All Around US Practice Quiz 2

Abu Hurayrah (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “Hasten with good deeds before six: the sun rising from the West, the Smoke, the Dajjāl, the Beast, your own death, and the Day of Judgement.” - Muslim

Abu Hurayrah (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “Once three events occur, it will not benefit any person to gain or increase in their īmān; the sun rising from the West, the Dajjāl and the beast of the earth.” - Muslim

A particular text showing a sign or trial to come does not necessitate that it is evil or wrong.

• Example: The dreams of believers coming true.

Abu Hurayrah (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “Islam began as strange, and it will return just as it began; strange, so glad tidings to the strangers.” - Muslim

The Muslims are numerous, but only a few who truly understand what Islām is. Those who follow the religion of Allāh may feel a sense of not belonging, out of place, not fitting in, and, in other words, of being strange.

These signs will take place as and when Allāh decrees and are not something which can be initiated by us.

Example: A group of people appointing a person they consider to be the Mahdī.

“…and whosoever disbelieves in Allāh, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, and the Last Day, then indeed he has strayed far away.” - An-Nisā’ 4:136

Belief in the last day is often paired with belief in Allāh: “Whoever believes in Allāh and the Last Day…” Belief in the Last Day is one of the six pillars of īmān.

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr ibn Al-’As (r.a.) reported Allāh’s Messenger (s.a.w.) as saying: “Verily, Allāh does not take away knowledge by snatching it from the people but He takes away knowledge by taking away the scholars, so that when He leaves no learned person, people turn to the ignorant as their leaders; then they are asked to deliver religious verdicts and they deliver them without knowledge, they go astray, and lead others astray.” - Bukhari & Muslim

Allāh will not erase knowledge in one night, but through the death of scholars.

Revelation stopped... Companions and scholars died... Knowledge decreases... Ignorance increases... Trial increases....

The Dajjal will stay for 40 days.

1 day = 1 year. 1 day = 1 month. 1 day = 1 week. The remaining days = normal

‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “Indeed, before the Hour comes there will be… increase of literacy.” - Ahmad

Ḥafṣah bint ‘Umar (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “He [i.e Dajjāl] will emerge due to extreme anger he will feel.” - Muslim

Abu Hurayrah (r.a.) narrated, “The Prophet (s.a.w.) said, ‘By the One whose Hand has my soul, the Hour will not be established until… the wu’ūl are destroyed and the taḥūt appear.’ He was asked concerning them and replied, ‘The wu’ūl are the nobility and the taḥūt are those who downtrodden.’” - Abu Nu‘aym in Al-Ḥilyah

Scholars gave several definitions regarding the closeness of time:

(Literal)Time Passes By More Quickly. Day and night is still 24 hours but it is a shorter 24 hours. Allah has the power to expand it or make it narrow.

Lack Of Blessing In Time - People achieve less in the same amount of time. Less focus, less discpline, more distractions.

Faster Mode Of Communication & Transportation - For example: email vs letter, car vs camel.

Shorter Lifespan - Nūḥ (a.s.) lived for more than 950 years. In modern time, most people do not survive past 100 years.

Anas ibn Mālik (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “The days and nights will not stop until the most prosperous person in this world is Luka’ b. Luka’.” - Tabarani

Luka’ b. Luka’

Generic term for a type of people: Most Lowly, the son of Most Lowly

It refers to someone who was a nobody who becomes the most prosperous person, but not through inheritance.

‘Umar (r.a.) narrated in the famous ḥadīth of Jibrīl that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said concerning the signs of the Hour, “…that the slave girl will give her birth to her master.” - Muslim

The scholars gave a few interpretations of this hadīth.

Many Slavery - That a slave gave birth to her master's son, and thus the son is also her master.

Lost Of Morality - That a slave girl gave birth and later she was sold to another master and another master(s), until she became under the possession of her own child.

Lost Of Respect Towards Parents - That the children would be disobedient to the parents, especially the mothers, to extent that it becomes like a slave and master relationship.

Thawbān (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “Two groups of people I guarantee their protection from the Fire; the group that conquers India and the group that fights alongside Jesus the son of Mary.” - Ahmad

During The Caliphate of ‘Umar (r.a.)

‘Umar (r.a.) only sent traders to India. He did not sent any army. The message of Islām was spread by the traders’ good manners and honesty in conducting business.

During The Umayyad Dynasty

Governor Al-Hajjāj ibn Yūsuf sent an army lead by Muhammad Ibn Qāsim to India in 92H. India was conquered and became a Muslim territory all through the Umayyad Dynasty and the subsequent Abbasid Dynasty.

