does not know more than the one who is asking.' He asked: 'Then what are its signs?' he said: 'When the slave woman gives birth to her mistress' (Waki' said: This means when non-Arabs will give birth to Arabs") 'and when you see barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings.' The Prophet (ﷺ) met me three days later and asked me: 'Do you know who that man was? I said" 'Allah and his Messenger know best.' He said: 'That was Jibril, who came to you to teach you your religion.'"}}

===Some people control trade===

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'One of the portents of the Hour will be that wealth becomes widespread and abundant, and trade will become widespread, but knowledge will disappear. '''A man will try to sell something and will say: "No, not until I consult the merchant of banu so and so''' and People will look throughout a vast area for a scribe and will not find one."

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{{Quote|Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 485 (sahih)|

Ibn 'Umar reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Injustice will appear as darkness on the Day of Rising."

===False testimony===

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===Unfulfilled vows===

..then the Prophet (ﷺ) added, 'There will come after you, people who will bear witness without being asked to do so, and will be treacherous and untrustworthy, and '''they will vow and never fulfill their vows''', and fatness will appear among them."

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===Cheating in weights (scales)===

It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to us and said: ‘O Muhajirun, there are five things with which you will be tested, and I seek refuge with Allah lest you live to see them: Immorality never appears among a people to such an extent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseases that were never known among the predecessors will spread among them. '''They do not cheat in weights and measures but they will be stricken with famine, severe calamity and the oppression of their rulers'''. They do not withhold the Zakah of their wealth, but rain will be withheld from the sky, and were it not for the animals, no rain would fall on them. They do not break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger, but Allah will enable their enemies to overpower them and take some of what is in their hands. Unless their leaders rule according to the Book of Allah and seek all good from that which Allah has revealed, Allah will cause them to fight one another.’”

===Making money unlawfully===

Narrated Abu Hurairah (ra):

The Prophet (ﷺ) said "Certainly a time will come when people will not bother to know from where they earned the money, by lawful means or unlawful means."

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{{Quote|Sirat Rasul Allah 428, Tabari VII:29|

Then the apostle heard that Abu Sufyan b. Harb was coming from Syria with a large caravan of Quraysh, containing their money and merchandise, accompanied by some thirty or forty men." Mohammad said, "This is the Quraysh caravan containing their property, Go out to attack it, perhaps God will give it as prey,

===Usury (riba)===

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===Sudden deaths===

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Narrated Ubayd ibn Khalid as-Sulami,:

===Islam will be unpleasant for Muslims (like burning ember/coal in hand)===

Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:

"There shall come upon the people a time in which the one who is patient upon his religion will be like the one holding onto a burning ember."

===Following Jews and Christians===

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:

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===Killing [pointless killing]===

Narrated `Abdullah and Abu Musa:

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===Two parties with the same message will fight===

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) many ahadith and one of them was this:

===Ammar will be killed===

Narrated Abu Hurairah:

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Rejoice, 'Ammar, the transgressing party shall kill you."

===Conquest of Jerusalem===

Narrated `Auf bin Mali:

Furthermore, after the conquest, the Hour was expected to come. Both events occurred nearly a thousand years in the past. This was written by Bukhari two hundred years after the first conquest.  

Narrated Abdullah ibn Hawalah al-Azdi:

===Conquest of Egypt===

Abu Dharr reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

'''You would soon conquer Egypt''' and that is a land which is known (as the land of al-qirat). So when you conquer it, treat its inhabitants well. For there lies upon you the responsibility because of blood-tie or relationship of marriage (with them). And when you see two persons falling into dispute amongst themselves for the space of a brick, than get out of that. He (Abu Dharr) said: I saw Abd al-Rahman b. Shurahbil b. Hasana and his brother Rabi'a disputing with one another for the space of a brick. So I left that (land).

