I don`t really know what would happen before the day of judgement..
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Assalam-u-alikum
I
don`t really know what would happen before the day of judgement.. Can u mail me
a brief discription on it.. I have little heard that total there are 12 signs
before qayamat.. 7 are small and 5 are big.. I had also heard that small 7
alamats are over.. Am i right ??? I am not sure of it... So please can u mail
me about the science before the day of judgement.. Plzz try to mail me.. Thank
you .... Reply me as soon as possible .........
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Signs of hour doj
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 31 Surah
Luqmaan verse 34:
34 Verily the Knowledge of the Hour is with
Allah (Alone).
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah
Aaraaf verse 187:
187 They ask thee about the (Final) Hour! When will be its appointed
time? Say: "The Knowledge thereof is with my Lord (Alone): none but He can
reveal as to when it will occur. Heavy is
its burden through the heavens and the earth!
Only all of a sudden will it come to you. They ask thee as if thou wert
eager in search thereof! Say: "The Knowledge
thereof is with Allah (Alone), but most men know not."
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah
Ahzaab verse 63:
63 Men ask thee concerning the Hour! Say "The Knowledge thereof is
with Allah (Alone)": and what will make thee understand? Perchance the
Hour is nigh!
Dear and beloved Sister in Islam, the exact time and
knowledge of the occurrence of the Final Hour or Day of Judgment is known to
absolutely none, except Allah Subhanah.
There are numerous authentic narrations from the Messenger
of Allah (saws) which describe the ‘signs’ or ‘portents’ which will approach
before the establishment of the Hour…..some amongst them which are general in
nature are termed ‘minor’, and the ones which are more specific are termed as
‘major’ Signs of the Hour.
Amongst the ‘minor’ Signs of the Hour are:
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 9.185 Narrated by Abu Musa
The Prophet (saws) said, "Near the Establishment
of the Hour there will be days during which (religious) knowledge will be taken
away (vanish), general ignorance will be wide-spread, and there will be ‘Al-Harj’
(killing) in abundance.’
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 2.146 Narrated by Abu Huraira
The Prophet (saws) said, "The Hour (Last
Day) will not be established until (religious) knowledge will be taken away (by
the death of religious learned men), earthquakes will be very frequent, time
will pass quickly, afflictions will appear, murders will increase, and money
will overflow amongst you."
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 9.421 Narrated by Abu Huraira
The Prophet (saws) said, "The Hour will
not be established till my followers copy the deeds of the previous nations and
follow them very closely, span by span, and cubit by cubit." It was asked,
"O Allah's Messenger (saws)! Do you mean by those (nations) the Persians
(polytheists) and the Byzantines (Christians)?" The Prophet (saws) said,
"Who can it be other than they?"
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 9.237 Narrated by Abu Huraira
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "The Hour
will not be established (1) till two big groups fight each other whereupon
there will be a great number of casualties on both sides and they will be
following one and the same religious doctrine, (2) till about thirty Dajjals
(liars) appear, and each one of them will claim that he is a Prophet, (3) till
the religious knowledge is taken away (by the death of religious scholars) (4)
earthquakes will increase in number (5) time will pass quickly, (6) afflictions
will appear, (7) ‘Al-Harj’ (i.e., killing) will increase, (8) till wealth will
be in abundance--so abundant that a wealthy person will worry lest nobody
should accept his ‘Zakat’, and whenever he will present it to someone, that
person (to whom it will be offered) will say, 'I am not in need of it,' (9)
till the people compete with one another in constructing high buildings, (10)
till a man when passing by a grave of someone will say, 'Would that I were in
his place,' (11) and till the sun rises from the West.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 1.56 Narrated by Abu Huraira
While the Prophet (saws) was saying something
in a gathering, a Bedouin came and asked him, "When would the Hour take
place?" Allah's Messenger (saws)
replied: "When honesty is lost, then wait for the Hour." The Bedouin asked,
"How will that be lost?" The Prophet (saws) said, "When power or
authority comes in the hands of persons without merit, then wait for the Hour."
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 1.47 Narrated by Abu Huraira
Amongst the descriptions of the portents of
the Hour, the Messenger of Allah (saws) said are:
‘1. When
a slave (lady) gives birth to her master.
2. When
the shepherds of black camels start boasting and competing with others in the
construction of higher buildings.’
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 9.231 Narrated by Abu Huraira
The Prophet (saws) said: "The Hour will
not be established till a man passes by a grave of somebody and says, 'Would
that I were in his place.' "
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 5448 Narrated by Anas ibn Malik
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "The Last
Hour will not come before time contracts, a year being like a month, a month
like a week, a week like a day, a day like an hour, and an hour like the
kindling of a fire!"
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.503 Narrated by Abu Huraira
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "When
honesty is lost, then wait for the Hour." It was asked, "How will
honesty be lost, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "When authority is
given to those who do not deserve it, then wait for the Hour."
Anas reports that
the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: "The Hour will not come to pass until
the people will vie with each other in (building) the mosques, but very few
will attend (the mosques)."
Related by Ahmad,
Abu Dawud, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, Ibn Hibban, and Ibn Khuzaimah.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.800A Narrated by Anas
I heard the Prophet (saws) saying, "From
among the portents of the Hour is that the religious knowledge will be taken
away (by the death of religious Scholars) and general ignorance (of religion)
will appear; and the drinking of alcoholic drinks will be very common, and
(open) illegal sexual intercourse will prevail, and men will decrease in number
while women will increase so much so that, for fifty women there will only be
one man to look after them."
Amongst the ‘major’ Signs of the Hour are:
Sahih Muslim Hadith 6931 Narrated by Hudhayfah ibn Usayd Ghifari
Allah's Messenger (saws) came to us all of a
sudden as we were (busy in a discussion) and asked: ‘What do you discuss about?’
(The Companions) said: ‘We are discussing about the Last Hour, O Messenger of
Allah (saws)” Thereupon the Prophet (saws) said: ‘It will not come until you
see ten signs before and (in this connection) he (saws) made a mention of (1) the
smoke, (2) (advent of the )Dajjal, (3) the (emergence of the) Beast, (4) the
rising of the sun from the west, (5) the descent of Isa (a.s.), son of Mary, (6)
The (emergence of the tribes of) Gog and Magog, and (7) landslides in three
places, one in the east, one in the west and one in Arabia at the end of which
a fire would burn forth from the Yemen, and would drive people to the place of
their assembly.’
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 4.401 Narrated by Auf bin
The Prophet (saws) 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 Christians) who will betray you and attack you under eighty flags. Under
each flag will be twelve thousand soldiers.’
Beloved Sister, the truth of the matter is that the Hour
or Day of Judgment will be established when Allah Subhanah Decrees it to be
established, and Allah Subhanah Alone Knows how near or how far that exact time
is! But what one must know for sure and
with absolute conviction is that when one’s last breath goes in and does not
come out, without an iota of a doubt, their ‘Hour’ will definitely be
established!!!!
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.518 Narrated by Aisha
Some Bedouins (desert Arabs) used to visit
the Prophet (saws) and ask him, "When will the Hour be established?"
He (saws) would look at the youngest of all of them and say, "If this (ie.
the youngest one) should live till he is very old, ‘your Hour’ (the death of
the people addressed) will take place!"
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan