1. Tearing down all
philosophical systems that deny Allah's Existence and support atheism.
2. Fighting superstition
by freeing Islam from the yoke of those hypocritical individuals who have
corrupted it, and then revealing and implementing true Islamic morality based on
the rules of the Qur'an.
3. Strengthening the
entire Islamic world, both politically and socially, and then bringing about
peace, security and well-being in addition to solving societal problems.
According to many hadiths,
Prophet 'Isa (as) will return to Earth at the same time, and will call upon all
Christians and Jews, in particular, to abandon their current superstitions and
to live by the Qur'an. As the Christians harken to him, the Islamic and
Christian worlds will come together in one faith, and the world will experience
that period of great peace, security, happiness, and well-being known as the
Golden Age.
Signs of the Mahdi's emergence
Pervasive corruption
While a corrupt
environment enables believers with strong faith to increase their faith and
patience, and their rewards in the Hereafter, it leads those with weak and
superficial faith to lose their faith or weaken it further. The Mahdi will come
when the existing corrupt environment is extremely intense and severe.
The Mahdi, one of my
children, comes into being, by the blessing of Allah, upon the approach of the
Day of Judgment and the weakening of the hearts of the faithful because of
death, hunger, and the disappearance of the sunnah, and the emergence of
innovations and the loss of means by which to enjoin the right and forbidding
the wrong. His justice and prosperity will ease the hearts of the faithful, and
friendship and love will settle between the non-Arab and Arab nations. (Al-Muttaqi
al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 66)
Disorder, corruption, and
fear will emerge in the West... Corruption will proliferate. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah
Qurtubi)
A kind of corruption will
surface, from which no party will be able to protect itself, and spread
immediately to every direction. This situation will persist until one comes and
says: 'O people, from now on your leader is the Mahdi.' (Ibn Hajar Haytahami,
Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi'alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 23)
The hadiths speak of a
corruption that will touch everybody and spread quickly. In other words, a
certain type of corruption that is known to everybody and opposes religion and
Allah will target the people's faith. Today, materialist philosophy is the
largest and most comprehensive trend designed to deny Allah's Existence and
creation. Underlying this philosophy is the 'theory of evolution,' which
provides it with a self-proclaimed 'scientific' basis. Even though it is not
based on any scientific and logical evidence, certain materialist circles
throughout the world continue to work for its acceptance by using methods
associated with strong propaganda, deceit, and even fraud.
Today, as this theory has
penetrated almost every household by means of both the press and television,
almost everyone in the Muslim world and everywhere else has heard of it. This
theory is first presented as fact when people are children by means of countless
lies and deceit. As they grow older, they continue to be misled by such funny
nonsense that they, and humanity as a whole, came into being merely as a result
of coincidences and that they descended from monkeys. Youths of all age are
brainwashed at all stages of their education by evolutionist lies.
There is a noteworthy
point here. As our Prophet (saas) noted in one of his hadiths, corruption's
global pervasiveness and rapid spread can materialize only when suitable
technological means are available, as they are today (e.g., the press,
publications, broadcasting, the Internet, and satellite communication). As the
relevant technology did not exist in the past, corruption could not spread
throughout the world. As a result, no other worldwide corruption that had
declared war against Allah's Existence, creation, and religion was seen in the
past. All of these are among the important signs that the Mahdi's advent
coincides with the present time.
Religious prohibitions gaining acceptance
The prevailing lifestyle
of our own time, which has spread so widely in the last several decades and
makes no distinction between what religion prohibits and allows, while
tolerating all kinds of debauchery, reflects the environment depicted in the
hadiths. Several hadiths describe this dark environment, the harbinger of the
Mahdi's emergence, as follows:
The Mahdi will not emerge
unless disbelief invades everywhere and is openly committed in the public. What
rules in such times is the invasion by disbelief... That is its power. (Mektubat-i
Rabbani, 2:259)
The Mahdi will emerge
following the instance of such vile corruption (fitnah) whereby all of the
prohibitions are regarded as lawful. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar
fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 23)
Iran-Iraq War
There will be tumult in
Shawwal (the tenth Islamic month), talks of war in Dhul-Qa`dah (the eleventh
Islamic month), and the outbreak of war in Dhul-Hijjah (the twelfth month). (Allamah
Muhaqqiq Ash-Sharif Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rasul, Al-Isaatu li Asrat'is-saat, p.
166)
The three months referred
to in this hadith coincide with the months during which the Iran-Iraq war
developed. The first uprising against the Shah took place on 5 Shawwal 1398 (8
September 1976), as indicated by the hadith, and a full-blown war broke out
between Iran and Iraq in Dhu'l-Hijjah 1400 (October 1980).