`Uthmān ibn Madh'un (r.a.) said: “The Prophet (s.a.w.) said, ‘This one is the lock upon the fitnah (sedition and trials),’ and he indicated ‘Umar (r.a.) with his hand. ‘There will remain a door strongly locked between you and the fitnah as long as this one lives among you.’” - Al-Bazzar

Abu Dardā’ (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “The remaining Muslims on the day of trial will be in Ghawṭah, besides a city named Damascus; from the best cities of Shām.” - Ahmad

The Mahdi will be the one to rule with fairness and justice for seven years.

Abu Hurayrah (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet said: ".... `Isa will remain for forty years and then will die, and Muslims will offer the funeral prayer for him.)" - Muslim

When Something Is Incomprehensible To Us from the Signs of the Hour we..

BELIEVE in all of the unseen. KNOW that everything which takes place is from the decree of Allāh. DON'T DENY any of those signs. DON'T MISINTERPRET those signs as a result of our own lack of understanding. OUR RESPONSIBILITY is to have īmān in them.

It is not our responsibility to explain the signs of the Hour or make complete sense of them.

The Battle Of Siffīn A.k.a. the Battle of the Camel

When?
36 AH

Who?
Between the armies of ‘Ali (r.a.) and Mu’āwiyah (r.a.)

Where?
Ṣiffīn, near the bank of the Euphrates river in Syria

Ḥudhayfah ibn Usayd Al-Ghifāri (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “It will not be established until there are ten signs…a khasf in the East, a khasf in the West and a khasf in the Arabian Peninsula…” - Muslim

What Is A Khasf?

Similar to a sinkhole. The earth opens up and closes again.

There have been similar incidents over time, but the three khasfs being referred to here will be unprecedented.

A khasf has been mentioned in the Qur’ān in other contexts, such as the punishment given to Qārūn.

“And We caused the earth to swallow him and his home. And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allāh , nor was he of those who [could] defend themselves.” - Al-Qaṣaṣ, 28:81

When the Prophet (s.a.w.) recited verse 31 of Sūrah AtTawbah: “They took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allāh”, ‘Adi ibn Ḥātim commented, “They did not worship them.” The Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “Yes they did. They (rabbis and monks) prohibited the allowed for them (Christians and Jews) and allowed the prohibited, and they obeyed them. This is how they worshipped them. - Aḥmad, Tirmidhī, Aṭ-Ṭabari

Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “If there was only a day remaining from this world, then Allāh would prolong that day so that a man from me or my family can come, he will bear my name and his father will bear the name of my father.” Abu Dawud & Tirmidhi

He will be from the lineage of the Prophet (s.a.w.), from the line of Fāṭimah through Ḥasan

He will emerge from the East, and his initial supporters will also be from the East. When he arrives Makkah, the people will give him the pledge of allegiance. However, he will never call the people to pledge their allegiance to him.

He will rule with fairness and justice for seven years. ‘Īsā (a.s.) will pray behind him as an honor reserved for the ummah of the Prophet (s.a.w.)

When ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Abbās (r.a.) went to speak to the Khawārij, ‘Ali (r.a.) advised him not to go as he feared for Ibn ‘Abbās’ life as the Khawārij were ignorant people. The Khawārij gave 3 reasons
to Abdullāh ibn ‘Abbās (r.a.) for their rebellion:

1. ‘Ali (r.a.) use people as judges and for ruling instead of Allāh’s rule. To which he answered... Allāh (s.w.t.) told us to refer to people to make judgement based upon the Qur’ān. For example in Sūrah An-Nisā’ 4: 35: “And if you fear dissension between the two, send an arbitrator from his people and an arbitrator from her people. If they both desire reconciliation, Allāh will cause it between them. Indeed, Allāh is ever Knowing and Acquainted[with all things].”

2. They did not take any war booty from Mu‘āwiyah (r.a.). To which he answered.. Who would take ‘Ā’ishah (r.a.), who was in Mu‘awiyah’s camp, as a spoil of war?

3. ‘Ali (r.a.) removed the title Amīrul Mu’minīn when signing the reconciliation pact; thus, he is no longer the leader. To which he answered... The act of removing the title of was the same as when the Prophet (s.a.w.) deleted his title of “Messenger of Allāh” and replacing it with his name during the treaty of Ḥudaybiyyah.

Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “…then Allāh will send a cool breeze from the direction of Shām, and no one who has a grain of faith or good in their hearts will be left upon the earth, and even if one of you were to enter into the heart of a mountain, the breeze would follow him and take his soul.” - Muslim

Allāh will send a cool breeze from Syria. This will happen right towards the end of time, after some major signs have passed.