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===Conquest of Yemen, Syria and Iraq===

Sufyan b. Abu Zuhair heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say:

'''Yemen will be conquered''' and some people will go away (to that country) driving their camels and carrying their families on them and those who are under their authority, while Medina is better for them if they were to know it. Then '''Syria will be conquered''' and some people will go away driving their camels along with them and carrying their families with them and those who are under their authority, while Medina is better for them if they were to know it. Then '''lraq will be conquered''' and some people will go away (to that country) driving their camels and carrying their families with them and those who are under their authority. while Medina is better for them if they were to know it.

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===Fighting Turks===

Narrated Abu Huraira:

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===Leave the Turks as long as they leave you===

This hadith is often referenced as evidence that Muhammad predicted the Ottoman empire, often ignoring the clause about the Abyssinians

Narrated from Abi Sukainah One of the Companions:

===Spoils of war distributed preferentially===

Hadith da'if:

إِذَا اتُّخِذَ الْفَىْءُ دُوَلاً  

===Fearless traveler (security)===

{{Quote|al-Haythami 7/334 (sahih)|

لا تقومُ الساعَةُ حتى تعودَ أرْضُ العربِ مروجًا وأَنْهَارًا وحتى يسيرَ الراكِبُ بينَ العِرَاقِ ومَكَّةَ لَا يَخَافُ إلَّا ضَلَالَ الطريقِ [ وحتَّى يَكْثُرَ الْهَرْجُ قالوا وما الهَرْجُ يا رسولَ اللهِ قال القتلُ ]

===Fat people===

Narrated `Imran bin Husain:

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===Special greeting===

{{Quote|Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1049 (sahih)|

بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ‏:‏ تَسْلِيمُ الْخَاصَّةِ

According to this hadith, everyone should be greeted:

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:

In other hadiths however Muhammad was preventing Muslims from greeting certain people based on their religion:

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

===Controversy over the Hadith===

Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib:

This hadith, although rated sahih, is almost certainly a v''aticinum ex eventu'' about controversies which took place after the prophet died. It's unlikely that if the prophet himself had said in his lifetime that these things were haram that there would be people claiming that they were actually allowed by the shari'ah.  

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:

===Liars will be trusted and honest people will be regarded as liars===

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“There will come to the people years of treachery, when the liar will be regarded as honest, and the honest man will be regarded as a liar; the traitor will be regarded as faithful, and the faithful man will be regarded as a traitor; and the Ruwaibidah will decide matters.’ It was said: ‘Who are the Ruwaibidah?’ He said: ‘Vile and base men who control the affairs of the people.’”

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There is the Pen that Allah created first and which writes the future:

“I arrived in Makkah and met Ata bin Abi Rabah. I said: ‘O Abu Muhammad! Some people with us speak about Al-Qadar.’ Ata said: ‘I met Al-Walid bin Ubadah bin As-Samit and he said: “My father narrated to me, he said: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: “Verily '''the first of what Allah created was the Pen (القلم). He said to it: “Write.” So it wrote what will be forever'''.’”

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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "There are three people whose actions are not recorded ( رُفِعَ اَلْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ, literally "is lifted the pen from three"), a sleeping person till he awakes, a child till he is a grown up, and an insane person till he is restored to reason or recovers his sense." [Reported by Ahmad and al-Arba'a, except at-Tirmidhi. al-Hakim graded it Sahih (authentic)].

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Narrated Abu Salamah:

It was narrated from Abu Salamah that Abu Hurairah said: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I am a young man and I fear hardship for myself, but I cannot afford to marry; should I castrate myself?'" The Prophet turned away from him until he said it three times. Then the Prophet said: "O Abu Hurairah, '''the pen is dried concerning what you are going to face''', so (it is up to you whether) you castrate yourself or not." Abu Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: Al-Awzai did not hear this narration from Az-Zuhri, and this hadith is sahih, Yunus reported it from Az-Zuhri.

Ibn Mas’ud reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Just before the Hour, the greeting of peace will only be given to specific people, trade will proliferate to the point that a woman will help her husband in his business, '''family ties will be severed''' (وَقَطْعُ الأَرْحَامِ), the pen will spread, false testimony will prevail and truthful testimony will be concealed.”

