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Muhammad's prophecies are predictions written hundreds of years after Muhammad's death and attributed to him. Many prophecies are considered "signs of the Hour" (Islamic eschatology). Some prophecies are general statements that fit on times even before Islam, other prophecies predict early Islamic history (which happened before the predictions were written) and some prophecies (most of them unfulfilled) predict the future after the hadiths were written.
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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.


Prophecies in this article are from the hadiths. Quranic prophecies have a [[Quranic Prophecies|separate article]].
Prophecies in this article are from the hadiths. Quranic prophecies have a [[Quranic Prophecies|separate article]].
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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.<ref>"Al-nawwas b. Sim’an al-Kilabi said:
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." - {{Abudawud|38|4307}}</ref>
{{Quote|{{Abudawud|38|4307}}|"Al-nawwas b. Sim’an al-Kilabi said:
'''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."}}
{{Quote| Tirmidhi:4:7:2234 https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi:2234 (hasan)|"Abu 'Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah said:
"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.”"}}


* 7th century Arabs didn't have the concept of "an hour" meaning 60 minutes. An hour (ساعة) just meant a period of time [shorter than a day]. <ref>AR: https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/140286/%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%87%D9%88-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AB-%D9%88%D9%87%D9%84-%D9%87%D9%88-%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9</ref>
Some reject the hadiths of the signs of the Hour <ref>http://bayanelislam.net/Suspicion.aspx?id=03-02-0071</ref>, because a Quranic verse indicates that the Hour will come by surprise (not after seeing clear signs) and that only Allah has knowledge about the Hour (not Muhammad):
* Most prophecies are linked to the Hour
{{Quote|{{Quran|7|187}}|
 
They ask you ˹O Prophet˺ regarding the Hour, “When will it be?” Say, “That knowledge is only with my Lord. He alone will reveal it when the time comes. It is too tremendous for the heavens and the earth and will only take you by surprise.” They ask you as if you had full knowledge of it. Say, “That knowledge is only with Allah, but most people do not know.”
==Deceptive tactics==
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Deceptive tactics used by apologists in relation to the prophecies are:
* Ignoring that the hadith is weak (daif). Sometimes the sources are not even mentioned.
* Pretending that the predicted things didn't happen before they were written, while in fact they did happen
* Pretending that the predicted things started happening just now and that the prophecy amazingly fits on our time, although other apologists hundreds of years ago said the same thing in their time
* Pretending that a prophecy would be hard to guess for Muhammad, while in fact it wouldn't be that hard to guess
* Pretending that Muslims getting rich refers specifically to getting rich by selling oil (which Muhammad couldn't have known) although it could be interpreted more easily as getting rich from early Islamic conquests
* "It can't be man-made, therefore it's god-made". Even if there were prophecies which would require knowledge from supernatural source, it doesn't necessarily mean that the source is god. It might have been from Satan, who also has more ability than humans. Or it might have been magic. There are many supernatural concepts.
* Prophecies of god's punishments for certain acts are considered fulfilled, although the causation between the act and the punishment is not clearly proven. Just because people are dishonest/disbelieving/immoral and there are diseases/floods/wars, it doesn't mean that one caused the other
* Presenting hadith that is mawqoof as being from Muhammad
* Re-interpreting failed prophecies as metaphors
* Telling a lot of details and making it seem that they are a part of the hadith when in fact they are not a part of the hadith
* Not quoting the hadith, presenting only "summarized" version with unfitting details omitted or even with added new details
* Muhammad predicted that Islam will disappear and also that it will be widespread. Apologists use one of the two prophecies depending on what fits them and they hide the fact that Muhammad predicted the exact opposite as well.
* Being quiet about problematic prophecies which clearly didn't come true
* Mistranslation
 
==Predictions of what already happened before the hadiths were written==
The hadith collections were written, often by Persian authors, many years after the death of Muhammad. So when the hadiths contain a prophecy about early Islamic history, it might be attributed to Muhamamd after the fact. This category also includes things that always happened, even before Islam (earthquakes, wars, people being dishonest...).


It's questionable whether "prophecies" in this category could be considered prophecies when they don't say anything new.
*7th century Arabs didn't have the concept of "an hour" meaning 60 minutes. An hour (ساعة) just meant a period of time [shorter than a day]. <ref>AR: https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/140286/%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%87%D9%88-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AB-%D9%88%D9%87%D9%84-%D9%87%D9%88-%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9</ref>
*Most prophecies are linked to the Hour
*The Hour is expected to happen on Friday <ref>{{Muslim|4 |1857|}}</ref>


===30 false prophets===
==Retrodictions and Reiterating Biblical Prophecy==
{{Quote|{{Muslim|41|6988}}|
The hadith collections were written, often by Persian authors, hundreds of years after the death of Muhammad. So when the hadiths contain a prophecy about early Islamic history, they are likely only being attributed to Muhammad after the fact, a phenomenon referred to in religious studies as "vaticinium ex eventu" or "prophecy after the fact." This category also includes things that always happened, even before Islam (earthquakes, wars, people being dishonest...) and prophecies copied from the Bible.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
 
The Last Hour would not come until there would arise about thirty impostors, liars, and each one of them would claim that he is a messenger of Allah.
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The idea of false prophets was nothing new. Muhammad himself was among many self-proclaimed prophets and even in his time there were other prophet like Saf ibn Sayyad and Maslamah bin Ḥabīb (called by Muslims "Musaylimah al-Kadhdhāb" (Musaylama the Liar)), Al-Aswad Al-Ansi and Tulayha.


Muhammad predicted that there were will be around 30 false prophets, but there were much more self-proclaimed prophets and the Hour didn't come, so it's one of Muhammad's failed prophecies.
===Fabrication of hadiths===
{{Quote|Sahih Muslim, Introduction, Narration 15 https://sunnah.com/muslim:7|
يَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ دَجَّالُونَ كَذَّابُونَ يَأْتُونَكُمْ مِنَ الأَحَادِيثِ بِمَا لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا أَنْتُمْ وَلاَ آبَاؤُكُمْ فَإِيَّاكُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْ لاَ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ وَلاَ يَفْتِنُونَكُمْ


Prediction of false prophets was also nothing new. False prophets were already predicted in the Bible, hundreds of years before Muhammad:
The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said:
{{Quote|The Bible (NIV), Matthew 24:10-11|
‘There will be in the end of time charlatan liars coming to you with narrations (hadiths) that you nor your fathers heard, so beware of them lest they misguide you and cause you tribulations’.
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'''.  
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This hadith must in fact be fabricated; there's no evidence that the words and deeds of the prophet were collected in hadith collections at all during his lifetime, since if his opinion was needed on a subject he could just be asked, and there's no evidence of any of these narrations before the dawn of the 8th century. That the author felt the need to fabricate a hadith to stop other people from fabricating hadiths is telling.


===The caliphate will last 30 years===
===The caliphate will last 30 years===
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* The first caliphate lasted from 632-661, which is 29 years, not 30
*Tirmidhi, author of this hadith collection, was born in 824, more than 100 years after the end of the caliphate
* 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
* The hadith in it's text is in the context of discussion about previous caliphates
*The political system after the first caliphate, was still called a caliphate. There was some form of caliphate until the 20th century
* The political system after the first caliphate, was still called a caliphate. There was some form of caliphate until the 20th century
 
===Rulership of the foolish after Muhammad===
{{Quote|Mishkat al-Masabih 3700|
Ka'b b. ‘Ujra told that God's Messenger said to him, “I commend you to God to protect you from '''the rulership of the foolish''' (إمارةِ السُّفهاءِ).” He asked what that was, and God’s Messenger replied, “'''After my time''' governors will arise whose falsehood will be believed and who will be assisted in their oppression by those who enter their presence. They have nothing to do with me and I have nothing to do with them, and they will never come down to me at the Pond. But they who do not enter their presence, believe their falsehood and help them in their oppression, those belong to me and I belong to them, and those ones will come down to me at the Pond.”}}
 
===Vile men control affairs of the people===
{{Quote|{{Ibn Majah|36|5|36|4036}} (hasan)|
..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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===Return of the caliphate===
The hadith was sent to a new caliph Umar II:
{{Quote|Musnad Ahmad 4/273, 18430 (hasan)|
حدثنا عبد الله حدثني أبي ثنا سليمان بن داود الطيالسي حدثني داود بن إبراهيم الواسطي حدثني حبيب بن سالم عن النعمان بن بشير قال : كنا قعودا في المسجد مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم وكان بشير رجلا يكف حديثه فجاء أبو ثعلبة الخشني فقال يا بشير بن سعد أتحفظ حديث رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم في الأمراء فقال حذيفة أنا أحفظ خطبته فجلس أبو ثعلبة فقال حذيفة قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم تكون النبوة فيكم ما شاء الله ان تكون ثم يرفعها إذا شاء ان يرفعها ثم تكون خلافة على منهاج النبوة فتكون ما شاء الله ان تكون ثم يرفعها إذا شاء الله أن يرفعها ثم تكون ملكا عاضا فيكون ما شاء الله ان يكون ثم يرفعها إذا شاء أن يرفعها ثم تكون ملكا جبرية فتكون ما شاء الله ان تكون ثم يرفعها إذا شاء ان يرفعها ثم تكون خلافة على منهاج النبوة ثم سكت قال حبيب فلما قام عمر بن عبد العزيز وكان يزيد بن النعمان بن بشير في صحابته فكتبت إليه بهذا الحديث أذكره إياه فقلت له انى أرجو ان يكون أمير المؤمنين يعنى عمر بعد الملك العاض والجبرية فادخل كتابي على عمر بن عبد العزيز فسر به وأعجبه
تعليق شعيب الأرنؤوط : إسناده حسن
 
It was narrated by Ahmed in his Musnad, from Al-Nu’man b.Bashir, who said: “We were sitting in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah(saw), and Bashir was a man who did not speak much, so Abu Tha’labah Al-Khashnee came and said: ‘Oh, Bashir bin Sa’ad, have you memorized the words of the Messenger of Allah (saw) regarding the rulers?’ Huthayfah replied, ‘I have memorized his words’. So Abu Tha’labah sat down and Huthayfah said, ‘The Messenger of Allah (saw) said ‘'''Prophet-hood will be among you''' as long as Allah wishes, then He will lift it up when He wishes to lift it up. '''Then there will be a Khilafah on the way of the Prophet''', and it will be as long as Allah wishes it to be, then Allah will lift it up when He wishes to lift it up. '''Then there will be an inheritance rule''', and it will last as long as Allah wishes it to, then Allah will lift it up when He wishes to lift it up. '''Then there will be a coercive rule''', and it will last as long as Allah wishes it to be, then Allah will lift it up when He wishes to lift it up. '''Then there will be a Khilafah on the way of Prophet-hood'''.’ Then he (saw) was silent.” Habib said: “When '''Umar ibn AbdulAziz became caliph I wrote to him, mentioning this tradition to him''' and saying, “I hope '''you will be the commander of the faithful after the biting and the oppressive kingdoms'''. ”It pleased and charmed him, i.e. Umar ibn AbdulAziz.”
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Umar II died in 720 and he was expected to bring back the good old caliphate. Musnad Ahmad was written in the 9th century.


==="Prophet, siddiq and two martyrs"===
==="Prophet, siddiq and two martyrs"===
Notice that the future caliphs happen to be mentioned in the order in which they will be caliphs (as if it was written later by someone who already knew the order):
Notice that the future caliphs are usually mentioned in the order in which they will be caliphs (strongly suggesting these were written later by someone who already knew the order):
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|5|57|35}}|
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|5|57|35}}|
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
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The hadith was interpreted as a vague prediction that Abu Bakr will die naturally and Umar and Uthman will be killed. The 3 caliphs were in the 7th century, but Sahih Bukhari was written in the 9th century.
The hadith was interpreted as a vague prediction that Abu Bakr will die naturally and Umar and Uthman will be killed. The 3 caliphs were in the 7th century. Sahih Bukhari was written in the 9th century.


===Khawarij===
===Khawarij===
According to Islamic scholars, this hadith is about the coming of the Khawarij:
According to Islamic scholars, this hadith is about the coming of the Khawarij:
{{Quote|Sunan An-Nasa'i Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4107|
{{Quote|{{Al Nasai||5|37|4107}}|
It was narrated that 'Ali said:
It was narrated that 'Ali said:
"I heard the Messenger of Allah [SAW] say: 'At the end of time there will appear young people with foolish minds. Their faith will not pass through their throats, and they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes through the target. If you meet them, then kill them, for killing them will bring reward to the one who killed them on the Day of Resurrection.'"
"I heard the Messenger of Allah [SAW] say: 'At the end of time there will appear young people with foolish minds. Their faith will not pass through their throats, and they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes through the target. If you meet them, then kill them, for killing them will bring reward to the one who killed them on the Day of Resurrection.'"
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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.
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.


The prophecy says "at the end of time", but Khawarij appeared more than a thousand years ago and the end of times didn't come. This is one of many failed prophecies.
The prophecy says "at the end of time". The Khawarij appeared more than a thousand years ago.


===Places of killed people at the battle of Badr===
===Places of killed people at the battle of Badr===
{{Quote|Sahih Muslim Book 19, Hadith 4394|
{{Quote|{{Muslim|19|4394}}|
..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.
..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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Battle of Badr was in the 7th century. Author of this hadith collection was born in the 9th century.
According to the [[Sira]], the Battle of Badr was in the 7th century. This hadith collection was authored in the 9th century.


===Earthquakes will increase===
===Earthquakes will increase===
It's a part of a big hadith as one of the signs of the end of the world:
It's a part of a longer hadith as one of the signs of the end of the world:
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|9|88|237}}|
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|9|88|237}}|
.. and earthquakes will increase in number..
.. and earthquakes will increase in number..
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There were always earthquakes, increasing and decreasing. There is a report that earthquake happened also during the life of Muhammad:
There were always earthquakes, increasing and decreasing. There is a report that earthquakes happened also during the life of Muhammad:
{{Quote|[https://sunnah.com/bulugh/2/441 Bulugh al-Maram 2:509]|
{{Quote|[https://sunnah.com/bulugh/2/441 Bulugh al-Maram 2:509]|
He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] prayed during an earthquake six bowings and four prostrations, and said, "This is the way the Prayer of the Signs (of Allah) is offered.  
He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] prayed during an earthquake six bowings and four prostrations, and said, "This is the way the Prayer of the Signs (of Allah) is offered.  
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Earthquakes were also already predicted in the Bible:
Earthquakes were also predicted in the Bible:
{{Quote|Luke 21:9-11|
{{Quote|Luke 21:9-11|
When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”
When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”
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Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. '''There will be great earthquakes''', famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. '''There will be great earthquakes''', famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
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===Rain is hot===
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')|
..وَأَنْ يَكُونَ الْمَطَرُ قَيْظًا ..
..and that rain will be hot (قيظا)..
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It was also mentioned in Lane's lexicon:
{{Quote|Lane's lexicon on قَيْظٌ <ref>http://lexicon.quranic-research.net/data/21_q/239_qyZ.html</ref>|
لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ الوَلَدُ غَيْظًا والمَطَرُ قَيْظًا, a saying of Moḥammad, meaning [The resurrection, or the time thereof, will not come to pass until the birth of a child be an occasion of wrath, or rage, and] rain be accompanied by air like the قيظ [or '''most vehement heat of summer''']. (TA.)
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The word قيظ (''qayz'') was also mentioned in a different hadith meaning "hot weather":{{Quote|Musnad Ahmad Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 6 (Hasan)|
Rifa'ah bin Rafi' said:
I heard Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq say on the minbar of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) : I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, and Abu Bakr wept when he remembered the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , then he recovered and said. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, in this '''hot weather''' (القيظ) last year: `Ask Allah for forgiveness, well-being and certainty of faith in the Hereafter and in this world.”
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Some insist that the word قيظ means "acidic".
===Strong wind===
Muhammad predicted a strong wind on the same day it happened, so there was probably already a wind getting stronger:
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|2|24|559}}|
..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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The prophecy was written in the 9th century.
===Child is filled with rage===
This is a part of a fabricated (mawdu') hadith.
{{Quote|al-Tabarani, Mu'jam al-Kabir 10/228 (mawdu')|
وإن من أعلام الساعة وأشراطها: أن يكون الولد غيظاً، وأن يكون المطر قيظاً
And from the signs of the Hour is that '''a boy will be enraged''' and that water will be hot
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Angry children have been around since time immemorial.