‘Imrān ibn Ḥuṣayn (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “Whosoever recites the Qur’ān, then let him ask Allāh with it, for indeed there will come a people who will recite the Qur’ān and ask the people with it.” - Ahmad

Getting paid to recite or teach the Qur’ān is permissible. What is wrong is when money becomes the primary goal instead of contemplating on the verses and applying the lessons of the Qur’ān.

Abu Hurayrah (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “Hasten with actions before the arrival of trials like the pitch blackness of the night. A person will awake a believer and will be a disbeliever by evening, and another will be a believer by evening but will be a disbeliever by morning; one of them will sell their religion for a worldly need.” - Bukhari


Many Muslims nowadays are born into a Muslim family but are only Muslims culturally. Worship has become just a physical act, and its spiritual component is lost.

Nūḥ said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss. And they conspired an immense conspiracy. And said, “Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwā‘ or Yaghūth or Ya'ūq or Nasr.” - Nūḥ 71: 21-23

From the time of Ādam (a.s.) until 10 generations after, there was no shirk. The first act of shirk was committed by the people of Nūḥ (a.s.).

Wadd, Suwā', Yaghūth, Ya'ūq and Nasr were five righteous man. After their death, Iblīs told the people to make idols in honor of them.

Generations later, Iblīs deceived the people saying that the forefathers used to worship the statues and they were granted rain. Thus, the people started worship the statues.

After the death of ‘Ali (r.a.), Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali (r.a.) became the caliph. He then gave up the caliphate to Mu‘awiyah (r.a.) to preserve unity among the Muslims.

Abu Bakrah (r.a.) narrated that once the Prophet (s.a.w.) brought out Al-Hasan and took him up the pulpit along with him and said, "This son of mine is a Sayyid (i.e. chief) and I hope that Allāh will help him bring about reconciliation between two Muslim groups." - Bukhari

Ḥudhayfah ibn Al-Yaman (r.a.) was companion of the Prophet (s.a.w.). He was chosen as a judge by the Prophet. He advised ‘Uthmān to gather the Qur’ān into one standard version or otherwise the ummah will be divided. He also would ask the Prophet (s.a.w) about trials and difficulties.

“People used to ask the Prophet (s.a.w.) about good things, but I used to ask him about bad things because I was afraid that they might overtake me.” -Ḥudhayfah

Abu Hurayrah (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “When the end of time approaches, there will scarce be a dream of the believer except that it comes true, and those who have the most truthful dreams will be those who are most truthful in speech…” - Muslim

Scholars said that Allāh provide support to the believers by giving them truthful dream: as there will be no more prophet as an exchange to the decrease in knowledge.

Note: Dreams can never be a form of shari‘ah. Rulings should not be made based on dreams only.

For example, before the Battle of Uḥud, the Prophet (s.a.w.) had a dream and interpreted that they should encamp themselves in the city of Madīnah, but he followed the suggestion of some companions to go out of Madīnah to fight the Meccan.

‘Umar (r.a.) entered Jerusalem and prayed 2 raka‘ah.

The time for ṣalah came. Bilāl (r.a.) was present, but after the death of the Prophet (s.a.w.), Bilāl would not call the Adhān anymore.

The companions asked ‘Umar (r.a.) to urge him to call the Adhān, just this time.

‘Umar (r.a.) turned to Bilāl (r.a.): "O Bilāl! The Companions of the Messenger of Allāh implore you to call the Adhān and remind them of the time of their Prophet, on whom be the blessings of Allāh and peace."

Bilāl (r.a.) made the adhān, but when he reached the words, “رسولالله محمد ان اشھد” he broke down and cried. The companions also broke down and cried.

However, Bilāl (r.a.) continued and completed the adhān.

This was the first and the last time Bilāl (r.a.) made a complete adhān after the death of the Prophet (s.a.w.).

This statement is referring to the category of minor signs all around us (Wealth). It indicates that the days and nights will continue until the most prosperous person in the world is Luka' b. Luka'. This implies that wealth and prosperity will continue to be prevalent in the world as a minor sign of the end times.

When looking at the minor signs of the past, present, and future. One theme that occurs through out the signs is the theme of 'Nature'.

Two tribes from the children of Ādam, from the progeny of Yafith ibn. Nūḥ (a.s.). They were evil and corrupt people.

Belief in the Last Day is one of the six pillars of īmān.

“…and whosoever disbelieves in Allāh, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, and the Last Day, then indeed he has strayed far away.” - An-Nisā’ 4: 136

Belief in the last day is often paired with belief in Allāh: “Whoever believes in Allāh and the Last Day…”