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There is also hadith where Muhammad encourages people to keep the ties of kinship, which indicates they weren't doing it enough in his time:

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

"Learn enough about your lineage to facilitate keeping your ties of kinship (تَصِلُونَ بِهِ أَرْحَامَكُمْ). For indeed keeping the ties of kinship encourages affection among the relatives, increases the wealth, and increases the lifespan."

Killing of family members for the sake of Islam was also approved by Muhammad:

He assembled the people and said: I adjure by Allah the man who has done this action and I adjure him by my right to him that he should stand up. Jumping over the necks of the people and trembling the man stood up.  

===Automobiles (actually camels with lofty saddles)===

Muhammad forbade riding on ''mayathir'' (مياثر) (silk saddles), so mayathir were something already known:

..He forbade us to drink from silver utensils, to wear gold rings, '''to ride on silken saddles (ركوب المياثر)''', to wear silk clothes..

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===Ignorance [of Islamic teachings]===

Narrated `Abdullah and Abu Musa:

When spoiles of war are distributed; and property given in trust will be considered as booty for oneself; Zakat will be looked upon as a fine; '''learning for other than the religion'''; a man will obey his wife and disobey his mother; a man will bring his friends nearer and drive his father far off; noises will be raised in the masjids; the most wicked of a tribe will become its ruler; the most worthless member of a people will become its leader; a man will be honoured for fear of the evil he may do; singing girls and musical instruments will come into vogue; drinking of wine will become common; and the later generations will begin to curse the previous generations; then wait, for red violent winds, earthquakes, swallowing up by the earth, defacement (of human faces), pelting of stones from the skies as rain, and a continuing chain of disasters followed one by another, like beads of a necklace falling one after the other rapidly when its string is cut.  

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===Tall buildings===

وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبِنَاءِ

..and when '''you see barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds''' competing in constructing tall buildings

}}The Bible contained a story of the Tower of Babel, Egyptians built pyramids. The desire and ability to construct tall buildings appears to has been common in history.

There were people in the 7th century building buildings that could be considered tall in that time. Ibn Hajar wrote in his famous commentary on Sahih Bukhari:

يتطاول الناس في البنيان وهي من العلامات التي وقعت عن قرب في زمن النبوة  

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Muslims could afford building tall buildings after they got rich from early Islamic conquests.

Narrated Qais bin Abi Hazim:

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{{Quote|Musannaf ibn Abi Shaybah, Hadith: 14306 (da'eef or hasan)|

Sayyiduna '''‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr''' (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) is reported to have said: “……When you see tunnels/canals being dug in Makkah Mukarramah and the buildings (of Makkah Mukarramah) higher than the peak of the mountains then know that Qiyamah is close.”

The imperialistic nature of Islam's spread may have encouraged this type of hypocrisy, and the flood of opportunists joining the ranks of Islam after the conquest is likely the origin of these ahadith:

It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah said:

I have been commanded to fight against people so long as they do not declare that there is no god but Allah, and he who professed it was guaranteed the protection of his property and life on my behalf except for the right affairs rest with Allah.

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Narrated `Ikrima:

===Voices raised in mosques===

The hadith is daif:

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:

"When Al-Fai' is distributed(preferentially), trust is a spoil of war, Zakat is a fine, knowledge is sought for other than the(sake of the) religion, a man obeys his wife and disobeys his mother, he is close to his friend and far from his father, '''voices are raised in the Masajid''', tribes are led by their wicked, the leader of the people is the most despicable among them, the most honored man is the one whose evil the people are afraid of, singing slave-girls and music spread, intoxicants are drunk, and the end of this Ummah curses its beginning- then anticipate a red wind, earthquake, collapsing of the earth, transformation, Qadhf, and the signs follow in succession like gems of a necklace whose string is cut and so they fall in succession."