===Muhammad's death===
===Muhammad's death===
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All people that lived before Muhammad eventually died. He could observe dying of people around him. There's nothing special about predicting that he will eventually die too, just like all other human beings.
The context is that it will be a sign that the Hour is coming. But Muhammad died more than a thousand years ago and the Hour didn't come.
 
===Muhammad's wife with the longest arm will die first===
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|2|24|501}}|
Narrated 'Aisha:
 
Some of the wives of the Prophet asked him, "Who amongst us will be the first to follow you (i.e. die after you)?" He said, "Whoever has the longest hand." So they started measuring their hands with a stick and Sauda's hand turned out to be the longest. (When Zainab bint Jahsh died first of all in the caliphate of 'Umar), we came to know that the long hand was a symbol of practicing charity, so she was the first to follow the Prophet and she used to love to practice charity. (Sauda died later in the caliphate of Muawiya).
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It's questionable whether the prophecy was metaphorical and fulfilled or whether it was literal and hence re-interpreted. Sahih Bukhari was written in the 9th century.
 
===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:
{{Quote|{{Muslim|31|6005}}|
`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:
 
You are welcome, my daughter, and made her sit on his right side or on his left side, and then talked something secretly to her and Fatima wept. Then he talked something secretly to her and she laughed. I said to her: What makes you weep? She said: I am not going to divulge the secret of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I (`A'isha) said: I have not seen (anything happening) like today, the happiness being more close to grief (as I see today) when she wept. I said to her: Has Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) singled you out for saying something leaving us aside? She then wept and I asked her what he said, and she said: I am not going to divulge the secrets of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). And when he died I again asked her and she said that he (the Holy Prophet) told her: Gabriel used to recite the Qur'an to me once a year and for this year it was twice and so I perceived that my death had drawn near, and that '''I (Fatima) would be the first amongst the members of his family who would meet him (in the Hereafter)'''. He shall be my good forerunner and it made me weep. He again talked to me secretly (saying): Aren't you pleased that you should be the sovereign amongst the believing women or the head of women of this Ummah? And this made me laugh.
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===A plague kills many Muslims===
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|53|401}}|
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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It was interpreted as a prophecy about the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Amwas Plague of Amwas] (638-639), which is considered a re-emergence of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian the Plague of Justinian] (541-549), so there was a precedent.


The context is that it will be a sign that the Hour is coming. But Muhammad died more than a thousand years ago and the Hour didn't come.
The prediction was written in the 9th century.


===Sexual immorality (abominations)===
===Sexual immorality (abominations)===
{{Quote|Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 5, Book of Tribulations, Hadith 4019|
{{Quote| {{Ibn Majah|5|36|4019}}|
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said:
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.’”
“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.’”
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Sexual immorality (or "abomination") was nothing new in the 7th century. The Old Testament mentions a story of a city where all people were homosexuals who wanted to rape angels, but Lot offered them his daughters instead:
Sexual immorality (or "abomination") was nothing new in the 7th century. The Old Testament mentions such a story:
{{Quote|The Bible, Genesis 19:3-8|
{{Quote|The Bible, Genesis 19:3-8|
He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”  Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing. Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them.
He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”  Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing. Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them.
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Although Islamic apologists try to portray "abominations" in today's world as some shocking new events that were predicted by Muhammad, these "abominations" happened long before Muhammad was born. There were also abominations happening in Muhammad's time:
There were also abominations happening in Muhammad's time:
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|62|65}}|
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|62|65}}|
Narrated `Aisha:
Narrated `Aisha:
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Sexual perversions were nothing new for Muhammad.
Plagues and diseases also happened throughout whole history. Plagues (pestilences) were also predicted in the Bible, hundreds of years before Muhammad:{{Quote|Luke 21:9-11|
 
And the plagues and diseases that are supposed to be punishments for the immoralities also happened throughout whole history. Plagues (pestilences) were already predicted in the Bible, hundereds of years before Muhammad:
{{Quote|Luke 21:9-11|
When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”
When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”


Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and '''pestilences''' in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and '''pestilences''' in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
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===Homosexuality===
This is a fabricated (mawdu') hadith:
{{Quote|Tabarani, al-Mu'jim al-kabeer 10/228 (mawdu')|
يا ابن مسعود إن من أعلام الساعة وأشراطها أن يكتفي الرجال بالرجال والنساء بالنساء


Muhammad didn't bring anything new. And the prophecy is unverifiable / unfalsifiable. Because if sexually moral people get disease, then apologists can say "it's a test". And if sexually immoral people don't get disease, apologists can say "Allah is postponing the punishment to afterlife".
..O Ibn Mas'ud, indeed from the signs of the Hour is that men are content with men and women with women..
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It typifies the predictions of increased sin and licentiousness before the apacolypse.
===Women naked, but dressed (wearing revealing clothes)===
===Women naked, but dressed (wearing revealing clothes)===
{{Quote|{{Muslim|24|5310}}|
{{Quote|{{Muslim|24|5310}}|
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Some apologists present it as something new that happens in the 21st century and Muhamamd couldn't have guessed it.
Some apologists present it as something new that happens in the 21st century and Muhammad couldn't have guessed it.
{{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>|
{{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.'''
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.'''
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Al-Nawawi lived in the 13th century. So for hundreds of years, Islamic scholars keep saying that this is "exactly what happens now" as if it happened for the first time in history.
Al-Nawawi lived in the 13th century.


Although apologists like to claim that women in Muhammad's time used to dress modestly, we can read in the Islamic sources that there were women completely naked circumambulating around the Kaba:
Islamic sources say that there were naked women circumambulating around the Kaba in Muhammad's time:
{{Quote|{{Al Nasai||3|24|2959}}|
{{Quote|{{Al Nasai||3|24|2959}}|
It was narrated from Saeed bin Jubair that Ibn Abbas said:
It was narrated from Saeed bin Jubair that Ibn Abbas said:
"'''Women used to circumambulate the Kabah naked''', saying: 'Today some, or all of it will appear And whatever appers I don't make is permissible.' Then the following was revealed: 'O Children of Adam! Take your adornment to every Masjid.'"
"Women used to circumambulate the Kabah naked, saying: 'Today some, or all of it will appear And whatever appers I don't make is permissible.' Then the following was revealed: 'O Children of Adam! Take your adornment to every Masjid.'"
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Muhammad's companions used to give women a handful of flour and then perform what they called "a temporary marriage" (زواج المتعة, ''zawaj al-mut'a''):
This is again a prediction of sin and licentiousness before the end of the world.
{{Quote|{{Muslim|8|3249}}|
{{Quote|{{Muslim|8|3249}}|
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported:


We contracted temporary marriage giving a handful of (tales or flour as a dower during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and during the time of Abu Bakr until 'Umar forbade it in the case of 'Amr b. Huraith.
We contracted temporary marriage giving a handful of (tales or flour as a dower during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and during the time of Abu Bakr until 'Umar forbade it in the case of 'Amr b. Huraith.
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There is also a fabricated (mawdu') prophecy about illegitimate children:
{{Quote|Tabarani, al-Mu'jim al-kabeer 10/228 (mawdu')|
يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ، إِنَّ مِنْ أَعْلَامِ السَّاعَةِ وَأَشْرَاطِهَا أَنْ يَكْثُرَ أَوْلَادُ الزِّنَا
O Ibn Mas'ud, indeed from the signs of the Hour is that there are many children from adultery
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Muslims became wealthy in the 7th century by the early Islamic conquests (the hadith itself mentions it together with "killing, killing, killing"). Sunan Ibn Majah which "predicted it" was written two hundred years after that.
This hadith may go back to an earlier point in time or even to Muhammad himself; the Qur'an is full of expectations that "the Hour" id est the day of judgement, is imminent, and the background of the Qur'an in the ancient near east was the apacolyptic war between the Byzantine and Sassanid empire which was ravaging the near east at the time.


===Men obey their wives===
===Men obey their wives===
The hadith is daif, but some apologists present it as if it was sahih:
The hadith is daif:
{{Quote|Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2210 (daif)|
{{Quote|{{Al Tirmidhi||4|31|2210}}|
Ali bin Abi Talib narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:
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."
"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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It was mentioned among negative things, that indicates that a woman being dominant in marriage is an evil thing. But not everyone at that time was as patriarchal:
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:
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|3|43|648}}|Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas: ...We, the people of Quraish, used to have authority over women, but when we came to live with the Ansar, we noticed that '''the Ansari women had the upper hand over their men''', so our women started acquiring the habits of the Ansari women. Once I shouted at my wife and she paid me back in my coin and I disliked that she should answer me back....}}
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|3|43|648}}|Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas: ...We, the people of Quraish, used to have authority over women, but when we came to live with the Ansar, we noticed that '''the Ansari women had the upper hand over their men''', so our women started acquiring the habits of the Ansari women. Once I shouted at my wife and she paid me back in my coin and I disliked that she should answer me back....}}
So it was nothing new.


===Muhammad's wife with the longest arm will die first===
===Fire in Hijaz illuminates necks of camels in Busra===
{{Quote|Sahih Bukhari: Vol. 2, Book of Tax (Zakat), Hadith 501|
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|9|88|234}}|
Narrated 'Aisha:
Narrated Abu Huraira:


Some of the wives of the Prophet asked him, "Who amongst us will be the first to follow you (i.e. die after you)?" He said, "Whoever has the longest hand." So they started measuring their hands with a stick and Sauda's hand turned out to be the longest. (When Zainab bint Jahsh died first of all in the caliphate of 'Umar), we came to know that the long hand was a symbol of practicing charity, so she was the first to follow the Prophet and she used to love to practice charity. (Sauda died later in the caliphate of Muawiya).
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The Hour will not be established till a fire will come out of the land of Hijaz, and it will throw light on the necks of the camels at Busra."
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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
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/14/3/1253/529993/Volcanic-history-of-the-northernmost-part-of-the</ref>
So there was a precedent. The unspecified date of occurrence makes this prediction one that might be referenced perennially


It's questionable whether the prophecy was metaphorical and fullfilled or whether it was literal, failed and re-interpreted after that. Anyways all of it happened in the 7th century, but Sahih Bukhari was written in the 9th century.
===Making halal what was haram===
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|69|494}}|
Narrated Abu 'Amir or Abu Malik Al-Ash'ari:


===Mosques full of hypocrites===
He heard that the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "From among my followers there will be some '''people who will consider illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking of alcoholic drinks and the use of musical instruments, as lawful.''' And there will be some people who will stay near the side of a mountain and in the evening their shepherd will come to them with their sheep and ask them for something, but they will say to him, 'Return to us tomorrow.' Allah will destroy them during the night and will let the mountain fall on them, and He will transform the rest of them into monkeys and pigs and they will remain so till the Day of Resurrection."
{{Quote|Ibn Abi Shaybah: Kitab al-Iman 101 (sahih)|
عن عبد اللهِ بنِ عَمرو قال : يأتي على الناس زمانٌ ، يجتمِعون ويُصلُّون في المساجدِ ، وليس فيهم مؤمنٌ
 
A time will come on people when they get together and pray in mosques and isn't among them a single believer
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Nothing new. Praying hypocrites were already mentioned in the Bible, hundreds of years before Muhammad:
According to the Qur'an, Jews and Christians took their rabbis and monks as lords, because the rabbis and monks ''made lawful'' for them what Allah forbade. <ref>Quran 9:31, tafsir Ibn Kathir</ref>
{{Quote|The Bible (NIV), Matthew 6:5|
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others.
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But in Islam it's especially easy to predict, because Muhammad spread his religon by the sword:
===Slave woman gives birth to her master/mistress===
{{Quote|{{Muslim|1|30}}|
{{Quote|Sahih Bukhari Vol. 1, Book 2, Hadith 48 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:50|One day while the Prophet (ﷺ) was sitting in the company of some people, (The angel) Gabriel came and asked, "What is faith?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, 'Faith is to believe in Allah, His angels, (the) meeting with Him, His Apostles, and to believe in Resurrection." Then he further asked, "What is Islam?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, "To worship Allah Alone and none else, to offer prayers perfectly to pay the compulsory charity (Zakat) and to observe fasts during the month of Ramadan." Then he further asked, "What is Ihsan (perfection)?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, "To worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you cannot achieve this state of devotion then you must consider that He is looking at you." Then he further asked, "When will the Hour be established?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, "The answerer has no better knowledge than the questioner. But I will inform you about its portents.
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.
1. When a slave (lady) gives birth to her master.
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{{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|52|260}}|
Narrated `Ikrima:


`Ali burnt some people and this news reached Ibn `Abbas, who said, "Had I been in his place I would not have burnt them, as the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Don't punish (anybody) with Allah's Punishment.' No doubt, I would have killed them, for the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.' "
2. When the shepherds of black camels start boasting and competing with others in the construction of higher buildings. And the Hour is one of five things which nobody knows except Allah.
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Many people only pretend to be Muslims to save their lives.
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.}}
{{Quote|Ibn Majah Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 63 (sahih) https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:63|
"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.'"}}


===Slave woman gives birth to her master/mistress===
According to Nawawi, the opinion of the majority of scholars is that Muslims will enslave non-Muslim women and have kids with them and the kids will be masters of their mothers because the kids are Muslims. <ref>https://quranacademy.io/blog/an-nawawis-hadith-2-hadith-of-jibreel-3/</ref> Ibn Hajar (who lived later) didn't like this interpretation, because the enslavement was already happening during the time of Muhammad, so it wasn't really a prophecy of the future.
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|2|48}}|
When a slave (lady) gives birth to her master.
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{{Quote|Ibn Majah Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 63 (sahih)|
When the slave woman gives birth to her mistress' (Waki' said: This means when non-Arabs will give birth to Arabs")
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According to Nawawi, the opinion of the majority of scholars is that Muslims will enslave non-Muslim women and have kids with them and the kids will be masters of their mothers because the kids are Muslims ( = superior). <ref>https://quranacademy.io/blog/an-nawawis-hadith-2-hadith-of-jibreel-3/</ref> Ibn Hajar (who lived later) didn't like this interpretation, because the enslavement was already happening during the time of Muhammad, so it wasn't really a prophecy of the future.


Ibn Hajar and modern apologists like to interpret it as kids treating their mothers like slaves. That is not compatible with Waki's comment in the hadith and it is not the original interpretation and disrespecting mothers happened even before Islam.
Ibn Hajar and others, as a result, like to interpret it as kids treating their mothers like slaves. This is not compatible with Waki's comment, and it would appear that children disrespecting their parents has been and will remain a universal phenomenon.


===Woman helps her husband in business===
===Woman helps her husband in business===
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'Abdullah said, 'From the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said, "Before the Final Hour people will single out one individual for the greeting, commerce will increase until '''a woman helps her husband in business''', people will sever their links with their relatives, knowledge will spread, false testimony will appear and true testimony will be concealed."
'Abdullah said, 'From the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said, "Before the Final Hour people will single out one individual for the greeting, commerce will increase until '''a woman helps her husband in business''', people will sever their links with their relatives, knowledge will spread, false testimony will appear and true testimony will be concealed."
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===Some people control trade===
{{Quote|{{Al Nasai||5|44|4461}} (sahih)|
"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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===Injustice===
===Injustice===
{{Quote|Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 485 (sahih)|
{{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."
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."
}}Once again, sin and wrongdoing will multiply before the final hour.
===False testimony===
{{Quote|Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1049 (sahih)|
وَظُهُورُ الشَّهَادَةِ بِالزُّورِ، وَكِتْمَانُ شَهَادَةِ الْحَقِّ
..false testimony will appear and true testimony will be concealed.
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Yet another predictions of licentiousness and sin before the end of times.
===Unfulfilled vows===
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|5|57|2}}|
..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)===
===Cheating in weights (scales)===
{{Quote|Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 5, Book of Tribulations, Hadith 4019|
{{Quote| {{Ibn Majah|5|36|4019}}|
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said:
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.’”
“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.’”
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Cheating in weights is not a prediction of the future. It happened thousands of years before Islam and was mentioned as being prevalent even in the Old Testament:
This is also mentioned in the Old Testament:
{{Quote|The Bible (NASB), Amos 8:2-6|
{{Quote|The Bible (NASB), Amos 8:2-6|
Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel. I will spare them no longer. The songs of the palace will turn to wailing in that day,” declares the Lord God. “Many will be the corpses; in every place they will cast them forth in silence.” '''Hear this, you who trample the needy''', to do away with the humble of the land, saying: “When will the new moon be over, So that we may sell grain, And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market, '''To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger, And to cheat with dishonest scales'''
Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel. I will spare them no longer. The songs of the palace will turn to wailing in that day,” declares the Lord God. “Many will be the corpses; in every place they will cast them forth in silence.” '''Hear this, you who trample the needy''', to do away with the humble of the land, saying: “When will the new moon be over, So that we may sell grain, And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market, '''To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger, And to cheat with dishonest scales'''
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And famines that are supposedly a punishment for the cheating also happened throughout whole history.
This fits into a general eschatological scheme of disasters before the end times found in many end-of-times predictions.  


