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Satanic signs of qiyâmah 1
"Upon
the appearance of Imam Mahdi, the major signs of qiyâmah
commence. Once the incident of his bay'ah
becomes known to everyone, the Muslim armies that were
based in Madinah will go to Makkah. All the pious
people of Syria, Iraq and Yemen will go to his
service. Many other Arab armies will rally around him.
Once this becomes known to all the Muslims, a person
from Khurâsân will come with a large army in order
to assist Imam Mahdi. The name of the person who will
be the leader of the front section of this army will
be Mansûr. On his way towards Imam Mahdi, he
will kill many kuffâr. The person whom we had
mentioned previously that he will be from the progeny
of Abû Sufyân and that he will be an enemy of the sayyids
- he will send an army to fight Imam Mahdi since Imam
Mahdi will also be a sayyid. Once this army
reaches a desert on the outskirts of Madinah, it will
rest at a mountain. Once this army reaches this
mountain, all the troops will sink into the ground.
Only two persons will survive. One of them will go and
inform Imam Mahdi of what transpired while the other
will go and inform the Sufyânî (the person from the
progeny of Abû Sufyân). The Christians from all
around will gather their troops and prepare to fight
the Muslims. This army will have 80 flags and there
will be 12 000 soldiers under each flag, thus
totalling 960 000.
Imam Mahdi will leave Makkah and go to Madinah where
he will visit the grave of Rasûlullâh sallallâhu
‘alayhi wa sallam. He will then depart for
Syria. Before he can reach Damascus, the Christian
army will confront him. Imam Mahdi's army will be
split into three groups. One group will flee from the
battlefield, one group will be martyred and the third
group will gain victory. This martyrdom and this
victory will take place as follows:
Imam Mahdi will prepare the army to fight the
Christians. Many Muslims will swear to each other that
they will not move from the battlefield until they
gain victory. In this way, many of them will be
martyred. A few of them will survive. Imam Mahdi will
take them and incorporate them into his army. The
following day the same thing will occur, i.e. many of
them will be martyred after having taken an oath while
a few will survive. This will also occur on the third
day. Eventually, on the fourth day these few survivors
will fight and Allah will grant them victory. After
this, the kuffâr will have no hope of
political leadership.
Imam Mahdi will commence re-organizing the country and
sending his armies all over. Once he accomplishes all
these tasks, he will go to invade Istanbul. When he
lands on the shores of Byzantine, he will take 70 000
people from the Banû Is'hâq. They will board
Imam Mahdi's ships and together with him, they will
make plans and strategies as to how they will conquer
Istanbul. When they reach the city's walls, they will
chant "Allâhu Akbar Allâhu Akbar"
in a loud voice. Through the barakah of this
voice, the city's walls will collapse, the Muslims
will enter the city and kill the kuffâr. They
will then administer the country with great justice.
About 6-7 years will elapse from the time that the
people had given the bay'ah to Imam Mahdi till
the time of this victory.
While Imam Mahdi is busy with the administration of
the country, a false rumour will spread that Dajjâl
has made his presence in Syria and that he is causing
strife in your (Imam Mahdi's) family. Upon hearing
this, Imam Mahdi will travel towards Syria. He will
send a few riders ahead of him so that they may be
able to establish the truth. One of them will return
and inform him that this rumour was false and that
Dajjâl has not made his appearance as yet. Imam Mahdi
will feel at ease upon hearing this. He will continue
his journey towards Syria, but will slacken his pace
and make several stops along the way inspecting the
administration of the country as he proceeds. He will
then reach Syria.
Within a short period of time, Dajjâl will make his
appearance. He will be from the Jews. He will first
make his appearance in Syria and Iraq and claim
prophethood. He will then proceed to Isfahan where 70
000 Jews will join him. He will then make claims of
divinity. He will travel through several countries
until he reaches Yemen. During the course of his
travels, many kuffâr will join him. Eventually
he will stop at a place near Makkah. However, because
of it being safeguarded by angels, he will not be able
to enter Makkah. He will then try to enter Madinah but
will not be able to do so because it will also be
guarded by angels.
Madinah will experience an earthquake three times. All
those who were weak and negligent in Dîn will
come out of Madinah out of fear for the earthquakes.
Once they come out, they will be trapped by Dajjâl.
There will be a pious man in Madinah who will debate
with Dajjâl. The latter will go into a rage and kill
this pious person and bring him to life again. Dajjâl
will ask him: "Now do you believe that I am
god?" He will reply: "Now I am more
convinced that you are Dajjâl." Dajjâl will try
to hit him but will be unable to do so, nor will he be
able to influence him in any way.
Dajjâl will then leave for Syria. When he will
approach Damascus, Imam Mahdi will already have been
there, making preparations for war. The time of ‘asr
will approach, the mu‘adhdhin will call
out the adhân and the people will be busy
making preparations for s. Suddenly, ‘Îsâ
‘alayhis salâm will descend from the heavens
with both his hands on the shoulders of two angels. He
will land on the eastern minârah of the jâme'
musjid. A ladder will be placed and he will come
down.