There was a precedent. Christians and Jews were adorning their places of worship:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

===Breaking the convenant with god makes enemies overpower them===

... '''They do not break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger, but Allah will enable their enemies to overpower them and take some of what is in their hands.''' Unless their leaders rule according to the Book of Allah and seek all good from that which Allah has revealed, Allah will cause them to fight one another.’”

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===A man passes by a grave and wants to be dead too===

وَحَتَّى يَمُرَّ الرَّجُلُ بِقَبْرِ الرَّجُلِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي مَكَانَهُ

===People will treat a man with respect because they fear the evil he could do===

The hadith is daif (weak).

Ali bin Abi Talib narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:

"When my Ummah does fifteen things, the afflictions will occur in it." It was said: "What are they O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "When Al-Maghnam (the spoils of war) are distributed (preferentially), trust is usurped, Zakah is a fine, a man obeys his wife and disobeys his mother, he is kind to his friend and abandons his father, voices are raised in the Masajid, the leader of the people is the most despicable among them, '''the most honored man is the one whose evil the people are afraid of''', intoxicants are drunk, silk is worn (by males), there is a fascination for singing slave-girls and music, and the end of this Ummah curses its beginning. When that occurs, anticipate a red wind, collapsing of the earth, and transformation."

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===The leader of a people will be the worst of them===

This hadith is daif (weak).

Ali bin Abi Talib narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:

"When my Ummah does fifteen things, the afflictions will occur in it." It was said: "What are they O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "When Al-Maghnam (the spoils of war) are distributed (preferentially), trust is usurped, Zakah is a fine, a man obeys his wife and disobeys his mother, he is kind to his friend and abandons his father, voices are raised in the Masajid, '''the leader of the people is the most despicable among them''', the most honored man is the one whose evil the people are afraid of, intoxicants are drunk, silk is worn (by males), there is a fascination for singing slave-girls and music, and the end of this Ummah curses its beginning. When that occurs, anticipate a red wind, collapsing of the earth, and transformation."

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====Non-speaking objects will start speaking====

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:

"By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! The Hour will not be established until predators speak to people and until the tip of a man's whip and the straps on his sandal speak to him, and his thigh informs him of what occurred with his family after him."

According to the hadith, for Muhammad (unlike for most people), talking objects wouldn't even be much miraculous, since he was hearing voices regularly. For example he heard a stone saluting him:

====The land of Arabia reverts to meadows and rivers====

وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْقَارِيُّ - عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَكْثُرَ الْمَالُ وَيَفِيضَ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ الرَّجُلُ بِزَكَاةِ مَالِهِ فَلاَ يَجِدُ أَحَدًا يَقْبَلُهَا مِنْهُ وَحَتَّى تَعُودَ أَرْضُ الْعَرَبِ مُرُوجًا وَأَنْهَارًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

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{{Quote|مرقاة المفاتيح شرح مشكاة المصابيح|

وحتى تعود أرض العرب أي: تصير أو ترجع

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====Much rain, but little vegetation====

===Other Predictions About the Future===

====Coming of Muhammad and the Hour are close like the forefinger and middle finger joined together====

Anas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

====A 7th century boy won't grow very old before the Hour comes====

وَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ - حَدَّثَنَا مَعْبَدُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ الْعَنَزِيُّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ مَتَى تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ قَالَ فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم هُنَيْهَةً ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَى غُلاَمٍ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنْ أَزْدِ شَنُوءَةَ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنْ عُمِّرَ هَذَا لَمْ يُدْرِكْهُ الْهَرَمُ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ قَالَ أَنَسٌ ذَاكَ الْغُلاَمُ مِنْ أَتْرَابِي يَوْمَئِذٍ ‏.‏

When would the Last Hour come? Thereupon Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) kept quiet for a while. Then looked at a young boy in his presence belonging to the tribe of Azd Shanu'a and he said: If this boy lives he would not grow very old till the Last Hour would come ''to you''. Anas said that this young boy was of our age during those days.

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...In the meantime, a slave of Al-Mughira passed by, and he was of the same age as I was. The Prophet (ﷺ) said. "If this (slave) should live long, he will not reach the geriatric old age, but the Hour will be established."

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====Nothing will live one hundred years from now====

The "tonight" in ''italic'' was added by translators to accommodate the later re-interpretation:

أَرَأَيْتَكُمْ لَيْلَتَكُمْ هَذِهِ، فَإِنَّ رَأْسَ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ مِنْهَا لاَ يَبْقَى مِمَّنْ هُوَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ

When the prophecy failed 100 years later, it was subject to retroactive re-interpretation in Bukhari:

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:

====If 10 scholars of the Jews would follow me, no Jew would be left upon the surface of the earth====

لَوْ تَابَعَنِي عَشْرَةٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ لَمْ يَبْقَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا يَهُودِيٌّ إِلاَّ أَسْلَمَ

====30 false prophets before the Hour====

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

According to the sira, in Muhammad's time there were other (supposedly false) prophets like Saf ibn Sayyad and Maslamah bin Ḥabīb (called by Muslims "Musaylimah al-Kadhdhāb" (Musaylama the Liar)), Al-Aswad Al-Ansi and Tulayha.

{{Quote|The Bible (NIV), Matthew 24:10-11|

At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many '''false prophets will appear and deceive many people'''.  

====Rising of the Sun from its setting place====

We were sitting in the shade of the chamber of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) discussing (something) and when we mentioned the last hour, our voices rose high. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The last hour will not come or happen until there appear ten signs before it : '''the rising of the sun in its place of setting''', the coming forth of the beast, the coming forth of Gog and Magog, the Dajjal (Antichrist), (the descent of) Jesus son of Mary, the smoke, and three collapses of the earth: one in the west, one in the east, and one in the Arabian Peninsula. The last of that will be the emergence of a fire from Yemen, from the lowest part of Aden, and drive mankind to their place of assembly.

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There is also a related verse in the Quran:{{Quote|{{Quran|6|158}}|

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The hadith:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The Hour will not be established 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 soul to believe then, if it believed not before." (6.158)

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Another hadith says that right after the rising, a beast will appear in the forenoon:{{Quote|Abu Dawud 4310 (sahih)|

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It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“The first signs to appear will be at '''the rising of the sun from the west and the emergence of the Beast to the people, at forenoon'''.’” 'Abdullah said: "Whichever of them appears first, the other will come soon after." 'Abdullah said: "I do not think it will be anything other than the sun rising from the west."

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The Quran seems to affirm the possibility that God could make the Sun "rise from the West":

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[[Category:Dhul-Qarnayn|Dhul-Qarnayn]]

====Stones and trees say to Muslims: "here is a Jew behind me; come and kill him"====

The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and '''a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him'''; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews.

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According to the hadith, Muhammad himself used to hear voices from stones as well:

====Time will pass more quickly (taqaarub az-zamaan)====

====A man from Qahtan appears, driving the people with his stick====

Narrated Abu Huraira:

====A man called Jahjah will occupy the throne====

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

Another hadith adds that the Hour was expected to come with this conquest:

Anas bin Malik said:

"Constantinople will be conquered with the coming of the Hour."

The coming of the Dajjal was expected right after the conquest:

Narrated Mu'adh ibn Jabal:

Another hadith mentions Romans attacking Dabiq before the conquest of Constantinople. The mention of swords makes it hard to re-interpret as a prophecy about another conquest of Constantinople in the future:

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

Also:

Narrated Mu'adh ibn Jabal:

The conquest of Constantinople was predicted to happen without fighting, whereas in fact a fierce siege preceded the final fall of the city:

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) saying:

====Conquest of Rome====

Nafi' b. Utba reported:

====Byzantines will make truce with Muslims, betray them and attack them====

Narrated `Auf bin Mali:

====Conquest of India and the second coming of Jesus come together====

Also known as [[Ghazwa-e-hind|ghazwa-e-hind]].