===Making money unlawfully===
===Making money unlawfully===
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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."
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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Making money unlawfully was nothing new for Muhammad:
If raiding caravans can be called an "unlawful method" of acquiring money, then according to the sirah Muhammad himself engaged in dubious practices to acquire money:
{{Quote|Sirat Rasul Allah 428, Tabari VII:29|
{{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,
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,
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===Usury (riba)===
===Usury (riba)===
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And for "affected by its dust" - widespread usury always affects whole economy. For example if someone has to pay big debts, he won't be able to buy as much. That will cause a seller to sell less, even though the seller himself is not indulging in usury.
In any interest-based economy, all goods will inevitably be "tainted" directly or indirectly with interest-based practices; this fits into a general pattern of predicting sin and degeneracy before the endtimes.  


===Sudden deaths===
===Sudden deaths===
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People were dying both slowly and quickly, long before the written history. It's was nothing new.
In other hadiths Muhammad and Ubayd speak about sudden death as something already known:{{Quote| {{Abudawud|20|3104}}(sahih)|
 
In other hadiths Muhammad and Ubayd speak about sudden death as something already known:
{{Quote|Sunan Abi Dawud 3110 / Book 21, Hadith 22 / Book 20, Hadith 3104 (sahih)|
Narrated Ubayd ibn Khalid as-Sulami,:
Narrated Ubayd ibn Khalid as-Sulami,:


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===Islam will be unpleasant for Muslims (like burning ember/coal in hand)===
===Islam will be unpleasant for Muslims (like burning ember/coal in hand)===
{{Quote|Tirmidhi Vol. 4, Book 7, Hadith 2260 (hasan)|
{{Quote| Tirmidhi Vol. 4, Book 7, Hadith 2260   (hasan) https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi/33/103|
Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:
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."
"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."
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Adhering to Islam was already unpleasant for many Muslims during the time of Muhammad and it escalated in 632-633 during the Wars of Apostasy when Arabs tried to free themselves from this religion, but it was forced upon them by violence again.


===Following Jews and Christians===
===Following Jews and Christians===
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You will follow the ways of those nations who were before you, span by span and cubit by cubit (i.e., inch by inch) so much so that even if they entered a hole of a mastigure, you would follow them." We said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! (Do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?" He said, "Whom else?"
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You will follow the ways of those nations who were before you, span by span and cubit by cubit (i.e., inch by inch) so much so that even if they entered a hole of a mastigure, you would follow them." We said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! (Do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?" He said, "Whom else?"
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Muhammad himself had portions of the Jewish Talmud and Christian apocryphal gospels in his revelations, so it was nothing new.
===Killing [pointless killing]===
===Killing [pointless killing]===
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|9|88|184}}|
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|9|88|184}}|
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Killing was happening long before Islam. We can read in the Old Testament many texts about mass killing. For example:
It is not very clear what this refers to, except for a general prediction of violence before the end of times; originally it may have been a reference to the apacolyptic war between the Romans and the Sassanids, but there's not alot of detail to infer that in this hadith as "killing" may describe many events in history.  
{{Quote|The Bible (AMPC), 1 Samuel 15:3|
Now go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all they have; do not spare them, but '''kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'''
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Pointless killing was also happening during Muhammad's time with Muhammad's approval:
{{Quote|Ibn Ishaq: Sirat Rasul Allah, p. 464|
Then they surrendered, and the apostle confined them in Medina in the quarter of d. al-Harith, a woman of B. al-Najjar. Then the apostle went out to the market of Medina (which is still its market today) and dug trenches in it. Then he sent for them and struck off their heads in those trenches as they were brought out to him in batches. Among them was the enemy of Allah Huyayy b. Akhtab and Ka`b b. Asad their chief. There were 600 or 700 in all, though some put the figure as high as 800 or 900.
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===Two parties with the same message will fight===
===Two parties with the same message will fight===
{{Quote|{{Muslim|41|6902}}|
{{Quote|{{Muslim|41|6902}}|
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This vague prediction was interpreted by Islamic scholars as referring to the Battle of Siffin (year 657). Sahih Muslim was written in the 9th century.
This prediction was interpreted by Islamic scholars as referring to the Battle of Siffin (year 657). Sahih Muslim was written in the 9th century.


===Issue between Ali and Aisha===
===Issue between Ali and Aisha===
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===Ammar will be killed===
===Ammar will be killed===
{{Quote|Tirmidhi Vol. 1, Book 46, Hadith 3800 (sahih)|
{{Quote|{{Al Tirmidhi||6|46|3800}} (sahih)|
Narrated Abu Hurairah:
Narrated Abu Hurairah:
that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Rejoice, 'Ammar, the transgressing party shall kill you."
that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Rejoice, 'Ammar, the transgressing party shall kill you."
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==="I have been given Persia"===
==="I have been given Persia"===
"I have been given Persia" is a euphemism for "Muslims will attack Persia and force my religion upon the Persians".
{{Quote|Al-Nasa'i, Sunan al Kubra 8858|
{{Quote|Al-Nasa'i, Sunan al Kubra 8858|
أنبأ محمد بن عبد الأعلى قال حدثنا معتمر قال سمعت عوفا قال سمعت ميمونا يحدث عن البراء بن عازب قال : لما أمرنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم أن يحفر الخندق عرض لنا فيه حجر لا يأخذ فيه المعول فاشتكينا ذلك إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم فجاء رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم فألقى ثوبه وأخذ المعول وقال بسم الله فضرب ضربة فكسر ثلث الصخرة قال الله أكبر أعطيت مفاتيح الشام والله إني لأبصر قصورها الحمر الآن من مكاني هذا قال ثم ضرب أخرى وقال بسم الله وكسر ثلثا آخر وقال الله أكبر أعطيت مفاتيح فارس والله إني لأبصر قصر المدائن الأبيض الآن ثم ضرب ثالثة وقال بسم الله فقطع الحجر قال الله أكبر أعطيت مفاتيح اليمن والله إني لأبصر باب صنعاء
أنبأ محمد بن عبد الأعلى قال حدثنا معتمر قال سمعت عوفا قال سمعت ميمونا يحدث عن البراء بن عازب قال : لما أمرنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم أن يحفر الخندق عرض لنا فيه حجر لا يأخذ فيه المعول فاشتكينا ذلك إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم فجاء رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم فألقى ثوبه وأخذ المعول وقال بسم الله فضرب ضربة فكسر ثلث الصخرة قال الله أكبر أعطيت مفاتيح الشام والله إني لأبصر قصورها الحمر الآن من مكاني هذا قال ثم ضرب أخرى وقال بسم الله وكسر ثلثا آخر وقال الله أكبر أعطيت مفاتيح فارس والله إني لأبصر قصر المدائن الأبيض الآن ثم ضرب ثالثة وقال بسم الله فقطع الحجر قال الله أكبر أعطيت مفاتيح اليمن والله إني لأبصر باب صنعاء
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The bloody conquest happened around the year 650. Earliest hadith collection Muwatta Imam Malik (which doesn't even contain this hadith) was written around the year 750 and the hadith collection sunan al-Kubra which contains the hadith was written around the year 850. So it took Muslims hundreds of years after the conquest until they finally "remembered" that Muhammad predicted it.
The bloody conquest happened around the year 650. Earliest hadith collection Muwatta Imam Malik (which doesn't contain this hadith) was written around the year 750 and the hadith collection sunan al-Kubra which contains the hadith was written around the year 850. This hadith was written hundreds of years after the event it describes.
 
And it wouldn't be a hard prediction, because Muhammad already conquered Arabia, urged his followers to conquer more and Persia was close. And although apologists like to portray Persia as unbeatable superpower, Persia was already conquered a thousand years before by Alexander the Great. And at the time of Muhammad Persia was exhausted by wars with Romans which lasted from 54 BC to 628 AD (681 years).
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Persian_Wars Wikipedia: Roman–Persian Wars]
 
===Conquest of India===
Also known as [[Ghazwa-e-hind|ghazwa-e-hind]].
{{Quote|{{Al Nasai||1|25|3177}} (hasan) from The Book of Jihad, chapter "Invading India"|
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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Early conquests of India happened in the 7th century (for example [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rasil Battle of Rasil]), while author of the hadith collection [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nasa%27i al-Nasa'i] lived in the 9th century.
Furthermore, Persia was already conquered a thousand years before by Alexander the Great. And at the time of Muhammad Persia was exhausted by wars with Romans which lasted from 54 BC to 628 AD (681 years).
 
Some hadiths link the conquest of India to the second coming of Jesus (Isa), but the second coming didn't come after the conquests, so scholars say that the prophesized conquest didn't happen yet:
{{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.
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===Conquest of Jerusalem===
===Conquest of Jerusalem===
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Some apologists like to claim that Muhammad predicted "The Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in 1187 AD." <ref>https://www.islamweb.net/en/article/135817/the-signs-of-the-hour</ref>:
Some suggest that Muhammad predicted "The Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in 1187 AD." <ref>https://www.islamweb.net/en/article/135817/the-signs-of-the-hour</ref>: However, this was the second Islamic conquest of Jerusalem. Muslims first conquered Jerusalem in 636.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(1187) Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem (1187)]


But that was the second Muslim conquest. First Muslim conquest of Jerusalem was in 636:
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.  
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(636%E2%80%93637) Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem (636–637)]


There is nothing in the hadith indicating that we should ignore the first one and count the second one. It rather seems that after the first conquest, the Hour is expected to come. But it didn't come, so this is another failed prophecy. And even after the second conquest, the Hour didn't come.
Hadith in Sunan Abu Dawud also stresses the coming of the Last Hour after the conquest of Jerusalem (holy land):{{Quote|Abu Dawud 14:2529 (sahih)|
Narrated Abdullah ibn Hawalah al-Azdi:


And the prophecy of the 7th century conquest was written by Bukhari two hundred years after the conquest.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent us on foot to get spoil, but we returned without getting any. When he saw the signs of distress on our faces, he stood up on our faces and said: O Allah, do not put them under my care, for I would be too weak to care for them; do not put them in care of themselves, for they would be incapable of that, and do not put them in the care of men, for they would choose the best things for themselves. '''He then placed his hand on my head and said: Ibn Hawalah, when you see the caliphate has settled in the holy land, earthquakes, sorrows and serious matters will have drawn near and on that day the Last Hour will be nearer to mankind than this hand of mine is to your head.'''
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===Conquest of Egypt===
===Conquest of Egypt===
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Some Islamic scholars claim that "Turks" means "Mongols" and Muhammad predicted Gengish Khan. But why couldn't it be for example The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kharistan Battle of Kharistan] (737) which happened between the Umayyad caliphate and Turkic Türgesh? Sahih Bukhari was written in the 9th century.
Some suggest that "Turks" here means "Mongols" and that this thus predicts Gengis Khan. However, The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kharistan Battle of Kharistan] (737) which happened between the Umayyad caliphate and Turkic Türgesh, could equally fit the description provided here. This seems more plausible, especially as Sahih Bukhari was written in the 9th century.


Since Muhammad declared war against everyone around him who didn't believe in his religion (Arabia, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Persians, Rome, Turks, Jerusalem, India...) it was easy to "predict" that Muslims would fight all those people.
One might also note that if Muhammad did in fact make these predictions, Islam's global imperial aspirations (proven as they were by the end of Muhammad's life) would make the conquest of any number of neighboring or nearby peoples a likelihood.


===Leave the Turks as long as they leave you (apologists say "Ottomans will become dominant")===
===Leave the Turks as long as they leave you===
Obviously rise of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire the Ottoman Empire] is something that apologists try hard to read into Muhammad's words <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgf3s2Ods-M Yasir Qadhi: The Prophecy about the Turks - Signs of the Final Days] (video)</ref>, because it happened hundreds of years after Muhammad and he couldn't have guessed it. Unfortunately, the hadith that apologists use doesn't predict the rise of the Ottoman Empire:
This hadith is often referenced as evidence that Muhammad predicted the Ottoman empire, often ignoring the clause about the Abyssinians
{{Quote|{{Abudawud|38|4288}}|
{{Quote|{{Abudawud|38|4288}}|
Narrated from Abi Sukainah One of the Companions:
Narrated from Abi Sukainah One of the Companions:
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* The part about Abyssinians is usually ignored, because it doesn't fit into the apologetic interpretation
It is said that the Turks should be left alone because they were strong, and they were strong therefore they would eventually become dominant. This is an evidently generous reading of the hadith.
 
The apologetic interpretation is that Muslims should leave Turks alone, because Turks would win the war. And Turks would win because they are strong. And they are strong therefore they will eventually become dominant. But this interpretation fails from the beginning, because the hadith doesn't say that Turks would win. It just says don't initiate the fight first.


In other hadith, Muhammad actually predicted that after a few wars, Muslims will exterminate the Turks:
In other hadith, Muhammad is reported to have predicted that after a few wars, Muslims would exterminate the Turks:
{{Quote|Ibn Hajar, Takhreej Mishkaat al-Masabih 5/110 (hasan) and others <ref>http://hdith.com/?s=%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%90%D9%84%D9%8F%D9%83%D9%85+%D9%82%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8C+%D8%B5%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8F+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%90+%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%8A+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8F%D9%91%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8E</ref>|
{{Quote|Ibn Hajar, Takhreej Mishkaat al-Masabih 5/110 (hasan) and others <ref>http://hdith.com/?s=%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%90%D9%84%D9%8F%D9%83%D9%85+%D9%82%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8C+%D8%B5%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8F+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%90+%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%8A+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8F%D9%91%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8E</ref>|
يقاتِلُكم قومٌ صغارُ الأعينِ يعني التُّركَ قالَ تسوقونَهم ثلاثَ مرات حتَّى تُلحِقوهم بجزيرةِ العربِ فأمَّا في السِّاقةِ الأولى فينجو من هربَ منهم فأمَّا في الثَّانيةِ فينجو بعضٌ ويَهلِكُ بعضٌ وأمَّا في الثَّالثةِ فيصطَلِمونَ
يقاتِلُكم قومٌ صغارُ الأعينِ يعني التُّركَ قالَ تسوقونَهم ثلاثَ مرات حتَّى تُلحِقوهم بجزيرةِ العربِ فأمَّا في السِّاقةِ الأولى فينجو من هربَ منهم فأمَّا في الثَّانيةِ فينجو بعضٌ ويَهلِكُ بعضٌ وأمَّا في الثَّالثةِ فيصطَلِمونَ


People with small eyes, i.e. the Turks, will fight against you, the prophet (ﷺ) said: You will drive them off three times till you catch up with them in Arabia. On the first occasion when you drive them off those who fly will be safe, on the second occasion some will be safe and some will perish, but '''on the third occasion they will be extirpated'''.
People with small eyes, i.e. the Turks, will fight against you, the prophet (ﷺ) said: You will drive them off three times till you catch up with them in Arabia. On the first occasion when you drive them off those who fly will be safe, on the second occasion some will be safe and some will perish, but '''on the third occasion they will be extirpated'''.
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===Spoils of war distributed preferentially===
Hadith da'if:
{{Quote|Tirmidhi 2211 (daif)|
إِذَا اتُّخِذَ الْفَىْءُ دُوَلاً
When Al-Fai' is distributed(preferentially)
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Al-Fai mean spoils of war.
===Fearless traveler (security)===
Probably refers to time after the conquest of Iraq in the 7th century:
{{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 ]
The Hour will not come until the land of Arabs becomes meadows and rivers and until '''a rider goes between Iraq and Makka and doesn't fear anything except getting lost''' and until al-harj is widespread. They said: And what is al-Harj O messenger of God? He said: Killing.
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After the 7th century Islamic conquests, Muslims became rich and could buy a lot of food. Sahih Bukhari was written in the 9th century.
After the 7th century Islamic conquests, Muslims became rich and could have a lot of food, so this is again a hadith about a later point in time being projected back into the time of the prophet.
 