Another hadith describes
the details of this war as follows:
A nation/tribe will come
from the Farsi direction, saying: 'You Arabs! You have been too zealous! If you
don't give them their due rights, nobody will have an alliance with you... It
must be given to them one day and to you the following day, and mutual promises
must be kept...' They will be going up Mutekh; Muslims will be coming down to
the plain... Mushrikun (idolaters) will be standing over there on the bank of a
black river (Rakabeh) on the other side. There will be a war between them. Allah
will deprive both armies of a victory... (Al Barzeenji, Signs of the Judgment
Day, p. 179)
- Those coming from the
Farsi direction: those coming from the Iranian side
- Farsi: Iran, Iranian
- Coming down to the
plain: Plain, Iranian Plain
- Mutekh: Name of a
mountain in the region
- Rakabeh: Region where
the oil wells are concentrated
This hadith draws
attention to the outbreak of a racial dispute that would cause both sides to
come down to the plain (Iranian Plain) and wage war. Further, as noted by the
hadith, the Iran-Iraq war lasted for 8 years and, despite the many thousands of
casualties, neither side could claim victory or a decisive superiority.
The Occupation of Afghanistan
Pity poor Taliqan (a
region in Afghanistan) that at that place are treasures of Allah, but these are
not of gold and silver but consist of people who have recognised Allah as they
should have. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman,
p.59)
There is an indication
that Afghanistan will be occupied during the Last Days. The Russian invasion of
Afghanistan took place in 1979 (1400, according to the Islamic calendar). In
addition, this hadith draws attention to Afghanistan's material riches. Today,
large oil deposits, iron basins, and coal mines that have not been commercially
exploited yet have been detected there.
Stopping the flow of the Euphrates
river
Stopping and interrupting
the flow of the Euphrates river is just one sign of the Mahdi's emergence.
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. (Bukhari)
It (the Euphrates) will
uncover a mountain of gold (under it). (Abu Dawud)
Many respected books of
hadith mention both of these events. Al-Suyuti mentions this hadith as 'the
stopping of water.' Actually, the Keban Dam has stopped the flow of this river's
water. The surrounding land has become as valuable as gold for various reasons,
such as electricity production and higher soil fertility through the irrigation
and transport facilities that the dam has made possible. The dam resembles a
concrete mountain, and wealth as valuable as gold comes out of it. Therefore,
the dam takes on the properties of 'the golden mountain' (Allah knows best).
Eclipse of the moon and sun in
Ramadan
There are two signs for
the Mahdi... The first one is the lunar eclipse in the first night of Ramadan,
and the second is the solar eclipse in the middle of this month.
(Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar
fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 47)
There will be two solar
eclipses in Ramadan before the Mahdi's advent. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah Qurtubi)
... The solar eclipse in
the middle of the month, and the lunar eclipse at the end... (Al-Muttaqi
al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 37)
It has reached me that
before the Mahdi emerges the moon will be eclipsed twice in Ramadan. (Related by
Abu Nu'aym in al-Fitan)
The most striking point
here is that it is impossible for there to be two solar as well as two lunar
eclipses within one month. Such things cannot occur under ordinary conditions.
However, most signs of the End Times are incidents that the human mind can grasp
and realize, depending on certain reasons.
If these incidents are
examined carefully, some differences become apparent. The best thing to do in
such a situation is to locate the areas of agreement. Theses are the following:
There will be solar and lunar eclipses during Ramadan, these will be spaced
about 14-15 days apart, and the eclipses will be repeated twice.
In line with these
calculations, there was a lunar eclipse in 1981 (Hijri 1401) on the 15th day of
Ramadan, and a solar eclipse on the 29th day of the month. There was a
"second" lunar eclipse in 1982 (Hijri 1402) on the 14th day of
Ramadan, and a solar eclipse on the 28th day of the month.
It is also particularly
significant that in that particular instance, there was a full lunar eclipse in
the middle of Ramadan, a most striking prophecy.
The occurrence of these
incidents during the same period coinciding with the signs of the Mahdi's
emergence, and their miraculous recurrence at the onset of the fourteenth
Islamic century for two consecutive years (1401-02) makes it possible for these
events to be the signs foretold by the hadiths.
The rise of a comet
A star with a luminous
tail will rise from the East before the Mahdi emerges. (Ka'b al-Ahbar)
A comet will be appearing
in the East, giving out illumination before he arrives. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami,
Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 53)
The rise of that star will
occur after the eclipse of the Sun and the Moon.
(Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi
Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 32)
As referred to by the
hadiths,
In 1986 (1406), Halley's
comet passed by Earth. The comet is a bright, shining star that travels from
East to West. This happened after the lunar and solar eclipses of 1981 and 1982
(1401-1402).
The concurrence of this
star's rise with other signs of the Mahdi's emergence indicates that Halley's
comet is the star pointed to in the hadith.