It was narrated that Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), said:

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'There are two groups of my Ummah whom Allah will free from the Fire: The group that invades India (تَغْزُو الْهِنْدَ, ''taghzoo al-hind''), and the group that will be with Isa bin Maryam, peace be upon him.'"

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{{Quote|[https://islamqa.info/en/answers/145636/hadith-about-the-conquest-of-india islamqa.info: Hadith about the conquest of India]|

What is mentioned in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah have mercy on him), which was narrated by Na‘eem ibn Hammaad, about '''the conquest of India has not happened up till now''', but it will happen when ‘Eesaa ibn Maryam (peace be upon him) descends, if the hadith that says that is saheeh.

====No more Khosrau and Caesar====

In Muhammad's time, the ruler of Persia was called Khosrau and the ruler of the Byzantine empire Caesar.

Narrated Abu Huraira:

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_the_Conqueror Mehmed the Conqueror] - a 15h century Muslim conqueror, also called himself Caesar

====Nations will soon call each other to attack Muslims====

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The people will soon summon one another to attack you as people when eating invite others to share their dish. Someone asked: Will that be because of our small numbers at that time? He replied: No, you will be numerous at that time: but you will be scum and rubbish like that carried down by a torrent, and Allah will take fear of you from the breasts of your enemy and last enervation into your hearts. Someone asked: What is wahn (enervation). Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): He replied: Love of the world and dislike of death.

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====Romans would form a majority amongst people====

Mustaurid Qurashi reported:

====Western people will triumphally follow the truth until the Hour====

It has been narrated by Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

====Twelve caliphs====

It has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Samura who said:

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Islam will continue to be triumphant until there have been '''twelve Caliphs'''. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said something which I could not understand. I asked my father: What did he say? He said: He has said that all of them (twelve Caliphs) will be from the Quraish.

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It has been narrated on the authority of Amir b. Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas who said:

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====Not living according to the sharia causes infighting between Muslims====

It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to us and said: ‘O Muhajirun, there are five things with which you will be tested, and I seek refuge with Allah lest you live to see them: Immorality never appears among a people to such an extent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseases that were never known among the predecessors will spread among them. They do not cheat in weights and measures but they will be stricken with famine, severe calamity and the oppression of their rulers. They do not withhold the Zakah of their wealth, but rain will be withheld from the sky, and were it not for the animals, no rain would fall on them. They do not break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger, but Allah will enable their enemies to overpower them and take some of what is in their hands. '''Unless their leaders rule according to the Book of Allah and seek all good from that which Allah has revealed, Allah will cause them to fight one another.’”'''

====Group of Muslims will remain victorious until Allah's order====

Narrated Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba:

====Periods of fitnah====

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

====Inheritance is not distributed====

لاَ تَقُومُ حَتَّى لاَ يُقْسَمَ مِيرَاثٌ وَلاَ يُفْرَحَ بِغَنِيمَةٍ  

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====People don't rejoice over spoils of war====

لاَ تَقُومُ حَتَّى لاَ يُقْسَمَ مِيرَاثٌ وَلاَ يُفْرَحَ بِغَنِيمَةٍ  

====Muslims will soon flee to mountains from persecution====

عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَكُونَ خَيْرَ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِ غَنَمٌ يَتْبَعُ بِهَا شَعَفَ الْجِبَالِ وَمَوَاقِعَ الْقَطْرِ يَفِرُّ بِدِينِهِ مِنْ الْفِتَنِ

====Arabs will be exterminated and go to hell====

Hadith da'eef:

It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“There will be a tribulation which will utterly destroy the Arabs, and those who are slain will be in Hell. At that time the tongue will be worse than a blow of the sword.”

====Last of the ummah will curse the first====

Fabricated (mawdu') hadith:

It was narrated that Jabir said:

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'When the last people of this Ummah curse the first, (at that time) whoever conceals a Hadith will be concealing what Allah has revealed.'" (Maudu')

====Pilgrimage to Makka will be abandoned====

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:

====Disappearance of faith====

It is narrated on the authority of Anas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

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====Islam will be widespread====

{{Quote|Musnad Aḥmad 16509 (sahih)|

Tamim al-Dari reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “This matter will certainly reach every place touched by the night and day. Allah will not leave a house or residence but that Allah will cause this religion to enter it, by which the honorable will be honored and the disgraceful will be disgraced. Allah will honor the honorable with Islam and he will disgrace the disgraceful with unbelief.”