===Special greeting===
It was interpreted as "greeting only people you know":
{{Quote|Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1049 (sahih)|
بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ‏:‏ تَسْلِيمُ الْخَاصَّةِ
 
Before the Hour there is special greeting
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According to this hadith, everyone should be greeted:
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|2|12}}|
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:


===Rejection of hadiths===
A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ) , "What sort of deeds or (what qualities of) Islam are good?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, 'To feed (the poor) and '''greet those whom you know and those whom you do not know'''.
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In other hadiths however Muhammad was preventing Muslims from greeting certain people based on their religion:
{{Quote|{{Muslim|26|5389}}|
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
 
Do not greet the Jews and the Christians before they greet you and when you meet any one of them on the roads force him to go to the narrowest part of it.
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===Controversy over the Hadith===
{{Quote|Sunan Abi Dawud 4604 /  Book 41, Hadith 4587 /  Book 42, Hadith 9|
{{Quote|Sunan Abi Dawud 4604 /  Book 41, Hadith 4587 /  Book 42, Hadith 9|
Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib:
Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib:


The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Beware! I have been given the Qur'an and something like it, yet the time is coming when a man replete on his couch will say: '''Keep to the Qur'an'''; what you find in it to be permissible treat as permissible, and what you find in it to be prohibited treat as prohibited. Beware! The domestic ass, beasts of prey with fangs, a find belonging to confederate, unless its owner does not want it, are not permissible to you If anyone comes to some people, they must entertain him, but if they do not, he has a right to mulct them to an amount equivalent to his entertainment.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Beware! I have been given the Qur'an and something like it, yet the time is coming when a man replete on his couch will say: '''Keep to the Qur'an'''; what you find in it to be permissible treat as permissible, and what you find in it to be prohibited treat as prohibited. Beware! The domestic ass, beasts of prey with fangs, a find belonging to confederate, unless its owner does not want it, are not permissible to you. If anyone comes to some people, they must entertain him, but if they do not, he has a right to mulct them to an amount equivalent to his entertainment.
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The idea that only the Quran is the word of god and Muhamamad is just a man and therefore he might be wrong was nothing new during the time of Muhammad. The idea existed during is life:
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.  
{{Quote|Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3646, In-book reference: Book 26, Hadith 6, English translation: Book 25, Hadith 3639|
{{Quote|Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3646, In-book reference: Book 26, Hadith 6, English translation: Book 25, Hadith 3639|
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:


I used to write everything which I heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I intended (by it) to memorise it. The Quraysh prohibited me saying: '''Do you write everything that you hear from him while the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is a human being: he speaks in anger and pleasure?''' So I stopped writing, and mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He signalled with his finger to him mouth and said: Write, by Him in Whose hand my soul lies, only right comes out from it.
I used to write everything which I heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I intended (by it) to memorise it. The Quraysh prohibited me saying: '''Do you write everything that you hear from him while the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is a human being: he speaks in anger and pleasure?''' So I stopped writing, and mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He signalled with his finger to him mouth and said: Write, by Him in Whose hand my soul lies, only right comes out from it.
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}}This hadith, though sahih and not technically a prophecy, probably is indicative of problems in the 8th century, when the idea that the words and deeds of the prophet should govern all aspects of life was still controversial. This hadith is backdating that later controversy into the prophet's own lifetime.  
Although Muhammad didn't agree that he might be wrong, the opinion existed, so it was easy to "predict".


===Liars will be trusted and honest people will be regarded as liars===
===Liars will be trusted and honest people will be regarded as liars===
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This was already happening according to Islamic sources. Some people trusted Musaylimah although according to Islam he was a false prophet. And some people didn't trust Muhammad, although according to Islam he was a real prophet.
This was already happening according to Islamic sources. According to the sira some Arabs trusted the false prophet Musaylimah.


==="The pen will spread"===
==="The pen will spread"===
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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, '''the pen will spread''', false testimony will prevail and truthful testimony will be concealed.”
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, '''the pen will spread''', false testimony will prevail and truthful testimony will be concealed.”
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"The pen (القلم) will spread" is a vague statement. Is it the pen or "the Pen"? There is the Pen that Allah created first and which writes the future:
There is the Pen that Allah created first and which writes the future:
{{Quote|Tirmidhi: Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3319 (sahih)|
{{Quote|Tirmidhi: Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3319 (sahih)|
“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'''.’”
“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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If it means "a pen", the tool for writing, then the pen is actually used less and less and is replaced by usage of keyboards. Then it would be a false prophecy.
Literacy was increasing before Muhammad was born. Jews and Christians first used oral traditions, but then switched to writing. There was also the ongoing global transitions from oral cultures to written cultures more generally.


But apologists like to say that "the pen" is a metaphor for "literacy". And literacy was already increasing before Muhammad was born. Jews and Christians first used oral traditions, but then switched to writing. The trend was already there.
Notice also that the prophecy was written by people who were ''writing'' hadiths from oral traditions.
 
* And notice that the prophecy was written by people who were ''writing'' hadiths from oral traditions.


===Family ties will be severed===
===Family ties will be severed===
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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.”
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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Absolutely nothing new. Even in Islam, Muslims believe that among the first people were brothers Cain and Abel and Cain killed Abel. According to Islam it already happened at the beginning of humanity.
Islamic mythology teaches that among the first people were brothers Cain and Abel and Cain killed Abel.


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:
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:
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Killing of family members was also approved by Muhammad:
Killing of family members for the sake of Islam was also approved by Muhammad:
{{Quote|{{Abudawud|38|4348}}|Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: A blind man had a slave-mother who used to abuse the Prophet (peace be upon him) and disparage him. He forbade her but she did not stop. He rebuked her but she did not give up her habit. One night she began to slander the Prophet (peace be upon him) and abuse him. So he took a dagger, placed it on her belly, pressed it, and killed her. A child who came between her legs was smeared with the blood that was there. When the morning came, the Prophet (peace be upon him) was informed about it.  
{{Quote|{{Abudawud|38|4348}}|Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: A blind man had a slave-mother who used to abuse the Prophet (peace be upon him) and disparage him. He forbade her but she did not stop. He rebuked her but she did not give up her habit. One night she began to slander the Prophet (peace be upon him) and abuse him. So he took a dagger, placed it on her belly, pressed it, and killed her. A child who came between her legs was smeared with the blood that was there. When the morning came, the Prophet (peace be upon him) was informed about it.  


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He sat before the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: Apostle of Allah! I am her master; she used to abuse you and disparage you. I forbade her, but she did not stop, and I rebuked her, but she did not abandon her habit. I have two sons like pearls from her, and she was my companion. Last night she began to abuse and disparage you. So I took a dagger, put it on her belly and pressed it till I killed her.
He sat before the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: Apostle of Allah! I am her master; she used to abuse you and disparage you. I forbade her, but she did not stop, and I rebuked her, but she did not abandon her habit. I have two sons like pearls from her, and she was my companion. Last night she began to abuse and disparage you. So I took a dagger, put it on her belly and pressed it till I killed her.
   
   
Thereupon the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Oh be witness, no retaliation is payable for her blood.}}
Thereupon the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Oh be witness, no retaliation is payable for her blood.}}A similar prophecy exists in Tabrani, predicting "family ties will be severed", though this hadith is often mistranslated (also the hadith is weak):
 
===Supposedly "satellite communication" (according to apologists)===
It's a similar prophecy to "family ties will be severed", but apologists like to add a mistranslation in this case (also the hadith is weak):
{{Quote|Tabrani, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 10/228 and Mu'jan al-Awsat 4861 (da'eef)|
{{Quote|Tabrani, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 10/228 and Mu'jan al-Awsat 4861 (da'eef)|
“From among the signs of Qiyamah is that people will maintain ties with '''distant relatives and strangers''' (الأطباق) but sever ties with close family.”
“From among the signs of Qiyamah is that people will maintain ties with '''distant relatives and strangers''' (الأطباق) but sever ties with close family.”
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They like to translate the word الأطباق as "dishes" (although the classical translation (understanding) fits better into the context) and then they interpret the "dishes" as "satellites".
The word الأطباق (''al-atbaaq'') is today sometimes translated as "dishes" (although the classical translation (understanding) fits better into the context) and then they interpret the "dishes" as "satellites", but this is clearly an anachronistic, inaccurate translation.
 
*[https://hadithanswers.com/is-satellite-communication-a-sign-of-qiyamah/ Fatwa against the modern interpretation]
 
===Automobiles (actually camels with lofty saddles)===
Muhammad forbade riding on ''mayathir'' (مياثر) (silk saddles), so mayathir were something already known:
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|8|74|253}}|
..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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There is a prophecy about people riding on mayathir at the end of times:
{{Quote|al-Mustadrak 4 / 436 (hasan)|
سَيَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ رِجَالٌ يَرْكَبُونَ عَلَى الْمَيَاثِرِ حَتَّى يَأْتُوا أَبْوَابَ مَسَاجِدِهِمْ
 
They will mount their mayaathir until they come to the doors of their mosques
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Albani explained:
{{Quote|Tafsir by Albani|
the word mayaathir is the plural of meetharah and Ibn al-Athir described it as, “… smooth and soft, made out of silk or a silk brocade [heavy silk] which the rider places beneath him on the saddle on top of the camel.
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* [https://hadithanswers.com/is-satellite-communication-a-sign-of-qiyamah/ Fatwa against the apologetic interpretation]
And a re-iteration of the same prophecy:
{{Quote|Musnad Ahmad 654/11 (hasan)|
يكون في آخر أمتي رجال يركبون على سرج كأشباه الرحال ينزلون على أبواب المساجد نساؤهم كاسيات عاريات
 
In the last [part] of my nation there will be men who ride on '''saddles that resemble packsaddles''' (سرج كأشباه الرحال).  They will alight at the doors of the mosques.  Their women are clothed but naked.  On their heads are [what appears to be] like the humps of [lean] camels.  Curse them for they are cursed.  If there were a nation from the nations to come after you, your women would serve them, just as the women of the nations that were before you served you.
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Some try to translate سرج كأشباه الرحال as "carriots" or "cars", but:
 
*سَرْج means "saddlebag; packsaddle; saddle; pigskin; pillion" <ref>https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AC/</ref>
*رَحْل means "Either of a pair of a bags laid over the back of a horse - saddlebag; packsaddle; saddle". <ref>https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84/</ref>


===Ignorance [of Islamic teachings]===
===Ignorance [of Islamic teachings]===
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Near the establishment of the Hour there will be days during which '''Religious ignorance will spread''', knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and there will be much Al-Harj, and Al- Harj means killing."}}
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Near the establishment of the Hour there will be days during which '''Religious ignorance will spread''', knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and there will be much Al-Harj, and Al- Harj means killing."}}
* In Islam, the period before Muhammad's career is called jahilya (ignorance). So even according to Islam, this already happened before Islam.
 
* The hadith says only jahl, which is just "ignorance", but in context of Islam, when Muhammad says "knowledge" it means "knowledge of Muhamamd's claims and commands" and when Islam says "ignorance" it means "ignorance of Muhammad's claims and commands"
*In Islamic discourse, the period before Muhammad's career is called jahilya (ignorance).
* Muhammad probably noticed that Jews don't fully follow the law of Moses, so he could predict that Muslims won't follow his laws based on this experience.
*in context of Islamic jurisprudence, theology and scriptural analysis, when Muhammad says "knowledge" it means "knowledge of Muhamamd's claims and commands" and when Islam says "ignorance" it means "ignorance of Muhammad's claims and commands"
 
===Learning for something other than Islam===
{{Quote|Al-Shawkani, Nayl al-Awtar 8/262 (hasan li-ghayrihi)|
إذا اتُّخِذَ الفَيْءُ دُوَلًا والأمانةُ مَغْنَمًا والزكاةُ مَغْرَمًا وتُعُلِّمَ لغيرِ الدِّينِ وأطاع الرجلُ امرأتَه وعَقَّ أُمَّه وأَدْنَى صديقَه وأَقْصَى أباه وظَهَرَتِ الأصواتُ في المساجدِ وساد القبيلةَ فاسِقُهُم وكان زعيمُ القومِ أَرْذَلَهم وأُكْرِمَ الرجلُ مَخَافةَ شرِّه وظَهَرَتِ القِيَانُ والمعازفُ وشُرِبَتِ الخُمورُ ولَعَن آخِرُ هذه الأمةِ أولَها فلْيَرْتَقِبُوا عند ذلك رِيحًا حمراءَ وزَلْزَلَةً وخَسْفًا ومَسْخًا وقَذْفًا وآياتٍ تُتَابَعُ كنِظامٍ بالٍ قُطِعَ سِلْكُه فتتابع بعضُه بعضًا
 
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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Secular knowledge for secular purposes was studied before Islam.


===Tall buildings===
===Tall buildings===
The word "competing" is not there literally in Arabic, so it might just mean that they will make buildings taller:
{{Quote|{{Ibn Majah||1|1|63}} <ref>https://sunnah.com/urn/1250630</ref>|
{{Quote|{{Ibn Majah||1|1|63}} <ref>https://sunnah.com/urn/1250630</ref>|
وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبِنَاءِ
وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبِنَاءِ


..and when '''you see barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds''' competing in constructing tall buildings
..and when '''you see barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds''' competing in constructing tall buildings
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}}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 are currently people who compete in constructing tall skyscrapers (as apologists like to point out), but we don't see barefoot, naked destitute shepherds building them.
Lane's Lexicon explains al binaa as "originally an inf. n.: (see 1, first sentence:) then applied to A building; a structure; an edifice;] a thing that is built, or constructed".<ref>Binaa الْبِنَاء - [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume1/00000298.pdf Lane's Lexicon] p. 261</ref> The "compete in height" aspect of the translation comes from the word  تطاول (tataawul)<ref>tay-waw-lam طول - [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume5/00000180.pdf Lane's Lexicon] - p. 1895</ref> These words appear in some other narrations in the same or similar context in relation to the 7th century.  
* The Bible contained a story of the Tower of Babel, Egyptians built pyramids long before Islam.. So the desire to build tall buildings was nothing new.


And the hadith doesn't say skyscrapers, it only says "tall" and "tall" is relative. There might have been 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:
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:
{{Quote|Ibn Hajar: Fatḥ al-Bārī fī Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī|
{{Quote|Ibn Hajar: Fatḥ al-Bārī fī Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī|
يتطاول الناس في البنيان وهي من العلامات التي وقعت عن قرب في زمن النبوة  
يتطاول الناس في البنيان وهي من العلامات التي وقعت عن قرب في زمن النبوة  


"The people are [competing in] building tall buildings" - and that's from the signs which '''happened close at the time of the prophethood'''
"The people are [competing in height] building buildings" - and that's from the signs which '''happened close at the time of the prophethood'''
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Muslims could afford building tall buildings after they got rich from early Islamic conquests. And Muhammad was already condemning excessive building during his life, so it was already happening:
The caliph Uthman was accused of practicing tataawul at his time, though the meaning here may simply be that he built a lot of buildings.
 
{{Quote|[http://shiaonlinelibrary.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8/3671_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%AC-%D9%A1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A9_32  al-Imāma wal-Siyāsa, vol 1 page 35] by Ibn Qutaybah (d. 889 / 276)|    ما أنكر الناس على عثمان رحمه الله قال: وذكروا أنه اجتمع ناس من أصحاب النبي عليه الصلاة والسلام، فكتبوا كتابا ذكروا فيه ما خالف فيه عثمان من سنة رسول الله وسنة صاحبيه، وما كان من هبته خمس أفريقية لمروان وفيه حق الله ورسوله، ومنهم ذوو القربى واليتامى والمساكين، وما كان من تطاوله في البنيان، حتى عدوا سبع دور بناها بالمدينة
 
And what people condemned of Uthman was that a group of the prophet's companions came together and wrote a book mentioning in it what Uthman has not followed of the sunnah of the prophet and his companions and of what he did when he gave 1/5th of Africa to Marwan and in it is the share of Allah and his prophet and that of relatives, orphans and poor people. And of his excesses in building ( تطاوله في البنيان ) that reached 7 houses in Medina.}}
 
Muslims could afford building tall buildings after they got rich from early Islamic conquests.
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|70|576}}|
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|70|576}}|
Narrated Qais bin Abi Hazim:
Narrated Qais bin Abi Hazim:
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The addition about the buildings being "as high as mountains" is dealt with in the section about hadiths falsely ascribed to Muhammad
Some add that theses buildings were described as being "as high as mountains", but that hadith is mawqoof (not from Muhammad). It was a saying of ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr and it was after Muslims became rich from early Islamic conquests, so they could likely imagine themselves building tall in Mecca. Also the hadith is da'eef:
{{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.”
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*[https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/247118/%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%AB%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9 Fatwa] (Arabic) says that since it's not from Muhammad, it shouldn't even be called a hadith.
 
