Prophecy
is the history of possible futures, passing like movie
previews through the minds of seers who may feel either
blessed or cursed by their visions. Westerners have been
saturated for two millenia with Judaeo-Christian visions
of apocalypse, to the exclusion of any consideration for
other opinions such as those of the Moslems.
Islam has produced many prophecies concerning the end of
this cycle of civilization. Some of them obviously
derive from Biblical sources, while others are quite
original and intriguing warnings of Fitnah (Tribulation)
and Qiyamah (Judgment Day). |
Signs of Qiyamah ~
The Holy Prophet Mohammed (peace be on him: pboh) made this general
prophecy about the present state of affairs, recorded in the Mudkhal
by Ibn-al-Hajj:
"The Holy Prophet (pboh)
said, "Prayers will be neglected, carnal desires will be
pursued, transgressors will become leaders, it will not be
possible to distinguish the faithful from the false, telling
lies will become desirable, payment of Zakah will be taken as a
burden, the believer will be deemed the most disgraceful and he
will be pained at seeing evils all around and his heart will
melt as salt in water but he will not be able to say anything.
Rain will do no good; it will fall out of season. Males will
commit adultery with males, and females with females. Women will
dominate. The offspring will disobey their parents, friend will
treat his friend badly, sins will be taken lightly. Mosques will
have external decorations and beauty and there will be
worshippers too but there will be hypocrisy and mutual enmity in
their hearts. Then will appear a people from the West who will
dominate the weak among my people. People will produce copies of
the Holy Quran in letters of gold but will not act upon it. The
Quran will be recited in a melodious way. Usury will become
rampant. Human blood will have no value, religion will have no
helpers. Singing women will be on the increase. The rich will
perform the Hajjas as a pastime, the people of the middle class
will do so to conduct business and the poor to beg for charity."
In the Shama’il of
Timirdi, the Prophet Mohammed (pboh) again predicted the wealth and
decadence of the modern world:
"The best of the
generations is my generation, then those who follow them, then
those who follow them, then after them will come a people who
will praise themselves in abundance of wealth and love and
plumpness..."
"When the booty is taken in turn, property given in trust is
treated as spoil, Zakah is looked on as a fine, learning is
acquired for other than a religious purpose, a man obeys his
wife and is unfilial toward his mother, brings his friend near
and drives his father far off, voices are raised in the mosques,
the most wicked member of a people becomes its leader, a man is
honored through fear of the evil he may do, singing girls and
stringed instruments make their appearance, wines are drunk, and
the last members of this people curse the first ones, look at
that time for a violent wind, an earthquake, metamorphosis,
pelting rain, and signs following one another like bits of a
necklace falling one after the other when its string is cut."
Timirdi
also recorded this narration by ’Imran ibn Husayn:
"The Prophet (pboh)
said: ’Some people of this Ummah will be swallowed up by the
earth, some will be transformed into animals, and some will be
bombarded with stones.’ One of the Muslims asked, ’When will
that be, O Messenger of Allah?’ He said, ’When singers and
musical instruments will become popular, and much wine will be
drunk.’"
Similarly, according to
Ahmad, Abd Allah ibn Amr said:
"I heard the Prophet
say, If you see my Ummah fearing a tyrant so much that they dare
not tell him that he is a tyrant, then there will be no hope for
them. The Prophet said, Among my Ummah, some will be swallowed
up by the earth, some bombarded with stones, and some
transformed into animals."
Huzafa narrates that
Mohammed (pboh) said:
"Qiyamah will not
come till you see ten signs, which are: Smoke which spreads
throughout the East and West for forty days; Dajjal; Da’aba, a
four-legged beast of the length of 60 yards. He will have the
stick of Musa [Moses] and ring of Sulaiman [Solomon]. In running
he will have no equal. He will strike Mu’min with Musa’s stick
and will mark the word Mu’min on his face and similarly put the
stamp of Kafr [Star of David] on the face of the Kafr; Rising of
the sun from the West; Descent of Isa ibn Maryam [Jesus]; Juj
and Majuj [Gog and Magog]; Sinking of the earth at three places,
East, West, and Arabian Gulf; Fire which will emanate from one
side of Aden and drive the people to Hasr.