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"Indeed Allah gathered the earth for me so that I saw its east and its west. And surely my Ummah's authority shall reach over all that was shown to me of it.

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====The Quran will disappear overnight====

====Islam will wear out====

يدرُسُ الإسلامُ كما يدرُسُ وَشيُ الثَّوبِ حتَّى لا يُدرَى ما صيامٌ، ولا صلاةٌ، ولا نسُكٌ، ولا صدَقةٌ، ولَيُسرى على كتابِ اللَّهِ عزَّ وجلَّ في ليلَةٍ، فلا يبقى في الأرضِ منهُ آيةٌ، وتبقَى طوائفُ منَ النَّاسِ الشَّيخُ الكبيرُ والعجوزُ، يقولونَ: أدرَكْنا آباءَنا على هذِهِ الكلمةِ، لا إلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ، فنحنُ نقولُها فقالَ لَهُ صِلةُ: ما تُغني عنهم: لا إلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ، وَهُم لا يَدرونَ ما صلاةٌ، ولا صيامٌ، ولا نسُكٌ، ولا صدقةٌ؟ فأعرضَ عنهُ حُذَيْفةُ، ثمَّ ردَّها علَيهِ ثلاثًا، كلَّ ذلِكَ يعرضُ عنهُ حُذَيْفةُ، ثمَّ أقبلَ علَيهِ في الثَّالثةِ، فقالَ: يا صِلةُ، تُنجيهِم منَ النَّار ثلاثًا

====Islam will end up like a snake crawling back into its hole====

It is narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar ('Abdullah b. 'Umar) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed:

In other hadith, Muhammad described belief in Islam as a snake:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

====Countries colonized by Muslims will stop paying them and Muslims will be poor again====

The hadith is in the chapter called "Making Endowments Of The Lands Of As-Sawad, And The Lands That Were Conquered By Force":

Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying “Iraq will prevent its measure (qafiz) and dirham. Syria will prevent its measure (mudi) and dinar. Egypt will prevent its measure (irdabb) and dinar. Then you will return to the position where you started. Zuhair said this three times. The flesh and blood of Abu Hurairah witnessed it.

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====Buttocks of women of Daus are moving around the Yemenite Kaba====

Narrated Abu Huraira:

It was interpreted metaphorically as a rise of polytheism because the idol was destroyed and the people were killed before it came true :

Jabir reported that there was in pre-Islamic days a temple called '''Dhu'l- Khalasah and it was called the Yamanite Ka'ba''' or the northern Ka'ba. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said unto me:

..the Last Hour will not come before the tribes of my people attach themselves to the polytheists and tribes of my people worship idols..

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====People will worship goddesses Lat and Uzza again====

The goddesses [[Lat]] and [[Uzza]] were worshiped by Arabs before the Islamic conquest of Arabia.

'A'isha reported:

====All believers will be killed by a wind from Allah and only evil people (= non-Muslims) will survive====

'A'isha reported:

====Luka bin Luka will be the happiest person====

Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:

"The Hour will not be established until the happiest of people in the world is Luka' bin Luka'."

====Wine, musical instruments and singing girls will turn Muslims into monkeys and pigs====

لَيَشْرَبَنَّ نَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي الْخَمْرَ يُسَمُّونَهَا بِغَيْرِ اسْمِهَا يُعْزَفُ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ بِالْمَعَازِفِ وَالْمُغَنِّيَاتِ يَخْسِفُ اللَّهُ بِهِمُ الأَرْضَ وَيَجْعَلُ مِنْهُمُ الْقِرَدَةَ وَالْخَنَازِيرَ

Since the hadith literally says "is played upon their heads with musical instruments" (يُعْزَفُ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ بِالْمَعَازِفِ) some claim that it is a prediction of headphones. But it says "played", not "placed" upon their heads, the word "instruments" is in the plural form and the singing girls are obviously real singing girls, while with head phones the singing would be included in the headphones. The interpretation that the word "musical instruments" (معازف) refers to musical instruments fits much better into the context.