Imam Mahdi will want to hand over authority of all the
war preparations to him but he will tell him to keep
it with him and inform him that he (‘Îsâ ‘alayhis
salâm) has come specifically to kill Dajjâl. The
following morning, Imam Mahdi will get his troops
ready for battle. ‘Îsâ ‘alayhis salâm
will ask for a horse and a spear and advance towards
Dajjâl. The Muslims will attack Dajjâl's army and a
severe battle will ensue. ‘Îsâ's ‘alayhis
salâm breath will have this effect that it will
reach wherever his eyes can see. Any kâfir who
gets even a whiff of his breath will be destroyed
there and then. Upon seeing ‘Îsâ ‘alayhis
salâm, Dajjâl will flee. ‘Îsâ ‘alayhis
salâm will follow him until he will catch up with
him at a place called Bâb Lud and kill him with his
spear. The Muslims will begin killing Dajjâl's
troops.
‘Îsâ
‘alayhis salâm will then go from city to
city and console all those who were harmed by Dajjâl.
Through the bounty of Allah, there will be no kâfir
left behind. Imam Mahdi will then pass away and all
the affairs of the country will fall into the hands of
‘Îsâ ‘alayhis salâm. Thereafter, Yajûj
and Majûj will appear. Their place of domicile will
be in the extreme north where there is no civilization
and where the sea is completely frozen on account of
the extreme cold. In compliance with the order of
Allah, ‘Îsâ ‘alayhis salâm will take the
Muslims to Mount Tûr. Yajûj and Majûj will cause a
lot of turmoil. Eventually Allah will destroy them and
‘Îsâ ‘alayhis salâm will descend from
the mountain. After forty years, ‘Îsâ ‘alayhis
salâm will pass away and will be buried with
Rasûlullâh sallallâhu ‘alayhi wa sallam.
A person from Yemen from the tribe of Qah'tân
by the name of Jahjâh will take over the mantle of
leadership. He will rule with justice and
religiousness. Several rulers will come after him.
Gradually, good deeds will decline and evil will begin
to gain the upper hand.
At that time, a type of mist or smoke will envelop the
skies and thereafter descend onto the land whereby the
Muslims will catch a cold and the kuffâr will
fall unconscious. The skies will become clear after
forty days and the days of ‘îd al-ad'hâ
will fall soon thereafter. After the tenth (of Dhul
), a very long night will come. It will be so long
that travellers will become restless, children will
become tired and weary on account of sleeping too
much, and grazing animals will begin clamouring to go
to the fields to graze. However, dawn will not break.
Everyone will become restless out of fear and anxiety.
Once this night equals three nights, the sun will
appear very dimly from the western horizon. At that
particular time, no one's Imaan (accepting
Islam) or repentance will be accepted. Once the sun
reaches the position that it normally takes at
mid-day, it will begin returning to the west and it
will set as it normally does. Thereafter, it will
continue rising normally according to its normal
brightness.
A few days later, Mount Safâ, which is
situated in Makkah, will be destroyed by an
earthquake. From there, an animal of strange
appearance and shape will appear and begin conversing
with people. This animal will travel the entire earth
very swiftly. It will have the staff of Mûsâ ‘alayhis
salâm with which it will draw an illuminated line
across the foreheads of the believers. The result of
this will be that the believers' faces will become
illuminated. As for the kuffâr, it will stamp
them on their noses or necks with the ring of
Sulaymân ‘alayhis salâm whereby their faces
will become dark. Once this animal completes this
task, it will disappear.
Thereafter, a lovely breeze will blow from the south
whereby something will come out from the sides of the
believers and with which they will die. Once all the
Muslims die, the kuffâr will gain control of
the entire world. They will destroy the Ka'bah,
hajj will be ceased, the Quran will be
removed from the hearts and from paper. Fear of Allah
and one's natural modesty will be removed. There will
be no one to take the name of Allah. There will be a
lot of prosperity and abundance in Syria. People will
start heading towards Syria on camels, vehicles and on
foot. For those who will remain, a howling fire will
start and drive them towards Syria. The wisdom behind
this is that on the day of resurrection, all the
creation will be gathered in this country. Thereafter
this fire will disappear.
At that time, the world will progress tremendously.
Three to four years will pass in this way when all of
a sudden, on the morning of a Friday on the 10th of Muharram,
when all the people will be preoccupied in their work,
the trumpet will be blown. initially, the sound will
be soft. Gradually it will get louder until everyone
will die out of panic and horror. The land and the
skies will be blown into smithereens and the entire
universe will be destroyed. The time span from the
rising of the sun from the west till the blowing of
the trumpet will be 120 years. After this, the day of
resurrection will commence.”
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