"These events also are said to be inevitable: The Kaaba will be
burned down, after which Dajjal will abide on earth. Then Allah
(sallallahu alayhe wa sallam: saws) will send Isa, who will look
upon the Dajjal and kill him. Then the people will live for
seven years with no rancor at all. Then Allah (subhanahu wa
taala: swt) will send a cold wind from the side of Syria that
will remove all the believers from the earth, leaving only the
wicked. Then Satan will come to them in human form and ask them,
’Why don’t you respond?’ And they will ask him what orders he
has for them, and he will command them to worship idols, and
they will have an abundance of wealth. Finally, the trumpet will
be blown. Then Allah (swt) will send rain like dew, and bodies
of people will grow from it, then the trumpet will be blown
again and they will stand up and begin to look around. Then it
will be said, ’O people, go to your Lord, and make them stand
there’. Then we will be questioned. Then it will be said, ’Bring
out a group for the 999 out of 1000 for the Hell-Fire’. This
will be the day that will make the children old because of its
terror."
The sinking of the earth
in three places also has been interpreted as the defeat of armies.
Abdullah ibn Amr reiterates Huzafa:
"Allah’s Messenger (pboh)
said: The Dajjal will appear in my Ummah and he will stay for
forty --- I cannot say whether he meant forty days, forty months
or forty years. Allah will then send Isa ibn Maryam, who will
resemble Urwah ibn Mas’ud. He will chase Dajjal and kill him.
Then people will live for seven years, during which time there
will be no rancour between any two persons. After that Allah
will send a cold wind from the direction of Syria. None will
survive on Earth, having a speck of good in him or faith in him:
he will die. Even if some among you were to enter the innermost
part of the mountain, this wind would reach that place also and
cause your death. I heard Allah’s Apostle (pboh) as saying: Only
the wicked people will survive and they will be as careless as
birds with the characteristics of beasts. They will never
appreciate good nor condemn evil. Then Satan will come to them,
in human form, and would say: Don’t you respond? They will say:
What do you order us to do?
He will command them
to worship the idols but, in spite of this, they will have an
abundance of sustenance and lead comfortable lives. Then the
trumpet will be blown and he who hears it will bend his neck to
one side and raise it from the other side. The first one to hear
that trumpet will be the person who is busy in setting right the
cistern meant for supplying water to the camels. He will faint
and the other people will also faint. Then Allah will send or He
will cause to be sent rain which will be like dew and there will
grow out of it the bodies of people. Then the second trumpet
will be blown and they will stand up and begin to look around.
Then it will be said: O people, go to your Lord. They will be
made to stand there and they will be questioned. Then it will be
said: Bring out a group for the Hell-Fire. It will be asked: How
much? It will be said: Nine hundred and ninety-nine out of one
thousand for the Hell-Fire. That will be the day that will make
the children old because of its terror and that will be the day
about which it has been said: "On the day when the shank will be
uncovered".
(Hadith 7023)
Hudhayfah ibn Usayd
Ghifari says likewise:
"Allah’s Apostle (pboh)
came to us all of a sudden as we were in a discussion. He said:
What do you discuss about? The Companions said: We are
discussing about the Last Hour. Thereupon he said: It will not
come until you see ten signs before, and he made a mention of
the smoke, Dajjal, the rising of the sun from the West, the
descent of Jesus ibn Maryam (Allah be pleased with him), Juj and
Majuj, and landslides in three places, one in the east, one in
the west, and one in Arabia at the end of which fire would burn
forth from Yemen, and would drive people to the place of their
assembly [judgment]."
