signs of the End

Submitted by slayhy (Canada), Jan 9, 2012 at 22:48

There are signs according to Prophet Muhammad before end of times, these are classified by the prophet as minor signs and major signs, some have already passed and others we are witnessing while there are some that will happen in the future.

All below signs where mentioned by prophet Muhammad who said that he was send to the people and the last day as these two fingers, he pointed at his index and middle fingers close to each others.

Past
1. Splitting of the Moon.
2. Death of the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.
3. A form of death which will kill thousands of Muslims. (Understood to refer to the plague of Amwas during the caliphate of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab.)
4. A major fighting in Madinah (understood to refer to the battle of al-Harrah during the caliphate of Yazid, 63 AH).
5. The Muslim conquest of Jerusalem.
6. The Muslim conquest of Constantinople.
7. Two large groups of Muslims will fight in war.
8. A war between the Muslims and a reddish people with small eyes, wearing sandals made of hair (understood to refer to the Mongol Tatar invasion of the Islamic lands.)
9. A peace agreement between the Muslims and non-Muslims from the yellow race (Chinese, Mongols, etc.)
10. Thirty impostors (dajjal) will appear, each thinking he is a prophet.

Present
11. Naked, destitute, barefoot shepherds will compete in building tall buildings. (Cowboys and Arabian bedouins)
12. The slave-woman will give birth to her master or mistress. (Arabian Gulf shiekhs)
13. A trial (fitnah) which will enter every Arab household. (Iraq war)
14. Knowledge will be taken away (by the death of people of knowledge), and ignorance will prevail.
15. Wine (intoxicants, alcohol) will be drunk in great quantities.
16. Illegal sexual intercourse will become widespread and illigal children.
17. Earthquakes will increase.
18. Time will pass more quickly. The month like a week and a week like a day and a day like an hour.
19. Tribulations (fitan) will prevail. (Arab spring)
20. Bloodshed will increase. (Arab spring)
21. A man will pass by the grave of another and wish he was in the latter's place.
22. Trustworthiness will be lost, i.e. when authority is given to those who do not deserve it. The trustworthy will not be trusted and the liar will be believed
23. People will gather for prayer, but will be unable to find an imam to lead them.

Future

24. The number of men will decrease, whilst the number of women will increase, until for every man there are many women.(not marrying)
25. The Euphrates will reveal a treasure of gold, and 9 out of 10 will die fighting over it, each one hoping to be the one who gains more.
26. The Romans (Europeans) will come to a place called A'maq or Wabiq, and an army of the best people will go forth from Madinah to face them.
27. The Muslim conquest of Rome.
28. The Mahdi (guided one) will appear, and be the Imam of the Muslims.
29. The Antichrist (al-maseeh al-dajjal - the false christ) will appear, with all his tools of deception, and be an immense trial. He will be followed by the Jews
30. Jesus Christ will descend in Damascus, and pray behind the Mahdi.
31. A major war between the Muslims (including Jews and Christians who truly believe in Jesus after his return) led by the Imam Mahdi, and the Jews plus other non-Muslims led by the Antichrist.
32. Jesus will break the cross kill the swine, and decapitate the Anti-Christ i.e. destroy the false Christianity.
33. Jesus will kill the Antichrist at the gate of Ludd (Lod in present-day Palestine, site of an airport and a major Zionist military base).
34. The appearance of Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog), and the associated tribulations.
35. A time of great peace and serenity during and after the remaining lifetime of Jesus.
36. Wealth will come so abundant that it will become difficult to find someone to accept charity.
37. Arabia will become a land of gardens and rivers.
38. Society will then decay.
39. The buttocks of the women of the tribe of Daws will again sway in circumambulation (tawaf) around the idols in K'abaah
40. A great fire in the Hijaz, seen by the inhabitants of Busra.
41. Three major armies will sink into the earth: one in the east, one in the west, one in Arabia.
42. An Abyssinian leader with thin shins will destroy the Ka'bah.
43. The emergence of the Beast from the Earth, carrying the Staff of Moses and the Seal of Solomon, who will speak to the people, telling them they did not believe with certainty in the Divine Signs.
44. The huge cloud of smoke.
45. The sun will rise from the west (its place of setting).
46. A gentle wind which will take the souls of the believers.
47. There is no-one left on the earth saying, "Allah, Allah" or "There is no god except Allah." (i.e. Muslims)
48. Eventually the Day of Judgment is established upon the worst of the people, who copulate like donkeys in public.
49. The blowing in the Trumpet by the Angel Israfil, upon which everyone will faint except those whom Allah wills not to faint.

50. Angel Israfil will blow the second blowing in the Trumpet, upon which everyone will be resurrected

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