===Mosques full of hypocrites===
{{Quote|Ibn Abi Shaybah: Kitab al-Iman 101 (sahih)|
عن عبد اللهِ بنِ عَمرو قال : يأتي على الناس زمانٌ ، يجتمِعون ويُصلُّون في المساجدِ ، وليس فيهم مؤمنٌ
 
A time will come on people when they get together and pray in mosques and isn't among them a single believer
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Praying hypocrites were also mentioned in the Bible:
{{Quote|The Bible (NIV), Matthew 6:5|
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others.
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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:
{{Quote|{{Muslim|1|30}}|
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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{{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|52|260}}|
Narrated `Ikrima:
 
`Ali burnt some people and this news reached Ibn `Abbas, who said, "Had I been in his place I would not have burnt them, as the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Don't punish (anybody) with Allah's Punishment.' No doubt, I would have killed them, for the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.' "
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===Voices raised in mosques===
===Voices raised in mosques===
Apologists like to say that it's in Tirmidhi, but they forget to add that it's daif:
The hadith is daif:
{{Quote|Tirmidhi: Vol. 4, Book 7, Hadith 2211 (daif)|
{{Quote|Tirmidhi: Vol. 4, Book 7, Hadith 2211 (daif)|
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:
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And it isn't really a prediction, because people were raising voices even in the time of Muhammad in front of him. Muhammad rebuked them in the Quran:
People were raising voices even in the time of Muhammad in front of him. Muhammad rebuked them in the Quran:
{{Quote|{{Quran|49|2}} (Sahih International)|
{{Quote|{{Quran|49|2}} (Sahih International)|
O you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet or be loud to him in speech like the loudness of some of you to others, lest your deeds become worthless while you perceive not.
O you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet or be loud to him in speech like the loudness of some of you to others, lest your deeds become worthless while you perceive not.
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There was already a precedent. Christians and Jews were adorning their places of worship:
There was a precedent. Christians and Jews were adorning their places of worship:
{{Quote|{{Abudawud|2|448}}|
{{Quote|{{Abudawud|2|448}}|
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
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I was not commanded to build high mosques. Ibn Abbas said: You will certainly adorn them '''as the Jews and Christians did'''.
I was not commanded to build high mosques. Ibn Abbas said: You will certainly adorn them '''as the Jews and Christians did'''.
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===Markets will approach (taqaarub al-aswaaq)===
{{Quote|al-Haythami 7/330 (sahih) and others <ref>http://hdith.com/?s=%D9%84%D8%A7+%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%88%D9%85+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9+%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%89+%D8%AA%D8%B8%D9%87%D8%B1+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%86+%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AB%D8%B1+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B0%D8%A8+%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%82+%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86</ref>|
لا تقومُ الساعةُ حتى تَظْهَرَ الفِتَنُ ويكثرَ الكذِبُ وتتقارَبَ الأسواقُ ويتقارَبَ الزمانُ ويكثُرَ الهرجُ قلْتُ وما الهرْجُ قال القتْلُ
The Hour won't come till tribulations show up, lies are widespread and '''taqaarub of markets''' and taqaarub of time and harj is widespread. I said: What is al-harj? He said: Killing.
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The hadith is vague in its entirety, but the situation on markets expectedly changed after Muslims got rich by the 7th century conquests.


===Breaking the convenant with god makes enemies overpower them===
===Breaking the convenant with god makes enemies overpower them===
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This was nothing new in the 7th century. It's an old Jewish tradition. It was mentioned in the Old Testament, more than a thousand years before Muhammad.
This is mentioned in the Old Testament:
{{Quote|The Bible (NIV), Leviticus 26:14-17|
{{Quote|The Bible (NIV), Leviticus 26:14-17|
Punishment for Disobedience
Punishment for Disobedience
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“‘But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands, and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant, then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and sap your strength. You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you.
“‘But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands, and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant, then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and sap your strength. You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you.
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And the prophecy is unfalsifiable. If believers did follow god's laws and were overpowered by their enemies anyway, they could say that "it's a test". And if they didn't follow god's laws, but weren't overpowered by their enemies as a punishment, it might be because god is letting them be misguided, but is planning to punish them in the afterlife.


===A man passes by a grave and wants to be dead too===
===A man passes by a grave and wants to be dead too===
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A desire to be dead was nothing new in the 7th century. The Old Testament already mentioned it:
The Old Testament mentions this:
{{Quote|The Bible (NASB), Jonah 4:3|
{{Quote|The Bible (NASB), Jonah 4:3|
"Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life."
"Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life."
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===People will treat a man with respect because they fear the evil he could do===
The hadith is daif (weak).
{{Quote|Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2210 (daif)|
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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Intimidation with violence was already used before Islam. It was also used by Muhammad.


===The leader of a people will be the worst of them===
===The leader of a people will be the worst of them===
Apologists who mention this prophecy usually hide the fact that the hadith is ''weak'' (daif).
This hadith is daif (weak).
{{Quote|Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2210 (daif)|
{{Quote|Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2210 (daif)|
Ali bin Abi Talib narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:
Ali bin Abi Talib narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:
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It was nothing new that the leader of a people can be more evil than them. And it already happened during the time of Muhammad:
==Predictions of the future (after the hadiths)==
{{Quote|{{Abu Dawud||2155|darussalam}}| Abu Said al-Khudri said: "The apostle of Allah sent a military expedition to Awtas on the occasion of the battle of Hunain. They met their enemy and fought with them. They defeated them and took them captives. Some of the Companions of the apostle of Allah were reluctant to have intercourse with the female captives because of their pagan husbands. So Allah, the Exalted, sent down the Quranic verse, "And all married women (are forbidden) unto you save those (captives) whom your right hands possess". That is to say, they are lawful for them when they complete their waiting period." [The Quran verse is 4:24]}}
In this category are hadiths that don't appear to speak of events which already transpired before the prophecies were written.
 
The men were morally reluctant to rape married women, but their leader (Muhammad) "revealed" to them that it's ok.
 
==Predictions of the future after the hadiths==
In this category are hadiths that don't talk about what already happened before the prophecies were written.
 
===Predictions of opposites from the usual===
This is a special category, because it doesn't seem to be a prediction, but rather a statement that the opposite of what was considered granted at that time will happen. For example mountains were considered solid (not moving), so a prophecy says that mountains will be moving. These predictions could be made mechanically just by saying the opposite of what currently happens. So even if they somehow came true, there would still be an alternative explanation for how the prophecy was made.
 
====Mountains will move====
====Mountains will move====
This hadith is da'eef (thanks to  Ufayr bin Ma'daan in the chain), but some Islamic apologists still like to use it and present it as if it was sahih:
This hadith is da'eef (Ufayr bin Ma'daan is in the chain):
{{Quote|Mu'jam at-Tabaraani vol 7, n. 6857|
{{Quote|Mu'jam at-Tabaraani vol 7, n. 6857|
لا تقومُ الساعةُ حتى تزولَ الجبالُ عن أماكِنِها وتَرَوْنَ الأمورَ العظامَ التي لم تَكُونوا تَرَوْنَها
لا تقومُ الساعةُ حتى تزولَ الجبالُ عن أماكِنِها وتَرَوْنَ الأمورَ العظامَ التي لم تَكُونوا تَرَوْنَها
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The Hour will not begin until the '''mountains are moved from their places''' and you see great calamities which you have never seen before.
The Hour will not begin until the '''mountains are moved from their places''' and you see great calamities which you have never seen before.
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Mountains were considered as not moving, so a prophecy could be make simply by saying that the opposite of what usually happens will happen.
====Non-speaking objects will start speaking====
====Non-speaking objects will start speaking====
{{Quote|Jami' al-Tirmidhi Vol. 4, Book 7, Hadith 2181 (sahih)|
{{Quote|Jami' al-Tirmidhi Vol. 4, Book 7, Hadith 2181 (sahih)|
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According to some apologists the predictions of speaking predators, whips, straps and thighs are predictions of modern technology like mobile phones, although the hadith literally talks about predators, whips, straps and thighs, not man-made objects designed for communication. Also in the hadith, the objects are themselves speaking, there is no indication that people will talk to each other ''through'' those objects.
Though this hadith is often metaphorically interpreted to refer to modern technology (mobile phones), the original wording of the hadith appears to be rather literal in its intention.


The idea that a thing that doesn't talk could talk wasn't outside of the capability of imagination of primitive people in the 7th century and also it was nothing new. The Old Testament already had a story about a talking serpent:
The Old Testament already has a story about a talking serpent:
{{Quote|The Bible, Genesis 3:1|
{{Quote|The Bible, Genesis 3:1|
Now '''the serpent''' was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. '''He said''' to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
Now '''the serpent''' was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. '''He said''' to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
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And 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:
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:
{{Quote|{{Muslim|30|5654}}|Jabir b. Samura reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I recognise '''the stone in Mecca which used to pay me salutations''' before my advent as a Prophet and I recognise that even now.}}
{{Quote|{{Muslim|30|5654}}|Jabir b. Samura reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I recognise '''the stone in Mecca which used to pay me salutations''' before my advent as a Prophet and I recognise that even now.}}


====The land of Arabia reverts to meadows and rivers====
====The land of Arabia reverts to meadows and rivers====
{{Quote|{{Muslim|5|2208}}|
{{Quote|{{Muslim|5|2208}}|
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 ‏"‏ ‏.‏
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) as saying:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) as saying:


The Last Hour will not come before wealth becomes abundant and overflowing, so much so that a man takes Zakat out of his property and cannot find anyone to accept it from him and '''till the land of Arabia reverts to meadows and rivers.'''
The Last Hour will not come before wealth becomes abundant and overflowing, so much so that a man takes Zakat out of his property and cannot find anyone to accept it from him and '''till the land of Arabia reverts (تعود) to meadows and rivers.'''
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There were deserts. The opposite of deserts is meadows and rivers.
The word تعود (''ta'ooda'') can mean both "become" and "revert".
{{Quote|مرقاة المفاتيح شرح مشكاة المصابيح|
وحتى تعود أرض العرب أي: تصير أو ترجع
 
"And until ''ta'ooda'' the land of Arabs" - meaning "becomes" or "reverts"
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====Much rain, but little vegetation====
====Much rain, but little vegetation====
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The Hour would not come until there is too much rain, but the earth does not produce crops
The Hour would not come until there is too much rain, but the earth does not produce crops
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Rain was commonly connected to growth of vegetation, so Muhammad predicted the opposite.
===Unfullfilled predictions===
In this category are predictions that didn't come true. Some of them (like coming of the Dajjal) are not falsifiable, since they could still happen in the future. While others couldn't happen even in the future.


===Other Predictions About the Future===
====Coming of Muhammad and the Hour are close like the forefinger and middle finger joined together====
====Coming of Muhammad and the Hour are close like the forefinger and middle finger joined together====
{{Quote|{{Muslim|41|7049}}|
{{Quote|{{Muslim|41|7049}}|
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I and the Last Hour have been sent like this and (he while doing it) joined the forefinger with the middle finger.
I and the Last Hour have been sent like this and (he while doing it) joined the forefinger with the middle finger.
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Muhammad died 14 centuries ago and the Hour didn't come.


====A 7th century boy won't grow very old before the Hour comes====
====A 7th century boy won't grow very old before the Hour comes====
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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.
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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The "to you" was added by the translators to indicate that it is the last hour (death) of the people who asked, but it's not in Arabic.


The boy died 14 hundred years ago and the Hour didn't come.
There are two versions of this hadith. In this version, the "to you" was added by the translators to indicate that it is the last hour (death) of the people who asked. However this qualification is entirely absent in the Arabic text. This version of the hadith reported by Anas just says "until the hour comes" (حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ) (see also {{Bukhari|8|73|188}} quoted below where Anas seems to be a witness, {{Muslim|41|7051}}, and {{Muslim|41|7053}}). Another version of the hadith is reported by Aisha and instead has the phrase "until your hour comes to you" (حَتَّى تَقُومَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَاعَتُكُمْ) {{Bukhari|8|76|518}} and {{Muslim|41|7050}}.
 
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|8|73|188}}|
...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====
====Nothing will live one hundred years from now====
The "tonight" in ''italic'' was added by translators to accommodate the later re-interpretation:
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|3|116}}|
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|3|116}}|
أَرَأَيْتَكُمْ لَيْلَتَكُمْ هَذِهِ، فَإِنَّ رَأْسَ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ مِنْهَا لاَ يَبْقَى مِمَّنْ هُوَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:
Once the Prophet (ﷺ) led us in the `Isha' prayer during the last days of his life and after finishing it (the prayer) (with Taslim) he said: "Do you realize (the importance of) this night?" Nobody present on the surface of the earth ''tonight'' will be living after the completion of one hundred years from this night."
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When the prophecy failed 100 years later, it was subject to retroactive re-interpretation in Bukhari:
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|10|575}}|
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:


Once the Prophet (ﷺ) led us in the `Isha' prayer during the last days of his life and after finishing it (the prayer) (with Taslim) he said: "Do you realize (the importance of) this night?" Nobody present on the surface of the earth tonight will be living after the completion of one hundred years from this night."
The Prophet (ﷺ) prayed one of the `Isha' prayer in his last days and after finishing it with Taslim, he stood up and said, "Do you realize (the importance of) this night? Nobody present on the surface of the earth tonight would be living after the completion of one hundred years from this night." '''The people made a mistake in grasping the meaning of this statement of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and they indulged in those things which are said about these narrators (i.e. some said that the Day of Resurrection will be established after 100 years etc.)''' But the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Nobody present on the surface of earth tonight would be living after the completion of 100 years from this night"; he meant "When that century (people of that century) would pass away."
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One hundred years from his prayer passed and all organisms didn't die.


====If 10 scholars of the Jews would follow me, no Jew would be left upon the surface of the earth====
====If 10 scholars of the Jews would follow me, no Jew would be left upon the surface of the earth====
{{Quote|{{Muslim|39|6711}}|
{{Quote|{{Muslim|39|6711}} (Muhsin Khan translation)|
لَوْ تَابَعَنِي عَشْرَةٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ لَمْ يَبْقَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا يَهُودِيٌّ إِلاَّ أَسْلَمَ
 
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
 
If ten ''scholars'' of the Jews would follow me, no Jew would be left upon the surface of the earth who would not embrace Islam.
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The Arabic original doesn't say "ten Jewish scholars", but only "ten Jews" (عشرة من اليهود).
 
====30 false prophets before the Hour====
{{Quote|{{Muslim|41|6988}}|
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:


If ten scholars of the Jews would follow me, no Jew would be left upon the surface of the earth who would not embrace Islam.
The Last Hour would not come until there would arise about thirty impostors, liars, and each one of them would claim that he is a messenger of Allah.
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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.


10 Jewish scholars converted to Islam, but Jews are still there.
False prophets were also already predicted in the Bible:
{{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'''.  
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====Rising of the Sun from its setting place====
====Rising of the Sun from its setting place====
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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.
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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This prophecy is definitely wrong, because it assumes that the Sun moves around the Earth (which was a common misconception among 7th century primitive people).
This seems to suggest that the sun revolves about the Earth and can reverse direction


There is also a related verse in the Quran:
There is also a related verse in the Quran:{{Quote|{{Quran|6|158}}|
{{Quote|{{Quran|6|158}}|
Do they [then] wait for anything except that the angels should come to them or your Lord should come or that there come some of the signs of your Lord? The Day that '''some of the signs of your Lord will come no soul will benefit from its faith as long as it had not believed before''' or had earned through its faith some good. Say, "Wait. Indeed, we [also] are waiting."
Do they [then] wait for anything except that the angels should come to them or your Lord should come or that there come some of the signs of your Lord? The Day that '''some of the signs of your Lord will come no soul will benefit from its faith as long as it had not believed before''' or had earned through its faith some good. Say, "Wait. Indeed, we [also] are waiting."
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So it will be a shocking supernatural event and it will be a definite proof of Islam and everyone will believe. But their faith won't count, because they've seen the evidence for Islam. The belief only counts when it's baseless.
Another hadith says that right after the rising, a beast will appear in the forenoon:{{Quote|Abu Dawud 4310 (sahih)|
 
Another hadith says that right after the rising, the beast will appear in the forenoon:
{{Quote|Abu Dawud 4310 (sahih)|
Abu zur’ah said:
Abu zur’ah said:
A group of people came to Marwan in Medina, and they heard him say that the first of the signs to appear would be the coming forth of the Dajjal (Antichirst). He said: I then went to Abd Allah b. ‘Amr and mentioned it to him. He did not say anything(reliable). I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: '''The first of the signs to appear will be the rising of the sun in its place of setting and the coming forth of the beast against mankind in the forenoon.''' Whichever of them comes first will soon be followed by the other. ’Abd Allah who used to read the scriptures (Torah, Gospel) said: I think the first of them will be the rising of the sun in its place of setting.
A group of people came to Marwan in Medina, and they heard him say that the first of the signs to appear would be the coming forth of the Dajjal (Antichirst). He said: I then went to Abd Allah b. ‘Amr and mentioned it to him. He did not say anything(reliable). I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: '''The first of the signs to appear will be the rising of the sun in its place of setting and the coming forth of the beast against mankind in the forenoon.''' Whichever of them comes first will soon be followed by the other. ’Abd Allah who used to read the scriptures (Torah, Gospel) said: I think the first of them will be the rising of the sun in its place of setting.
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There's a modern metaphorical interpretation that "rising of the Sun from the west" refers to the rise of the Western civilization.
Some today proffer metaphorical interpretation that the "rising of the Sun from the west" refers to the rise of the Western civilization, though this would leave the segment regarding the beast unexplained.
* Let's say we translate مغرب as "the West". The prophecy literally says that the Sun will rise from "'''its''' West" (مغربها). Is the West somehow owned by the Sun? The translation of "rise from ''its'' setting-place" makes more sense than "rise from ''its'' West".
* The rise of the secular Western civilization is not a supernatural event and it doesn't make people believe in Islam as the Quran and hadiths predicted
* The beast didn't come in the forenoon.