(Hadith 6931)
Similarly, a narration
by Abu Hurayrah states:
"Allah’s Apostle (pboh)
said: Hasten to do good deeds before six things happen: the
rising of the sun from the west, the smoke, the Dajjal, the
beast, and the death of one of you, or the general turmoil."
(Sahih Muslim,
Hadith 7039)
According to Hadhrat Abu
Musa Ash’ari, the sage Rasulullah made these comments about life
today:
"Qiyamah will come
when: it will be regarded as a shame to act on Quranic
injunctions; untrustworthy people will be regarded as
trustworthy and the trustworthy will be regarded as
untrustworthy; it will be hot in winter and cold in summer; the
length of days will be stretched; a journey of a few days will
be covered in a few hours; orators and lecturers will lie
openly; people will dispute over petty issues; women with
children will be displeased on account of them bearing
offspring, and barren women remain happy on account of having no
responsibility of offspring; oppression, jealousy, and greed
will become the order of the day; people will blatantly follow
their passions and whims; lies will prevail over truth;
violence, bloodshed and anarchy will become common; shameless
immorality is perpetrated publicly; the offspring will become a
cause of grief and anger for their parents; legislation of
matters pertaining to the Deen will be handed over to the worst
elements of the Ummat, and if people accept them and are
satisfied with their findings, then such persons will not smell
the fragrance of Jannat."
When Hadhrat Abdullah
Ibn Mas’ood asked Rasulullah about the Signs of Qiyamah, he was
told:
"Music and musical
instruments will be found in every home. People will indulge in
homosexuality. There will be an abundance of illegitimate
children. There will be an abundance of critics, tale-carriers,
back-biters and taunters in society. People will establish ties
with strangers and sever relations with their near and dear
ones. Hypocrites will be in control of the affairs of the
community and evil, immoral people will be at the helm of
businesses. The Masjid will be decorated, but the hearts of
people will be devoid of guidance. The courtyards of Masjids
will be built beautifully and high pulpits will be erected.
Various wines will be consumed in excess."
Auf bin Malik also
consulted about Qiyamah with Rasulullah, who said:
"Count six things
before the advent of Qiyamah: (1) my death; (2) the conquest of
Jerusalem; (3) mass deaths among you people, just as when sheep
die in large numbers during an epidemic; (4) abundance of wealth
to such an extent that if a person were to be given a hundred
dinars he will still not be satisfied; (5) general anarchy and
bloodshed, that no Arab household will be spared from it; (6)
then a life of peace as a result of a peace agreement between
you and the Banil Asfaar [Romans, Christians] which they will
break and attack you with a force consisting of eighty flags and
under each flag will be an army of 12,000 men."
The Moslems have several
specific prophecies that pit them against Jews and Christians till
the bitter, exhausted end. The return of the Jews to Israel, the
current situation in the Mideast, and the probable future was
predicted quite explicitly in the Quran:
"And We said
thereafter to the Children of Israel, dwell securely in the
land, But when the second of the warnings come to pass We shall
bring you a crowd, gathered out of various nations." (Quran
17:104)
"And they shall incur the wrath of Allah, and humiliation will
be made to cling to them. This is because they disbelieved in
the message of Allah, and killed the Prophets of Allah. This is
because they disobeyed and exceeded the limits." (Quran 3:111)
"And with those who say: We are Christians, We made a covenant,
but they neglected a portion of that whereof they were reminded.
So we allowed to stir up enmity and hatred among them to the Day
of resurrection. And Allah will soon let them know the
consequences of what they do." (Quran 5:14)
"There is not a town but We will destroy it before the Day of
Resurrection or chastise it with a severe chastisement." (Quran
17: 58)
"On that day We shall let some of them surge against the others,
and the trumpet will be blown. Then We shall gather them all
together. And We shall bring forth hell, exposed to view, on
that day before the misbelievers." (Quran 18: 99, 100)
In Chapter "Fitnah" of
Mishkah al Masabih, the Prophet Mohammed (pboh) says:
"The last hour will
not come before the Muslims fight the Jews and the Muslims kill
them, so that Jews will hide behind stones and trees and the
stone and the tree will say, "O Muslim, O servant of God! There
is a Jew behind me; come and kill him." The only exception will
be the box thorn; for it is one of the trees of the Jews."
One of the many signs of
Qiyamah, the Moslem tribulation, includes a prophecy transmitted by
Abu Nadhrah about Iraq and Syria that was fulfilled by America’s
mercenary Gulf War I and the occupation of Iraq by US carpetbaggers
in 2003:
"We were sitting in
the company of Jabir bin Abdullah when he said: Soon the people
of Iraq will neither receive any food nor any money. We asked:
Why would such a thing happen? He replied: Because of the
non-Arabs. Soon the people of Shaam (Syria) will neither receive
any money nor grain. We asked as to why this would happen. He
replied: Because of the Romans [Europeans/Christians]."
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Dajjal ~
Moslems also have expectations of an antichrist; they call him
al-Masih
al-Dajjal ("Messiah-Liar"). He will deify Christ and pervert the
words of the true Messiah. He will appear towards the end of this
civilization. The location is variously given as the Jewish quarter
of Isfahan, or in Khurasan, in al-Kufah, or between Shaam and Iraq.
Mohammed (pboh) warned of him in Chapter "Fitnah" of
Mishkah-al-Masabih:
"Abdullah, son of
Umar, says that the Messenger of Allah stood up among the
people, and when he had extolled Allah in a fitting manner he
mentioned the Dajjal and said: I warn you of him, and there is
no Prophet who has not warned his people. Noah warned his
people. You must know that he is one-eyed, whereas Allah is not
one-eyed and behold that Dajjal is blind of the right eye and
his eye would be like a floating grape."
Mughirah ibn Shu’bah
said:
"None else had asked
more questions from Allah’s Messenger (pboh) about the Dajjal
than I, but he simply said: My son, why are you worried because
of him? He will not harm you. I said: The people think that he
would have with him rivers of water and mountains of bread,
whereupon he siad: He would be more insignificant in the sight
of Allah than all these things." (Hadith 5352)
An-Nawwas ibn Sam’an,
one of the disciples of Mohammed, gave this account of Dajjal given
by the Prophet:
"Allah’s Apostle
(saws) mentioned the Dajjal one day in the morning. He sometimes
described him as insignificant and sometimes described him as
very significant, as if he were nearby in the date-palm trees.
When we went to him in the evening and he read our faces, he
said: What is the matter with you? We said: Allah’s Apostle
(saws), you mentioned the Dajjal this morning as insignificant
and sometimes very important, until we began to think he was
present in the date-palm trees.
"So he said: I harbor fear in regard to you in so many other
things besides the Dajjal. If he comes forth while I am among
you, I shall contend with him on your behalf, but if he comes
forth while I am not among you, a man must contend on his own
behalf and Allah will take care of every Muslim on my behalf
(and safeguard him against his evil). He will be a young man
with twisted, cropped hair, and a blind eye. I compare him with
Abdul Uzza ibn Qatan. He who among you will survive to see him
should recite over him the opening verses of Surah al-Kahf
(xviii). He will appear on the way between Syria and Iraq and
will spread mischief right and left...
"We said: Allah’s Apostle (saws), how long will he stay on
Earth?
"He said: For forty days, one day like a year, one day like a
month, one day like a week, and the rest of the days will be
like your days.
"We said: Allah’s Apostle (saws) will one day’s prayer suffice
for the prayers of the day equal to one year?
"Thereupon he said: No, but you must make an estimate of the
time (and then observe prayer).
"We said: Allah’s apostle (saws) how quickly will he walk upon
the earth?
"Thereupon he said: Like cloud driven by the wind. He will come
to the people and invite them (to a wrong religion); they will
affirm their faith in him and respond to him. He will then give
a command to the sky: there will be rainfall upon the Earth and
it will grow crops. Then in the evening, their pasturing animals
will come to them with their humps very high, their udders full
of milk and their flanks distended. He will then come to another
people and invite them. But they will reject him so he will go
away from them; they will have a drought and nothing will be
left with them in the form of wealth.