Narrated Aisha:

====Medina banishes its evils====

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

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====Nobody will accept charity====

Narrated Haritha bin Wahab:

====Not paying zakat will cause a lack of rain====

It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to us and said: ‘O Muhajirun, there are five things with which you will be tested, and I seek refuge with Allah lest you live to see them: Immorality never appears among a people to such an extent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseases that were never known among the predecessors will spread among them. They do not cheat in weights and measures but they will be stricken with famine, severe calamity and the oppression of their rulers. '''They do not withhold the Zakah of their wealth, but rain will be withheld from the sky, and were it not for the animals, no rain would fall on them'''. They do not break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger, but Allah will enable their enemies to overpower them and take some of what is in their hands. Unless their leaders rule according to the Book of Allah and seek all good from that which Allah has revealed, Allah will cause them to fight one another.’”

====Euphrates will uncover a mountain of gold soon====

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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." Al-A'raj narrated from Abii Huraira that the Prophet (ﷺ) said the same but he said, "It (Euphrates) will uncover a mountain of gold (under it).

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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying: 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).

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====Gender ratio will be 50 women to 1 men====

I will narrate to you a Hadith and none other than I will tell you about after it. I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying: From among the portents of the Hour are (the following): -1. Religious knowledge will decrease (by the death of religious learned men). -2. Religious ignorance will prevail. -3. There will be prevalence of open illegal sexual intercourse. -4. '''Women will increase in number and men will decrease in number so much so that fifty women will be looked after by one man.'''

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====Seventy-three sects====

Narrated Abu Hurairah:

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The Jews split into seventy-one sects, or seventy-two sects, and the Christians similarly, and my Ummah will split into seventy-three sects."

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It was narrated from Abu Sa'eed that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

"when there are three people let one of them lead the prayer, and the one who is most entitled to lead the prayer is the one who has most knowledge of the Qur'an."

====Dajjal nor plague will be able to enter Medina====

Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:

"The Dajjal will come to Al-Madinah to find the angels have surrounded it. Neither the plague nor the Dajjal will enter it, if Allah wills."

====Jesus will break the cross, kill the pigs and abolish Jizyah====

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

"The Hour will not begin until 'Eisa bin Maryam comes down as a just judge and a just ruler. He will break the cross, kill the pigs and abolish the Jizyah, and wealth will become so abundant that no one will accept it."

====Gog and Magog will drink out  the lake of Tiberias====

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 Tiberias and drink out of it. And when the last of them would pass, he would say: There was once water there.

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====Gog and Magog will successfully dig through the wall====

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"Gog and Magog people dig every day until, when they can almost see the rays of the sun, the one in charge of them says: "Go back and we will dig it tomorrow." Then Allah puts it back, stronger than it was before. (This will continue) until, when their time has come, and Allah wants to send them against the people, they will dig until they can almost see the rays of the sun, then the one who is in charge of them will say: "Go back, and we will dig it tomorrow if Allah wills.' So '''they will say: "If Allah wills." Then they will come back to it and it will be as they left it. So they will dig and will come out to the people''', and they will drink all the water. The people will fortify themselves against them in their fortresses. They will shoot their arrows towards the sky and they will come back with blood on them, and they will say: "We have defeated the people of earth and dominated the people of heaven." Then Allah will send a worm in the napes of their necks and will kill them thereby.'" The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, the beasts of the earth will grow fat on their flesh."

====Muslims will use bows, arrows and shields of Gog and Magog as firewood for 7 years====

It was narrated from Nawwas bin Sam'an that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"The Muslims will use the bows, arrows and shields of Gog and Magog as firewood, for seven years.'"