There is also a Quranic verse which supports the concept that Allah literally moves the Sun from the East to the West and that it is therefore possible (for him) to move it the other way:
The Quran seems to affirm the possibility that God could make the Sun "rise from the West":
{{Quote|{{Quran|2|258}}|
{{Quote|{{Quran|2|258}}|
Have you not considered the one who argued with Abraham about his Lord [merely] because Allah had given him kingship? When Abraham said, "My Lord is the one who gives life and causes death," he said, "I give life and cause death." Abraham said, "Indeed, Allah brings up the sun from the east, so bring it up from the west." So the disbeliever was overwhelmed [by astonishment], and Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
Have you not considered the one who argued with Abraham about his Lord [merely] because Allah had given him kingship? When Abraham said, "My Lord is the one who gives life and causes death," he said, "I give life and cause death." Abraham said, "Indeed, '''Allah brings up the sun from the east''', so bring it up from the west." So the disbeliever was overwhelmed [by astonishment], and Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
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[[Category:Dhul-Qarnayn|Dhul-Qarnayn]]
See also:
See also Dhul-Qarnayn's story in the Quran, where this possibility is further confirmed, as the Sun is described to set in a muddy spring at the "farthest part" of the world"
* [[Dhul-Qarnayn]]


====Stones and trees say to Muslims: "here is a Jew behind me; come and kill him"====
====Stones and trees say to Muslims: "here is a Jew behind me; come and kill him"====
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Stones and trees don't talk and psychologically healthy people would consider it a miracle if they talked. But for Muhammad it wasn't something special, he was "hearing" voices of non-living objects even before he started "hearing" the voice of god:
According to the hadith, Muhammad himself used to hear voices from stones as well:
{{Quote|{{Muslim|30|5654}}|Jabir b. Samura reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I recognise '''the stone in Mecca which used to pay me salutations''' before my advent as a Prophet and I recognise that even now.}}
{{Quote|{{Muslim|30|5654}}|Jabir b. Samura reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I recognise '''the stone in Mecca which used to pay me salutations''' before my advent as a Prophet and I recognise that even now.}}


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Islamic scholars don't even know what the prophecy means:
Islamic scholars have interpreted this variously, without any agreement as to the possible meaning:
{{Quote|[https://islamqa.info/en/answers/34618/one-of-the-signs-of-the-hour-is-that-time-will-pass-more-quickly islamqa.info: One of the signs of the Hour is that time will pass more quickly]|
{{Quote|[https://islamqa.info/en/answers/34618/one-of-the-signs-of-the-hour-is-that-time-will-pass-more-quickly islamqa.info: One of the signs of the Hour is that time will pass more quickly]|
The scholars differed concerning the meaning of the phrase taqaarub al-zamaan (time passing more quickly). '''There are many views''', the strongest of which is:   
The scholars differed concerning the meaning of the phrase taqaarub al-zamaan (time passing more quickly). '''There are many views''', the strongest of which is:   
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That the phrase taqaarub al-zamaan (time passing quickly) may be interpreted literally or metaphorically.  
That the phrase taqaarub al-zamaan (time passing quickly) may be interpreted literally or metaphorically.  
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Time is running by the speed of 1 hour per hour, 1 day per day, 1 month per month etc. So it's literally not happening.
====Markets will approach (taqaarub al-aswaaq)====
The previous prophecy was taqaarub of time, this prophecy adds taqaarub of markets:
{{Quote|al-Haythami 7/330 (sahih) and others <ref>http://hdith.com/?s=%D9%84%D8%A7+%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%88%D9%85+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9+%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%89+%D8%AA%D8%B8%D9%87%D8%B1+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%86+%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AB%D8%B1+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B0%D8%A8+%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%82+%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86</ref>|
لا تقومُ الساعةُ حتى تَظْهَرَ الفِتَنُ ويكثرَ الكذِبُ وتتقارَبَ الأسواقُ ويتقارَبَ الزمانُ ويكثُرَ الهرجُ قلْتُ وما الهرْجُ قال القتْلُ
The Hour won't come till tribulations show up, lies are widespread and '''taqaarub of markets''' and taqaarub of time and harj is widespread. I said: What is al-harj? He said: Killing.
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Taqaarub of markets is as vague as the taqaarub of time.
But we can expect that the situation on markets changed after Muslims got rich by the 7th century Islamic conquests.


====A man from Qahtan appears, driving the people with his stick====
====A man from Qahtan appears, driving the people with his stick====
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qahtan_(tribe) Qahtan] still exists, so Muslims are still waiting for the guy.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qahtan_(tribe) Qahtan] still exists, but the prophecy remains unfulfilled. <ref>https://www.islamweb.net/ar/fatwa/418273/%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B9%D8%8C-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A5%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A9</ref>


====A man called Jahjah will occupy the throne====
====A man called Jahjah will occupy the throne====
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* [https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/118597/%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%87%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86 Fatwa] (AR) puts this prophecy among non-fulfilled prophecies
*[https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/118597/%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%87%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86 Fatwa] (AR) puts this prophecy among non-fulfilled prophecies


====Conquest of Constantinopole without fighting and the Hour come together====
====Conquest of Constantinopole without fighting and the Hour come together====
Apologists point to this hadith. It is considered da'eef by Albani (but sahih by Dhahabi):
This hadith is considered da'eef by Albani (but sahih by Dhahabi):
{{Quote|Musnad Ahmad 14:331|
{{Quote|Musnad Ahmad 14:331|
لتفتحن القسطنطينية، فلنعم الأمير أميرها، ولنعم الجيش ذلك الجيش
لتفتحن القسطنطينية، فلنعم الأمير أميرها، ولنعم الجيش ذلك الجيش
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Muslims [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople conquered Constantinople] in 1453. Since Muhammad himself was waging wars, it was expected that Muslims after his death would continue conquering. Muhammad conquered Arabia and Constantinople wasn't that far away. So this wasn't a hard prediction. Also it's not time-specific. So even if it didn't happen, Muslims could still think it would happen in the future.
The predictions historically played a huge role in the continued Muslim jihads against the Roman (Byzantine) Empire, and when the Muslims finally conquered it in 1453 it was seen as the fulfillment of an eschatological vision of an apocalypse which never happened.  


But the biggest problem is that there are other hadiths which give details that were not fullfilled. The Hour was expected to come with it:
Another hadith adds that the Hour was expected to come with this conquest:
{{Quote|Tirmidhi Vol. 4, Book 7, Hadith 2239|
{{Quote|Tirmidhi Vol. 4, Book 7, Hadith 2239|
Anas bin Malik said:
Anas bin Malik said:
"Constantinople will be conquered with the coming of the Hour."
"Constantinople will be conquered with the coming of the Hour."
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And the conquest was predicted to happen without fighting:
 
The coming of the Dajjal was expected right after the conquest:
{{Quote|Abu Dawud 4294 (hasan)|
Narrated Mu'adh ibn Jabal:
 
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The flourishing state of Jerusalem will be when Yathrib is in ruins, the ruined state of Yathrib will be when the great war comes, the outbreak of the great war will be at the conquest of Constantinople and the conquest of Constantinople when the Dajjal (Antichrist) comes forth. He (the Prophet) struck his thigh or his shoulder with his hand and said: This is as true as you are here or as you are sitting (meaning Mu'adh ibn Jabal).
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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:
{{Quote|{{Muslim|41|6924}}|
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
 
The Last Hour would not come until '''the Romans would land at al-A'maq or in Dabiq'''. An army consisting of the best (soldiers) of the people of the earth at that time will come from Medina (to counteract them). When they will arrange themselves in ranks, the Romans would say: Do not stand between us and those (Muslims) who took prisoners from amongst us. Let us fight with them; and the Muslims would say: Nay, by Allah, we would never get aside from you and from our brethren that you may fight them. They will then fight and a third (part) of the army would run away, whom Allah will never forgive. A third (part of the army) which would be constituted of excellent martyrs in Allah's eye, would be killed and the third who would never be put to trial would win and they would be conquerors of Constantinople. And as they would be busy in distributing the spoils of war (amongst themselves) after hanging their '''swords''' by the olive trees, the Satan would cry: '''The Dajjal''' has taken your place among your family. They would then come out, but it would be of no avail. And when they would come to Syria, he would come out while they would be still preparing themselves for battle drawing up the ranks. Certainly, the time of prayer shall come and then Jesus (peace be upon him) son of Mary would descend and would lead them. When the enemy of Allah would see him, it would (disappear) just as the salt dissolves itself in water and if he (Jesus) were not to confront them at all, even then it would dissolve completely, but Allah would kill them by his hand and he would show them their blood on his lance (the lance of Jesus Christ).
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Also:
{{Quote|Sunan Abi Dawud 4294 (hasan)|
Narrated Mu'adh ibn Jabal:
 
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The flourishing state of Jerusalem will be when Yathrib is in ruins, the ruined state of Yathrib will be when the great war comes, the outbreak of the great war will be at the conquest of Constantinople and the conquest of Constantinople when the Dajjal (Antichrist) comes forth. He (the Prophet) struck his thigh or his shoulder with his hand and said: This is as true as you are here or as you are sitting (meaning Mu'adh ibn Jabal).
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The conquest of Constantinople was predicted to happen without fighting, whereas in fact a fierce siege preceded the final fall of the city:
{{Quote|{{Muslim|41|6979}}|
{{Quote|{{Muslim|41|6979}}|
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) saying:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) saying:
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You have heard about a city, one side of which is on 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 lshaq 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," ''' and 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" and the second side would also fall, and they would say: "There is no god but Allah and Allah is the Greatest," and 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 when a noise would be heard saying: Verily, Dajjal has come. And thus they would leave everything there and go back.
You have heard about a city, one side of which is on 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 lshaq 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," ''' and 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" and the second side would also fall, and they would say: "There is no god but Allah and Allah is the Greatest," and 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 when a noise would be heard saying: Verily, Dajjal has come. And thus they would leave everything there and go back.
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Constantinople was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople conquered in 1453] by fighting, the Dajjal didn't appear and the city was renamed to Istanbul.


====Conquest of Rome====
====Conquest of Rome====
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Either Muhammad meant the whole Roman Empire, in that case prophecy failed, because the Roman Empire no longer exists and it wasn't conquered by Muslims. Or he meant the Syrian territory (although it's not in Arabic version of the hadith) and in that case the prophecy also failed, because the Dajjal didn't appear after it.
The Roman empire was conquered by Mehmet the Conqueror of the Turkish Ottoman dynasty in the 15th century, but the Dajjal did not appear after this event though many in the Muslim world thought he would.
 
====Byzantines will make truce with Muslims, betray them and attack them====
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|53|401}}|
Narrated `Auf bin Mali:
 
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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The prophecy is considered unfulfilled:
{{Quote|[https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/83460/hadith-about-the-romans-attacking-us-under-eighty-flags Hadith about the Romans attacking us under eighty flags]|
Imam Ibn al-Muneer said: 'Till this time the incident of gathering and attacking Rome in this huge number of soldiers has not happened yet. This matter has not taken place yet.
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====Conquest of India and the second coming of Jesus come together====
Also known as [[Ghazwa-e-hind|ghazwa-e-hind]].
{{Quote|{{Al Nasai||1|25|3177}} (hasan) from The Book of Jihad, chapter "Invading India"|
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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Early conquests of India happened in the 7th century (for example [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rasil Battle of Rasil]), while author of the hadith collection [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nasa%27i al-Nasa'i] lived in the 9th century.
 
The conquest of India is linked to the second coming of Jesus (Isa). In other (although weak) hadiths it's even more explicit:
{{Quote|Na‘eem ibn Hammaad, al-Fitan, p. 409 (daeef)|
The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said – and he mentioned India – then he said: “An army of yours will invade India and Allah will grant its conquest to them, until they bring their kings in chains, and Allah will forgive them their sins. Then they will return and when they return, they will find the son of Maryam in ash-Shaam (Syria).” Abu Hurayrah said: If I live to see that campaign, I will sell everything I possess and join the campaign. Then if Allah grants us victory and we return, then I will be Abu Hurayrah the freed (protected from Hellfire). And when we return to Syria we will find there ‘Eesa ibn Maryam. Then I shall make sure that I draw close to him and tell him that I accompanied you, O Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) smiled and said: “Unlikely, unlikely.” [very difficult?]
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However, the second coming did not follow either these events:
{{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.
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====No more Khosrau and Caesar====
In Muhammad's time, the ruler of Persia was called Khosrau and the ruler of the Byzantine empire Caesar.
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|52|267}}|
Narrated Abu Huraira:
 
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Khosrau will be ruined, and there will be no Khosrau after him, and Caesar will surely be ruined and there will be no Caesar after him, and you will spend their treasures in Allah's Cause." He called, "War is deceit'.
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There are many examples of this prophecy failing for both [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khosrow Kusrau] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_(title) Caesar]. For example:
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khusrau_Shah Khusrau Shah] was the king of the Justanids in the 10th century
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khusrau_Khan Khusrau Khan] was the Sultan of Delhi in the 14th century
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doukas_(Caesar) John Doukas] was a Caesar of the Byzantine empire in the 11th century
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_the_Conqueror Mehmed the Conqueror] - a 15h century Muslim conqueror, also called himself Caesar
 
The prophecy is probably referring to the 7th century Islamic conquests. The prediction in Sahih Bukhari was written in the 9th century.


====Nations will soon call each other to attack Muslims====
====Nations will soon call each other to attack Muslims====
Muhammad predicted that "soon" (in 7th century) all nations will cooperate militarily against Muslims and Muslims will be weak because they're afraid to die (in battle):
{{Quote|Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4297, In-book reference: Book 39, Hadith 7, English translation: Book 38, Hadith 4284|
{{Quote|Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4297, In-book reference: Book 39, Hadith 7, English translation: Book 38, Hadith 4284|
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.
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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Actually "soon" after this prophecy, Muslims were militarily successful and conquered the middle east and North Africa. Eventually a military weakness came with the fall of the Ottoman empire, but that was more than a thousand years after Muhammad and not "soon".
This hadith was invoked by ISIS to rationalize the international coalition that formed against them.
 
====Romans would form a majority amongst people====
{{Quote|{{Muslim|41|6296}}|
Mustaurid Qurashi reported:
 
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: '''The Last Hour would come when the Romans would form a majority amongst people'''. This reached 'Amr b. al-'As and he said: What are these ahadith which are being transmitted from you and which you claim to have heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)? Mustaurid said to him: I stated only that which I heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Thereupon 'Amr said: If you state this (it is true), for they have the power of tolerance amongst people at the time of turmoil and restore themselves to sanity after trouble, and are good amongst people so far as the destitute and the weak are concerned.
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And the prediction could be based simply on Muhamamd's declaration of war towards everyone who doesn't believe in his religion. It probably made sense to him that since he challenged all other nations to war, they would cooperate and attack him too.
The Roman (Byzantine) empire dissolved without the realization of this prophecy.
 