"He will then walk through the desert and say to it: Bring forth
your treasures. The treasures will come out and gather before
him like a swarm of bees. He will then call someone in the flush
of youth, strike him with the sword, cut him into two pieces. He
will then call and the young man will come forward laughing with
his face gleaming."
According to Abu Huraira,
Mohammed (pboh) once said:
"May I not inform
you about the Dajjal what no Apostle of Allah narrated to his
people? He would be blind and he would bring along with him an
image of Paradise and Hell-fire and I warn you as Nuh [Noah]
warned his people."
Hudhaifa bin Yaman
reported that Mohammed (saws) said:
"Dajjal is blind of the left
eye, with thick hair and there would be a garden and fire with him
and his fire would be a garden and his garden would be fire."
Uqba bin Amr Abu Mas’ud al-Ansari went to Hudhaifa bin Yaman and
said to him:
"Narrate what you
have heard from the Prophet (saws) pertaining to the Dajjal.
"He said that the Dajjal would appear and there would be along
with him water and fire and what the people would see as water
that would be fire and that would burn and what would appear as
fire that would be water and any one of you who would see that
should plunge in that which he sees as fire for it would be
sweet, pure water."
Ubadah bin Saamit said
this of Dajjal:
"Maseeh Dajjal will be
short, and his legs will be crooked. The hair on his head will be
extremely twisted. He will have one eye with which he can see, while
his other eye will be totally flat. It will neither be deep in its
socket nor protruding."
Al-Bukhari adds this
detail:
"When Dajjal appears, his complexion will be white and
his right eye will be blind, while the left eye will shine like
a bright star." (Book 77:68-92)
In Moslem symbology, a
man’s right side is heaven and the left side is hell. Accordingly, Dajjal will be a Caucasian who is spiritually blind, yet illuminated
with hell-fire. He will possess all things that would appear
pleasant to him and his followers, but which will be repulsive to
Believers.
Ahmad mentions another sign of Dajjal’s appearance:
"On his forehead
will be written "Kafr" [the letters "Kaa", "Faa", and "Raa",
Disbeliever]. Every Muslim will be able to read this whether
literate or illiterate." Anas bin Malik reported the same
detail, spoken by the Prophet (pboh). (Musnad 2: 223)
Moslem prophecy lists
many signs of the times that are repeated in different contexts in
Islamic literature, which makes them difficult to compile in
chronological order. Before Dajjal appears, there will be three
years of drought. In the first year, the sky will withhold one-third
of its water; in the second year, two-thirds, and in the third year,
there will be no rain. All animals will die. When Dajjal appears, he
will be followed by 70,000 Yahudis (Jews) from Isfahan (present-day
Iran) wearing silk clothing, or wearing Persian shawls (according to
Hadith 7034), and carrying double-edged swords.
At that time the earth will collapse into sinkholes in various
places: one in the east, one in the west, and one in Hejaz, Saudi
Arabia. A fog will cover the earth for 40 days, during which time
the non-believers will lay unconscious, while Moslems will suffer
from a cold-like illness. The fog will be followed by three days of
darkness. This will occur during the month of Zil-Hajj after
Eidul-Adha. Then the sun will rise in the west. After this event, it
will be too late to repent. A cold wind will kill all Moslem
believers, leaving only the infidels alive to witness the Last Hour.
When the angel Israfil blows his trumpet, the resurrection will
begin.
Dajjal is described in detail in Kanz al-Ummal (7:1998-2104). His
"white ass" with 30-yard long ears may well be a description of an
airplane. The comment that "His voice will be so loud that the whole
world will hear him" probably refers to his use of radio and tv
broadcasts:
"And he will cure
the blind and the lepers and will revive the dead... The sea
will be ankle-deep for him. Underneath him will be a white ass.