Storming the Ka`ba and the
subsequent bloodshed
People will perform hajj
together and gather without an Imam. The Hajjis will be looted and there will be
a battle at Mina in which many will be slain and blood will flow until it runs
over the Jamra al-'Aqaba. (Jamra: a stone pillar, which represents Satan, that
is stoned during the pilgrimage.) (Reported by 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, al-Hakim and
Nu'aym ibn Hammad)
People make pilgrimage
without an imam leading them. Big wars break out when they come down to Mina,
and they are entwined just the way dogs entwine, and tribes attack on each
other. This strife is so widespread that legs are buried in lakes of blood. (Al-Muttaqi
al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 35)
The phrase 'the year in
which he will emerge' draws attention to a massacre that will occur on the date
of the Mahdi's emergence. In 1979, a massacre very like this one occured during
the Ka'ba raid, which took place during the pilgrimage month. It is very
interesting that this raid occured at the very beginning of the period during
which the signs of Mahdi's advent appeared, that is, the first day of the
Islamic year 1400 (21 November 1979).
The hadiths also mention
bloodshed and massacres. The killing of 30 people during the clashes between
Saudi soldiers and attacking militants during the raid confirms the rest of this
hadith.
Seven years later, an even
bloodier incident happened during the pilgrimage. In this incident, 402
demonstrating pilgrims were killed, and vast amounts of blood was shed. Both the
Saudi soldiers and the Iranian pilgrims committed great sins, for they killed
one another. These bloody incidents have great parallels to the environment
described in the hadith.
There come the cries of
war in (the month of) Shawwal with the outbreak of war, massacre, and carnage in
(the month of) Dhu'l-Hijja. The pilgrims are plundered in this month, the
streets cannot be crossed because of the blood shed, and religious prohibitions
are violated. Big sins are committed near the Magnificient House (the Ka`ba).
(Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 37)
This hadith draws
attention to the incidents that will occur near the Ka`ba. The incidents during
1407 actually took place near the Ka`ba, and not inside it, unlike the event of
1400. Both incidents happened just the hadiths indicated that they would.
Sighting a flare in the East
In its section on the
signs of the Mahdi's emergence, the book Ikdiddurer states: 'The emergence of a
big flare which is seen in the East up on the sky for three nights. Sighting of
an extraordinary redness, not as red as the usual color of the dawn, and its
spread over the horizon. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi
Akhir al-zaman, p. 32)
A big flame will occur in
the East for 3 or 7 days in a row, followed by darkness in the sky and a brand
new redness unlike the usual color of red spreading over the sky. A proclamation
will be heard in a language Earth can understand. (Allamah Muhaqqiq Ash-Sharif
Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rasul, Al-Isaatu li Asrat'is-saat, p. 166)
I swear that a flame will
engulf you. That flame is presently in an extinguished state at the valley
called Berehut. That flame swallows up people with terrible pain inside it,
burns down and destroys people and property, and spreads all over the world by
flying like a cloud with the assistance of winds. Its heat at night is much
higher than its daytime temperature. By going as deep as the center of Earth
from the heads of people, that flame becomes a terrible noise just like the
lightning between the earth and sky, he narrated.
(Mukhtasar Tazkirah Qurtubi)
A brief explanation of
this flame, a sign of the Mahdi's advent, is as follows:
In July 1991, after Iraq's
invasion of Kuwait, a huge fire spread through Kuwait and the Persian Gulf after
the Iraqis fired Kuwait's oil wells.
In addition, the first
part of the hadith says that the flame 'is in an extinguished state.' Given that
the flame is the result of burning an inflammable substance, what waits in an
extinguished state is not the flame itself but the material to be burnt by the
flame.
In this context, this
means underground oil. Berehut is the name of a well—an oil well. When the
time comes, oil extracted from these wells will become a fire ready to be
burned.
A sign out of the Sun
He (the Mahdi) will not
come unless a sign emerges out of the Sun. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar
fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 47)
The Mahdi will not emerge
unless the Sun rises as a sign. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi
Akhir al-zaman, p. 33)
The large explosions
detected on the Sun during the twentieth century may well be this sign.
Also, the August 11, 1999
solar eclipse was the last of the century. It was the first time that so many
people had been able to watch and study an eclipse for so long.
The Rebuilding of Ruined Places
The rebuilding of the
ruined places in the world, and the ruination of constructed places are signs
and portents of Doomsday. (Ismail Mutlu, Kıyamet Alametleri, (Signs of the
Last Day), Mutlu Publications, Istanbul, 1999, p.138)
Various hadiths reveal that the
Qur'an
refers
to the Mahdi
The Mahdi will rule Earth,
just like Dhu'l-Qarnayn and Sulayman. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar
fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 29)
The Companions of the Cave
(Ahl al-Kahf) will be the Mahdi's helpers. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi
Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 59)
The number of the Mahdi's
helpers will be as many as those who crossed the river with Talut. (Al-Muttaqi
al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 57)”
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