====Western people will triumphally follow the truth until the Hour====
{{Quote|Sahih Muslim 20:4722|
It has been narrated by Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
 
The people of the West will continue to triumphantly follow the truth until the Hour is established.
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====Twelve caliphs====
====Twelve caliphs====
{{Quote|{{Muslim|20|4480}}|
Shi'ite Imamology rests heavily upon this hadith, though has been continuously troubled by it (as have been Sunni scholars), as there appears to be no clear group of "twelve Caliphs" to have appeared in history:{{Quote|{{Muslim|20|4480}}|
It has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Samura who said:
It has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Samura who said:


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Commentaries by Islamic scholars:
Commentaries by (Sunni) Islamic scholars:
{{Quote|Ibn Hajar, Fathul-Bari, vol. 13, p.211|
{{Quote|Ibn Hajar, Fathul-Bari, vol. 13, p.211|
لم ألق أحدا يقطع في هذا الحديث يعني بشيء معين
لم ألق أحدا يقطع في هذا الحديث يعني بشيء معين
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I have researched for long to understand this hadith and referred to many references and made much enquiries about it, yet I did not meet anyone who could understand it.
I have researched for long to understand this hadith and referred to many references and made much enquiries about it, yet I did not meet anyone who could understand it.
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_caliphs Wikipedia: List of Caliphs]


====Rain which will destroy all dwellings except tents====
====Rain which will destroy all dwellings except tents====
This hadith is sahih:
{{Quote|Musnad Ahmad 7554 (sahih)|
{{Quote|Musnad Ahmad 7554 (sahih)|
حدثنا عبد الله حدثني أبي ثنا أبو كامل وعفان قالا ثنا حماد عن سهيل قال عفان في حديثه قال أنا سهيل بن أبي صالح عن أبيه عن أبي هريرة قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم : لا تقوم الساعة حتى يمطر الناس مطرا لا تكن منه بيوت المدر ولا تكن منه الا بيوت الشعر
حدثنا عبد الله حدثني أبي ثنا أبو كامل وعفان قالا ثنا حماد عن سهيل قال عفان في حديثه قال أنا سهيل بن أبي صالح عن أبيه عن أبي هريرة قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم : لا تقوم الساعة حتى يمطر الناس مطرا لا تكن منه بيوت المدر ولا تكن منه الا بيوت الشعر
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will destroy all dwellings except tents
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So people who dwell in fallout shelters, submarines, cosmic ships.. their dwellings will be demolished by the rain. But tents will be strong enough to handle that rain?
====Not living according to the sharia causes infighting between Muslims====
====Not living according to the sharia causes infighting between Muslims====
{{Quote|Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 5, Book of Tribulations, Hadith 4019|
{{Quote|Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 5, Book of Tribulations, Hadith 4019|
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It's the opposite. Muslim infighting is usually caused by groups who follow their interpretation of the sharia, accuse other Muslims of not living according to the sharia and takfeering them. Maybe Muslims would live in peace if they weren't so obsessed with the sharia and fighting other Muslims who don't live according to it.
As the Muslim community split into warring factions very quickly after the death of the prophet, this hadith is almost certainly another example of ''vaticinium ex eventu'' about events of the various Muslim civil war, fitnahs, revolts, and unrest from the 7th and 8th centuries.  


====12 thousand from Aden Abyan will make Islam victorious====
====12 thousand from Aden Abyan will make Islam victorious====
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Out of Aden-Abyan will come 12000, giving victory to the (religion of) Allah and His Messenger. They are the best between me and them.
Out of Aden-Abyan will come 12000, giving victory to the (religion of) Allah and His Messenger. They are the best between me and them.
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====Group of Muslims will remain victorious until Allah's order====
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|9|92|414}}|
Narrated Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A group of my follower swill remain predominant (victorious) till Allah's Order (the Hour) comes upon them while they are still predominant (victorious).
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====Ninety-nine dragons in infidel's grave until the Hour====
{{Quote|Mishkat al-Masabih 134 (Hasan according to Zubair Alizai, Daeef according to Albani)|
Abu Sa'id reported God’s messenger as saying, “Ninety-nine dragons will be given power over an infidel in his grave, and will bite and sting him till the last hour comes. If one of those dragons were to breathe over the earth, it would bring forth no green thing."
Darimi transmitted it, and Tirmidhi transmitted something similar, but he said seventy instead of ninety-nine.
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====Periods of fitnah====
{{Quote|Sunan Abi Dawud 4242 (sahih)|
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
When we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he talked about periods of trial (fitnahs), mentioning many of them.
When he mentioned the one when people should stay in their houses, some asked him: Messenger of Allah, what is the trial (fitnah) of staying at home?
He replied: It will be flight and plunder. Then will come a test which is pleasant. Its murkiness is due to the fact that it is produced by a man from the people of my house, who will assert that he belongs to me, whereas he does not, for my friends are only the God-fearing. Then the people will unite under a man who will be like a hip-bone on a rib. Then there will be the little black trial which will leave none of this community without giving him a slap, and when people say that it is finished, it will be extended. During it a man will be a believer in the morning and an infidel in the evening, so that the people will be in two camps: the camp of faith which will contain no hypocrisy, and the camp of hypocrisy which will contain no faith. When that happens, expect the Antichrist (Dajjal) that day or the next.
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====Inheritance is not distributed====
{{Quote|Sahih Muslim Book 41, Hadith 6927|
لاَ تَقُومُ حَتَّى لاَ يُقْسَمَ مِيرَاثٌ وَلاَ يُفْرَحَ بِغَنِيمَةٍ
..The Last Hour would not come until shares of '''inheritance are not distributed''' and there is no rejoicing over spoils of war...
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====People don't rejoice over spoils of war====
{{Quote|Sahih Muslim Book 41, Hadith 6927|
لاَ تَقُومُ حَتَّى لاَ يُقْسَمَ مِيرَاثٌ وَلاَ يُفْرَحَ بِغَنِيمَةٍ
..The Last Hour would not come until shares of inheritance are not distributed and '''there is no rejoicing over spoils of war'''...
}}
====Muslims will soon flee to mountains from persecution====
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|2|19}}|
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
“Soon the best property of a Muslim will be a flock of sheep he takes to the top of a mountain, or in the valleys of rainfall, fleeing with his religion from tribulations.”
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====All believers will go to Syria====
{{Quote|Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain 8461 (sahih)|
يأتي على الناس زمان لا يبقى فيه مؤمن إلا لحق بالشام
A time will come to people when no believer remains except that he came over to As-Sham
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====Extinction of the Quraysh tribe====
{{Quote|Musnad Ahmad 16/186 (sahih)|
أسرعُ قبائلِ العربِ فناءً قريشٌ ويوشكُ أن تمرَّ المرأةُ بالنعلِ فتقول إن هذا نعلُ قرشيُّ
The fastest Arab tribe in extinction is Quraysh. Soon a woman will pass by a sandal, then she will say that this is a sandal of a Qurashi.
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====Arabs will be exterminated and go to hell====
Hadith da'eef:
{{Quote|Sunan Ibn Majah  Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 3967 (da'eef) and others|
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:
{{Quote|Ibn Majah Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 263 (mawdu)|
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====
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|2|26|663}}|
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said "The people will continue performing the Hajj and `Umra to the Ka`ba even after the appearance of Gog and Magog." Narrated Shu`ba extra: The Hour (Day of Judgment) will not be established till the Hajj (to the Ka`ba) is abandoned.
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Apostasy among Muslims is rising. There might really be time in future where nobody is interested in repeating the word "Allah" and people focus on reality instead.
This one appears to be increasingly likely.


====Islam will be widespread====
====Islam will be widespread====
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Since Muhammad predicted both success and failure for his religion, they are not really prophecies, but stating the obvious. Everyone in the 7th century knew that there are these 2 options.
Muhammad's predictions about the future of the Muslim ummah appear to have ranged non-existence and annihilation to complete domination, perhaps based on his feelings at various times. Given this full spectrum of possibility, however, it is difficult to maintain that there is any substance to these predictions.


====The Quran will disappear overnight====
====The Quran will disappear overnight====
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The Quran will vanish in one night. No verse in the scripture or in the heart of anyone will be left behind.
The Quran will vanish in one night. No verse in the scripture or in the heart of anyone will be left behind.
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====Islam will wear out====
{{Quote|Sahih Ibn Majah 3289 (sahih) and others <ref>http://hdith.com/?s=%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%8C+%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A7+%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3+%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%A8</ref>|
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 wear out as embroidery on a garment wears out, until no one will know what fasting, prayer, (pilgrimage) rites and charity are. The Book of Allah will be taken away at night, and not one Verse of it will be left on earth. And there will be some people left, old men and old women, who will say: “We saw our fathers saying these words: ‘La ilaha illallah’ so we say them too.” Silah said to him: “What good will (saying): La ilaha illallah do them, when they do not know what fasting, prayer, (pilgrimage) rites and charity are?” Hudhaifah turned away from his. He repeated his question three times, and Hudhaifah turned away from him each time. Then he turned to him on the third time and said: “O Silah! It will save them from Hell,” three times.
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====Countries colonized by Muslims will stop paying them and Muslims will be poor again====
====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'''":
The hadith is in the chapter called "Making Endowments Of The Lands Of As-Sawad, And The Lands That Were Conquered By Force":
{{Quote|[https://sunnah.com/abudawud/20 Sunan Abi Dawud 3035 / In-book reference: Book 20, Hadith 108 / English translation: Book 19, Hadith 3029]|
{{Quote|[https://sunnah.com/abudawud/20 Sunan Abi Dawud 3035 / In-book reference: Book 20, Hadith 108 / English translation: Book 19, Hadith 3029]|
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.
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 a Yemenite Kaba====
====Buttocks of women of Daus are moving around the Yemenite Kaba====


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|9|88|232}}|
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|9|88|232}}|
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It was interpreted metaphorically as a rise of polytheism (which doesn't happen). And literally it cannot happen because the idol was destroyed and the people were killed :
It was interpreted metaphorically as a rise of polytheism because the idol was destroyed and the people were killed before it came true :
{{Quote|{{Muslim|31|6052}}|
{{Quote|{{Muslim|31|6052}}|
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:
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:
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* Circumbulating around Kaba in Yemen is shirk, idol-worship and sin, but circumbulating around Kaba in Mecca is tawheed and correct religion
====People commonly have sex in the streets, like donkeys====
{{Quote|Sahih Ibn Hibban 6/345 (sahih) and others <ref>http://hdith.com/?s=%D9%84%D9%8E%D8%A7+%D8%AA%D9%8E%D9%82%D9%8F%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8F+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%91%D9%8E%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8E%D8%A9%D9%8F+%D8%AD%D9%8E%D8%AA%D9%91%D9%8E%D9%89+%D9%8A%D9%8E%D8%AA%D9%8E%D8%B3%D9%8E%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8E%D8%AF%D9%8E+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%91%D9%8E%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8F+%D9%81%D9%90%D9%8A+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%91%D9%8F%D8%B1%D9%8F%D9%82%D9%90+%D8%AA%D9%8E%D8%B3%D9%8E%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8F%D8%AF%D9%8E+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%92%D8%AD%D9%8E%D9%85%D9%90%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%90</ref>|
لا تقومُ السَّاعةُ حتَّى يتسافدَ النَّاسُ في الطُّرقِ تسافُدَ الحميرِ
 
The Hour shall not commence until the people engage in sexual
intercourse in the streets just like donkeys.
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Public sex was already happening among ancient civilizations.<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201809/orgies-through-the-ages Orgies Through the Ages]</ref>


====Rise of polytheism====
====Rise of polytheism====
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..the Last Hour will not come before the tribes of my people attach themselves to the polytheists and tribes of my people worship idols..
..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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Polytheism is not rising.
Polytheism has become less popular with time.
 
====People will worship goddesses Lat and Uzza again====
The goddesses [[Lat]] and [[Uzza]] were worshiped by Arabs before the Islamic conquest of Arabia.
 
{{Quote|{{Muslim|41|6945}}|
'A'isha reported:
 
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: '''The (system) of night and day would not end until the people have taken to the worship of Lat and 'Uzza'''. I said: Allah's Messenger, I think when Allah has revealed this verse:" He it is Who has sent His Messenger with right guidance, and true religion, so that He may cause it to prevail upon all religions, though the polytheists are averse (to it)" (ix. 33), it implies that (this promise) is going to be fulfilled. Thereupon he (Allah's Apostle) said: It would happen as Allah would like. Then Allah would send the sweet fragrant air by which everyone who has even a mustard grain of faith in Him would die and those only would survive who would have no goodness in them. And they would revert to the religion of their forefathers.
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====All believers will be killed by a wind from Allah and only evil people (= non-Muslims) will survive====
{{Quote|{{Muslim|41|6945}}|
'A'isha reported:
 
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The (system) of night and day would not end until the people have taken to the worship of Lat and 'Uzza'. I said: Allah's Messenger, I think when Allah has revealed this verse:" He it is Who has sent His Messenger with right guidance, and true religion, so that He may cause it to prevail upon all religions, though the polytheists are averse (to it)" (ix. 33), it implies that (this promise) is going to be fulfilled. Thereupon he (Allah's Apostle) said: It would happen as Allah would like. '''Then Allah would send the sweet fragrant air by which everyone who has even a mustard grain of faith in Him would die''' and those only would survive who would have no goodness in them. And they would revert to the religion of their forefathers.
}}
 
====Killing neighbors and family members====
{{Quote|al-Adab al-Mufrad 118 (classified as "very good" by Albani)|
عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَقْتُلَ الرَّجُلُ جَارَهُ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَبَاهُ
 
The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The Hour will not be established until a man kills his neighbor, his brother, and his father.”
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====Abundance of deaths by lightning====
====Abundance of deaths by lightning====
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There will be an abundance of lightning with the coming of the Hour, until a man comes to a tribe asking: Who was struck today? Then they say: So and so
There will be an abundance of lightning with the coming of the Hour, until a man comes to a tribe asking: Who was struck today? Then they say: So and so
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This hadith could be also in the category of things that always happened, because although abundance of deaths is not happening, the pophecy is designed to make people think that "It's coming!" whenever someone is struck by lightning.
John Jensenius (a lightning specialist) said that the number of injuries and deaths caused by lightning is actually going down. <ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/are-lightning-strikes-becoming-more-common/</ref>
 
* John Jensenius (a lightning specialist) said that the number of injuries and deaths caused by lightning is actually going down. <ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/are-lightning-strikes-becoming-more-common/</ref>


====Luka bin Luka will be the happiest person====
====Luka bin Luka will be the happiest person====
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We don't have any information about a guy named Luka bin Luka being the happiest person in the world. Happiness is not even measurable, so the prophecy is unverifiable.
Scholars interpreted the name "Luka bin Luka" (لكع بن لكع) to mean "the most despicable/wicked/evil"<ref>https://www.islamweb.net/ar/fatwa/18510/%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%89-%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B9-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AB</ref> and "wickedness", rather than a specific person
 
Scholars interpreted the name "Luka bin Luka" (لكع بن لكع) "the most despicable/wicked/evil"<ref>https://www.islamweb.net/ar/fatwa/18510/%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%89-%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B9-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AB</ref> and "wickedness" is again not measurable.
 
It's not esablished that this prophecy was fullfilled.


====Wine, musical instruments and singing girls will turn Muslims into monkeys and pigs====
====Wine, musical instruments and singing girls will turn Muslims into monkeys and pigs====
{{Quote|Reference: Sunan Ibn Majah 4020, In-book reference: Book 36, Hadith 95, English translation: Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 4020|
{{Quote|Reference: Sunan Ibn Majah 4020, In-book reference: Book 36, Hadith 95, English translation: Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 4020|
لَيَشْرَبَنَّ نَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي الْخَمْرَ يُسَمُّونَهَا بِغَيْرِ اسْمِهَا يُعْزَفُ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ بِالْمَعَازِفِ وَالْمُغَنِّيَاتِ يَخْسِفُ اللَّهُ بِهِمُ الأَرْضَ وَيَجْعَلُ مِنْهُمُ الْقِرَدَةَ وَالْخَنَازِيرَ
It was narrated from Abu Malik Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
It was narrated from Abu Malik Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“People among my nation will drink wine, calling it by another name, and musical instruments will be played for them and singing girls (will sing for them). Allah will cause the earth to swallow them up, and will turn them into monkeys and pigs.”
“People among my nation will drink wine, calling it by another name, and musical instruments will be played for them and singing girls (will sing for them). Allah will cause the earth to swallow them up, and will turn them into monkeys and pigs.”
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Although some Muslims drank wine, used musical instruments and listened to singing girls, they were never turned into monkeys and pigs.