The length of each one of its ears will be 30 yards, and his one
step will be the distance of a day’s journey. The enemy of Allah
will make his appearance and with him will be an army of Jews
and various kinds of men and women...
"The Holy Prophet Mohammed (pboh) said: There is no trial or
tribulation greater than that of Dajjal since the creation of
man up to coming of the Day of Resurrection...
"The last to follow him will be the women and illegitimate
children...
"When Dajjal appears, the women will assume the appearance of
men, and the men will assume the appearance of women. When
Dajjal appears, there will be no part of the world left which he
will not dominate, except the cities of Mecca and Medina.
"Whoever hears about Dajjal should keep way from him. By Allah!
One will come to come to him and will think that he is a
believer, but he will follow him on account of the doubts that
he will raise in his mind.
"There will be some people accompanying Dajjal, who will say: We
keep him company. Although we know that he is an unbeliever, we
still keep his company so that we may eat his food.
"His voice will be so loud that the whole world will hear him
when he speaks.
"Dajjal will travel the entire world and request the Earth to
surrender its treasures, which it will willingly do.
"He will claim himself to be Allah, and whoever has a weak faith
and accepts him, Dajjal will put him into his heaven; but
whoever has a strong faith in Allah and rejects Dajjal will be
put into his hell fire. However, those who go into his heaven
will find that Allah has turned it into hell, and those who go
into his hell will find that Allah has turned it into heaven.
"All these things Dajjal will do and dominate the entire world
in 40 days, from the largest country to the smallest island; and
his first day will be the length of one year, but the days will
gradually decline into a normal day."
Mishkah al-Masabih
contains a similar prophecy of distorted time:
"Asma, daughter of
Yazid, son of al-Sakan reported the Prophet as saying: Dajjal
will remain in the earth for 40 years, a year being like a
month, a month like a week, a week being like a day, a day like
the time it takes to burn a palm branch."
These prophecies closely
resemble the Tiburtine Sibyll’s oracle (ca. 500 AD) of time
compression that will occur at the end this age:
"The years will be
shortened like months, the months like weeks, the weeks like
days, the days like hours, and an hour like a moment."
This effect could be
caused by the passage of a wandering black hole-star near or through
our solar system. Elsewhere, it is stated that Dajjal will remain on
Earth for 40 days, during which time the first day will be one year,
the second day will equal one month, the third day will last one
week, and the fourth day on will be "normal". This equals 14 months.
Chapter "Fitnah" in Mishkah al-Masabih includes the following
prophecy about Dajjal:
"We said, O
Messenger of Allah, how swift will he travel on the Earth? He
said: As the cloud is carried in the wind, He, Dajjal, will be
jumping about between the Heavens and the Earth. He will then
give command to the sky and it will give rain to the Earth, and
it will produce crops. So the world’s treasures will follow him
as the bees follow their queen. Allah will give Dajjal the
natural power of material knowledge, and the liberty to exercise
that power in any way he wills, even to resurrect the dead.
"Dajjal will come riding on an ass which will cross great
distances very quickly. [Airplanes]. Dajjal will be blind in his
right eye, and the left eye will shine like a star. His skin
will be white. Dajjal will have so much power that he will be
able to carry Heaven and Hell upon his shoulders. Dajjal will be
accompanied by beautiful women and spirits and bastard children
and other kinds of people --- including an army of Jews. He will
have music and singing unlike any ever heard before, and whoever
hears it will follow it.
"When Dajjal appears and he cannot bring the whole world under
his power and machinations and false beliefs, the Christian
nations will stand up with 80 banners or flags in an effort to
make peace in the world. But they will, in fact, betray the
world and bring ultimate destruction to the entire human race."
Rasulullah said:
"Dajjal will come
but it will be prohibited and impossible for him to enter
Medina. He will set up camp in a barren land outside Medina.
There will be three tremors. At that time, all the disbelievers
and hypocrites will flee. In this way Medina will be purified of
all evil hypocrites. One person who will be the best of persons
will confront him by saying: I bear witness that you are the
very Dajjal about whom Raulullah has informed us. Dajjal will
say to his followers: If I kill this person and then revive him
will you people still doubt me? They will answer: No. He will
then kill this person and revive him. This person will say: I am
totally convinced more than ever that you definitely are Dajjal.
He will attempt to kill this person again but his efforts will
now be in vain."
Abu Hurayrah quotes
Mohammed (pboh) concerning Dajjal, thus:
"Allah’s Messenger (pboh)
said: Dajjal will come from the eastern side with the intention
of attacking Medina until he will get down behind Uhud. Then the
angels will turn his face towards Syria and there he will
perish." (Hadith 3187)
Sahih al-Bukhariquotes
this narration by Anas bin Malik:
"The Prophet said:
As-Dajjal will come and encamp at a place close to Medina and
then Medina will shake thrice, whereupon every Kafr [unbeliever]
and hypocrite will go out towards him."
al-Bukharioffers a
Hadith, narrated by Abdullah bin Umar, wherein Mohammed (pboh) says:
"While I was
sleeping, I saw myself in a dream performing Tawaf around the
Ka’aba. Behold, I saw a reddish-white man with lank hair, and
water was dropping from his dead. I asked, ’Who is this?’ They
replied: ’The son of Mary’. Then I turned my face to see another
man with a huge body, red complexion and curly hair and blind in
one eye. His other eye look like a grape protruding out. They
said: ’He is Ad-Dajjal’. The man he resembled most is Ibn Qatan,
a man from the tribe of Khuza’a."
Sahih Muslim states:
"Allah’s Apostle (pboh)
said: You have heard of the city, one side of which is inclined
and the other is on the coast [Constantinople]. They said, Yes,
Allah’s Apostle (pboh). Thereupon he said: The Last Hour will
not come until 70,000 people from Banu Isra’il attack it. When
they land there, they will neither fight with weapons nor shower
arrows but will only say: ’There is no god but Allah and Allah
is the Greatest’,and one side of it will fall. Thawr [one of the
narrators] said: I think that he said: The area on the coast.
Then they will say for the second time ’’There is no god but
Allah and Allah is the Greatest’, and the other side will fall.
They will say: ’There is no god but Allah and Allah is the
Greatest’, and the gates will be opened for them and they will
enter. They will be collecting spoils of war and distributing
them among themselves when a noise will be heard and it will be
said: Verily, the Dajjal has come. Thus they will leave
everything there and turn to fight him."
(Hadith 6979)
Sahih Muslim also gives
this account by Abu Hurayrah:
"Allah’s Apostle (pboh)
said: The Last Hour will not come until the Romans land at al-Amiq
or in Dabiq. An army consisting of the best soldiers of the
people on Earth at that time will come from Medina to oppose
them. When they arrange themselves in ranks, the Romans will
say: Do not stand between us and those Muslims who took
prisoners from among us. Let us fight them. The Muslims will
say: Nay, by Allah, we shall never turn aside from you and from
our brethren so that you may fight them. They will then fight
and a third of the army, whom Allah will never forgive, will run
away. A third, which will be constituted of excellent martyrs in
Allah’s eyes, would be killed. The third who will never be put
on trial will win and they will be the conquerors of
Constantinople. As they are busy in distributing the spoils of
war after hanging their swords by the olive trees, Satan will
cry: The Dajjal has taken your place among your families. They
will then come out, but it will be of no avail. When they reach
Syria, he will come out while they are still preparing
themselves for battle, drawing up the ranks. Certainly, the time
of prayer will come and then Isa ibn Maryam (pboh) will descend
and lead them in prayer. When the enemy of Allah sees him, it
will disappear just as salt dissolves in water, and if Isa were
not to confront them at all, even then it would dissolve
completely. Allah would kill them by his hand and he would show
them their blood on Isa’s lance."
(Hadith 6924)
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