Muhammad himself listened to singing girls:
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.
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|2|15|72}}|
 
Muhammad himself listened to singing girls, perhaps he was in a better mood since it was the day of Eid:{{Quote|{{Bukhari|2|15|72}}|
Narrated Aisha:
Narrated Aisha:


Abu Bakr came to my house while two small Ansari girls were singing beside me the stories of the Ansar concerning the Day of Buath. And they were not singers. Abu Bakr said protestingly, "Musical instruments of Satan in the house of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) !" It happened on the `Id day and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O Abu Bakr! There is an `Id for every nation and this is our `Id."
Abu Bakr came to my house while two small Ansari girls were singing beside me the stories of the Ansar concerning the Day of Buath. And they were not singers. Abu Bakr said protestingly, "Musical instruments of Satan in the house of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) !" It happened on the `Id day and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O Abu Bakr! There is an `Id for every nation and this is our `Id."
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Wine and singing was already mentioned in pre-Islamic Arab poetry:
{{Quote|Dhu Jadan al-Himyari, Sirat Rasul Allah p. 19|
Peace, confound you! You can't turn me from my purpose
Thy scolding dries my spittle!
To '''the music of singers''' in times past 'twas fine
When we drank our fill of purest noblest wine.
'''Drinking freely of wine brings me no shame'''
If my behaviour no boon-companion would blame.
For death no man can hold back Though he drink the perfumed potions of the quack.
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====Milking, clothes and tank before the Hour====
{{Quote|Sahih Muslim 41:7054|
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
The Last Hour would come (so sudden) that a person would be milking the she- camel and the (milk) would not reach the brim of the vessel that the Last Hour would come, and the two persons would be engaged in buying and selling of the clothes and their bargain would not be struck before the Last Hour would come. And someone would be setting his tank in order and he would have hardly set it right when the Last Hour would come.
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====Allah will put pieces of the world on his fingers====
====Allah will put pieces of the world on his fingers====
Jewish man said to Muhammad and Muhammad agreed:
Muhammad agreed with this prophecy presented by a Jewish Scholar
{{Quote|Sahih Muslim Book 39, Hadith 6699|
{{Quote|Sahih Muslim Book 39, Hadith 6699|
Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported that a Jewish scholar came to Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) and said:
Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported that a Jewish scholar came to Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) and said:
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====Medina banishes its evils====
{{Quote|{{Muslim|7|3188}}|
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
A time will come for the people (of Medina) when a man will invite his cousin and any other near relation: Come (and settle) at (a place) where living is cheap, come to where there is plenty, but Medina will be better for them; would they know it! By Him in Whose Hand is my life, none amongst them would go out (of the city) with a dislike for it, but Allah would make his successor in it someone better than be. Behold. Medina is like furnace which eliminates from it the impurities. And '''the Last Hour will not come until Medina banishes its evils''' just as a furnace eliminates the impurities of iron.
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====Nobody will accept charity====
====Nobody will accept charity====
Apologists call it "When paying charity becomes a burden":
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|2|24|492}}|
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|2|24|492}}|
Narrated Haritha bin Wahab:
Narrated Haritha bin Wahab:


I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "O people! Give in charity as a time will come upon you when a person will wander about with his object of charity and will not find anybody to accept it, and one (who will be requested to take it) will say, "If you had brought it yesterday, would have taken it, but today I am not in need of it."
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "O people! Give in charity as a time will come upon you when a person will wander about with his object of charity and will not find anybody to accept it, and one (who will be requested to take it) will say, "If you had brought it yesterday, would have taken it, but today I am not in need of it."
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====Not paying zakat will cause a lack of rain====
{{Quote|Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 5, Book of Tribulations, Hadith 4019|
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.’”
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{{Quote|Sahih Muslim 7:6953/2909c|
{{Quote|Sahih Muslim 7:6953/2909c|
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying: It would be an Abyssinian having two small shanks who would destroy the House ol Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying: It would be an Abyssinian having two small shanks who would destroy the House ol Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.
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====Collapse, transformation and stoning from the sky====
{{Quote|{{Al Tirmidhi||4|31|2185}} sahih|حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا صَيْفِيُّ بْنُ رِبْعِيٍّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ يَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ خَسْفٌ وَمَسْخٌ وَقَذْفٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَهْلِكُ وَفِينَا الصَّالِحُونَ قَالَ ‏"‏ نَعَمْ إِذَا ظَهَرَ الْخَبَثُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَائِشَةَ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ ‏.‏ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ تَكَلَّمَ فِيهِ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ مِنْ قِبَلِ حِفْظِهِ ‏.‏
'Aishah narrated "The Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:
'In the end of this Ummah there will be a collapse, transformation, and Qadhf."' She said :"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Will they be destroyed while they are righteous among them?' He said: 'Yes, when evil is dominant."'
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It's just three vague words خَسْفٌ وَمَسْخٌ وَقَذْفٌ (khasf and maskh and qadhf). Tafsir:
{{Quote|Al-Munawi - Fayd al-Qadir|
3176 - (بين يدي الساعة مسخ) قلب الخلقة من شيء إلى شيء أو تحويل الصورة إلى أقبح منها أو مسخ القلوب (وخسف) أي غور في الأرض (وقذف) أي رمي بالحجارة من جهة السماء
maskh - transformation of creation from its shape to an uglier one
khasf - a depression in the Earth
qadhf - pelting with stones from the sky
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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).
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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{{Quote|Sahih Muslim 2894a|
{{Quote|{{Muslim|41|6918}}|
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).
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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Although Muhammad predicted in the 7th century that it will happen "soon", nothing happened.
No mountain of gold was found uncovered by the Euphrates soon thereafter, let alone an exceptionally deadly conflict over the ownership of such gold. There is a gold mine more than a kilometer from the Euphrates which is claimed to fulfil the prophecy (the Copler mine in Erzincan province, Turkey). This was neither uncovered by the Euphrates, nor is it a mountain, nor has there been a deadly scramble to possess it.
 
The hadith prophecy is simply one adapted from the well known Biblical apocalypse, [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016&version=NIV Revelation 16:12], "The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East." In Revelation, this occurs in the context of a series of bowls of wrath poured out in highly symbolic language. The meaning is very obviously not literal.


====Gender ratio will be 50 women to 1 men====
====Gender ratio will be 50 women to 1 men====
Notice that the hadith assumes patriarchy and that more women than men is mentioned among negative things which indicates that existence of more woman than men is evil:
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|3|81}}|
{{Quote|Vol. 1, Book 3, Hadith 81|
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.'''
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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There was never demographically a ratio of 50 women : 1 man.
====Knowledge will be sought from young people====
{{Quote|al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr 908 (sahih)|
عَنْ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ اللَّخْمِيِّ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ ثَ أَنْ يُلْتَمَسَ الْعِلْمَ عِنْدَ الْأَصَاغِرِ
 
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, among the signs of the Hour is that knowledge will be sought from the young.”
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====Seventy-three sects====
====Seventy-three sects====
{{Quote|Tirmidhi Vol. 5, Book 38, Hadith 2640 (hasan)|
{{Quote|Tirmidhi Vol. 5, Book 38, Hadith 2640 (hasan) {{Al Tirmidhi||5|38|2640}}|
Narrated Abu Hurairah:
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."
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's not clearly established that there are currently 73 sects.
* Counting sects is problematic/subjective because they overlap and further divide into sub-sects. Therefore the prediction is unverifiable.


====Emergence of Sufyani====
====Emergence of Sufyani====
This prophecy is daeef:
This hadith is da'eef:
{{Quote|al-Mustadrak 4/520 (da'eef)|
{{Quote|al-Mustadrak 4/520 (da'eef)|
يخرج رجل يقال له السفياني في عمق دمشق ، وعامة من يتبعه من كلب ، فيقتل حتى يبقر بطون النساء ويقتل الصبيان ، فتجمع لهم قيس فيقتلها حتى لا يمنع ذنب تلعة ، ويخرج رجل من أهل بيتي في الحرة فيبلغ السفياني فيبعث إليه جنداً من جنده فيهزمهم ، فيسير إليه السفياني بمن معه ، حتى إذا صار ببيداء من الأرض خسف بهم ، فلا ينجو منهم إلا المخبر عنهم
يخرج رجل يقال له السفياني في عمق دمشق ، وعامة من يتبعه من كلب ، فيقتل حتى يبقر بطون النساء ويقتل الصبيان ، فتجمع لهم قيس فيقتلها حتى لا يمنع ذنب تلعة ، ويخرج رجل من أهل بيتي في الحرة فيبلغ السفياني فيبعث إليه جنداً من جنده فيهزمهم ، فيسير إليه السفياني بمن معه ، حتى إذا صار ببيداء من الأرض خسف بهم ، فلا ينجو منهم إلا المخبر عنهم
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This prediction doesn't make sense, because if there are people in a mosque, then why can't they just chose one of them to lead the prayer? The rules are simple: Just chose the most knowledgeable:
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{{Quote|Sunan An-nasa'i Vol. 1, Book 10, Hadith 783, chapter "When people are together and are all of the same status"|
{{Quote|Sunan An-nasa'i Vol. 1, Book 10, Hadith 783, chapter "When people are together and are all of the same status"|
It was narrated from Abu Sa'eed that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
It was narrated from Abu Sa'eed that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
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And the prophecy was included in a chapter called "It Is Disliked To Refuse The Position Of Imam", so it might be an intentionally self-defeating prophecy. Signs of the Hour are usually bad things, so the lesson is that people should not be reluctant to lead prayers.
This prophecy was included in a chapter called "It Is Disliked To Refuse The Position Of Imam", and is perhaps best understood as a sort of moral exhortation to lead prayer when a prayer needs to be led.


====Dajjal nor plague will be able to enter Medina====
====Dajjal nor plague will be able to enter Medina====
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Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:
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."
"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."
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}}Medina, historically, has not proven to be especially or at all plague-proof. Moreover, during plagues, the Saudi government (and the caliphates, historically) had to close off access to Mecca and Medina to prevent the spread of disease.


====Jesus will break the cross, kill the pigs and abolish Jizyah====
====Jesus will break the cross, kill the pigs and abolish Jizyah====
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Gog and Magog are supposedly tribes on Earth blocked by a big wall and they will be unlocked at the end of times. There is supposedly so many of them that they will drink the lake of Tiberias (Sea of Galilee). Although the tribes supposedly have so many members, they were not found anywhere on Earth.
Gog and Magog are described in the hadith and Quran as tribes on Earth blocked by a big iron wall, erected by
[[Category:Dhul-Qarnayn|Dhul-Qarnayn]]
, that will be unlocked at the end of times. There are supposed to be so many of them that they will drink the entire lake of Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) dry.


====Gog and Magog will successfully dig through the wall====
====Gog and Magog will successfully dig through the wall====
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"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."
"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."
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We have the whole Earth mapped and there is no wall with Gog and Magog behind it.


====Muslims will use bows, arrows and shields of Gog and Magog as firewood for 7 years====
====Muslims will use bows, arrows and shields of Gog and Magog as firewood for 7 years====
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* Gog and Magog (which are nowehere to be found although we the whole Earth mapped) are so numerous that their bows, arrows and shields can be used for seven years as firewood.
==See also==
* Muhammad failed to predict modern technology and falsely thought that the technology of his time will be used until the end of times


===Predictions that came true===
*[[Quranic Prophecies]]
====Fire in Hijaz illuminates necks of camels in Busra====
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|9|88|234}}|
Narrated Abu Huraira:


Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The Hour will not be established till a fire will come out of the land of Hijaz, and it will throw light on the necks of the camels at Busra."
External:
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There was a lava eruption in Hijaz in the year 1256. According to Muslim historians, the light of it was seen in Busra (Syrian city) and it specifically illuminated the necks of camels.
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrat_Rahat Wikipedia Harrat Rahat]


==Predictions falsely ascribed to Muhammad by apologists==
*[https://www.marefa.org/%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85 List of Muhammad's prophecies] (Arabic)
===Buildings in Makkah higher than mountains===
*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Biblical_prophecies#Criteria_for_a_true_prophecy RationalWiki: Biblical prophecies, Criteria for a true prophecy] (could be analogically applied to Islamic prophecies)
This hadith is mawqoof (not from Muhammad):
*[https://detechter.com/15-ancient-hindu-predictions-that-have-come-true/#List_of_15_Ancient_Hindu_Prophecy_From_Bhagavata_Purana 15 Hindu predictions] - ''Comparing and contrasting Islamic prophecies with those of other religions' scriptures predictions is instructive''
{{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.”
}}
 
* [https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/247118/%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%AB%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9 Fatwa] (Arabic) says that since it's not from Muhammad, it shouldn't even be called a hadith
 
* After Muslims got rich by early Islamic conquests they could afford to build bigger buildings and it was easy to predict that the buildings would get bigger and bigger
 
==="People will treat a man with respect because they fear the evil he could do"===
The quoted source is "Tirmidhi" without hadith number. There is something similar in Tirmidhi, but it's not presented as a prediction of the future, but a description of what happens:
{{Quote|Tirmidhi 4:1:1996|
Aisha narrated:
"A man sought permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah while I was with him, so he said: 'What an evil son of his tribe, or brother of his tribe.' Then he admitted him and spoke with him. When he left, I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! You said what you said about him. Then you talked politely with him?' He said: 'O 'Aishah! Indeed among the evilest of people are those whom the people avoid, or who the people leave, fearing his filthy speech.'"
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===Naked thighs in markets===
This hadith is classified mawdoo' (fabricated). <ref>https://www.islamweb.net/ar/fatwa/321649/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AB-%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%82%D9%88%D9%85-%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7-</ref> Albani included it in his book سلسلة الأحاديث الضعيفة والموضوعة وأثرها السيئ في الأمة ("Series of weak hadiths which have negative effects in the Ummah"), but some Islamic apologists present it as if it was sahih from Muhammad. And it's actually mentioned as one of behaviors of Lot's people:
{{Quote|Series of weak hadiths which have negative effects in the Ummah, Al-Albani|
عشر من أخلاق قوم اللوط:..والمشي في الأسواق والأفخاذ بادية
 
Ten behaviors of Lot's people:.. and walking in markets and thighs are naked..
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There were uncovered thights already in Muhammad's time:
{{Quote|Abu Dawud Book 32, Hadith 4003|
Narrated Jarhad:
 
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat with us and my thigh was uncovered. He said: Do you not know that thigh is a private part ?
}}
 
Muhammad himself was exposing his thighs:
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|8|367}}|
Narrated `Abdul `Aziz:
 
Anas said, 'When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) invaded Khaibar, we offered the Fajr prayer there (early in the morning) when it was still dark. The Prophet (ﷺ) rode and Abu Talha rode too and I was riding behind Abu Talha. The Prophet (ﷺ) passed through the lane of Khaibar quickly and '''my knee was touching the thigh of the Prophet (ﷺ) . He uncovered his thigh''' and I saw the whiteness of '''the thigh of the Prophet'''.
}}
 
===Rain is hot (apologists say "acidic")===
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')|
..وَأَنْ يَكُونَ الْمَطَرُ قَيْظًا ..
..and that rain will be hot (قيظا)..
}}
 
It was also mentioned in Lane's lexicon:
{{Quote|Lane's lexicon on قَيْظٌ <ref>http://lexicon.quranic-research.net/data/21_q/239_qyZ.html</ref>|
لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ الوَلَدُ غَيْظًا والمَطَرُ قَيْظًا, a saying of Moḥammad, meaning [The resurrection, or the time thereof, will not come to pass until the birth of a child be an occasion of wrath, or rage, and] rain be accompanied by air like the قيظ [or '''most vehement heat of summer''']. (TA.)
}}
 
"Acidic" wasn't mentioned anywhere in the translation.
 
The word قيظ was also mentioned in a different hadith meaning "hot weather":
{{Quote|Musnad Ahmad Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 6 (Hasan)|
Rifa'ah bin Rafi' said:
I heard Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq say on the minbar of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) : I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, and Abu Bakr wept when he remembered the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , then he recovered and said. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, in this '''hot weather''' (القيظ) last year: `Ask Allah for forgiveness, well-being and certainty of faith in the Hereafter and in this world.”
}}
 
But apologists insist that the word قيظ means "acidic". In that case the weather in Muhammad's time was acidic.
===Child is filled with rage===
It's a part of the previous fabricated hadith.
{{Quote|al-Tabarani, Mu'jam al-Kabir 10/228 (mawdu')|
وإن من أعلام الساعة وأشراطها: أن يكون الولد غيظاً، وأن يكون المطر قيظاً
 
And from the signs of the Hour is that '''a boy will be enraged''' and that water will be hot
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And this was happening long before Islam.
 
* [https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/343078/ islamweb.net: Fatwa against this fabricated hadith] (English)
 
==See also==
* [[Quranic Prophecies]]
 
External:
* [https://detechter.com/15-ancient-hindu-predictions-that-have-come-true/#List_of_15_Ancient_Hindu_Prophecy_From_Bhagavata_Purana 15 Hindu predictions]


==References==
==References==


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